EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fellow in Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 2004.

M.D., Jefferson Medical College, 1998.

Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 2001.

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 1992.

Kelley R. Branch M.D.
Assistant Professor
Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Board Certification in Cardiovascular Disease, 2004.

American Board of Internal Medicine, 2001.

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Echocardiography

Heart Failure

Nuclear Medicine (PET and SPECT)

Advanced Cardiac Imaging (Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI)

Fusion imaging (PET/CT)

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

CT and MRI cardiac imaging

Sympathetic nervous system receptor imaging

Neurocardiology and neurogenic stunned myocardium

Molecular imaging

CT and MRI use in valvular disease

CT utilization in the Emergency Department

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

National Institutes of Health K12 Mentored Research Award, 2006-2011

UW School of Medicine Outstanding Faculty in Continuing Medical Education Award, 2008

American College of Cardiology/Merck Fellowship Award, 2003-2004

Cardiology Teaching Excellence Award, University of Washington

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Chin, PE, Branch, KR, Becker, KJ, Post-ictal neurogenic stunned myocardium, Neurology 64:1977-1978, 2005.

Branch, KR, O'Brien, KD, Otto, CM, Aortic valve sclerosis as a marker of active atherosclerosis, Curr. Cardiol. Reports 4:111-117, 2002.

Branch, KR, Caldwell, JH, Soine, L, O'Brien, KD, Vascular (humoral) rejection manifesting as inducible myocardial ischemia on nuclear perfusion imaging, J. Nucl. Card. 12:123-124, 2005.

Chin, PE, Branch, KR, Becker, KJ, Myocardial infarction following limited convulsive seizure, Neurology 63:2453-4,2004.

Jaski, BE, Lingle, RJ, Kim, J, Branch, KR, Goldsmith, R, Johnson, MR, Lahpor, JR, Icenogle, TB, Pina, I, Adamson, R, Favrot, LK, Dembitsky, WP, Comparison of functional capacity in patients with end-stage heart failure following implantation of a left ventricular assist device versus heart transplantation: Results of the Experience with Left Ventricular Assist Device with Exercise trial, J. Heart Lung Transplant 18:1031-1040, 1999.

Chen G, Branch KR, Alessio AM, Pham P, Kinahan P, Caldwell JH. Effect of post-reconstruction smoothing on myocardial blood flow measurement with N-13-ammonia positron emission tomography. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 48:1259-65, 2007.

Shuman WP, Branch KR, May JM, Mitsumori LM, Lockhart DW, Dubinsky TJ, Caldwell JH. Prospective ECG gating vs Retrospective ECG gating for 64 channel cardiac CT of the coronary arteries: Comparison of image quality and patient radiation dose. Radiology 248:431-7, 2008.