Ofer Yanay, MD

Ofer Yanay, MD

Critical Care, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

On staff since February 2007

Academic Title: Associate Professor

Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research

  • Biography

    Ofer Yanay, MD, is attending physician at Seattle Children's Hospital and Harborview Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is also the Medical Director of ICU Respiratory Therapy. He completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric critical care. He has published chapters and peer-reviewed articles with emphasis on gene therapy. His laboratory-based research centers on lentivirus-based vectors and on gene therapybased treatment for diabetes.

  • Patient Testimonials
    • Berenice yakima, WA 05.19.16

      my experience with Dr. Ofer Yanay was amazing. my son had been in the NICU for four months and then had transfer to the PICU, where I meet the AMAZING!!! Dr. Ofer. Dr. Ofer learned to know my son , learn how to respond to my son,s needs quickly due that he was critically ill. Dr. Ofer talked to me . explain in detail what it meant to be here and how he was taking the best decisions for my son. Not only was Dr. Ofer an Attending for me he was an Advocate. Thank you, DR. OFER

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  • Publications

    Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

    • Wittekind SG, Yanay O, Johnson EM, Gibbons EF
      Two pediatric cases of variant neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy after intracranial hemorrhage.
      25201800 Pediatrics, 2014 : 134(4)e1211-1217
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25201800

    Other Publications

    • Whalen LD, Di Gennaro JL, Irby GA, Yanay O, Zimmerman JJ
      Long-term dexmedetomidine use and safety profile among critically ill children and neonates.
      25068249 Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2014 Oct. : 15(8)706-14
    • Whalen LD, Di Gennaro JL, Irby GA, Yanay O, Zimmerman JJ
      Long-term dexmedetomidine use and safety profile among critically ill children and neonates.
      25068249 Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2014 Oct. : 15(8)706-14
    • von Saint Andre-von Arnim A, Farris R, Roberts JS, Yanay O, Brogan TV, Zimmerman JJ
      Common endocrine issues in the pediatric intensive care unit.
      23537679 Critical care clinics, 2013 April : 29(2)335-58
    • Yanay O, Dale DC, Osborne WR
      Repeated lentivirus-mediated granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration to treat canine cyclic neutropenia.
      22845776 Human gene therapy, 2012 Nov. : 23(11)1136-43 PMCID:PMC3498882
    • Sweet IR, Yanay O, Waldron L, Gilbert M, Fuller JM, Tupling T, Lernmark A, Osborne WR
      Treatment of diabetic rats with encapsulated islets.
      18373735 Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2008 Dec. : 12(6B)2644-50
    • Brzezinski M, Yanay O, Waldron L, Barry SC, Osborne WR
      G-CSF-lentivirus administration in rats provided sustained elevated neutrophil counts and subsequent EPO-lentivirus administration increased hematocrits.
      17510917 The journal of gene medicine, 2007 July : 571-8
    • Yanay O, Brogan TV, Martin LD
      Continuous pentobarbital infusion in children is associated with high rates of complications.
      15484178 Journal of critical care, 2004 Sept. : 174-8
    • Yanay O, Lerman-Sagie T, Gilad E, Nissenkorn A, Jaferi J, Watemberg N, Houri S
      Infant botulism in Israel: knowledge enables prompt diagnosis.
      15115268 The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ, 2004 April : 249-50

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Overview

Board Certification(s)

Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Medical/Professional School

Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Fellowship

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