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Yao Sun

MD, PhD

  • Professor, Pediatrics

Biography

Dr. Yao Sun is medical director of the William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Children's Hospital. He uses his expertise in medical informatics, a field at the juncture of medicine and computer science, to keep the intensive care nursery on the cutting edge of patient diagnoses and treatments.

Sun is an associate professor of clinical pediatrics in the UCSF Division of Neonatology. He received his medical degree from UCLA, received a doctorate in computer science from MIT, and completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatology at Children's Hospital Boston

Education & Training

  • MIT, Cambridge, MA Computer Science
  • Harvard Joint Program in Neonatology, Boston, MA Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA Pediatrics
  • University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA School of Medicine

Publications

  • Franck LS, Magaña J, Bisgaard R, Lothe B, Sun Y, Morton CH. Mobile-enhanced Family Integrated Care for preterm infants: A qualitative study of parents' views. PEC Innov. 2024 Dec; 4:100284. PubMed
  • Franck LS, Hodgson C, Gay CL, Bisgaard R, Cormier DM, Joe P, Lothe B, Sun Y. Mobile-Enhanced Family-Integrated Care for Preterm Infants: Nurse and Physician Views About Implementation. Adv Neonatal Care. 2023 Dec 01; 23(6):565-574. PubMed
  • Franck LS, Gay CL, Hoffmann TJ, Kriz RM, Bisgaard R, Cormier DM, Joe P, Lothe B, Sun Y. Maternal mental health after infant discharge: a quasi-experimental clinical trial of family integrated care versus family-centered care for preterm infants in U.S. NICUs. BMC Pediatr. 2023 08 10; 23(1):396. PubMed
  • Franck LS, Gay CL, Hoffmann TJ, Kriz RM, Bisgaard R, Cormier DM, Joe P, Lothe B, Sun Y. Neonatal outcomes from a quasi-experimental clinical trial of Family Integrated Care versus Family-Centered Care for preterm infants in U.S. NICUs. BMC Pediatr. 2022 11 22; 22(1):674. PubMed
  • McAdams RM, Kaur R, Sun Y, Bindra H, Cho SJ, Singh H. Predicting clinical outcomes using artificial intelligence and machine learning in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review. J Perinatol. 2022 12; 42(12):1561-1575. PubMed
  • Franck LS, Kriz RM, Bisgaard R, Gay CL, Sossaman S, Sossaman J, Cormier DM, Joe P, Sasinski JK, Kim JH, Lin C, Sun Y. Parent Readiness for Their Preterm Infant's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2023 Jan-Mar 01; 37(1):68-76. PubMed
  • Haeusslein L, Gano D, Gay CL, Kriz RM, Bisgaard R, Vega M, Cormier DM, Joe P, Walker V, Kim JH, Lin C, Sun Y, Franck LS. Relationship between social support and post-discharge mental health symptoms in mothers of preterm infants. J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2023 07; 41(3):260-274. PubMed
  • Franck LS, Cormier DM, Hutchison J, Moore D, Bisgaard R, Gay C, Ngo S, Kriz RM, Lin C, Ekno M, Ribero D, Sun Y. A Multisite Survey of NICU Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions About Family-Centered Care. Adv Neonatal Care. 2021 06 01; 21(3):205-213. PubMed
  • Furtak SL, Gay CL, Kriz RM, Bisgaard R, Bolick SC, Lothe B, Cormier DM, Joe P, Sasinski JK, Kim JH, Lin CK, Sun Y, Franck LS. What parents want to know about caring for their preterm infant: A longitudinal descriptive study. Patient Educ Couns. 2021 11; 104(11):2732-2739. PubMed
  • Sun Y, Kaur R, Gupta S, Paul R, Das R, Cho SJ, Anand S, Boutilier JJ, Saria S, Palma J, Saluja S, McAdams RM, Kaur A, Yadav G, Singh H. Development and validation of high definition phenotype-based mortality prediction in critical care units. JAMIA Open. 2021 Jan; 4(1):ooab004. PubMed
  • Singh H, Cho SJ, Gupta S, Kaur R, Sunidhi S, Saluja S, Pandey AK, Bennett MV, Lee HC, Das R, Palma J, McAdams RM, Kaur A, Yadav G, Sun Y. Designing a bed-side system for predicting length of stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Sci Rep. 2021 02 08; 11(1):3342. PubMed
  • Singh H, Kusuda S, McAdams RM, Gupta S, Kalra J, Kaur R, Das R, Anand S, Kumar Pandey A, Cho SJ, Saluja S, Boutilier JJ, Saria S, Palma J, Kaur A, Yadav G, Sun Y. Machine Learning-Based Automatic Classification of Video Recorded Neonatal Manipulations and Associated Physiological Parameters: A Feasibility Study. Children (Basel). 2020 Dec 22; 8(1). PubMed
  • Franck LS, Kriz RM, Bisgaard R, Cormier DM, Joe P, Miller PS, Kim JH, Lin C, Sun Y. Comparison of family centered care with family integrated care and mobile technology (mFICare) on preterm infant and family outcomes: a multi-site quasi-experimental clinical trial protocol. BMC Pediatr. 2019 12 02; 19(1):469. PubMed
  • Singh H, Kaur R, Saluja S, Cho SJ, Kaur A, Pandey AK, Gupta S, Das R, Kumar P, Palma J, Yadav G, Sun Y. Development of data dictionary for neonatal intensive care unit: advancement towards a better critical care unit. JAMIA Open. 2020 Apr; 3(1):21-30. PubMed
  • Cohen J, Van Marter LJ, Sun Y, Allred E, Leviton A, Kohane IS. Perturbation of gene expression of the chromatin remodeling pathway in premature newborns at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Genome Biol. 2007; 8(10):R210. PubMed
  • Liu H, Kho AT, Kohane IS, Sun Y. Predicting survival within the lung cancer histopathological hierarchy using a multi-scale genomic model of development. PLoS Med. 2006 Jul; 3(7):e232. PubMed
  • Sun JY, Sun Y. A system for automated lexical mapping. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006 May-Jun; 13(3):334-43. PubMed
  • Sun Y. Methods for automated concept mapping between medical databases. J Biomed Inform. 2004 Jun; 37(3):162-78. PubMed
  • van Wingerde FJ, Sun Y, Harary O, Mandl KD, Salem-Schatz S, Homer CJ, Kohane IS. Linking multiple heterogeneous data sources to practice guidelines. Proc AMIA Symp. 1998; 391-5. PubMed
  • Sun Y, Kohane IS, Stark AR. Computer-assisted adjustment of inspired oxygen concentration improves control of oxygen saturation in newborn infants requiring mechanical ventilation. J Pediatr. 1997 Nov; 131(5):754-6. PubMed
  • Sun Y, Kohane I, Stark AR. Fuzzy logic assisted control of inspired oxygen in ventilated newborn infants. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1994; 757-61. PubMed
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