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Kyra Len, M.D.

Kyra Len, MD

Kyra Len, M.D.
Associate Professor and Interim Vice Chair
Director of Medical Student Education

Division / Specialty: Pediatric Hospitalist
Medical School: University of Hawai’i
Internship/Residency: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital of Oakland
Community Involvement: Dr. Len is an Associate Professor of the Office of Medical Education and Department of Pediatrics. Her leadership roles include current Interim Vice Chair and Director of Medical Student Education for Pediatrics, Learning Community Co-Director, Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Director. She enjoys teaching across the medical education continuum from tutoring 1st year medical students in their first PBL unit, through clinical teaching of junior and senior residents on the inpatient pediatric wards. She was honored to receive multiple awards from medical students including the University of Hawai`i Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching Award and the JABSOM John H. Hardman Award for Mentoring in Teaching. She also serves on multiple hospital, department and medical school committees. She is also a resident advisor, learning community mentor and an advisor for students interested in a career Pediatrics.

Publications/Scholarly: Scientific Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (in order by year with most recent at top) Nakashima, E.N., Sutton, C.X.Y., Yamamoto, L.G., Len, K.A. (2020). Wellness Curriculum in the Pediatric Clerkship. Hawai‘i Journal of Health and Social Welfare, 79(5

Len KA, Wang, T, Okado CK, Pan D, Tadaki SS, Kimata C, Siu AM, Ching N, Kosut JS. Pediatric COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi: A Brief Report on Unique Hospitalization Characteristics. J Pediat Inf Dis Soc. 2025.

Len KA, Kimata C, Fong SFT. Resilience in Medical Education: Examining the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pre-clerkship Curriculum Outcomes and Learner Perceptions at the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025 Jan;84(1):4-9. 

Fujiwara AS, Di Rocco JR, Hong TKF, Kimata C, Len KA. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient Pediatric Medical Student Education in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 Jul;83(7):192-199. 

Noel ER, Mizuo B, Yamamoto LG, Ishikawa KM, Chen JJ, Len KA. Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Student Performance and Evaluation Scores. SVOA Medical Research 2024, 2:1, 10-18.

Noel, E.R., Sringkarisate, K., Ching, N., Len, K.A. Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies (subsp.) pasteurianus Meningitis in a 7-week-old Boy. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 Apr;83(4):113-115.

Growdon, A.S., Onate, A., Staffa, S.J., Berger, S., Callas, C., Chitkara, M.B., Crook, T.W., Daniel, D.A., Huth, K., Lehmann, S., Len, K.A., Murray, A.M. (2022). The effect of providing protected time for utilization of video-based learning in the pediatric clerkship: A randomized trial. Academic Pediatrics, 2023 May 5;S1876-2859(23)00148-1. 

Saringkarisate, K, Len, K.A., Melish, M.E., Prothero, B.K., Ching, N. (2022) Vaccine-Strain Varicella Virus Transmitted to a Term Infant Following Maternal Postpartum Vaccination. J. Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 2022 Oct 25;11(10):452-453. 

 

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