Kenneth Yen, MD             

Titles
Pediatric emergency specialist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Emergency Medicine

Research program/center
Neuroscience research

Research interests
Health services, trauma, injury and violence

Study interests
Child maltreatment, health information technology, intravascular access, medical errors/safety, ultrasound.

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

Certifications
Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Honors
2001 APA Ludwig Seidel Award.

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.

Grants

• Pediatric Emergency Department Injury Study, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 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
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
PO Box 1997
MS 677
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-3190
Fax: (414) 266-2635
E-mail: kyen@mcw.edu