Kensho Iwanaga, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Awards
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- Excellence in Teaching Award for General Teaching, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2020
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francsico 2021
- Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Seattle Children's Hospital 2013
- M.S. Epidemiology University of Washington School of Public Health 2013
- Pediatric Chief Residency Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland 2010
- Pediatric Residency Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland 2009
- M.D. University of California, Irvine College of Medicine 2006
Interests
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- asthma
- epidemiology
- translational research
- medical education
- sickle cell lung disease
- aerodigestive medicine
- tracheostomy and ventilator dependence
- respiratory therapies
- flexible bronchoscopy
- cystic fibrosis
- bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- interdisciplinary training
- sleep medicine
- pulmonary function testing
Websites
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- Kensho Iwanaga | UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)
- UCSF Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program (pediatrics.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- STTR Phase II: User-friendly spirometer and mobile app for self-management and home monitoring of asthma patients, National Science Foundation
- University of California, San Francisco Pediatric Pulmonary Center (PPC) Program, Maternal & Child Health Bureau
Publications (15)
Top publication keywords:
Immunocompromised HostMetagenomeInterleukin-8TracheostomyMycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousAirway RemodelingParticulate MatterClarithromycinCystic FibrosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryAir PollutantsMucin 5ACLaryngostenosisTransforming Growth Factor beta2Asthma
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Time to be blunt: Substance use in cystic fibrosis.
Pediatric pulmonology 2024 Vaziri S, McGarry ME, Huang CY, Cuneo AA, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Neemuchwala F, Gibb ER, Chan M, Ly NP -
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 S. Vaziri, M. McGarry, A. Cuneo, M. Chan, E. Gibb, K. Iwanaga, F. Neemuchwala, N. Ly -
483 Describing the oropharyngeal microbiome in children with cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator related metabolic syndrome.
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis 2022 K. Tuveson, M. Zinter, M. McGarry, K. Iwanaga, M. Chan, G. Reyes, J. Blum, M. Simon, N. Ly -
Food insecurity and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in cystic fibrosis households.
Pediatric pulmonology 2022 Lim JT, Ly NP, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Gibb ER, Chan M, Church GD, Neemuchwala F, McGarry ME -
Pulmonary Metagenomic Sequencing Suggests Missed Infections in Immunocompromised Children.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019 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 …
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What is learned from measuring aerobic capacity in healthy children and young adults with cystic fibrosis
Annals of Pediatric Research 2019 Faricy LE, Iwanaga K, Ly NP -
Early-life ozone exposure associated with asthma without sensitization in Latino children.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2016 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… -
Urban particulate matter induces pro-remodeling factors by airway epithelial cells from healthy and asthmatic children.
Inhalation toxicology 2013 Iwanaga K, Elliott MS, Vedal S, Debley JS -
Mycobacterium abscessus complex lung infection in a toddler with a tracheostomy.
Pediatric pulmonology 2013 Iwanaga K, Carter ER -
Inflammatory and growth mediators in growing preterm infants.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM 2007 Ahmad I, Zaldivar F, Iwanaga K, Koeppel R, Grochow D, Nemet D, Waffarn F, Eliakim A, Leu SY, Cooper DM -
Effect of a high-fat meal on the growth hormone response to exercise in children.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM 2006 Galassetti P, Larson J, Iwanaga K, Salsberg SL, Eliakim A, Pontello A -
Inflammatory cytokine, growth factor and counterregulatory responses to exercise in children with type 1 diabetes and healthy controls.
Pediatric diabetes 2006 Galassetti PR, Iwanaga K, Crisostomo M, Zaldivar FP, Larson J, Pescatello A -
Effect of prior hyperglycemia on IL-6 responses to exercise in children with type 1 diabetes.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2005 Galassetti PR, Iwanaga K, Pontello AM, Zaldivar FP, Flores RL, Larson JK -
Clinical significance of occult metastatic melanoma in sentinel lymph nodes and other high-risk factors based on long-term follow-up.
World journal of surgery 2005 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 -
Internal mammary sentinel lymph node mapping for invasive breast cancer: implications for staging and treatment.
The breast journal 2005 Park C, Seid P, Morita E, Iwanaga K, Weinberg V, Quivey J, Hwang ES, Esserman LJ, Leong SP