Department of Surgery Faculty
Kenneth R. Sirinek, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs and Professional Development
J.B. Aust, MD, PhD, Chair in Surgery
Division: General and Laparoendoscopic Surgery
Email: sirinek@uthscsa.edu
Board Certifications:
American Board of Surgery
Education:
PhD, Physiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1977
MS, Physiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1973
MD, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, WI, 1969
BS, Chemistry, Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN, 1965
Postgraduate training:
Internship - General Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 1969-1970
Residency - General Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 1970-1975
Post Doctoral Fellowship - Gastrointestinal Surgery Research, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 1975-1976
Research interests: Physiologic response to laparoscopic surgery; long-term survival following
portacaval shunt; physiology and medical/surgical treatment of delayed gastric emptying
Research experience:
07/2004 - 06/2005, Valley Baptist Medical Center Resident Research, Principal Investigator
($69,400)
09/2003 - 08/2004, Ethicon Senior Honors Course ($25,000)
07/2000 - 06/2004, Ethicon Laparoscopic Teaching Fellowship, Principal
Investigator($360,500)
01/1998 - 08/2003, MD Anderson Resident Research, Principal Investigator ($250,000)
09/1998 - Present, UTHSCSA, Regional Academic Health Center, Co-Investigator ($1,282,000)
10/1998 - 08/2002, NIH, One Step Antimicrobial Surgical, Principal Investigator ($500,000)
09/1998 - 08/2000, NIH, Unique Coating for Protective Clothing (Phase I), Co-Investigator ($111,278)
Publications:
Richards ML, Bohnenblust E, Sirinek KR, Bingener J.
Nondiagnostic
thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsies are no longer a dilemma.
The American Journal of Surgery (2008) 196, 398ñ402
Bingener J, Buck L, Richards M, Michalek J, Schwesinger W, Sirinek K. Long-term outcomes in laparoscopic vs open ventral hernia repair. Arch Surg 2007;142:562-567.
Richards ML, Wormuth J, Bingener J, Sirinek K. Parathyroidectomy in secondary hyperparathyroidism: Is there an optimal operative management? Surgery February 2006, Volume 149, Number 2, 174-180.
Bingener J, Richards ML, Schwesinger WH, Sirinek KR, Abscesses and other Intra Abdominal Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology: The Modern Clincian's Guide, Weinstein, Hawkey and Bosch
Bingener J, Richards ML, Sirinek, KR. Benign Gastric Ulcer and Stress Gastritis. In Cameron JL, ed Current Surgical Therapy 8th Edition, Elsevier Science Inc., (In Press)
Festschrift for Robert M. Zollinger, M.D. on the Anniversary of His Birth Ohio State University, Zollinger Surgical Society,
Presentations:
2004, Open Rives-Stoppa Made Simple and Successful But Not for Everyone, Annual Conference,
American Hernia Society, American Hernia Society, Orlando, FL
2004, Early conversion for gangrenous cholecystitis-inpact on outcome, Annual Meeting, World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Cancun, MX
2003, Gangrenous cholecystitis in the decade berfore and after the introductin of laparoscopic surgery, Annual conference, 12th International Congress of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons, Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV
2003, Cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis: not all men are created equal, Annual meeting, 27th Annual Surgical Symposium of the association of VA Surgeons, Association of VA Surgeons, Nashville, TN
2003, Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia: Correlation of preoperative CCK-cholescintigraphy results with postoperative outcome, Annual Conference, Annual Meeting Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Los Angeles, CA
Biosketch: Dr. Sirinek has been a part of UTHSCSA for over 25 years. He received his medical degree from Marquette University School of Medicine. He then completed his General Surgery Residency at Ohio State University with Dr. Robert M. Zollinger. During this time, Dr. Sirinek was actively involved in basic and clinical GI physiology research and enrolled in graduate school, culminating in a doctoral degree in Physiology. He then served in the U.S. Army as a Major, MC, at the Burn Unit (Institute for Surgical Research) at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, under Dr. Basil A. Pruitt.
Since being recruited by the first Chairman of Surgery, Dr. J. Bradley Aust, he has spent his entire academic and clinical career at UTHSCSA. He is presently Professor of Surgery, Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs and Professional Development and J.B. Aust, MD, PhD, Chair in Surgery. Dr. Sirinek served as Chief of the Division of General and Laparoendoscopic Surgery from 2001-2010. Prior to this, he also served as the General Surgery Residency Program Director for sixteen years.
His areas of expertise include complex procedures on the liver, biliary tract and pancreas, including the Whipple procedure. He has performed over 5000 cholecystectomies, primarily (99.5%) by the laparoscopic technique since 1991. In conjunction with plastic surgery and a wound care clinic, he has developed a large referral base for the treatment of patients with complicated abdominal wounds, incisional hernias, and enterocutaneous fistulas.
Dr. Sirinek has published over 200 book chapters, journal articles and abstracts. His areas of research have included: the role of gastrointestinal hormones in disease states including peptic ulcer, cirrhosis, and morbid obesity; the pharmacologic control and surgical management of portal hypertension; the physiological effects of laparoscopy; management of patients with complicated diverticulitis; the treatment of complicated biliary tract disease; and the use of both permanent and biologic mesh in the repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias. Honors awarded him include listings in Best Doctors in America, Who's Who, Texas Super Doctors, and Top Doctors in San Antonio. He recently completed six years of service on the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors and has been an examiner for the American Board of Surgery for 20 years.
Awards:
2012, San Antonio Magazine, 'Best Doctors in America'®
2010, San Antonio Magazine 'Best Doctors'
Scene in SA 'Top Doc' 2009-2010
Texas Super Docs - 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010
Best Doctors in America (Woodward/White Inc., Aiken, SC) - 1994-2009
Best Doctors in San Antonio - 2006-2010
Army Commendation Medal: U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, 1979
Basic Science Research Award: Ohio State University
Alumni Research Award: Ohio State University, 1976
Edwin H. Ellison Academic Surgery Award: Ohio State University, 1975
Resident Essay Contest: First Prize, American College of Surgeons Ohio Chapter, 1974
Resident Essay Contest: First Prize, Ohio Chapter American College of Surgeons, 1973
National Institutes of Health Academic Trainee in Surgery: Ohio State University, 1970
Public Health Service Summer Research Grant: Saint Mary's University, 1965
Tri Beta Biological Society: Saint Mary's University, 1963
National Science Foundation Summer Research Grant: Saint Mary's University, 1962
Atomic Energy Commission Summer Research Grant: Saint Mary's University, 1960
Academic Scholarship: Saint Mary's University, 1960
Professional Societies:
American College of Surgeons
American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
American Physiological Society
American Surgical Association
Association for Academic Surgery
Gastrointestinal Research Group
International Gastro-Surgical Club
International Hepato Biliary Pancreatic Association
J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society
Pancreas Club
P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Society
Societe Internationale de Chirurgie
Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract
Society of University Surgeons
Southern Surgical Association
Southwestern Surgical Congress
Surgical Biology Club III
Zollinger Surgical Society/Ohio State University
Western Surgical Association
