Professor Emeritus
M_PEDS-GENERAL PEDIATRICS
+1 415 884-7478
I am a general pediatrician at UCSF Mount Zion Pediatric Primary Care, provide primary care to children with medical complexity and/or developmental disabilities, collaborate with community agencies including Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, California Children's Services and By The Bay Kids to assure coordinated care. I am involved with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts both within and outside of UCSF. I serve on the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. My interest areas include health care communication, transition for youth with special health care needs, mental and behavioral health screening and disaster recovery.
Publications
Piloting a New Subspecialty: A Novel, Cross-Disciplinary Clinical Fellowship to Care for Children with Medical Complexity.
Academic pediatrics
Reference values of inside leg length and inside leg length to stature ratio for Japanese children, 0-12 years of age.
Annals of human biology
Population-based waist circumference reference values in Japanese children (0-6 years): comparisons with Dutch, Swedish and Turkish preschool children.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM
Implementation of a multidisciplinary discharge videoconference for children with medical complexity: a pilot study.
Pilot and feasibility studies
Low Plasma D-dimer Predicts Absence of Intracranial Injury and Skull Fracture.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
Implementation science into the public - pregnant women need to prenatal visit for allergy prevention?
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
National anthropometric reference values and growth curves for Japanese children: history and critical review.
Annals of human biology
Indication for voiding cystourethrography during first urinary tract infection.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
Caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Profiling Pediatricians and Their Health Care Resources.
Maternal and child health journal
Obesity in elementary school children after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards overestimate short stature and underestimate overweight in Japanese children.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM
Beliefs and practices regarding solid food introduction among Latino parents in Northern California.
Appetite
Pediatricians' Comfort Level in Caring for Children With Special Health Care Needs.
Academic pediatrics
Anxiety Associated with Asthma Exacerbations and Overuse of Medication: The Role of Cultural Competency.
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
Waist-to-height ratio centiles by age and sex for Japanese children based on the 1978-1981 cross-sectional national survey data.
International journal of obesity (2005)
Latino Parents' Beliefs about Television Viewing by Infants and Toddlers.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
Trends in thin body stature among Japanese female adolescents, 2003-2012.
Annals of human biology
Understanding how Latino parents choose beverages to serve to infants and toddlers.
Maternal and child health journal
Waist circumference centiles by age and sex for Japanese children based on the 1978-1981 cross-sectional national survey data.
Annals of human biology
Reference standard of penile size and prevalence of buried penis in Japanese newborn male infants.
Endocrine journal
Anxiety associated with asthma exacerbations and overuse of medication: the role of cultural competency.
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
Trends in thin body stature among Japanese male adolescents, 2003-2012.
Annals of human biology
Comparison of patients with Kawasaki disease with retropharyngeal edema and patients with retropharyngeal abscess.
European journal of pediatrics
Late development of coronary artery abnormalities could be associated with persistence of non-fever symptoms in Kawasaki disease.
Pediatric rheumatology online journal
Trends and variations in infant mortality among 47 prefectures in Japan.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Maternal childrearing anxiety reflects childrearing burden and quality of life.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
BMI z-score is the optimal measure of annual adiposity change in elementary school children.
Annals of human biology
Tracking of BMI in Japanese children from 6 to 18 years of age: Reference values for annual BMI incremental change and proposal for size of increment indicative of risk for obesity.
Annals of human biology
The enigma of spontaneous preterm birth.
The New England journal of medicine
Screening for maternal depression in primary care pediatrics.
Current opinion in pediatrics
Can pediatricians accurately identify maternal depression at well-child visits?
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
Official Japanese reports significantly underestimate prevalence of overweight in school children: Inappropriate definition of standard weight and calculation of excess weight.
Annals of human biology
Prevalence and trends of underweight and BMI distribution changes in Japanese teenagers based on the 2001 National Survey data.
Annals of human biology
Age-dependent percentile for waist circumference for Japanese children based on the 1992-1994 cross-sectional national survey data.
European journal of pediatrics
Advocacy by any other name would smell as sweet.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Child advocacy training: curriculum outcomes and resident satisfaction.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Urine testing and urinary tract infections in febrile infants seen in office settings: the Pediatric Research in Office Settings' Febrile Infant Study.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Giving and receiving gifts: one perspective.
The Western journal of medicine
Principles of patient safety in pediatrics.
Pediatrics
A one-month cultural competency rotation for pediatrics residents.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Child advocacy training for pediatrics residents.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Body temperature of newborns: what is normal?
Clinical pediatrics
Universal childhood immunization against hepatitis A: whoa!
The Western journal of medicine
Regional differences in infant immunization against hepatitis B: did intervention work?
Preventive medicine
Doppler ultrasonography in living-related liver transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings
Relationship between reason for placement and medical findings among children in foster care.
Pediatrics
Insights into medical students' career choices based on third- and fourth-year students' focus-group discussions.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Gender differences in physician-patient communication. Evidence from pediatric visits.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine