Kirkpatrick Fergus, MD, MAS

T32 Research Fellow

M_Surgery

+1 415 476-1239

Kirkpatrick Fergus, MD MAS is a general surgery resident at UCSF and a post-doctoral T32 Fellow in Surgical Oncology working in the Ziv Lab. He is currently in his dedicated research years. Dr. Fergus received his AB in Social Studies at Harvard University graduating with honors, and received his MD from the University of California, San Francisco, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. His research interests include leveraging cancer genetics and epidemiology to improve screening, prognosis and treatment efficacy.

Publications

Integrating breast cancer polygenic risk scores at scale in the WISDOM Study: a national randomized personalized screening trial.

Genome medicine

Fergus KB, Heise RS, Madlensky L, Fiscalini A, Sabacan L, Theiner S, Kapoor S, Soto IA, Blanco A, Ross K, Goodman-Gruen D, Scheuner M, Hu D, Heditsian D, Brain S, Arasu VA, Kaster A, Chapa L, Olopade OI, Eklund M, Tice JA, Ziv E, van 't Veer L, Esserman LJ, Shieh Y, Athena/WISDOM Network Collaborators and Advocate Partners

Health care utilization in young adults with childhood physical disabilities: a nationally representative prospective cohort study.

BMC pediatrics

Fergus KB, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Hampson LA, Copp HL, Nagata JM

Young Adult Healthcare Exposure and Future Opioid Misuse: A Prospective Cohort Study.

American journal of preventive medicine

Fergus KB, Schwab ME, Butler C, Cattle CJ, Breyer BN, Copp HL, Nagata JM

Pubic Hair Grooming and Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.

Sexually transmitted diseases

Gaither TW, Fergus K, Sutcliffe S, Cedars B, Enriquez A, Lee A, Mmonu N, Cohen S, Breyer B

Risk Factors for Sexual Pain Among Physically Active Women.

Sexual medicine

Fergus KB, Cohen AJ, Cedars BE, Rowen TS, Patino G, Breyer BN

Synchronous genitourinary lichen sclerosus signals a distinct urinary microbiome profile in men with urethral stricture disease.

World journal of urology

Cohen AJ, Gaither TW, Srirangapatanam S, Castellanos ER, Enriquez A, Fergus KB, Fadrosh D, Lynch S, Mmonu NA, Breyer BN

Use of GoFundMe® to crowdfund complementary and alternative medicine treatments for cancer.

Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology

Song S, Cohen AJ, Lui H, Mmonu NA, Brody H, Patino G, Liaw A, Butler C, Fergus KB, Mena J, Lee A, Weiser J, Johnson K, Breyer BN

Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment of Lichen Sclerosus: A Systematic Review.

Urology

Fergus KB, Lee AW, Baradaran N, Cohen AJ, Stohr BA, Erickson BA, Mmonu NA, Breyer BN

Eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors among women: Associations with sexual risk.

The International journal of eating disorders

Fergus KB, Copp HL, Tabler JL, Nagata JM

Trends in bicycle-related injuries, hospital admissions, and deaths in the USA 1997-2013.

Traffic injury prevention

Fergus KB, Sanford T, Vargo J, Breyer BN

Exercise Improves Self-Reported Sexual Function Among Physically Active Adults.

The journal of sexual medicine

Fergus KB, Gaither TW, Baradaran N, Glidden DV, Cohen AJ, Breyer BN

Forecasting Limited Access to Urology in Rural Communities: Analysis of the American Urological Association Census.

The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association

Cohen AJ, Ndoye M, Fergus KB, Lindsey J, Butler C, Patino G, Anger JT, Breyer BN

Qualitative Analysis of the Content Found in Online Discussion Boards for Urethral Stricture Disease and Urethroplasty.

Urology

Cedars BE, Cohen AJ, Fergus KB, Baradaran N, Ndoye M, Kamal P, Breyer BN

Urinary and Sexual Function after Perineal Urethrostomy for Urethral Stricture Disease: An Analysis from the TURNS.

The Journal of urology

Murphy GP, Fergus KB, Gaither TW, Baradaran N, Voelzke BB, Myers JB, Erickson BA, Elliott SP, Alsikafi NF, Vanni AJ, Buckley JC, Breyer BN

Clinical significance of cystoscopic urethral stricture recurrence after anterior urethroplasty: a multi-institution analysis from Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons (TURNS).

World journal of urology

Baradaran N, Fergus KB, Moses RA, Patel DP, Gaither TW, Voelzke BB, Smith TG, Erickson BA, Elliott SP, Alsikafi NF, Vanni AJ, Buckley J, Zhao LC, Myers JB, Breyer BN

Minority Recruitment Trends in Phase III Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials (2003 to 2014): Progress and Critical Areas for Improvement.

The Journal of urology

Balakrishnan AS, Palmer NR, Fergus KB, Gaither TW, Baradaran N, Ndoye M, Breyer BN

Use of angioembolization in urology: a review.

Translational andrology and urology

Fergus KB, Baradaran N, Tresh A, Conrad MB, Breyer BN

The association of bicycle-related genital numbness and Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) score: results from a large, multinational, cross-sectional study.

BJU international

Baradaran N, Awad M, Gaither TW, Fergus KB, Ndoye M, Cedars BE, Balakrishnan AS, Eisenberg ML, Sanford T, Breyer BN

A Dyadic Behavioral Intervention to Optimize Same Sex Male Couples' Engagement Across the HIV Care Continuum: Development of and Protocol for an Innovative Couples-based Approach (Partner Steps).

JMIR research protocols

Bazzi AR, Fergus KB, Stephenson R, Finneran CA, Coffey-Esquivel J, Hidalgo MA, Hoehnle S, Sullivan PS, Garofalo R, Mimiaga MJ

Love, Trust, and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers and Their Intimate Male Partners.

American journal of public health

Syvertsen JL, Bazzi AR, Martinez G, Rangel MG, Ulibarri MD, Fergus KB, Amaro H, Strathdee SA