Kenneth G. MacDonald

6.5k citations

36 papers · 4.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 23

Surgery top 0.5%
Physiology top 0.5%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 1%
Molecular Biology top 10%
Pharmacy top 0.2%

Co-authors: Walter J. Pories Melvin Swanson Hisham A. Barakat G. Lynis Dohm Patricia G. Morris Joseph A. Houmard Stuart Long Jeanette M. Dolezal
Topics: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (14 papers)Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers)Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers)
Cited by: Pharmacy Physiology Surgery
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Diabetes Care
Partner nations: United States Ireland Czechia

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Kenneth G. MacDonald

34 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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Who Would Have Thought It? An Operation Proves to Be the Most Effective Therapy for Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

1995 1.6k citations Walter J. Pories, Melvin Swanson et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Overall Survival Analysis of Adjuvant Radiation Versus Observation in Stage I Testicular Seminoma 2012 ·American Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Guy C. Jones,(unknown),Hakan Kaya,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Rui Qin,Robert K. Fairbanks,Wayne T. Lamoreaux,(unknown),Jonathan D. Tward,Danko Martincic,(unknown),Christopher M. Lee	17
2	Surgical revision of loop (“mini”) gastric bypass procedure: multicenter review of complications and conversions to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass 2006 ·Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases ·William Johnson,(unknown),Timothy M. Farrell,Kenneth G. MacDonald,John P. Grant,Ross L. McMahon,Aurora D. Pryor,Luke G. Wolfe,Eric J. DeMaria	103
3	Suppression of Hepatic Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Expression in Obese Humans with the Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2005 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Paul S. MacLean,(unknown),Kenneth G. MacDonald,Walter J. Pories,Hisham A. Barakat	18
4	The role of open bariatric surgery 2005 ·Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases ·Kenneth G. MacDonald	0
5	Analysis of insulin-stimulated insulin receptor activation and glucose transport in cultured skeletal muscle cells from obese subjects 2005 ·Metabolism ·Celia Pender,Ira D. Goldfine,Jennifer L. Kulp,Charles J. Tanner,Betty A. Maddux,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Joseph A. Houmard,Jack Youngren	13
6	Endothelial nitric oxide synthase content in adipose tissue from obese and lean African American and white American women 2005 ·Metabolism ·(unknown),Hisham A. Barakat,Gabor Kemeny,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Walter J. Pories,Robert C. Hickner	11
7	Muscle insulin receptor concentrations in obese patients post bariatric surgery: relationship to hyperinsulinemia 2004 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Celia Pender,Ira D. Goldfine,Charles J. Tanner,Walter J. Pories,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Peter J. Havel,Joseph A. Houmard,Jack Youngren	51
8	Ethnic differences in adiponectin levels 2003 ·Metabolism ·Matthew W. Hulver,(unknown),Kenneth G. MacDonald,Walter J. Pories,Hisham A. Barakat	117
9	Fatty acid oxidation by skeletal muscle homogenates from morbidly obese black and white American women 2003 ·Metabolism ·(unknown),Robert C. Hickner,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Walter J. Pories,Hisham A. Barakat	34
10	Increased protein kinase C theta in skeletal muscle of diabetic patients 2001 ·Metabolism ·Samar I. Itani,Walter J. Pories,Kenneth G. MacDonald,G. Lynis Dohm	66
11	Impact of insulin resistance on lipoprotein subpopulation distribution in lean and morbidly obese nondiabetic women 2000 ·Metabolism ·Paul S. MacLean,(unknown),Kenneth G. MacDonald,Walter J. Pories,Joseph A. Houmard,Hisham A. Barakat	20
12	Meeting the Challenge of Managed Care Through Clinical Pathways for Bariatric Surgery 1998 ·Obesity Surgery ·(unknown),(unknown),S.K. Shipley,Walter J. Pories,Paul Cunningham,Kenneth G. MacDonald	14
13	A New Paradigm for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 1998 ·Annals of Surgery ·Matthew S. Hickey,Walter J. Pories,Kenneth G. MacDonald,(unknown),G. Lynis Dohm,Melvin Swanson,R. G. Israel,Hisham A. Barakat,Robert V. Considine,F. José,Joseph A. Houmard	209
14	The Workup for Bariatric Surgery Does Not Require a Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Series 1997 ·Obesity Surgery ·(unknown),Kenneth G. MacDonald,(unknown),Melvin Swanson,(unknown),Patricia G. Morris,Walter J. Pories	40
15	The gastric bypass operation reduces the progression and mortality of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 1997 ·Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery ·Kenneth G. MacDonald,(unknown),Melvin Swanson,(unknown),Patricia G. Morris,G. Lynis Dohm,Walter J. Pories	359
16	Who Would Have Thought It? An Operation Proves to Be the Most Effective Therapy for Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitusbreakdown → 1995 ·Annals of Surgery ·Walter J. Pories,Melvin Swanson,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Stuart Long,Patricia G. Morris,(unknown),Hisham A. Barakat,(unknown),(unknown),Jeanette M. Dolezal,Lynis Dohm	1633
17	Gastrogastric Fistulas A Complication of Divided Gastric Bypass Surgery 1995 ·Annals of Surgery ·(unknown),Walter J. Pories,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Elizabeth J. Morgan	98
18	A multicenter, placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, prospective trial of prophylactic ursodiol for the prevention of gallstone formation following gastric-bypass-induced rapid weight loss 1995 ·The American Journal of Surgery ·Harvey J. Sugerman,William H. Brewer,Mitchell L. Shiffman,Robert E. Brolin,Mathias Fobi,John H. Linner,Kenneth G. MacDonald,Alex M. C. Macgregor,Louis F. Martin,Jeffrey C. Oram-Smith,(unknown),Bruce D. Schirmer,Florence F. Vickers	250
19	Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Concentrations in Clinically Severe Obese Patients With and Without NIDDM in Response to Weight Loss 1994 ·Hormone and Metabolic Research ·John Poulos,Nancy Leggett-Frazier,Prateeti Khazanie,Stuart Long,(unknown),Kenneth G. MacDonald,J. Jaime	18
20	Fine‐needle aspiration cytology of osteoclastic giant‐cell tumor of the pancreas 1990 ·Diagnostic Cytopathology ·Jan F. Silverman,James L. Finley,Kenneth G. MacDonald	21

About Kenneth G. MacDonald

Kenneth G. MacDonald is a scholar working on Pharmacy, Physiology and Surgery, having authored 36 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (14 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacy (645 citations), Physiology (2.7k citations) and Surgery (2.9k citations). Kenneth G. MacDonald has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Czechia. Frequent co-authors include Walter J. Pories, Melvin Swanson, Hisham A. Barakat, G. Lynis Dohm, Patricia G. Morris, Joseph A. Houmard, Stuart Long, Jeanette M. Dolezal, Lynis Dohm and Charles J. Tanner. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Diabetes Care.

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