Professor of Pediatrics, USC School of Medicine
Pediatric Pulmonology
Dr. Thomas G. Keens, MD
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Thomas Keens works in the field of Pediatric Pulmonology. He went to medical school at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. University of California San Diego School of Medicine is ranked 17/19 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 26 awards: "Breath of Life Humanitarian Award", "Robert M. McAllister Faculty Mentoring Award", "Award of Merit", "America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "Visiting Professor", "Drew Wiltsie Memorial Lecturer and Visiting Professor", "8th Annual George Polgar Lectureship in Pediatric Pulmonology", "Second Annual Phillip George Lecturer in Pediatric Pulmonology", "Champion of Public Health", "America's Top Doctors (The Best in American Medicine: Top Doctors and Hospitals)", "Fellowship for Foreign Scientists to Japanese Institutions", "Distinguished Service Award", "Ray Kroc Visiting Professor of Pediatrics", "Fourth Apnea of Infancy Award", "Certificate of Excellence for Volunteer Efforts", "Humming-Bryan Fellowship for Teaching in Japan", "The Best Doctors in America", "Senator Daniel E. Boatwright Award", "LifeCare Recognition Award in Recognition of Key Contributions to Home Mechanical Ventilation", "Morris and Mary Press Humanism Award", "Expert in Pneumology", "Outstanding Service Award", "Eagle Scout" and "Super Doctor". Thomas Keens is a published doctor and has 43 publications published. The lastest was: 'Benign outcome among positive cystic fibrosis newborn screen children with non-CF-causing variants.'
Publications
- Benign outcome among positive cystic fibrosis newborn screen children with non-CF-causing variants.
- Thoracoscopic placement of phrenic nerve pacers for diaphragm pacing in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Pulmonary function abnormalities in childhood cancer survivors treated with bleomycin.
- Examining pediatric emergency home ventilation practices in home health nurses: Opportunities for improved care.
- Correlation of Pulmonary function abnormalities with dose volume histograms in children treated with lung irradiation.
- Pulmonary outcomes in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma treated with involved field radiation.
- Correlation of clinical and dosimetric factors with adverse Pulmonary outcomes in children after lung irradiation.
- Exercise performance in thalassemia major: Correlation with cardiac iron burden.
- Neurocognitive functioning in children with obstructive Sleep apnea syndrome: a pilot study of positive airway pressure therapy.
- Peripheral chemoreceptors in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Sleep Fragmentation and Intermittent Hypoxemia Associated with Decreased Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Adolescent Latino Males.
- End-of-life discussions and advance care planning for children on long-term assisted ventilation with life-limiting conditions.
- Hospital readmissions for newly discharged pediatric home mechanical ventilation patients.
- Pulmonary function in thalassaemia major and its correlation with body iron stores.
- Peripheral Vasoconstriction and Abnormal Parasympathetic Response to Sighs and Transient Hypoxia in Sickle Cell Disease.
- Costs of hospitalized ventilator-dependent children: differences between a ventilator ward and intensive care unit.
- Outcomes and causes of death in children on home mechanical ventilation via tracheostomy: an institutional and literature review.
- Children with corrected or palliated congenital Heart disease on home mechanical ventilation.
- How much do primary care givers know about tracheostomy and home ventilator emergency care?
- Does the 6-min walk test correlate with the exercise stress test in children?
- Do sequential chest radiographs prompt changes in therapy for home mechanical ventilation children admitted for pneumonia?
- Congenital hypoventilation syndromes.
- Sudden infant death syndrome: changing epidemiologic patterns in California 1989-2004.
- Supine Sleeping position does not cause clinical aspiration in neonates in hospital newborn nurseries.
- Alcohol use in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Preoperative predictors of prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation in children following scoliosis repair.
- The effect of scoliosis surgery on lung function in the immediate postoperative period.
- Neuroanatomic deficits in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Disordered Respiratory control in children with partial cerebellar resections.
- FMRI responses to hyperoxia in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Aberrant neural responses to cold pressor challenges in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Long-term Pulmonary sequelae in children who were treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for neonatal respiratory failure.
- Preoperative polysomnograms and infant Pulmonary function tests do not predict prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation in children following scoliosis repair.
- Sudden infant death syndrome and unclassified sudden infant deaths: a definitional and diagnostic approach.
- Temporal trends of cardiac and Respiratory responses to ventilatory challenges in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Infant Sleep positioning by nursery staff and mothers in newborn hospital nurseries.
- Obstructive hypopneas in children and adolescents: normal values.
- Initiation of home mechanical ventilation in children with neuromuscular Diseases.
- Mother-daughter transmission of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
- Thoracoscopic placement of phrenic nerve electrodes for diaphragmatic pacing in children.
- Correlation between digital clubbing and Pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis.
- Does radiation research in healthy children pose greater than minimal risk?
Schools
University of California At San Diego
Children39s Hospital Los Angeles
Hospital Sick Chldn
Conditions Treated
- Asthma
- Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Respiratory Failure
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Doctors Specialties
- Neonatal Medicine
- Pediatric Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Breath of Life Humanitarian Award
- Robert M. McAllister Faculty Mentoring Award
- Award of Merit
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors:LA Area
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- Visiting Professor
- Drew Wiltsie Memorial Lecturer and Visiting Professor
- 8th Annual George Polgar Lectureship in Pediatric Pulmonology
- Second Annual Phillip George Lecturer in Pediatric Pulmonology
- Champion of Public Health
- America's Top Doctors (The Best in American Medicine: Top Doctors and Hospitals)
- Fellowship for Foreign Scientists to Japanese Institutions
- Distinguished Service Award
- Ray Kroc Visiting Professor of Pediatrics
- Fourth Apnea of Infancy Award
- Certificate of Excellence for Volunteer Efforts
- Humming-Bryan Fellowship for Teaching in Japan
- The Best Doctors in America
- Senator Daniel E. Boatwright Award
- LifeCare Recognition Award in Recognition of Key Contributions to Home Mechanical Ventilation
- Morris and Mary Press Humanism Award
- Expert in Pneumology
- Outstanding Service Award
- Eagle Scout
- Super Doctor
Education
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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles -
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Hospital
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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