Kara Wong Ramsey, M.D.

Community Involvement: Dr. Wong Ramsey is the Clerkship Director of the Pediatrics at University of Hawaii JABSOM and Co-Medical Director of the Newborn nursery at Queens Medical Center. She serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Coding Committee. She is also a board member of the ʻAhahui O Nā Kauka Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians and of the Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association Oahu Region.

1. Yanni D, Scheid A, Sinha CB, Wong Ramsey K, Hempel B, Hubbard D, Pappagallo M, Vargas L, Gowda S, Savich R, Dammann C, Vyas-Read S. Improving Well-being Among Women in Neonatology. J Perinatol. Published online August 30, 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02091-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39215194.
2. Merhar SL, Hu Z, Devlin LA, Ounpraseuth ST, Simon AE, Smith PB, Walsh MC, Lee JY, Das A, Higgins RD, Crawford MM, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Telang SD, Fung CM, Wright T, Reynolds AM, Hahn D, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon K, Dummula K, Weiner J, White JR, Howell MP, Newman S, Snowden JN, Young LW. Infant Feeding and Weight Trajectories in the Eat, Sleep, Console Trial: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. Published online August 12, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2578 PMID: 39133505; PMCID: PMC11320328.
3. Devlin LA, Hu Z, Merhar SL, Ounpraseuth ST, Simmon AE, Lee JY, Das A, Crawford M, Greenberg R, Smith B, HIggins RD, Walsh MC, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Fung CM, Wright T, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon K, Dummula K, Weiner, J, White JR, Newman S, Snowden JN, Young LW. Influence of Eat, Sleep, and Console on Infants Pharmacologically Treated for Opioid Withdrawal: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of the ESC-NOW Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2024;178(6):525-532. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0544 PMID: 38619854; PMCID: PMC11019446.
4. Wong Ramsey K. Medical Coding: New Phone, Who Dis? Telemedicine at the End of the Public Health Emergency. Neonatology Today. 2023 Dec;18(12):173-174. Available online at: https://www.neonatologytoday.net/newsletters/nt-dec23.pdf
5. Young LW, Ounpraseuth ST, Merhar SL, Hu Z, Simon AE, Bremer AA, Lee JY, Das A, Crawford MM, Greenberg RG, Smith PB, Poindexter BB, Higgins RD, Walsh MC, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Telang S, Fung CM, Wright T, Reynolds AM, Hahn DW, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Puopolo KM, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Akshatha, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon KR, Dummula K, Weiner J, White JR, Howell MP, Newman S, Snowden JN, Devlin LA; ACT NOW Collaborative. Eat, Sleep, Console Approach or Usual Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 22;388(25):2326-2337. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2214470. PMID: 37125831; PMCID: PMC10433732.
6. Wong Ramsey K, Duncan, S. New Year, New Codes. Neonatology Today. 2023 Feb;18(2):152-154. Available online at: https://www.neonatologytoday.net/newsletters/nt-feb23.pdf
7. Wong Ramsey KN, Davis JD, Tanaka JS, Kuo S. Infant Body Composition in an Asian Pacific Islander Population. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023;10(6):2663-2669. doi:10.1007/s40615-022-01444-x PMID: 36357640.
8. Kawamura MY, Kimata C, Wong Ramsey K. Racial Disparities in Breastmilk Receipt and Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonatal Morbidities in an Asian Pacific Islander Population. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023;10(2):952-960. doi:10.1007/s40615-022-01283-w PMID: 35297496.
9. Ramsey KW, Blaisdell-Brennan HK, Chong-Hanssen K, Iwane M, Lum NM, Kamaka M. Hali‘a Aloha no Kauka Elizabeth Tam: In Fond Memory of Dr. Elizabeth Tam from ‘Ahahui o Nā Kauka (Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians). Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2022;81(3):77-79. PMCID: PMC8899084
10. Ramsey KW, Beckwith N, Heathcock L, Myers T, Balaraman V. Advocating For a Culture of Support for Lactating Medical Residents in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2021 Dec;80(12):304-306. PMID: 34877543; PMCID: PMC8646861.
11. Kamaka, M, Watkins-Victorino L, Lee A, Freitas S, Wong Ramsey K, Quint J, Ku T, Nishizaki K, Kaholokula J. Addressing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Deficiencies Through a Community-based Collaborative Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2021;80(10 suppl 2):36-45.PMID: 34704067; PMCID: PMC8538117.
12. 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;79(5 Suppl 1):91-95. PMID: 32490393; PMCID: PMC7260863.

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