Kennon Heard, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Emergency Medicine

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Education:


                California State University, Bakersfield, CA; BS; 1989; Biology

                University of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA; MD; 1989-1993; Medicine

                University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; Internship; 1993-1994;    

                Intern Medicine

                Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Residency; 1994-1997;    

                Emergency Medicine

                Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, CO; Fellowship;    

                1997-1999; Medical Toxicology

                University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO; PhD; 2001-   

                present; Clinical Sciences



Research Interests:

               

                Cocaine poisoning

                Clinical Pharmacology in emergency medicine

                Interactions of drugs of abuse

                Acetaminophen poisoning

                Research methodology


Selected Publications:


Cleveland NA, Krier S, Heard K. Ziprasidone, diazepam or the combination for prevention of cocaine toxicity in a mouse model. Acad Emerg Med. 2007.  14: 691-694.


DeWitt CD, Cleveland NA, Dart RC, Heard K.  The effect of amiodarone pretreatment on survival of mice with acute cocaine toxicity.  J Med Toxicol. 2005.  1:11-17.


Cleveland NA, DeWitt CD, Heard K.  Ziprasidone pretreatment attenuates the lethal effects of cocaine poisoning in a mouse model.  Acad Emerg Med 2005.  12:385-388.


Heard K, Dart RC, Bogdan G, O’Malley GF, Burkhart KK, Donovan JW, Ward SB. A preliminary study of tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) ovine Fab for TCA toxicity.  Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2006;44:275-81.


Abboud PA, Heard K, Al-Marshad A, Lowenstein SR.  What determines if patients will participate in resuscitation studies requiring waiver of consent?  J Med Ethics  2005. 32: 468-472. (Shared first author with Abboud)


Heard K, Sloss D, Weber S, Dart RC.  Overuse of over-the-counter analgesics by emergency department patients.  Ann Emerg Med. 2006. 48:317-318.


Terrell KM, Heard K, Miller DK. Prescribing to older ED patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2006. 24:468-78.


Heard K, Bebarta V.  Validation of the Glasgow Coma Scale for poisoning patients in the emergency department. Human and Experimental Toxicology 2004.  23:197-200.


Daly FFS, O'Malley GF Heard K Bogdan GM Dart RC. Prospective evaluation of repeated supra-therapeutic acetaminophen (paracetamol) ingestion. Ann Emerg Med. 2004; 44:393-398.


Heard K, Green JL, Baily JE, Bogdan GM, Dart RC. A randomized trial to determine the change in ALT during 10 days of acetaminophen administration in subjects who consume moderate amounts of alcohol.   Alimentary Pharm Ther. 2007 26:283-290.


Wolf SJ, Heard K, Sloan EP, Jagoda AS, American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Subcommittee (Writing Committee) on Critical Issues in the Management of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acetaminophen Overdose. Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of patients presenting to the emergency department with acetaminophen overdose. Ann Emerg Med. 2007. 50:292-313.


Bebarta V, Luyten D, Heard K. Emergency medicine animal research: Does use of randomization and blinding affect the results?  Acad Emerg Med 2003.  10:684-687.


Heard K, Cain BS, Dart RC, Cairns CB.   Tricyclic antidepressants directly impair myocardial function.  Acad Emerg Med 2001.  8:1122-1127


Heard K. Hill RE, Cairns CB, Dart RC.  Calcium neutralizes fluoride bioavailability in a lethal model of fluoride poisoning.  J Toxicol- Clin Toxicol 2001; 39: 349-353


Hill RE, Heard K, Bogdan GM, Cairns CB, Dart RC.  Attenuation of Verapamil-Induced Myocardial Toxicity in an Ex Vivo Rat Model using a Verapamil-Specific Ovine Immunoglobin Acad Emerg Med 2001.  8:950-955


Heard K, O’Malley F, Dart RC. Treatment of amitriptyline toxicity with a tricyclic antidepressant immune ovine Fab.  Lancet 1999. 354: 1614-1615