Kensho Iwanaga, MD, MS

Education
2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francsico
2013 - Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship, Seattle Children's Hospital
M.S., 2013 - Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health
2010 - Pediatric Chief Residency, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
2009 - Pediatric Residency, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
M.D., 2006 - , University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
Honors and Awards
  • Excellence in Teaching Award for General Teaching, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2020
Websites

  1. Vaziri S, McGarry ME, Cuneo AA, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Neemuchwala F, Gibb ER, Chan M, Ly NP. A Joint Conversation: People With Cystic Fibrosis' Perception of Healthcare Teams' Knowledge, Comfort, and Barriers in Discussing Substance Use. Pediatric pulmonology 2025. PMID: 40019020


  2. Kristen Richard, Stephen Kirkby, Lara Bishay, Tanya M. Martinez-Fernandez, Kensho Iwanaga, Beverley J. Sheares, Aliva De, Benjamin A. Nelson. Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship Interviews: The More Options, the Better. ATS Scholar 2024. PMID:


  3. Vaziri S, McGarry ME, Huang CY, Cuneo AA, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Neemuchwala F, Gibb ER, Chan M, Ly NP. Time to be blunt: Substance use in cystic fibrosis. Pediatric pulmonology 2024. PMID: 38251844


  4. Lim JT, Ly NP, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Gibb ER, Chan M, Church GD, Neemuchwala F, McGarry ME. Food insecurity and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in cystic fibrosis households. 2022. PMID: 35112507


  5. Zinter MS, Dvorak CC, Mayday MY, Iwanaga K, Ly NP, McGarry ME, Church GD, Faricy LE, Rowan CM, Hume JR, Steiner ME, Crawford ED, Langelier C, Kalantar K, Chow ED, Miller S, Shimano K, Melton A, Yanik GA, Sapru A, DeRisi JL. Pulmonary Metagenomic Sequencing Suggests Missed Infections in Immunocompromised Children. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019. PMID: 30239621


  6. Faricy LE, Iwanaga K, Ly NP. What is learned from measuring aerobic capacity in healthy children and young adults with cystic fibrosis Annals of Pediatric Research 2019. PMID:


  7. Nishimura KK, Iwanaga K, Oh SS, Pino-Yanes M, Eng C, Keswani A, Roth LA, Nguyen EA, Thyne SM, Farber HJ, Serebrisky D, Meade K, LeNoir MA, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Borrell LN, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lurmann F, Sen S, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Avila PC, Balmes JR, Kumar R, Burchard EG. Early-life ozone exposure associated with asthma without sensitization in Latino children. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2016. PMID: 27423496


  8. Iwanaga K, Elliott MS, Vedal S, Debley JS. Urban particulate matter induces pro-remodeling factors by airway epithelial cells from healthy and asthmatic children. Inhalation toxicology 2013. PMID: 24102466


  9. Iwanaga K, Carter ER. Mycobacterium abscessus complex lung infection in a toddler with a tracheostomy. Pediatric pulmonology 2013. PMID: 23460506


  10. Ahmad I, Zaldivar F, Iwanaga K, Koeppel R, Grochow D, Nemet D, Waffarn F, Eliakim A, Leu SY, Cooper DM. Inflammatory and growth mediators in growing preterm infants. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM 2007. PMID: 17451077


  11. Galassetti P, Larson J, Iwanaga K, Salsberg SL, Eliakim A, Pontello A. Effect of a high-fat meal on the growth hormone response to exercise in children. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM 2006. PMID: 16886585


  12. Galassetti PR, Iwanaga K, Crisostomo M, Zaldivar FP, Larson J, Pescatello A. Inflammatory cytokine, growth factor and counterregulatory responses to exercise in children with type 1 diabetes and healthy controls. Pediatric diabetes 2006. PMID: 16489970


  13. Galassetti PR, Iwanaga K, Pontello AM, Zaldivar FP, Flores RL, Larson JK. Effect of prior hyperglycemia on IL-6 responses to exercise in children with type 1 diabetes. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2005. PMID: 16332921


  14. Leong SP, Kashani-Sabet M, Desmond RA, Kim RP, Nguyen DH, Iwanaga K, Treseler PA, Allen RE, Morita ET, Zhang Y, Sagebiel RW, Soong SJ. Clinical significance of occult metastatic melanoma in sentinel lymph nodes and other high-risk factors based on long-term follow-up. World journal of surgery 2005. PMID: 15895193


  15. Park C, Seid P, Morita E, Iwanaga K, Weinberg V, Quivey J, Hwang ES, Esserman LJ, Leong SP. Internal mammary sentinel lymph node mapping for invasive breast cancer: implications for staging and treatment. The breast journal 2005. PMID: 15647075