Kimberly Kho, M.D.

Dr. Kho joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in October 2009 as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.  She completed a joint undergraduate and medical program at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine in 2004.  She also obtained a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2004.  Dr. Kho then went on to complete her residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center and a fellowship in advanced minimally invasive gynecologic surgery under Dr. Ceana Nezhat.  Dr. Kho's clinical work focuses on advanced minimally invasive surgery for benign gynecologic disorders such as abnormal bleeding, endometriosis and fibroids.  She conducts clinical research in the use of technology in gynecologic surgery, surgical complications, simulation and surgical education. 

Medical School	Baylor College of Medicine (2004)
Residency	New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Univ (2008), Obstetrics & Gynecology
Fellowship	Atlanta Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery (2009), Gynecology

• Abnormal uterine bleeding
• Adnexal masses
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Endometriosis
• Hysterectomy
• Hysteroscopy
• Laparoscopy
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Myomas
• Robotic Surgery
• Surgical Education

Featured Publications

Thoracic endometriosis: a case report.

Chamsy DJ, Qasim S, Kho KA J Reprod Med 2012 Mar-Apr 57 3-4 178-80

Iatrogenic myomas: new class of myomas?

Nezhat C, Kho K J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2010 Sep-Oct 17 5 544-50

Use of neutral argon plasma in the laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis.

Nezhat C, Kho KA, Morozov V JSLS 2009 Oct-Dec 13 4 479-83

Vaginal extraction of large uteri with the Alexis retractor.

Kho KA, Shin JH, Nezhat C J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2009 Sep-Oct 16 5 616-7

Parasitic myomas.

Kho KA, Nezhat C Obstet Gynecol 2009 Sep 114 3 611-5

Management of an obstetric health care provider with acute parvovirus B19 infection.

Kho KA, Eisinger K, Chen KT Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2008 May 198 5 e33-4

• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
  (2012)
• AAGL Best Paper for New Instrumentation
  (2009)
• AAGL Kurt Semm Award for Excellence in Pelviscopy
  (2009)
• ACOG/Kenneth Gottesfeld-Charles Hohler Memorial Foundation Research Grant
  (2009)
• ASRM & Society of Reproductive Surgeons In Training Research Award
  (2009)
• Rice University Envision Grant Awardee
  (1997)

• Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2009)
• American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (2007)
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2004)