Kensho Iwanaga • UCSF Profiles

Kensho Iwanaga, MD, MS

Title(s)	Associate Professor, Pediatrics
School	School of Medicine
Address	550 16th. Street, #4763 San Francisco CA 94158
ORCID	0000-0001-6571-9129
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Biography

Education and Training

University of California, Irvine College of Medicine	M.D.	2006
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland		2009	Pediatric Residency
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland		2010	Pediatric Chief Residency
Seattle Children's Hospital		2013	Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship
University of Washington School of Public Health	M.S.	2013	Epidemiology
University of California, San Francsico		2021	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

Awards and Honors

UCSF Academy of Medical Educators

2020

Excellence in Teaching Award for General Teaching

Overview

Interests

medical education, asthma, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, tracheostomy and ventilator dependence, aerodigestive medicine, sleep medicine, sickle cell lung disease, cystic fibrosis, flexible bronchoscopy, pulmonary function testing, respiratory therapies, translational research, epidemiology, interdisciplinary training

Websites

	Kensho Iwanaga \| UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco
	UCSF Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program

Research

Research Activities and Funding

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

STTR Phase II: User-friendly spirometer and mobile app for self-management and home monitoring of asthma patients
National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Investigator

Bibliographic

Publications

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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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Ped Pediatrics Pul Pulmonary Medicine
Translation:Humans
323 It's time to be blunt—a deeper investigation of attitudes and usage of marijuana, cannabidiol, and cigarettes in the cystic fibrosis community. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2022 Oct 1; 21:s192-s193. Vaziri VS, McGarry MM, Cuneo CA, Chan CM, Gibb GE, Iwanaga IK, Neemuchwala NF, Ly LN. .

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483 Describing the oropharyngeal microbiome in children with cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator related metabolic syndrome. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2022 Oct 1; 21:s275. Tuveson TK, Zinter ZM, McGarry MM, Iwanaga IK, Chan CM, Reyes RG, Blum BJ, Simon SM, Ly LN. .

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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.

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Ped Pediatrics Pul Pulmonary Medicine
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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.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
What is learned from measuring aerobic capacity in healthy children and young adults with cystic fibrosis. Annals of Pediatric Research. 2019; 3(2):1026. Faricy LE, Iwanaga K, Ly NP.
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.

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All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
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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Tox Toxicology
Translation:Humans Cells
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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Ped Pediatrics Pul Pulmonary Medicine
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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.

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End Endocrinology Ped Pediatrics
Translation:Humans
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.

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End Endocrinology Ped Pediatrics
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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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End Endocrinology
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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.

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End Endocrinology Met Metabolism Phy Physiology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
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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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
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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Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans