Len Tanaka, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Division / Specialty: Pediatric Intensivist
Birthplace: Honolulu,
Hawaiʻi Medical School: University of
Hawaiʻi Internship/Residency: University of Texas
Clinical Interest: Pediatric critical care: Extracorporeal life support, simulation, and transport
Community Involvement: Dr. Tanaka is the Medical Director of the Hanuola ECMO program of Hawai‘i. He is an educator at the medical school and with the pediatric residents.
Publications/Scholarly:Scientific Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (in order by year with most recent at top)
- Purohit PJ, Yamamoto L, Tanaka LY, Xoinis K, Harrington J, Chang R, Feng A. Pediatric Code Blue: How Prepared Are We? A Self-Efficacy Assessment Project. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf 2020;79:122–6. PMID: 32490399.
- Alsalemi A, Tanaka L, Ogino M, Disi MA, Alhomsi Y, Bensaali F, Amira A, Alinier G. A skills acquisition study on ECMOjo: a screen-based simulator for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Perfusion 2020;35:110–6. Epub 2019 Jul. doi: 10.1177/0267659119859120. PMID: 31303136.
- Rasa M, Musgrave J, Abe K, Tanaka L, Xoinis K, Shiramizu B, Foskett
G, Lau R. A Case of Escherichia coli Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in a 10-Year-Old Male With Severe Neurologic Involvement Successfully Treated With Eculizumab. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2017;5. eCollection 2017 Oct-Dec. PMID: 29152520.
- Tabak B, Elliott CL, Mahnke CB, Tanaka LY, Ogino MT. Transthoracic echocardiography visualization of bicaval dual lumen catheters for veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Clin Ultrasound 2012;40:183–6. Epub 2012 Jan 12. PMID: 22238069.
- Tanaka LY, Herskovic JR, Iyengar MS, Bernstam EV. Sequential result refinement for searching the biomedical literature. J Biomed Inform 2009;42:678–84. Epub 2009 Mar 9. PMID: 19272463.
- Herskovic JR, Tanaka LY, Hersh W, Bernstam EV. A Day in the Life of PubMed: analysis of a typical day’s query log. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007;14:212–20. Epub 2007 Jan 9. PMID: 17213501.
National/International Refereed Conference & Symposium Presentations
- H0342: Section on Simulation and Innovative Learning Methods Program; Clinical Event Debriefing: How-To Guide, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition 2022, Anaheim, California, October 2022
- Leading an ECMO Program in Hawaii, Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2017
Local and Regional Refereed Conference & Symposium Presentations
- Mizuo B, Len K, Lee-Jayaram J, Tanaka LY, Okado C. A “Makeover Story”: Utilization of the Pediatric Clerkship Simulation Course to Assess Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) 10. In: Health Professions Education Conference (HPEC) 2018. University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine. Honolulu, HI, 2018.
Local Invited Conference & Symposium Presentations
- History of ECMO in Hawaii, ECMO in Hawaii: Caring for Our Ohana Conference, Hawaii Pacific Health, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2022
- ECMO Principles: Rest your Lungs, 44th Annual State Respiratory Conference, Hawaii Society for Respiratory Care, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 2017
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