Kyle R. Brownback, M.D., FCCP

Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Professional Background
I am an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. My clinical interests include management of pulmonary complications of stem cell transplantation and cancer therapies, pulmonary embolism management, critical care management and pulmonary procedures.
Originally from Lyndon, KS, I attended Kansas State University and obtained a B.A. in Biochemistry in 2002. I graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2006 with my medical degree. I completed my Internal Medicine Residency at Brown University in 2009, and my Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2013. I have been a member of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center since 2013.
Education and Training
- MD, Medicine, University of KansasMedicalCtr, Kansas City, KS
- BA, Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Brown University, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI
- Clinical Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Professional Affiliations
- University of Kansas Health System, Medical Director, 2020 - Present
- University of Kansas Health System Pulmonary Embolism Response Team, Member, 2019 - Present
- University of Kansas Health System Critical Care Mobility Task Force, Member, 2015 - 2016
- American College of Chest Physicians, Member, 2010 - Present
- American Thoracic Society, Member, 2010 - Present
Current Research and Grants
- Study 00145738: LTI-01-2001. A Phase 2 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, dose-ranging study evaluating LTI-01 (single-chain urokinase plasminogen activator, scuPA) in patients with infected, non-draining pleural effusions., Lung Therapeutics, PI
Publications
- Brownback, K., R, Thomas, L., A, Simpson, S., Q. 2014. Role of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in immunocompromised patients.. Current opinion in infectious diseases, 27 (4), 322-8
- Brownback, K., R, Simpson, S., Q, McGuirk, J., P, Lin, T., L, Abhyankar, S, Ganguly, S, Aljitawi, O., S. 2014. Pulmonary manifestations of the pre-engraftment syndrome after umbilical cord blood transplantation.. Annals of hematology, 93 (5), 847-54
- Brownback, K., R, Pitts, L., R, Simpson, S., Q. 2013. Utility of galactomannan antigen detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in immunocompromised patients.. Mycoses, 56 (5), 552-8
- Brownback, K., R, Frey, J., W, Abhyankar, S. 2019. Bronchoscopic features, associations, and outcomes of organizing pneumonia following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.. Annals of hematology, 98 (9), 2187-2195
- Brownback, K., R, Simpson, S., Q. 2013. Association of bronchoalveolar lavage yield with chest computed tomography findings and symptoms in immunocompromised patients.. Annals of thoracic medicine, 8 (3), 153-9
- Brownback, K., R, Simpson, S., Q, Pitts, L., R, Polineni, D, McGuirk, J., P, Ganguly, S, Aljitawi, O., S, Lin, T., L, Singh, A, Abhyankar, S. 2016. Effect of extracorporeal photopheresis on lung function decline for severe bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome following allogeneic stem cell transplantation.. Journal of clinical apheresis, 31 (4), 347-52
- Brownback, K., R, Thomas, L., A, McGuirk, J., P, Ganguly, S, Streiler, C, Abhyankar, S. 2017. Effect of Rituximab on Pulmonary Function in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome due to Graft-Versus-Host-Disease.. Lung, 195 (6), 781-788
- Rodova, M, Brownback, K, Werle, M., J. 2004. Okadaic acid augments utrophin in myogenic cells.. Neuroscience letters, 363 (2), 163-7
- Brownback, K., R, Crosser, M., S, Simpson, S., Q. 2012. A 49-year-old man with chest pain and fever after returning from France.. Chest, 141 (6), 1618-1621
- Brownback, K. 2017. Lessons from the discontinuation of extracorporeal photopheresis.. Swiss medical weekly, 147, w14448