Roberta Kato, MD
Pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease
Education
University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Accomplishments
Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology: American Board of Pediatrics
American Thoracic Society
Publications
Early Use of Anti-influenza Medications in Hospitalized Children With Tracheostomy Pediatrics. 2019 Feb 27.
Sickle Cell Disease Subjects Have a Distinct Abnormal Autonomic Phenotype Characterized by Peripheral Vasoconstriction With Blunted Cardiac Response to Head-Up Tilt Front Physiol. 2019; 10:381.
Refining the Application of Microbial Lipids as Tracers of Staphylococcus aureus Growth Rates in Cystic Fibrosis Sputum J Bacteriol. 2018 Dec 15; 200(24).
Upper Airway Narrowing during Central Apnea in Obese Adolescents Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Dec; 15(12):1465-1471.
Upper Airway Narrowing during Central Apnea in Obese Adolescents Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Oct 29.
Case Report of Pediatric Channelopathies With UNC80 and KCNJ11 Mutations Having Abnormal Respiratory Control Treated With Positive Airway Pressure Therapy J Clin Sleep Med. 2018 Aug 15; 14(8):1419-1425.
Case Report of Pediatric Channelopathies With UNC80 and KCNJ11 Mutations Having Abnormal Respiratory Control Treated With Positive Airway Pressure Therapy J Clin Sleep Med. 2018 Aug 06.
A Retrospective Review of Infants Receiving Sildenafil J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Mar-Apr; 23(2):100-105.
A novel cross-correlation methodology for assessing biophysical responses associated with pain J Pain Res. 2018; 11:2207-2219.
Individuals with sickle cell disease have a significantly greater vasoconstriction response to thermal pain than controls and have significant vasoconstriction in response to anticipation of pain Am J Hematol. 2017 Nov; 92(11):1137-1145.
Magn Reson Med. 2017 Jun; 77(6):2364-2371.
Biophysical markers of the peripheral vasoconstriction response to pain in sickle cell disease PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0178353.
Research
Pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease
Pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Pulmonary complications of congenital heart disease
MRI dynamic imaging of the airways and lungs
Cystic fibrosis lung microbiome
