Kenneth Yen, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics | Public Health You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Kenneth Yen, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He attended medical school at the University of Illinois. He completed his residency at the University of Chicago and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He’s received his Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He was an Assistant EMS director for Milwaukee County EMS, Co-Chair of Wisconsin EMSC Program, and a member of WI-1 DMAT team. He has clinical and research interests in trauma, disaster preparedness, clinical decision rules, medical education, new technology, and IV access. Dr. Yen joined the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as the Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship from 2011-2020. He is currently the Co-director of research for the division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Education Medical School University of Illinois College of Medicine (1996) Residency University of Chicago (1999), Pediatrics Fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin (2002), Pediatric Emergency Medicine University The Medical College of Wisconsin (2006) Research Interest Clinical Decision Rules Disaster Preparedness IV Access Medical Education New Technology Trauma Publications Perceived Race and Ethnicity on CT Use in Children With Minor Head or Abdominal Trauma Atigapramoj NS, McCarten-Gibbs K, Ugalde IT, Badawy M, Chaudhari PP, Yen K, Ishimine P, Sage AC, Nielsen D, Uppermann JS, Kravitz-Wirtz ND, Tancredi DJ, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N Pediatrics 2026 Feb 157 Comparison of Cervical Spine Injury Clinical Prediction Rules for Children After Blunt Trauma Lee LK, Ahmad FA, Browne LR, Harding M, Cook L, Adelgais K, Burger RK, Rogers A, Tzimenatos L, Riney LC, Rubalcava D, Ward CE, Yen K, Leonard JC JAMA Network Open 2025 Dec 8 Comparison of two point-of-care lung ultrasound techniques and their associated outcomes for bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department Smith JA, Cooper MC, Yen K, Reisch J, Stone BS Ultrasound Journal 2025 Dec 17 Performance of the PECARN cervical spine injury prediction rule based on EMS clinician observations Browne LR, Ward CE, Harding M, Cook LJ, Adelgais KM, Ahmad FA, Burger R, Chaudhari PP, Corwin DJ, Glomb NW, Kuppermann N, Lee LK, Leonard JR, Owusu-Ansah S, Riney LC, Rogers AJ, Rubalcava DM, Sapien RE, Szadkowski MA, Tzimenatos L, Yen K, Leonard JC Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2025 Dec 99 928-934 Interrater reliability between surgeons and pediatric emergency providers in the cervical spine assessment of injured children Ahmad FA, Browne LR, Glomb NW, Harding M, Cook LJ, Burger RK, Chaudhari PP, Rogers AJ, Ward CE, Rubalcava D, Yen K, Kuppermann N, Leonard JC Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2025 Dec 99 876-883 Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule Arnold CG, Ishimine P, McCarten-Gibbs KA, Yen K, Atigapramoj N, Badawy M, Ugalde IT, Chaudhari PP, Upperman JS, Kuppermann N, Holmes JF Academic Emergency Medicine 2025 Jun 32 643-649 Incidental Findings on Computed Tomography in Children With Blunt Abdominal Trauma Ugalde IT, Yen K, Tatro G, Ishimine P, Atigapramoj NS, Chaudhari PP, McCarten-Gibbs KA, Badawy M, Upperman JS, Kuppermann N, Holmes JF Annals of Emergency Medicine 2025 May 85 405-410 Emergency Medicine McConnell JS, Guiner A, Yen K 2025 Jan 197-233 PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study Leonard JC, Harding M, Cook LJ, Leonard JR, Adelgais KM, Ahmad FA, Browne LR, Burger RK, Chaudhari PP, Corwin DJ, Glomb NW, Lee LK, Owusu-Ansah S, Riney LC, Rogers AJ, Rubalcava DM, Sapien RE, Szadkowski MA, Tzimenatos L, Ward CE, Yen K, Kuppermann N The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2024 Jul 8 482-490 PECARN prediction rules for CT imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt abdominal or minor head trauma: a multicentre prospective validation study Holmes JF, Yen K, Ugalde IT, Ishimine P, Chaudhari PP, Atigapramoj N, Badawy M, McCarten-Gibbs KA, Nielsen D, Sage AC, Tatro G, Upperman JS, Adelson PD, Tancredi DJ, Kuppermann N The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2024 May 8 339-347 Results 1-10 of 51 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Use of Monitoring Devices. In King C, Henretig F, King B, Loiselle J, Ruddy R, Wiley J, eds. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures. 2nd ed. Yen K, Gorelick MH. (2008). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Gynecologic Emergencies. In Stone CK, Humphries R, Drigalla D, Stephan M, eds. LANGE Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Yen K, Haug J. (2015). McGraw-Hill Education; 492-521. Pediatric Emergency Medicine. In Pediatric Board Study Guide: A Last Minute Review, 2nd edition Nesiama J.O., McConnell, J. and Yen K (2019 p.197-245). Springer The Last Minute Review Cases: Emergency Medicine. In Pediatric Board Study Guide: A Last Minute Review, 2nd edition McConnell J. and Yen K (2019 p.1015-1135). Springer Esophagitis. In Fleisher and Ludwig?s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 2nd Edition Lowe, G., and Yen K (2019 p.278). Wolters Kluwer Shigella. In Fleisher and Ludwig?s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 2nd Edition Nadeem S., and Yen K. (2019 p.830). Wolters Kluwer Tendonitis. In Fleisher and Ludwig?s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 2nd Edition Thayaril A., and Yen K. (2019 p.886). Wolters Kluwer Oral Lesions. In Fleisher and Ludwig?s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 2nd Edition Deramo J., and Yen K. (2019 p.606). Wolters Kluwer Honors & Awards Citation for Distinguished Service RenderedAmerican Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Epidemiology (2006) Ken Graff Young Investigator AwardAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (2006) Ambulatory Pediatric Association Fellow AwardPediatric Academic Society (2001) Best Fellow Research PresentationChildren’s Hospital of Wisconsin (2001) Ludwig Seidel AwardAmbulatory Pediatric Association (2001) Professional Associations/Affiliations Academic Pediatric Association (APA) (2001) American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (1996) American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) (2004-2014) American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow (1996) American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Epidemiology (SOEp) (2004-2014) American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Emergency Medicine (SOEM) (2001) American Medical Association (1992-2004) Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD) (2018-2020) National Association of EMS Physicians (2008-2012) Pediatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group (PEM-SIG) (2002) Society for Pediatric Research (2010) Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (2001-2002) Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) (2012-2019)
