John Takayama, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus
Pediatrics
[email protected]
+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: 

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

Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T

Implementation of a multidisciplinary discharge videoconference for children with medical complexity: a pilot study.

Pilot and feasibility studies

Ravid NL, Zamora K, Rehm R, Okumura M, Takayama J, Kaiser S

Low Plasma D-dimer Predicts Absence of Intracranial Injury and Skull Fracture.

Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society

Nozawa M, Mishina H, Tsuji S, Takayama JI

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

Yamamoto-Hanada K, Takayama JI, Saito-Abe M, Futamura M, Ohya Y

Indication for voiding cystourethrography during first urinary tract infection.

Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society

Kobayashi Y, Mishina H, Michihata N, Miyasaka M, Takayama JI

Caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Profiling Pediatricians and Their Health Care Resources.

Maternal and child health journal

Okumura MJ, Knauer HA, Calvin KE, Takayama JI

Obesity in elementary school children after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society

Moriyama H, Fuchimukai T, Kondo N, Takayama JI

WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards overestimate short stature and underestimate overweight in Japanese children.

Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM

Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T

Pediatricians' Comfort Level in Caring for Children With Special Health Care Needs.

Academic pediatrics

Okumura MJ, Knauer HA, Calvin KE, Takayama JI

Anxiety Associated with Asthma Exacerbations and Overuse of Medication: The Role of Cultural Competency.

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP

Horikawa YT, Udaka TY, Crow JK, Takayama JI, Stein MT

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)

Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T

Latino Parents' Beliefs about Television Viewing by Infants and Toddlers.

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Beck AL, Takayama J, Badiner N, Halpern-Felsher B

Trends in thin body stature among Japanese female adolescents, 2003-2012.

Annals of human biology

Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T

Understanding how Latino parents choose beverages to serve to infants and toddlers.

Maternal and child health journal

Beck AL, Takayama JI, Halpern-Felsher B, Badiner N, Barker JC

Reference standard of penile size and prevalence of buried penis in Japanese newborn male infants.

Endocrine journal

Matsuo N, Ishii T, Takayama JI, Miwa M, Hasegawa T

Anxiety associated with asthma exacerbations and overuse of medication: the role of cultural competency.

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP

Horikawa YT, Udaka TY, Crow JK, Takayama JI, Stein MT

Trends in thin body stature among Japanese male adolescents, 2003-2012.

Annals of human biology

Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T

Comparison of patients with Kawasaki disease with retropharyngeal edema and patients with retropharyngeal abscess.

European journal of pediatrics

Nomura O, Hashimoto N, Ishiguro A, Miyasaka M, Nosaka S, Oana S, Sakai H, Takayama JI

Late development of coronary artery abnormalities could be associated with persistence of non-fever symptoms in Kawasaki disease.

Pediatric rheumatology online journal

Fukuda S, Ito S, Oana S, Sakai H, Kato H, Abe J, Ito R, Saitoh A, Takayama JI

Trends and variations in infant mortality among 47 prefectures in Japan.

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

Mishina H, Hilton JF, Takayama JI

Maternal childrearing anxiety reflects childrearing burden and quality of life.

Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society

Mishina H, Takayama JI, Aizawa S, Tsuchida N, Sugama S

BMI z-score is the optimal measure of annual adiposity change in elementary school children.

Annals of human biology

Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T

The enigma of spontaneous preterm birth.

The New England journal of medicine

Takayama JI, Matsuo N

Screening for maternal depression in primary care pediatrics.

Current opinion in pediatrics

Mishina H, Takayama JI

Can pediatricians accurately identify maternal depression at well-child visits?

Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society

Mishina H, Hayashino Y, Takayama JI, Kasahara M, Fukuhara S

Advocacy by any other name would smell as sweet.

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine

Chamberlain LJ, Sanders LM, Takayama JI

Child advocacy training: curriculum outcomes and resident satisfaction.

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine

Chamberlain LJ, Sanders LM, Takayama JI

Management and outcomes of care of fever in early infancy.

JAMA

Pantell RH, Newman TB, Bernzweig J, Bergman DA, Takayama JI, Segal M, Finch SA, Wasserman RC

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

Newman TB, Bernzweig JA, Takayama JI, Finch SA, Wasserman RC, Pantell RH

Giving and receiving gifts: one perspective.

The Western journal of medicine

Takayama JI

Principles of patient safety in pediatrics.

Pediatrics

Lannon CM, Coven BJ, Lane France F, Hickson GB, Miles PV, Swanson JT, Takayama JI, Wood DL, Yamamoto L

Promoting education, mentorship, and support for pediatric research.

Pediatrics

Chesney RW, Dungy CI, Gillman MW, Rivara FP, Schonfeld DJ, Takayama JI, Alexander DF, Cairo MS, Dreyer BP, van Dyck P, Ferrieri P, Kohrt AE, McAnarney ER, Margolis LH, Orr DP, Rothstein E, Simpson L, Weitzman M, Schonfeld DJ, Yudkowsky BK

A one-month cultural competency rotation for pediatrics residents.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Takayama JI, Chandran C, Pearl DB

Child advocacy training for pediatrics residents.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Takayama JI, Song EH

Body temperature of newborns: what is normal?

Clinical pediatrics

Takayama JI, Teng W, Uyemoto J, Newman TB, Pantell RH

Universal childhood immunization against hepatitis A: whoa!

The Western journal of medicine

Takayama JI

Urinary tract infection controversy and questions.

Pediatrics

Newman TB, Takayama JI

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

Mutha S, Takayama JI, O'Neil EH

Gender differences in physician-patient communication. Evidence from pediatric visits.

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine

Bernzweig J, Takayama JI, Phibbs C, Lewis C, Pantell RH

Admission, recruitment, and retention: finding and keeping the generalist-oriented student. SGIM Task Force on Career Choice in Primary Care and Internal Medicine.

Journal of general internal medicine

Linzer M, Slavin T, Mutha S, Takayama JI, Branda L, VanEyck S, McMurray JE, Rabinowitz HK

Costs and benefits of lead screening.

JAMA

Pantell RH, Takayama JI, Newman TB