KasperSaonunWangMDFACS, FAAP

PubMed

• 58 citations
  Assessment and Management of Inguinal Hernia in Infants
  Kasper S. Wang, Lu Ann Papile, Jill E. Baley, William E. Benitz, James J. Cummings
  Pediatrics. 2012-10-01
• 290 citations
  Prevention and management of procedural pain in the neonate: An update
  Kristi L. Watterberg, James J. Cummings, William E. Benitz, Eric C. Eichenwald, Brenda B. Poindexter
  Pediatrics. 2016-02-01
• 110 citations
  Multi-organ Mapping of Cancer Risk
  Liqin Zhu, David Finkelstein, Culian Gao, Lei Shi, Yong-Dong Wang
  Cell. 2016-08-25

Journal Articles

• Immersion in water during labor and delivery  
  American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetric Practice, Pediatrics, 1/1/2014
• Medical status of 219 children with biliary atresia surviving long-term with their native livers: results from a north american multicenter consortium  
  Ng VL, Haber BH, Magee JC, Miethke A, Murray KF, Michail S, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Molleston JP, Romero R, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, Shneider BL, Turmelle YP, Alonso EM, ..., J Pediatr, 1/1/2014
• Metabolic response to stress in the surgical neonate  
  Wang KS, Ford HR, Upperman JS, Neoreviews, 1/1/2006
• Two-stage laparoscopic orchidopexy with gubernacular preservation: Preliminary report of a new approach to the intraabdominal testis  
  Wang KS and Shaul DB, Journal of Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques, 1/1/2004
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Books/Book Chapters

• Guidelines for Perinatal Care 
  Chapter: Chapter 9: Neonatal Complications and Management of High-Risk Infants. 
  Wang KS with AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn as Section on Surgery LiaisonAmerican Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetrics and GynecologyEdition 7th,2012
• Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery 
  Chapter: Update on Biliary Atresia for Pediatric Surgery. 
  Wang KS, Grikscheit TG, Goodhue C, Ford HREditors: F. Charles Brunicardi.McGraw-HillEdition 9th,2012
• Schwartz's Principles of Surgery 
  Chapter: Pediatric Surgery. 
  Hackam D, Newman K, Grikscheit T, Wang KS, Ford HREditors: F. Charles Brunicardi.McGraw-HillEdition 9th,2009
• Surgery of the Colon and Rectum. 
  Chapter: Management of fecal incontinence. 
  Wang K.S., Edelstein, P.Editors: Takeshi Takahashi Monroy.2001
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Abstracts/Posters

• PROMININ-1-expressing Progenitor Cells undergo TGFB-mediated Transdifferentiation into Myofibroblasts during Biliary Fibrosis.
  Nguyen MV, Mavila N, James D, Wang KS, Surgical Forum of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• A novel repair of a vaginal fornix laceration following intercourse.
  Garza U, Bliss D, Nguyen N, Wang KS, Meeting of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1/1/2014
• Analysis of surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation as a treatment for pediatric cholestasis: a retrospective, multi-institutional study.
  Wang KS, Shneider B, Azen C, Arnon R, Bass L, Bozic M, Brandt M, Clifton M, Dillon PA, Fecteau A, Hertel P, Hirose S, Iyer K, Kamath B, Karpen S, Karrer F, Kerkar N, L..., 65th annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA, 1/1/2014
• Repair of a colonic tubular duplication with dual rectovaginal fistulae.
  Bowen K, Platt DK, Wu AJ, Wang KS, Meeting of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1/1/2014
• Tissue-Engineered Liver Derived from Organ-Specific Stem Cells Demonstrates Bile Ducts and Albumin Production.
  Mavila N, Spurrier R, Wang C, James D, Barthel E, Utley S, Grikscheit T, Wang KS, 9th annual meeting of the Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
• FGF signaling promotes expansion of an A6/HNF4alpha co-expressing progenitor cell population during DDC-induced liver injury via downstream AKT-dependent beta-catenin ...
  Utley S, Vendryes C, James D, Mavila N, Salisbury M, Phan J, Wang KS, 8th Annual Meeting of the Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
• Laparoscopic versus Open Treatment of Congenital Duodenal Obstruction: Multicenter Short-Term Outcomes Analysis.
  Jensen AR, Short SS, Anselmo D, Torres M, Frykman P, Shin CE, Wang KS, Nguyen N, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgery, Beijing, China, 1/1/2013
• The expansion of PROMININ-1-positive epithelial mesenchymal cells within periportal fibrosis of rotavirus-induced biliary atresia.
  Mavila N, James D, Shivakumar P, Utley S, Mak K, Wu A, Groff M, Wang KS, 64th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• FGFR-AKT-beta catenin and TGF beta-SMAD3 signaling pathways are associated with expansion and epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation of CD133posCD49fpos cells in ...
  Mavila N, James D, Shivakumar P, Utley S, Wu A, Mak K, Vendryes C, Bezerra J, Wang KS, 8th Annual Meeting of the Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
• High-dose corticosteroid therapy following portoenterostomy in infants with biliary atresia does not improve outcome: The multi-center, randomized, double-blind, place...
  Bezerra JA, Spino C, Magee JC, Shneider BL, Rosenthal P, Wang KS, Erlichman J, Haber B, Hertel P, Karpen S, Kerkar N, Loomes KM, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Romero R, Sch..., 64th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Misexpression of human JAGGED1 causes disorganization of the biliary tree in zebrafish consistent with a biliary atresia phenotype.
  Groff M, Zuniga E, Crump G, Wang KS, 8th Annual Meeting of the Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
• Muscle Sparing Trans-Axillary Approach for Thoracotomy in Neonates.
  Groff M, Bowen K, Merianos D, Jesudason E, Wang KS, Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, 1/1/2013
• Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: Diagnosis and Complications in Children.
  Short SS, Papillon S, Hunter CJ, Stanley P, Thomas D, Genyk Y, Azen C, Wang KS, Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, 1/1/2013
• Congenital Heart Disease and Heterotaxy: Upper Gastrointestinal Fluoroscopy is Misleading and Surgery in an Asymptomatic Patient is not Beneficial
  Papillon, SC, Zmora O, Goodhue CJ, Sharma SS, Wells WJ, Ford HR, Upperman JS, Bushman GA, Wang KS, Kim R, Pierce JR, Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2012
• Postnatally Induced Over-Expression of Fgf10 Promotes Notch Activation and Murine Hepatic Progenitor Cell Expansion.
  Utley, S, Berg T, James D, Salisbury SM, Phan, J, Lam G, Sullivan S, Mavila, N, Vendryes, C, Wang, KS, 7th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2012
• Over-expression of Fgf10 promotes murine hepatic progenitor cell proliferation and improved cholestasis during DDC induced liver injury.
  Utley S, Vendryes C, James D, Mavila N, Salisbury M, Phan J, Wang KS, 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• FGFR2IIIb mediated activation of AKT-beta-catenin-CBP pathway regulates survival and proliferation of murine hepatoblasts and hepatic tumor initiating stem cells.
  Mavila N, James D, Utley S, Cu N, Coblens O, Mak K, Rountree CB, Kahn M, Wang KS, 63rd annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• Congenital and acquired liver disease in single ventricle patients.
  Goodhue CJ, Pontarelli EM, Levin D, Vendryes C, Sharma SS, Wells WJ, Ford HR, Upperman JS, Wang KS, Bushman GA, Pierce JR, 63rd annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in children is associated with decreased cost, and length of stay: results of a two-center analysis.
  Short, S, Frykman, P, Nguyen, N, Liu Q, Berel D, Wang, KS, Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2012
• Developing a Long Term Collaboration To Improve Pediatric Surgical Care in Mozambique.
  Shekherdimian S, Taela A, Miller L, Hoffman R, Ismail M, Wang KS, Bernstein RM, DeUgarte D, Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence Conference, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2011
• Medical Status of 192 Children with Biliary Atresia Surviving >5 Years After Kasai Portoenterostomy With Their Native Liver.
  Ng VL, Haber B, Magee JC, Karpen SL, Miethke AG, Schwarz KB, Shneider BL, Whitington PF, Turmelle YP, Kerkar N, Rosenthal P, Molleston JP, Wang KS, Romero R, Murray KF..., 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2011
• Prospective Multicenter Analysis of Post-operative Total Bilirubin as a Biomarker for Short-term Outcome After Hepatoportoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia.
  Shneider BL, Magee JC, Karpen SL, Rand E, Narkewicz MR, Schwarz KB, Whitington PF, Bezerra JA, Kerkar N, Haber B, Rosenthal P, Turmelle YP, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Ng..., 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2011
• Pediatric congenital primary paraesophageal hernia: A 10-year review of diagnosis, outcome and repair.
  Hunter CJ, Anselmo D, Wang KS, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2011
• FGF and Notch signaling are associated with progenitor cell proliferation after DDC liver injury.
  Vendryes CL, Utley S, James D, Phan J, Mavila N, Cook H, Wang KS, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2011
• FGFR2IIIb Signaling promotes the proliferation of hepatic progenitor cells by enhancing the beta-Catenin-CBP interaction.
  Mavila N, Dreyfuss J, Utley S, Nguyen C, Rountree CB, Kahn M and Wang KS, Hepatology; 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

• Biliary Atresia and Pediatric Cholestasis. Invited Speaker 
  Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2014
• Overview of Pediatric Surgery, Course Lecturer 
  USC Keck School of Medicine - 1/1/2014
• Pediatric Surgery. Invited Lecturer 
  Crescenta Valley Health Career night - 1/1/2014
• ChiLDREN: Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network: a U01-funded consortium. Invited Speaker 
  Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles - 1/1/2014
• Biliary Atresia: Disease and Development 
  Maxwell House, Pasadena, CA - 1/1/2013
• Progress in the Treatment of Biliary Atresia. Invited Visiting Professor 
  Changsha, Hunan, China - 1/1/2013
• Pediatric Thoracic Surgery. Invited Visiting Professor 
  Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan China - 1/1/2013
• Collaboration in Translational Research. Invited Speaker and Panelist 
  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles - 1/1/2013
• Biliary Atresia: State of the Art. Invited Speaker 
  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles - 1/1/2013
• Pathologic Jaundice in a Neonate. Invited Speaker 
  SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA - 1/1/2013
• Pediatric Surgery. Invited Lecturer 
  1/1/2012
• Non-transplant surgery for Alagille Syndrome. Invited Speaker 
  Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2012
• Biliary Atresia: Research Update. Host and Lecturer 
  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles - 1/1/2012
• Biliary Atresia. Invited Speaker 
  The Green House, Pasadena, CA - 1/1/2012
• Hepatic stem/progenitors cells in disease. Lecturer 
  USC Keck School of Medicine - 1/1/2012
• Neonatal Jaundice: Educating Parents To Identify Early Symptoms Of Biliary Atresia. Invited Lecturer 
  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles - 1/1/2011
• Overview of Biliary Atresia. Host and Lecturer 
  Children's Hospital Los Angeles - 1/1/2011
• Biliary Atresia: From Hopeless to Hopeful. Invited Speaker 
  USC Keck School of Medicine - 1/1/2011
• Topics in Pediatric Surgery. Lecturer for Medical Students 
  Hospital Central Mozambique - 1/1/2011
• The story of me: From HS to today. 
  1/1/2011
• FGF and Notch signaling in liver stem cells. 
  1/1/2011
• Hepatic stem/progenitors cells in disease. 
  USC Keck School of Medicine - 1/1/2010
• Pediatric liver diseases and stem cells. 
  Pasadena, CA - 1/1/2010
• Gastrointestinal obstruction in infants. 
  Aspen, CO - 1/1/2010
• Cholestatic Liver Diseases in Infants. Invited Speaker 
  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles - 1/1/2010
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