Dr. Kane joined the faculty at the University Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2011, where she holds a joint academic appointment of Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics. She joins Dr. Calhoon and Dr. Husain as the congenital heart surgeons for the Children’s Heart Program at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Dr. Kane received her medical degree from the University of Texas Houston Medical School in 2002. She completed her internship and general surgical residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas in 2007 with board certification in general surgery. She subsequently completed a thoracic surgical fellowship at Emory University in 2010. Dr. Kane completed her congenital heart surgery fellowship at the University of Southern California – Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles in 2011 prior to her arrival at Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Dr. Kane is board certified in cardiothoracic surgery and in congenital heart surgery. She has clinical and research interests in health literacy’s impact on outcomes, neonatal cardiac surgery, as well as quality improvement initiatives in cardiac surgery within the pediatric population. Dr. Kane places importance in teaching endeavors as part of the academic mission and is involved in the training of cardiothoracic fellows at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She is involved at a national level with the Joint Council of Thoracic Surgery Education. She is a board member of Heart Gift, a non-profit organization bringing underserved children with congenital disease from around the world to Children’s Hospital of San Antonio for corrective surgery.
Board Certifications
Board Certification of Congenital Heart Surgery
Board Certification of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Board Certification of General Surgery
Education:
MD, University of Texas, Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, 2002
BS, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX, 1998
Postgraduate training:
Congenital Heart Surgery Fellow University of Southern California, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, 07/2010 – 06/2011
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow Emory University, Department of Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Atlanta, GA, 07/2007 – 06/2010
Categorical General Surgery Resident University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, Department of Surgery, Dallas, TX, 07/2002 – 06/2007
Research interests
EXPERTISE:
Research Projects:
Co-Investigator. Thromboelastogram use in open pediatric heart surgery, 01/2012-present
Clinical Research concurrent with fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles/USC, Department of Congenital Heart Surgery, 10/2010-06/2-11
Clinical Research concurrent with residency, Emory University, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Atlanta, GA, 07/2008-06/2010
Clinical Research concurrent with residency, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Critically analyzing appropriate parameters for what constitutes a positive diagnostic peritoneal lavage. Department of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care, Dallas, TX Dr. Thal, MD., 01/2004-01/2006
Research Assistant, A retrospective study to characterize inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in the pediatric population. University of Texas Houston Medical School MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tx Martin Blakley, MD., 01/2001-12/2001
Basic Science Research, Investigated the major alterations in antigenic composition as Borrelia burgdorferi cycles between its arthropod and mammalian hosts. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Infectious Disease, Dallas, TX Justin Radolf, MD., 01/1997-01/1997
Clinical Research, Investigated the highly selective and regulated membrane transport mechanisms involved in maintaining Magnesium homeostasis and its role as a virulence factor. University of Texas Arlington Department of Molecular and Microbiologic Sciences, Arlington, TX, Ron Smith, PhD., 01/1996-01/1998
Publications
Abstract
- LC Kane, MJ Frie-Jones, CS Woodward, SA Husain, JH Calhoon. Application of Thromboelastography in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery 2013. (Society of Thoracic Surgery).
- Kane (Thacker) LC, Parks J, Thal ER. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage: What constitutes a positive study in patients with abdominal stab wounds? Trauma Association of Canada and Pan-American Trauma Meeting: 2006 Mar.
- Kane (Thacker) LC, Smith RL. Promotors for Salmonella typhimurium mgtA and mgtCB Magnesium transport loci are differentially regulated by acid pH. Annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Abstract: 1998. p. 93
Book Chapter
- Kane LC. Catheters and Tubes In: Parkland Trauma Handbook, 3rd Edition. 2008.
Publications
- SA Husain, MS Rahman, DA Forgione, LC Kane, S Neish, C Baisden, JH Calhoon. Creating a Value Index: A Method to Compare Regional Programs Performing Congenital Heart Surgery STS Annual Meeting 2013 Jan
- M Ritchie, CS Woodward, LC Kane, MJ Frie-Jones. Thromboelastography Reduces Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Blood 2012 Dec
- Kane LC MD, Wells WJ MD, Starnes VA MD. A Novel Reconstruction of the Left Superior Vena Cava J Cardiovasc Surg 2012 Apr;143(4):981-981.
4. Kane LC, Puskas J. Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiograph Image. Innovations. 2010 Sep;5(5)
5. Kane (Thacker) LC, Parks J, Thal ER. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage: Is 100,000 RBCs a valid figure for penetrating abdominal trauma? J of Trauma. 2007 Apr;62(4):853-857
Awards
Alley Sheridan Scholarship TSFRE: Health Policy and Management Executive course, 04/2013
Educate the Educator – Joint Council on Thoracic Surgical Education: Chosen to participate in Educate the Educator program for leadership in education., 07/2012
Leadership Academy – American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Chosen as 1 of 22 awardees to participate in the Leadership Academy., 04/2012
Sigma Xi Award: for Research Poster Presentation
Laurence E. Baker Memorial Scholarship: a Health Professions Honor
William L. and Martha Hughes Honor/Scholarship: for Excellence in the Study of Biology
Arlington Medical Society Scholarship: a Health Professions Honor
National Dean’s List and Dean’s List
Alpha Chi Honor Golden Key Honor
Professional societies
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 11/2011-present
American College of Cardiology, 08/2011-present
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 01/2009-Present
Women in Thoracic Surgery, 01/2007-Present
American College of Surgery, 01/2002-Present
Association of Women Surgeons, 01/2002-Present
American Medical Association, 01/1998-01/2010
Texas Medical Association, 01/1998-Present