Jonathan Kirsch, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

Contact Info
Medical School, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
Resideny, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Summary
Dr. Jonathan Kirsch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency training at Hennepin County Medical Center in Internal Medicine. His clinical interest is the inpatient care of adults, along with a focus on medical education, program development for underserved populations and global health research. He has worked in Hospital Medicine in Ithaca, NY and at the University of North Carolina where he was Associate Director of the Hospital Medicine Program. He has also worked in Farmworker Health in New York and North Carolina. He served as a Fulbright Scholar from 2017-2018 in Cali, Colombia. He is a Core Faculty of the Global Health Pathway here at the University of Minnesota and directs the Inter-professional Migrant Health Rotation.
Awards & Recognition
Professional Associations
Research
Publications
- Kirsch, J. D., Duran, A., Kaizer, A. M., Thompson Buum, H. A., Robiner, W. N., & Weber-Main, A. M. Career-Focused Mentoring for Early-Career Clinician Educators in Academic General Internal Medicine. The American Journal of Medicine, November 2018, Vol.131(11), pp.1387-1394
- Barnes AMT, Crespo-Diaz RJ, Cohenour J, Kirsch JD, Arbefeville S, Ferrieri P. (2017)
A Noninvasive Rhizopus Infection With a Bladder Fungal Ball in a Patient With Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus. Lab Med. 2017 Oct 23. - Liles EA, Kirsch JD, Gilchrist M, Adem M. (04/2014) Hospitalist Management of Vaso-Occlusive Pain Crisis in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Using a Pathway of Care. Hospital Practice. Vol. 42 No. 2
- Stephens E, Liles A, Dancel R, Gilchrist M, Kirsch, J, DeWalt, D. Who Needs Inpatient Detox? Development and Implementation of a Hospitalist Protocol for the Evaluation of Patients for Alcohol Detoxification. J Gen Intern Med. 2014
- Gilchrist M, Kirsch J. Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Chapter in Clinical Decision Support. 2013 (www.clinicaldecisionsupport.com)
- Liles A, Kirsch J. Evaluation of Chest Pain. Chapter in Clinical Decision Support. 2013 (www.clinicaldecisionsupport.com)
- Kirsch, JD, Arana Cedeño, M. (1999) Informed consent for family planning for poor women in Chiapas, Mexico The Lancet 354:9176.
Recent Abstracts
- Liles EA, Kirsch JD, Ossman P, Brubaker, B. “Feedback on Bouncebacks”. SGIM Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. 2014.
- Reynolds M, Kirsch JD, Brubaker B, French J, Liles EA. “Why do patients really get re-admitted? Comparing the Discharging Physician and Patient’s Perceived Reasons for Hospital Readmission.” SGIM Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. 2014.
- Caldwell M and Kirsch JD. “It's not time yet to hang up your HAT”. SGIM Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. 2014.
- Hodge B, Calleson D, Kirsch, J. Developing a Taxonomy for Describing Global Health Education Programs in Graduate Medical Education. Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference Washington DC 2013
- Hodge B, Carlough M, Kirsch, J. Describing a knowledge gap between what incoming resident physicians currently know and want to know about global health at the University of North Carolina. Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference Washington DC 2013
Clinical
Clinics
University of Minnesota Medical Center
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests
Hospital Medicine; Global Health; Quality Improvement; Rural Health; Ultrasound Research; Mobile Health; Mentoring; Resident Scholarship Education