Kara Kimball, MD, MPH

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Clinical Interests:

Obstetric care, family planning, minimally invasive surgery including vaginal surgery, menstrual irregularities and pelvic pain.

Profile

Dr. Kimball enjoys treating the whole patient before, during, and after their reproductive health care journey. When not at work or spending time with her family she also enjoys all that New England has to offer — skiing, hiking, and our lakes and beaches.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery – University of Limerick, Graduate Entry Medical School, Limerick, Ireland

Master of Public Health: Maternal and Child Health – Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science: Women and Gender Studies – Bates College, Lewiston, ME

Certification & Memberships

Team Birth, Resident Champion

University of Limerick Graduate Entry Medical School, Class Representative

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Minimally Invasive Surgeon Resident Award, Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, 2024

Bahy Louca Award for Humanitarianism in Medicine, University of Massachusetts OB/GYN Residency, 2023

Gold Humanism Society Inductee, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 2023

Golden Apple: Winner, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 2022, 2023

Outstanding Medical Educator House Staff Award, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 2021

Golden Apple: Honorable Mention, University of Massachusetts Medical School: OBGYN Clerkship, 2020, 2021

Gold Medal: General Practice, University of Limerick, 2018

Presidential Volunteer Award, University of Limerick, 2016

Research Experience

Boston Children’s Hospital: Psychiatry. Research Study Assistant. 2012 – 2014

Boston Children’s Hospital: GeMS. Research Assistant. 2011 – 2012

Growing Up Today Study: Nurses’ Health Study III. Research Investigator Assistant. 2011

Presentations

Laboring Alone: The Effects of Immigration on Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, 2024

Beware the Hostile Abdomen: A surgical case presentation, Beaumont Hospital, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland Surgical Grand Rounds, 2018

Posterior Circulation Strokes: A one-year audit of presentations at an Irish community hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland Surgical Grand Rounds, 2018

Publications

Fulchner, I, Kimball, K et al. (2023) Changes to Parental Consent Requirements for Abortion in Massachusetts and Impact on Timeliness of Care for Minors. Abstract presentation. Society for Family Planning Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.

Gonzalez-Heydrich, J., Hsin, O., Gumlak, S., Kimball, K.,…Biederman, J. (2014) Comparing stimulant effects in youth with ADHD symptoms and epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 36(C).

Gonzalez-Heydrich, J., Enlow Bosquet, M., D’Angelo, E.,…Kimball, K.,…Duffy, F.H. (2015) N100 Repetition Suppression Indexes Neuroplastic Defects in Clinical High Risk and Psychotic Youth. Neural Plasticity.

Gonzalez-Heydrich, J., Enlow Bosquet, M., D’Angeloi, E….Kimball, K.,…Duffy, F.H. (2015) Early auditory processing evoked potentials (N100) show a continuum of blunting from clinical high risk to psychosis in a pediatric sample. Schizophrenia Research.

Corcoran R, Mustafa M…Kimball K, McGover R. (2018) Retrospective audit of Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Posterior Circulation Stroke. Age and Aging,47(5).

Mustafa MS, Kimball K, Yousif K, Zain M. (2018) Peutz-Jeghers syndrome presenting with non-small cell lung cancer. MOJ Clinical and Medical Case Reports.;8:2.