Rhiana Lau, M.D.

Division / Specialty: Nephrology
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Internship/Residency: University of California, Los Angeles
Hobbies: Cooking, hiking, spending time with family and friends
Clinical Interest: Dr. Lau's clinical interests include acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, and improving patient compliance. She also has an interest in quality improvement.
Community Involvement: Dr. Lau is the Division Chief of the Pediatric Specialty Division for the HPH Medical Group and JABSOM Department of Pediatrics. She is also Chair of Utilization Management, Medical Director for Case Management, and physician advisor for Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children. She is a member of the KMCWC MOC and CME committees, and the JABSOM Pediatric Residency Program Evaluation Committee. She is past treasurer for the Hawaiʻi Chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics.

Publications/Scholarly: Mignano SE, Lau RL, Izutsu CH, and Kim L. Searching for significance in Oceania: A voyage of recurrent FSGS in a patient from the Marshall Islands with variants of uncertain significance. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Nov 2023.

Ramos A and Lau R. Chapter on Cystic Kidney Diseases. In: Case Based Pediatrics for Medical Students and Residents, Third Edition. Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine. Nov 2022.

Murakami A, Lau RL, Wallerstein R, Zagustin T, Kuwada G, Purohit PJ. Acute Rhabdomyolysis in a Child with Multiple Suspicious Gene Variants. Case Rep Pediatr. 2022 Sep 24;2022:2099827. doi: 10.1155/2022/2099827. PMID: 36193211; PMCID: PMC9526545.

Narasimhan S and Lau R. NICU baby listed as “Self-Pay”: You’ve got to be kidding! American College of Physician Advisors Newsletter. Jan 2022.

Nguyen D, Lau R, Kim L. Three Year Old with Proteinuria. John A Burns School of Medicine Annual Biomedical Sciences & Health Disparities Symposium. Hawaii, April 2021.

Limm-Chan B, Musgrave J, Lau R, Ahn HJ, Nguyen L, Kurahara D. Incidence of Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis in Hawai'i and Factors Affecting Length of Hospitalization. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020;79(5):149-152.

Rasa M, Musgrave J, Abe K, Tanaka L, Xoinis K, Shiramizu B, Foskett G, Lau R. A case of E. 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 Nov 6; 5(4):2324709617741144. doi: 10.1177/2324709617741144. eCollection 2017 Oct-Dec.

Lau R. Chapter on Cystic Kidney Diseases. In: Case Based Pediatrics for Medical Students and Residents, Second Edition. Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine. Oct 2013.

Lau R, Hanudel M, Ettenger R. Corticosteroids in recurrence of glomerular disease in renal transplantation: Do we know the right questions to ask? Pediatr Transplant. 2012 Nov; 16(7): 684-7.

Lau, RL, Reed, EF, Ettenger, RB, Wallace, WD, Gjertson, DW, Zhang, Z, Gritsch, HA, Tsai, E W. Intragraft B-Cells Are Associated with Medication Nonadherence and Severity of Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: 1972. Transplantation. 94(10S):p 71-72, November 27, 2012.

Miyamoto A, Lau R, Hein PW, Shipley JM, Weinmaster G. Microfibrillar proteins MAGP-1 and MAGP-2 induce Notch1 extracellular domain dissociation and receptor activation. J Biol Chem. 2006 Apr 14; 281(15): 10089-97.

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