Kara Wong Ramsey, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Division / Specialty: Neonatology
Community Involvement: Dr. Wong Ramsey is the Co-Medical Director of the Newborn nursery at Queens Medical Center. She is also a faculty advisor for the Pediatric Interest Group at JABSOM and a board member of ʻAhahui O Nā Kauka.
Publications/Scholarly: Wong Ramsey K, Davis J, Okihiro M. A Comparison of Length of Hospitalization and Costs in Obese and Non-Obese Pediatric Patients at a Single Hospital in Honolulu. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 May 1;79(5 Suppl 1):91-95. Wong Ramsey KN, Loichinger MH, Slavin TP, Kuo S, Seaver LH. 2014. The perinatal presentation of cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome. Am J Med Genet Part A9999:1-7. Ramsey KW, Halm BM. Diagnosis of intussusception using bedside ultrasound by a pediatric resident in the emergency department. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Feb;73(2):58-60. Ramsey KW, Slavin TJ, Jain S, Tjoeng T. Visual Diagnosis: Newborn with Unilateral Lower Extremity Vascular Malformation and Limb Asymmetry. Neoreviews. 2014;15:e82. Ramsey KW, Davis J, French G. Perspectives of Chuukese Patients and Their Health Care Providers on the Use of Different Interpretation Methods. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2012 Sep;71(9):249-252. Ramsey KW, Slavin TP, Graham G, Hirata GI, Balaraman V, Seaver LH. Monozygotic twins discordant for trisomy 13. J Perinatology. 2012 April;32(4):306-8. Wong K, Levitsky LL, Misra M. Predictors and growth consequences of central hypothyroidism in pediatric patients receiving recombinant human growth hormone. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2010 May;23(5):451-61 Shields HM, Nambudiri VE, Leffler DA, Akileswaran C, Gurrola ER, Jimenez R, Saltzman A, Samuel PA, Wong K, White Ii AA, Hafler JP, Hayward JN, Pelletier SR, O’Farrell RP, Blanco PG, Kappler SM, Llerena-Quinn R. Using medical students to enhance curricular integration of cross-cultural content. Kaoshiung J Med Sci. 2009 Sep; 25(9): 493-502. Mau MK, Wong K, Efird J, West M, Saito EP, Maddock J. Environmental factors of obesity in communities with native Hawaiians. Hawaii Med J. 2008 Sep;67(9):233-6.
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