Kensho Iwanaga, MD, MS

Title(s)Associate Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #4763
San Francisco CA 94158
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-6571-9129 Additional info
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    University of California, Irvine College of MedicineM.D.2006
    Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland2009Pediatric Residency
    Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland2010Pediatric Chief Residency
    Seattle Children's Hospital2013Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship
    University of Washington School of Public HealthM.S.2013Epidemiology
    University of California, San Francsico2021Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    UCSF Academy of Medical Educators2020Excellence in Teaching Award for General Teaching

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    University of California, San Francisco Pediatric Pulmonary Center (PPC) Program
    Maternal & Child Health Bureau
    Role: Associate Project Director

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    1. Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship Interviews: The More Options, the Better. ATS Scholar. 2024 Oct 16. Richard RK, Kirkby KS, Bishay BL, Martinez-Fernandez MT, Iwanaga IK, Sheares SB, De DA, Nelson NB. .
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    2. Time to be blunt: Substance use in cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Apr; 59(4):1015-1027. Vaziri S, McGarry ME, Huang CY, Cuneo AA, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Neemuchwala F, Gibb ER, Chan M, Ly NP. PMID: 38251844.
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    3. Food insecurity and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in cystic fibrosis households. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 05; 57(5):1238-1244. Lim JT, Ly NP, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Gibb ER, Chan M, Church GD, Neemuchwala F, McGarry ME. PMID: 35112507.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    4. Pulmonary Metagenomic Sequencing Suggests Missed Infections in Immunocompromised Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 05 17; 68(11):1847-1855. Zinter MS, Dvorak CC, Mayday MY, Iwanaga K, Ly NP, McGarry ME, Church GD, Faricy LE, Rowan CM, Hume JR, Steiner ME, Crawford ED, Langelier C, Kalantar K, Chow ED, Miller S, Shimano K, Melton A, Yanik GA, Sapru A, DeRisi JL. PMID: 30239621; PMCID: PMC6784263.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 75     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    5. What is learned from measuring aerobic capacity in healthy children and young adults with cystic fibrosis. Annals Pediatr Res. 2019; 3(2):1026. Faricy LE, Iwanaga K, Ly NP.
    6. Early-life ozone exposure associated with asthma without sensitization in Latino children. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 12; 138(6):1703-1706.e1. Nishimura KK, Iwanaga K, Oh SS, Pino-Yanes M, Eng C, Keswani A, Roth LA, Nguyen EA, Thyne SM, Farber HJ, Serebrisky D, Meade K, LeNoir MA, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Borrell LN, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lurmann F, Sen S, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Avila PC, Balmes JR, Kumar R, Burchard EG. PMID: 27423496; PMCID: PMC5148667.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    7. Urban particulate matter induces pro-remodeling factors by airway epithelial cells from healthy and asthmatic children. Inhal Toxicol. 2013 Oct; 25(12):653-60. Iwanaga K, Elliott MS, Vedal S, Debley JS. PMID: 24102466.
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    8. Mycobacterium abscessus complex lung infection in a toddler with a tracheostomy. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2014 Mar; 49(3):296-8. Iwanaga K, Carter ER. PMID: 23460506.
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    9. Inflammatory and growth mediators in growing preterm infants. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Mar; 20(3):387-96. Ahmad I, Zaldivar F, Iwanaga K, Koeppel R, Grochow D, Nemet D, Waffarn F, Eliakim A, Leu SY, Cooper DM. PMID: 17451077.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Effect of a high-fat meal on the growth hormone response to exercise in children. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jun; 19(6):777-86. Galassetti P, Larson J, Iwanaga K, Salsberg SL, Eliakim A, Pontello A. PMID: 16886585.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Inflammatory cytokine, growth factor and counterregulatory responses to exercise in children with type 1 diabetes and healthy controls. Pediatr Diabetes. 2006 Feb; 7(1):16-24. Galassetti PR, Iwanaga K, Crisostomo M, Zaldivar FP, Larson J, Pescatello A. PMID: 16489970.
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    12. Effect of prior hyperglycemia on IL-6 responses to exercise in children with type 1 diabetes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2006 May; 290(5):E833-9. Galassetti PR, Iwanaga K, Pontello AM, Zaldivar FP, Flores RL, Larson JK. PMID: 16332921.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    13. Clinical significance of occult metastatic melanoma in sentinel lymph nodes and other high-risk factors based on long-term follow-up. World J Surg. 2005 Jun; 29(6):683-91. Leong SP, Kashani-Sabet M, Desmond RA, Kim RP, Nguyen DH, Iwanaga K, Treseler PA, Allen RE, Morita ET, Zhang Y, Sagebiel RW, Soong SJ. PMID: 15895193.
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    14. Internal mammary sentinel lymph node mapping for invasive breast cancer: implications for staging and treatment. Breast J. 2005 Jan-Feb; 11(1):29-33. Park C, Seid P, Morita E, Iwanaga K, Weinberg V, Quivey J, Hwang ES, Esserman LJ, Leong SP. PMID: 15647075.
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