Kurt A. Kennel, M.D.

  1. Bariatrician
  2. Endocrinologist
  1. Hamouda AM, Pennington Z, Astudillo Potes M, Shafi M, Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Martini ML, Bydon M, Kennel KA, Drake MT, Freedman BA, Sebastian AS, Nassr A, Fogelson JL, Elder BD. Impact of contrast administration and CT reconstruction plane on Hounsfield units for assessing underlying bone quality in the lumbar spine. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Dec 13; 1-9 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Jawhar N, Abi Mosleh K, Bartosiak KZ, Hage K, Kennel KA, Mundi MS, Kendrick ML, Ghanem OM. Comprehensive outcomes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a near-complete 15-year follow-up. Surgery. 2024 Sep; 176 (3):586-594 Epub 2024 May 19
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  3. Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Hamouda AM, Everson MC, Pennington Z, Kumar R, Pinter ZW, Martini ML, Bydon M, Kennel KA, Baffour F, Nassr A, Freedman B, Sebastian AS, Abode-Iyamah K, Anderson PA, Fogelson JL, Elder BD. Change in spinal bone mineral density as estimated by Hounsfield units following osteoporosis treatment with romosozumab, teriparatide, denosumab, and alendronate: an analysis of 318 patients. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Sep 1; 41 (3):309-315 Epub 2024 July 05
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  4. Martini ML, Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Pennington Z, Everson MC, Hamouda AM, Bydon M, Freedman B, Sebastian AS, Nassr A, Anderson PA, Baffour F, Kennel KA, Fogelson J, Elder B. Opportunistic CT-Based Hounsfield Units Strongly Correlate with Biomechanical CT Measurements in the Thoracolumbar Spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Jul 15; 49 (14):1021-1028 Epub 2023 Sept 07
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  5. Hage K, Ikemiya K, Ghusn W, Lu L, Kennel KA, McKenzie TJ, Kellogg TA, Abu Dayyeh BK, Higa KD, Spaniolas K, Ma P, Ghanem OM. Type 2 diabetes remission after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a multicentered experience with long-term follow-up. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Dec; 19 (12):1339-1345 Epub 2023 Sept 29
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  6. Mikula AL, St Jeor JD, Naylor RM, Bernatz JT, Patel NP, Fogelson JL, Larson AN, Nassr A, Sebastian AS, Freedman B, Currier BL, Bydon M, Kennel KA, Yaszemski MJ, Anderson PA, Elder BD. Teriparatide Treatment Increases Hounsfield Units in the Thoracic Spine, Lumbar Spine, Sacrum, and Ilium Out of Proportion to the Cervical Spine. Clin Spine Surg. 2021 Aug 1; 34 (7):E370-E376
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  7. Kennel KA, Sfeir JG, Drake MT. Optimizing DXA to Assess Skeletal Health: Key Concepts for Clinicians. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Dec 1; 105 (12)
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  8. Flanigan PM, Mikula AL, Peters PA, Oushy S, Fogelson JL, Bydon M, Freedman BA, Sebastian AS, Currier BL, Nassr A, Kennel KA, Anderson PA, Polly DW, Elder BD. Regional improvements in lumbosacropelvic Hounsfield units following teriparatide treatment. Neurosurg Focus. 2020 Aug; 49 (2):E11
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  9. St Jeor JD, Jackson TJ, Xiong AE, Kadri A, Freedman BA, Sebastian AS, Currier BL, Nassr A, Fogelson JL, Kennel KA, Anderson PA, Elder BD. Osteoporosis in spine surgery patients: what is the best way to diagnose osteoporosis in this population? Neurosurg Focus. 2020 Aug; 49 (2):E4
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  10. Hurley DL, Binkley N, Camacho PM, Diab DL, Kennel KA, Malabanan A, Tangpricha V. THE USE OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS IN SKELETAL HEALTH: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY POSITION STATEMENT. Endocr Pract. 2018 Oct 2; 24 (10):915-924 Epub 2018 July 23
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  11. Mikhail DS, Jensen TB, Wade TW, Myers JF, Frank JM, Wieland M, Hensrud D, McMahon MM, Collazo-Clavell ML, Abu-Lebdeh H, Kennel KA, Hurley DL, Grothe K, Jensen MD. Methodology of a multispecialty outpatient Obesity Treatment Research Program. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2018 Jun; 10:36-41 Epub 2018 Mar 09
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  12. Shah M, Sharma A, Wermers RA, Kennel KA, Kellogg TA, Mundi MS. Hypocalcemia After Bariatric Surgery: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors. Obes Surg. 2017 Nov; 27 (11):2905-2911
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  13. Jasim S, Kennel K. Persistent hyperparathyroidism due to ectopic parathyroid gland. Endocrine. 2017 Jan; 55 (1):322-323 Epub 2016 Oct 13
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  14. Pecina JL, Romanovsky L, Merry SP, Kennel KA, Thacher TD. Comparison of Clinical Risk Tools for Predicting Osteoporosis in Women Ages 50-64. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Mar-Apr; 29: (2)233-9.
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  15. Natt N, Chang AY, Berbari EF, Kennel KA, Kearns AE. SELECTION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY SUBSPECIALTY TRAINEES: WHICH APPLICANT CHARACTERISTICS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMANCE DURING FELLOWSHIP TRAINING? Endocr Pract. 2016 Jan; 22: (1)45-50.
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  16. Maraka S, Kennel KA. Bisphosphonates for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. BMJ. 2015 Sep 2; 351:h3783 Epub 2015 Sept 02
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  17. Bansal S, Pecina JL, Merry SP, Kennel KA, Maxson J, Quigg S, Thacher TD. Us preventative services task force frax threshold has a low sensitivity to detect osteoporosis in women ages 50-64 years. Osteoporos Int. 2015 Apr; 26(4):1429-33.
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  18. Newman DB, Fidahussein SS, Kashiwagi DT, Kennel KA, Kashani KB, Wang Z, Altayar O, Murad MH. Reversible cardiac dysfunction associated with hypocalcemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data. Heart Fail Rev. 2014 Mar; 19 (2):199-205
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  19. Nakamura KM, Haglind EG, Clowes JA, Achenbach SJ, Atkinson EJ, Melton LJ 3rd, Kennel KA. Fracture risk following bariatric surgery: a population-based study. Osteoporos Int. 2014 Jan; 25(1):151-8. Epub 2013 Aug 03.
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  20. Kennel KA, Drake MT. Vitamin D in the cancer patient. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2013 Sep; 7 (3):272-7
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  21. Donegan D, Mader R, Weigel S, Kennel K. Newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus: a resident simulation. MedEdPORTAL. 2013 Feb 20; 9345.
  22. Kennel KA, Drake MT, Hurley DL. Vitamin D deficiency in adults: when to test and how to treat. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Aug; 85 (8):752-7; quiz 757-8
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  23. Koka S, Salinas TJ, Kennel KA. Osteoporosis, fracture risk, and prosthodontic implications. Int J Prosthodont. 2009 Sep-Oct; 22(5):505-6.
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  24. Kennel KA, Drake MT. Adverse effects of bisphosphonates: implications for osteoporosis management. Mayo Clin Proc. 2009 Jul; 84 (7):632-7; quiz 638
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  25. Holahan CM, Koka S, Kennel KA, Weaver AL, Assad DA, Regennitter FJ, Kademani D. Effect of osteoporotic status on the survival of titanium dental implants. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2008 Sep-Oct; 23 (5):905-10
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  26. Nelson WK, Fatima J, Houghton SG, Thompson GB, Kendrick ML, Mai JL, Kennel KA, Sarr MG. The malabsorptive very, very long limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for super obesity: results in 257 patients. Surgery. 2006 Oct; 140(4):517-22, discussion 522-3. Epub 2006 Sep 01.
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  27. Nora EH, Kennel KA, Christian RC. Traumatic fracture in a healthy man: benign or pathologic? Endocr Pract. 2006 Sep-Oct; 12(5):552-8.
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  28. Agarwal AK, Simha V, Oral EA, Moran SA, Gorden P, O'Rahilly S, Zaidi Z, Gurakan F, Arslanian SA, Klar A, Ricker A, White NH, Bindl L, Herbst K, Kennel K, Patel SB, Al-Gazali L, Garg A. Phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity in congenital generalized lipodystrophy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Oct; 88(10):4840-7.
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  29. Kennel KA, Riggs BL, Achenbach SJ, Oberg AL, Khosla S. Role of parathyroid hormone in mediating age-related changes in bone resorption in men. Osteoporos Int. 2003 Aug; 14 (8):631-6 Epub 2003 July 08
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