Kenneth Yen, M.D.

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine

Biography

Kenneth Yen, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric emergency medicine.

Dr. Yen earned his medical degree at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Chicago Children’s Hospital and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, where he also earned a master’s degree in epidemiology.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2011.

Dr. Yen currently serves as Research Director for UT Southwestern’s Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine after previously serving as the division’s Fellowship Director. Some of his regular activities include guiding research operations, aiding fellows in project development, and conducting research design workshops. He also consults for the Pediatric Residency Program's research projects.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a member of its Section on Emergency Medicine. He is also a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and the Academic Pediatric Association, including its Pediatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group.

Dr. Yen has clinical and research interests in trauma, disaster preparedness, clinical decision rules, medical education, new technology, and IV access. He has delivered national and regional invited lectures, contributed to four books, and published numerous academic articles related to his areas of expertise.

In 2022, he earned the Best Research Mentor Award from the UT Southwestern Pediatric Residency Program.

Personal Note

When he’s not at work, Dr. Yen enjoys being actively involved in his five kids' wide-ranging activities, leading local Scout troops, reading technothrillers, and cooking tasty meals for his family.

Education & Training

Medical School - University of Illinois College of Medicine (1992-1996)
University - The Medical College of Wisconsin (2001-2006)
Fellowship - Medical College of Wisconsin (1999-2002), Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Residency - University of Chicago (1996-1999), Pediatrics

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics
Society for Pediatric Research
Academic Pediatric Association

Honors & Awards

Best Research Mentor 2022, UT Southwestern Pediatric Residency Program
Best Faculty Abstract Award 2022, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting
Ken Graff Young Investigator Award 2006, American Academy of Pediatrics
Citation for Distinguished Service Rendered 2006, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Epidemiology
Ambulatory Pediatric Association Fellow Award 2001, Pediatric Academic Societies
Ludwig Seidel Award 2001, Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Best Fellow Research Presentation 2001, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Books & Publications

Books
- Oral lesions in Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult (2nd ed.)
  Deramo J, Yen K (2019), Philadelphia, PA, Wolters Kluwer
- Tendonitis in Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult (2nd ed.)
  Thayaril A, Yen K (2019), Philadelphia, PA, Wolters Kluwer
- Shigella in Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult (2nd ed.)
  Nadeem S, Yen K (2019), Philadelphia, PA, Wolters Kluwer
- Esophagitis in Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult (2nd ed.)
  Lowe G, Yen K (2019), Philadelphia, PA, Wolters Kluwer
- The Last Minute Review cases: emergency medicine in Pediatric Board Study Guide: A Last Minute Review (2nd ed.)
  McConnell J, Yen K (2019), New York, NY, Springer
- Chapter 7: Pediatric emergency medicine in Pediatric Board Study Guide: A Last Minute Review (2nd ed.)
  Nesiama JO, McConnell J, Yen K (2019), New York, NY, Springer
- Gynecologic emergencies in Lange Current Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatric Emergency Medicine (1st ed.)
  Yen K, Haug J (2014), New York, NY, McGraw Hill/Medical
- The use of monitoring devices in Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures (2nd ed.)
  Yen K, Gorelick MH (2006), Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publications
- Predicting Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Renal Replacement Therapy in Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli-infected Children.
  McKee RS, Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Xie J, Finkelstein Y, Desai N, Lane RD, Bergmann KR, Kaplan RL, Hariharan S, Cruz AT, Cohen DM, Dixon A, Ramgopal S, Rominger A, Powell EC, Kilgar J, Michelson KA, Beer D, Bitzan M, Pruitt CM, Yen K, Meckler GD, Plint AC, Bradin S, Abramo TJ, Gouin S, Kam AJ, Schuh A, Balamuth F, Hunley TE, Kanegaye JT, Jones NE, Avva U, Porter R, Fein DM, Louie JP, Freedman SB, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Apr 70 8 1643-1651
- Essentials of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship: Part 6: Program Administration.
  Kim IK, Zuckerbraun N, Kou M, Vu T, Levasseur K, Yen K, Chapman J, Doughty C, McAneney C, Zaveri P, Hsu D Pediatric emergency care 2016 Oct 32 10 726-730
- Essentials of PEM Fellowship: Part 5: Scholarship Prepares Fellows to Lead as Pediatric Emergency Specialists.
  Reynolds S, Chang T, Iyer S, Mann C, Wilkinson M, Yen K, Schnadower D Pediatric emergency care 2016 Sep 32 9 645-7
- Comparison of Clinician Suspicion Versus a Clinical Prediction Rule in Identifying Children at Risk for Intra-abdominal Injuries After Blunt Torso Trauma.
  Mahajan P, Kuppermann N, Tunik M, Yen K, Atabaki SM, Lee LK, Ellison AM, Bonsu BK, Olsen CS, Cook L, Kwok MY, Lillis K, Holmes JF Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2015 Aug
- Management of children with solid organ injuries after blunt torso trauma.
  Wisner DH, Kuppermann N, Cooper A, Menaker J, Ehrlich P, Kooistra J, Mahajan P, Lee L, Cook LJ, Yen K, Lillis K, Holmes JF The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2015 Aug 79 2 206-14
- Sensitivity of Plain Pelvis Radiography in Children With Blunt Torso Trauma.
  Kwok MY, Yen K, Atabaki S, Adelgais K, Garcia M, Quayle K, Kooistra J, Bonsu BK, Page K, Borgialli D, Kuppermann N, Holmes JF Annals of emergency medicine 2014 Jul
- Interobserver agreement in the clinical assessment of children with blunt abdominal trauma.
  Yen K, Kuppermann N, Lillis K, Monroe D, Borgialli D, Kerrey BT, Sokolove PE, Ellison AM, Cook LJ, Holmes JF Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2013 May 20 5 426-32
- New biomedical devices that use near-infrared technology to assist with phlebotomy and vascular access.
  Yen K, Gorelick MH Pediatric emergency care 2013 Mar 29 3 383-5
- Identifying Children at Very Low Risk of Clinically Important Blunt Abdominal Injuries.
  Holmes JF, Lillis K, Monroe D, Borgialli D, Kerrey BT, Mahajan P, Adelgais K, Ellison AM, Yen K, Atabaki S, Menaker J, Bonsu B, Quayle KS, Garcia M, Rogers A, Blumberg S, Lee L, Tunik M, Kooistra J, Kwok M, Cook LJ, Dean JM, Sokolove PE, Wisner DH, Ehrlich P, Cooper A, Dayan PS, Wootton-Gorges S, Kuppermann N Annals of emergency medicine 2013 Jan
- Validation and refinement of the difficult intravenous access score: a clinical prediction rule for identifying children with difficult intravenous access.
  Riker MW, Kennedy C, Winfrey BS, Yen K, Dowd MD Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 Nov 18 11 1129-34
- Peripheral difficult venous access in children.
  Rauch D, Dowd D, Eldridge D, Mace S, Schears G, Yen K Clinical pediatrics 2009 Nov 48 9
- Evaluation of temporal artery thermometry in children 3-36 months old.
  Holzhauer JK, Reith V, Sawin KJ, Yen K Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN 2009 Oct 14 4
- Store-and-forward teledermatology versus in-person visits: a comparison in pediatric teledermatology clinic.
  Heffner VA, Lyon VB, Brousseau DC, Holland KE, Yen K Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2009 Jun 60 6
- Time motion study in a pediatric emergency department before and after computer physician order entry.
  Yen K, Shane EL, Pawar SS, Schwendel ND, Zimmanck RJ, Gorelick MH Annals of emergency medicine 2009 Apr 53 4
- Derivation of the DIVA score: a clinical prediction rule for the identification of children with difficult intravenous access.
  Yen K, Riegert A, Gorelick MH Pediatric emergency care 2008 Mar 24 3
- Strategies to improve flow in the pediatric emergency department.
  Yen K, Gorelick MH Pediatric emergency care 2007 Oct 23 10
- The kappa statistic was representative of empirically observed inter-rater agreement for physical findings.
  Gorelick MH, Yen K Journal of clinical epidemiology 2006 Aug 59 8
- Vomiting of liquid corticosteroids in children with asthma.
  Kim MK, Yen K, Redman RL, Nelson TJ, Brandos J, Hennes HM Pediatric emergency care 2006 Jun 22 6 397-401
- Interexaminer reliability in physical examination of pediatric patients with abdominal pain.
  Yen K, Karpas A, Pinkerton HJ, Gorelick MH Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2005 Apr 159 4
- The effect of in-room registration on emergency department length of stay.
  Gorelick MH, Yen K, Yun HJ Annals of emergency medicine 2005 Feb 45 2
- Effect of ethnicity and race on the use of pain medications in children with long bone fractures in the emergency department.
  Yen K, Kim M, Stremski ES, Gorelick MH Annals of emergency medicine 2003 Jul 42 1
- Traumatic epiglottitis.
  Yen K, Flanary V, Estel C, Farber N, Hennes H Pediatric emergency care 2003 Feb 19 1 27-8
- Non-accidental fractures in child maltreatment syndrome
  Bandyopadhyay, S., and Yen, K Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2002 jun 3 2 145-152
- Ultrasound applications for the pediatric emergency department: a review of the current literature.
  Yen K, Gorelick MH Pediatric emergency care 2002 Jun 18 3
- Severe blunt cardiac injury in an infant: a case of child abuse.
  Karpas A, Yen K, Sell LL, Frommelt PC The Journal of trauma 2002 Apr 52 4
- Feasibility survey for a study on selective antibiotic management of acute otitis media.
  Yen K, Walsh-Kelly C, Hennes H WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin 2001 100 8 55-9

Research

Pediatric blunt trauma: head trauma, abdominal trauma, cervical trauma
Clinical decision rules
Difficult IV access
Adapting new technology
Prehospital care (EMS)

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