Kenneth Yen, MD

Emergency Medicine               

Title: Assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, University of Illinois, Peoria, 1992-1996; residency, University of Chicago Hospitals, 1996-1999; fellowship, Medical College, Milwaukee, 1999-2002; Masters in Epidemiology pending, Medical College, Milwaukee, 2002–present.

Certifications: Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Honors: 2001 APA Ludwig Seidel Award.

Research interests: Health information technology, ultrasound, intravascular access, child maltreatment and medical errors/safety.

Representative publications:

• Yen K, Kim M, Stremski ES, Gorelick MH. The Effect of Ethnicity and Race on the Use of Pain Medications in Children with Long Bone Fractures in the Emergency Department. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 42(1):41-47.
• Yen K, Flanary VA, Estel C, Farber N, Hennes HM. Traumatic Epiglottitis. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2003;19(1):27-28.
• Bandyopadhyay S, Yen K. Non-accidental Fractures in Child Maltreatment Syndrome. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 2002;3:145-152.
• Yen K, Gorelick MH. Ultrasound Applications for the Pediatric Emergency Department: Review of Current Literature. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2002;19(3):226-234.
• Karpas A, Yen K, Sell L, Frommelt PC. Severe Blunt Cardiac Injury in an Infant: A Case of Child Abuse. Journal of Trauma. 2002;52:759-764.
• Yen K, Walsh-Kelly CM, Hennes HM. Feasibility Survey for a Study on Selective Antibiotic Management of Acute Otitis Media. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2001;100(8):55-9.

Current grants:

• Pediatric Emergency Department Injury Study, CHW 03/157, HRRC 528-03, co-primary investigator with Kyriakou D, Northwestern University, Division of Emergency Medicine, along with Greenbaum J.
• Seed grant from the Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Contact information: PO Box 1997, MS 677, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Phone: (414) 266-3190. Fax: (414) 266-2635. E-mail: kyen@mcw.edu.