Karyn E Yonekawa, MD

Karyn E Yonekawa, MD

On staff since July 2006

Children's Title: Attending Physician

Academic Title: Clinical Professor Emeritus

  • Biography

    Karyn Yonekawa, MD, is an attending physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. In early 2024, she retired from her clinical practice in Pediatric Nephrology. Dr. Yonekawa continues on staff at Seattle Children’s in a consultant capacity for patients with complex kidney stones and as a Quality Improvement mentor.

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  • Publications

    Other Publications

    • Tasian GE, Dickinson K, Park G, Marchesani N, Mittal A, Cheng N, Ching CB, Chu DI, Walton R, Yonekawa K, Gluck C, Muneeruddin S, Kan KM, DeFoor W, Rove K, Forrest CB
      Distinguishing characteristics of pediatric patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 in PEDSnet.
      37848358 Journal of pediatric urology, 2024 Feb. : 20(1)88.e1-88.e9
    • Kaplan HC, Goldstein SL, Rubinson C, Daraiseh N, Zhang F, Rodgers IM, Dahale DS, Askenazi DJ, Somers MJG, Zaritsky JJ, Misurac J, Chadha V, Yonekawa KE, Sutherland SM, Weng PL, Walsh KE
      Prospective Study of the Multisite Spread of a Medication Safety Intervention: Factors Common to Hospitals With Improved Outcomes.
      38127682 American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality, 2024 Jan 1 : 39(1)21-32
    • Fernandez N, Silverii H, Dangle P, Yonekawa K
      Atypical clinical presentation and management of urinary stone disease in non-verbal non-ambulatory children.
      37344296 Journal of pediatric urology, 2023 Oct. : 19(5)560.e1-560.e6
    • Ching CB, Dickinson K, Karafilidis J, Marchesani N, Mucha L, Antunes N, Razzaghi H, Utidjian L, Yonekawa K, Coplen DE, Muneeruddin S, DeFoor W, Rove KO, Forrest CB, Tasian GE
      The real world experience of pediatric primary hyperoxaluria patients in the PEDSnet clinical research network.
      37392234 European journal of pediatrics, 2023 Sept. : 182(9)4027-4036
    • Tasian G, Dickinson K, Karafilidis J, Marchesani N, Antunes N, Razzaghi H, Utidjian L, Yonekawa K, Coplen D, Muneeruddin S, DeFoor B, Rove KO, Forrest C, Ching C
      Diagnostic Code-Based Screening for Identifying Children with Primary Hyperoxaluria.
      35930731 The Journal of urology, 2022 Oct. : 208(4)898-905
    • Scales CD Jr, Desai AC, Harper JD, Lai HH, Maalouf NM, Reese PP, Tasian GE, Al-Khalidi HR, Kirkali Z, Wessells H, Urinary Stone Disease Research Network
      Prevention of Urinary Stones With Hydration (PUSH): Design and Rationale of a Clinical Trial.
      33212205 American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2021 June : 77(6)898-906.e1 PMCID:PMC8124076
    • Menon S, Tarrago R, Carlin K, Wu H, Yonekawa K
      Impact of integrated clinical decision support systems in the management of pediatric acute kidney injury: a pilot study.
      32620006 Pediatric research, 2021 April : 89(5)1164-1170
    • Goldstein SL, Dahale D, Kirkendall ES, Mottes T, Kaplan H, Muething S, Askenazi DJ, Henderson T, Dill L, Somers MJG, Kerr J, Gilarde J, Zaritsky J, Bica V, Brophy PD, Misurac J, Hackbarth R, Steinke J, Mooney J, Ogrin S, Chadha V, Warady B, Ogden R, Hoebing W, Symons J, Yonekawa K, Menon S, Abrams L, Sutherland S, Weng P, Zhang F, Walsh K
      A prospective multi-center quality improvement initiative (NINJA) indicates a reduction in nephrotoxic acute kidney injury in hospitalized children.
      31980139 Kidney international, 2020 March : 97(3)580-588

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Pediatric Nephrology

Medical/Professional School

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Residency

Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA

Fellowship

Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Clinical Interests

Kidney Stones, Scholarly Quality Improvement, Ambulatory Safety