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Dennis Z. Kuo, M.D., M.H.S.

Dennis Z. Kuo, M.D., M.H.S.

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Pediatrics , Pediatric Developmental Disabilities

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About Me

Dr. Kuo is Chief of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. He received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Hospitals and fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr....
Dr. Kuo is Chief of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. He received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Hospitals and fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kuo has a longstanding interest in comprehensive care of children with disabilities and medical complexity. Prior to coming to URMC, Dr. Kuo provided both general pediatric and specialty care for children with medical complexity, developmental disabilities, and feeding disorders at Arkansas Children's Hospital and Oishei Children's Hospital (Buffalo, NY).

Certified Specialties

Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (SMD)

Purcell Family Distinguished Professorship - Department of Pediatrics, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 2005 - 2008

Residency, Internship/Residency, University of North Carolina. 1998 - 2000

Internship, Pediatrics, University of North Carolina. 1997 - 1998

Education

MHS | John Hopkins University Bloomberg School Of Public Health. 2006

MD | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Pediatrics. 1997

Research

Dr. Kuo's research interests include patient- and family-centered care for children with medical complexity; care coordination; early childhood health; and health care system reform for children with disabilities and medical complexity. He is a Steering Committee member of the Children and Youth wi...
Dr. Kuo's research interests include patient- and family-centered care for children with medical complexity; care coordination; early childhood health; and health care system reform for children with disabilities and medical complexity. He is a Steering Committee member of the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs research network.

Publications

Journal Articles

Lillvis D, Harmon B, Osei H, Ribeiro S, Zrik A, Janjua V, Assioun J, Aronoff N, Kuo DZ

Academic pediatrics.. 2024 October 10 Epub 10/10/2024.

Turchi RM, Kuo DZ, Rusher JW, Seltzer RR, Lehmann CU, Grout RW, ,

Pediatrics.. 2024 June 1153 (6)Epub 1900 01 01.

Randolph G, Coleman C, Allshouse C, Plant B, Kuo DZ

Pediatrics.. 2024 January 1153 (Suppl 1)Epub 1900 01 01.

Houlihan BV, Coleman C, Kuo DZ, Plant B, Comeau M

Pediatrics.. 2024 January 1153 (Suppl 1)Epub 1900 01 01.

Chien AT, Spence SJ, Okumura MJ, Lu S, Chan CH, Houtrow AJ, Kuo DZ, Van Cleave JM, Shanske SA, Schuster MA, Kuhlthau KA, Toomey SL

Academic pediatrics.. 2024 24 (4):587-595. Epub 11/02/2023.

Krieg KD, Nooraie RY, Favella M, Iadarola S, Kuo DZ, O'Connor TG, Petrenko CLM, Bayer ND

Hospital pediatrics.. 2023 December 113 (12):e371-e376. Epub 1900 01 01.

Lillvis DF, Sheehan KM, Yu J, Noyes K, Harmon C, Kuo DZ

Hospital pediatrics.. 2023 September 113 (9):849-856. Epub 1900 01 01.

Lillvis DF, Sheehan KM, Yu J, Noyes K, Bass KD, Kuo DZ

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.. 2022 September 193 (3):299-306. Epub 03/14/2022.

Kuo DZ, Rodgers RC, Beers NS, McLellan SE, Nguyen TK

Pediatrics.. 2022 June 1149 (Suppl 7)Epub 1900 01 01.

Lillvis DF, Miller CR, Kuo DZ

Vaccine.. 2022 March 140 (10):1458-1463. Epub 02/04/2022.

Kuo DZ, Comeau M, Perrin JM, Coleman C, White P, Lerner C, Stille CJ

Academic pediatrics.. 2022 March 22 (2S):S47-S53. Epub 11/19/2021.

Kuo DZ, Lail J, Comeau M, Chesnut E, Meyers A, Mosquera R

Academic pediatrics.. 2022 March 22 (2S):S41-S46. Epub 1900 01 01.

Okumura MJ, Kuo DZ, Ware AN, Cyr MH, White PH

Academic pediatrics.. 2022 March 22 (2S):S7-S13. Epub 10/29/2021.

Yu JA, Bayer ND, Beach SR, Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ

Academic pediatrics.. 2022 22 (8):1489-1498. Epub 08/21/2022.

Bayer ND, Wang H, Yu JA, Kuo DZ, Halterman JS, Li Y

Pediatrics.. 2021 August 148 (2)Epub 06/21/2021.

Thomson J, Hall M, Nelson K, Flores JC, Garrity B, DeCourcey DD, Agrawal R, Goodman DM, Feinstein JA, Coller RJ, Cohen E, Kuo DZ, Antoon JW, Houtrow AJ, Bastianelli L, Berry JG

Pediatrics.. 2021 February 147 (2)Epub 01/07/2021.

Barach P, Fisher SD, Adams MJ, Burstein GR, Brophy PD, Kuo DZ, Lipshultz SE

Progress in pediatric cardiology.. 2020 December 59 :101254. Epub 06/06/2020.

Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ

Pediatrics.. 2020 December 146 (6)Epub 11/17/2020.

Lillvis JH, Lillvis DF, Towle-Miller LM, Wilding GE, Kuo DZ

Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2020 October 24 (5):291.e1-291.e6. Epub 09/29/2020.

Lindly OJ, Crossman MK, Shui AM, Kuo DZ, Earl KM, Kleven AR, Perrin JM, Kuhlthau KA

BMC pediatrics.. 2020 April 1720 (1):168. Epub 04/17/2020.

Bergman DA, Keller D, Kuo DZ, Lerner C, Mansour M, Stille C, Richardson T, Rodean J, Hudak M

Pediatrics.. 2020 April 145 (4)Epub 1900 01 01.

Coller RJ, Berry JG, Kuo DZ, Kuhlthau K, Chung PJ, Perrin JM, Hoover CG, Warner G, Shelton C, Thompson LR, Garrity B, Stille CJ

Pediatrics.. 2020 March 145 (3)Epub 02/05/2020.

Doshi P, Tilford JM, Ounpraseuth S, Kuo DZ, Payakachat N

Maternal and child health journal.. 2019 May 23 (5):704-709. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chien AT, Toomey SL, Kuo DZ, Van Cleave J, Houtrow AJ, Okumura MJ, Westfall MY, Petty CR, Quinn JA, Kuhlthau KA, Schuster MA

Academic pediatrics.. 2019 April 19 (3):291-299. Epub 06/19/2018.

Berry JG, Goodman DM, Coller RJ, Agrawal R, Kuo DZ, Cohen E, Thomson J, DeCourcey D, DeJong N, Agan A, Gaur D, Coquillette M, Crofton C, Houtrow A, Hall M

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2019 April 207 :169-175.e2. Epub 01/04/2019.

Feinstein JA, Hall M, Antoon JW, Thomson J, Flores JC, Goodman DM, Cohen E, Azuine R, Agrawal R, Houtrow AJ, DeCourcey DD, Kuo DZ, Coller R, Gaur DS, Berry JG

Pediatrics.. 2019 April 143 (4)Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2019 March 206 :8-9. Epub 12/13/2018.

Mattson G, Kuo DZ, ,

Pediatrics.. 2019 January 143 (1)Epub 1900 01 01.

Bryant-Moore K, Haynes T, Kuo DZ, Stewart MK, Yeary KHK, Smith J, Turner J, Ounpraseuth ST, Sullivan G, McCoy S, Hudson B, Harris K

Public health nursing.. 2018 July 35 (4):353-359. Epub 03/22/2018.

Kuo DZ, Berry JG, Hall M, Lyle RE, Stille CJ

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association.. 2018 June 38 (6):734-741. Epub 02/15/2018.

Kuo DZ, McAllister JW, Rossignol L, Turchi RM, Stille CJ

Pediatrics.. 2018 March 141 (Suppl 3):S224-S232. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stille CJ, Honigfeld L, Heitlinger LA, Kuo DZ, Werner EJ

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2017 August 187 :303-308. Epub 06/05/2017.

Dolins JC, Powell J, Wise E, Giuliano K, Stemmler P, Stubblefield W, White PC, Wiley J, Kuo DZ

Pediatrics.. 2017 August 140 (2)Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Lyle RE, Casey PH, Stille CJ

Pediatrics.. 2017 April 139 (4)Epub 03/01/2017.

Doshi P, Tilford JM, Ounpraseuth S, Kuo DZ, Payakachat N

Maternal and child health journal.. 2017 February 21 (2):351-366. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chien AT, Kuhlthau KA, Toomey SL, Quinn JA, Okumura MJ, Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ, Van Cleave J, Landrum MB, Jang J, Janmey I, Furdyna MJ, Schuster MA

Academic pediatrics.. 2017 17 (4):443-449. Epub 03/09/2017.

Turner J, Smith J, Bryant K, Haynes T, Stewart MK, Kuo DZ, Harris K, McCoy S, Lovelady N, Sullivan G, Yeary KH

Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action.. 2017 11 (1):81-86. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ,

Pediatrics.. 2016 December 138 (6)Epub 1900 01 01.

Deepmala , Bass L, Jensen PS, Kuo DZ

The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society.. 2016 November 113 (5):110-111. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bagwell HB, Liggin R, Thompson T, Lyle K, Anthony A, Baltz M, Melguizo-Castro M, Nick T, Kuo DZ

Clinical pediatrics.. 2016 October 55 (11):1036-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Agrawal R, Hall M, Cohen E, Goodman DM, Kuo DZ, Neff JM, O'Neill M, Thomson J, Berry JG

Pediatrics.. 2016 October 138 (4)Epub 09/15/2016.

Yeary KH, Ounpraseuth ST, Kuo DZ, Harris K, Stewart MK, Bryant K, Haynes T, Turner J, Smith J, McCoy S, Sullivan G

Journal of public health.. 2016 September 38 (3):502-510. Epub 09/10/2015.

Kuo DZ, Berry JG, Glader L, Morin MJ, Johaningsmeir S, Gordon J

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2016 February 169 :291-6.e1. Epub 10/31/2015.

Peltz A, Hall M, Rubin DM, Mandl KD, Neff J, Brittan M, Cohen E, Hall DE, Kuo DZ, Agrawal R, Berry JG

Pediatrics.. 2016 February 137 (2):e20151829. Epub 01/18/2016.

Kuo DZ, Hall M, Agrawal R, Cohen E, Feudtner C, Goodman DM, Neff JM, Berry JG

Pediatrics.. 2015 December 136 (6):e1521-9. Epub 11/16/2015.

Chien AT, Kuhlthau KA, Toomey SL, Quinn JA, Houtrow AJ, Kuo DZ, Okumura MJ, Van Cleave JM, Johnson CK, Mahoney LL, Martin J, Landrum MB, Schuster MA

Pediatrics.. 2015 October 136 (4):e871-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Saunders BS, Tilford JM, Fussell JJ, Schulz EG, Casey PH, Kuo DZ

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2015 March 33 (1):36-45. Epub 01/12/2015.

Kuo DZ, Melguizo-Castro M, Goudie A, Nick TG, Robbins JM, Casey PH

Maternal and child health journal.. 2015 January 19 (1):40-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Auger KA, Simon TD, Cooperberg D, Gay J, Kuo DZ, Saysana M, Stille CJ, Fisher ES, Wallace S, Berry J, Coghlin D, Jhaveri V, Kairys S, Logsdon T, Shaikh U, Srivastava R, Starmer AJ, Wilkins V, Shen MW

Pediatrics.. 2015 January 135 (1):164-75. Epub 12/08/2014.

Kuo DZ, Goudie A, Cohen E, Houtrow A, Agrawal R, Carle AC, Wells N

Health affairs.. 2014 December 33 (12):2190-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Goudie A, Narcisse MR, Hall DE, Kuo DZ

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2014 September 32 (3):280-90. Epub 04/07/2014.

DeCamp LR, Kuo DZ, Flores G, O'Connor K, Minkovitz CS

Pediatrics.. 2013 August 132 (2):e396-406. Epub 07/08/2013.

Kuo DZ, Robbins JM, Lyle RE, Barrett KW, Burns KH, Casey PH

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2013 June 31 (2):132-41. Epub 1900 01 01.

Berry JG, Hall M, Hall DE, Kuo DZ, Cohen E, Agrawal R, Mandl KD, Clifton H, Neff J

JAMA pediatrics.. 2013 February 167 (2):170-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Com G, Kuo DZ, Bauer ML, Lenker CV, Melguizo-Castro MM, Nick TG, Makris CM

Clinical pediatrics.. 2013 January 52 (1):54-61. Epub 11/14/2012.

Mesman GR, Kuo DZ, Carroll JL, Ward WL

Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners.. 2013 27 (6):451-9. Epub 06/27/2012.

Kuo DZ, Sisterhen LL, Sigrest TE, Biazo JM, Aitken ME, Smith CE

Pediatrics.. 2012 August 130 (2):299-305. Epub 07/09/2012.

Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ, Arango P, Kuhlthau KA, Simmons JM, Neff JM

Maternal and child health journal.. 2012 February 16 (2):297-305. Epub 1900 01 01.

Lu S, Kuo DZ

Academic pediatrics.. 2012 12 (5):436-44. Epub 08/24/2012.

Kuo DZ, Frick KD, Minkovitz CS

Maternal and child health journal.. 2011 November 15 (8):1228-37. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Cohen E, Agrawal R, Berry JG, Casey PH

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine.. 2011 November 165 (11):1020-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Bird TM, Tilford JM

Maternal and child health journal.. 2011 August 15 (6):794-805. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Robbins JM, Burns KH, Casey PH

Clinical pediatrics.. 2011 August 50 (8):704-11. Epub 02/27/2011.

Berry JG, Agrawal R, Kuo DZ, Cohen E, Risko W, Hall M, Casey P, Gordon J, Srivastava R

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2011 August 159 (2):284-90. Epub 03/22/2011.

Cohen E, Jovcevska V, Kuo DZ, Mahant S

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine.. 2011 June 165 (6):554-61. Epub 1900 01 01.

Casey PH, Lyle RE, Bird TM, Robbins JM, Kuo DZ, Brown C, Lal A, Tanios A, Burns K

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine.. 2011 May 165 (5):392-8. Epub 02/07/2011.

Cohen E, Kuo DZ, Agrawal R, Berry JG, Bhagat SK, Simon TD, Srivastava R

Pediatrics.. 2011 March 127 (3):529-38. Epub 02/21/2011.

Berry JG, Hall DE, Kuo DZ, Cohen E, Agrawal R, Feudtner C, Hall M, Kueser J, Kaplan W, Neff J

JAMA.. 2011 February 16305 (7):682-90. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Wheeler JG

The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society.. 2010 December 107 (7):130-1. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Milstone AM, Omokaro SO, Friedman AD, Karanjawala ZE, Borowitz M, Joyner ML, Halsey NA, Sibinga EM

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2008 May 146 (9):1476-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, Cheng TL, Rowe PC

Pediatrics.. 2007 December 120 (6):e1536-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kuo DZ, O'Connor KG, Flores G, Minkovitz CS

Pediatrics.. 2007 April 119 (4):e920-7. Epub 03/19/2007.

Kuo DZ

Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association.. 2007 7 (2):150-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

Vazquez SR, Kuo DZ, Salomon M, Hardy L, Lew RA, Humphreys RE

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics.. 1993 September 305 (2):448-53. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rennell D, Poteete AR, Beaulieu M, Kuo DZ, Lew RA, Humphreys RE

The Journal of biological chemistry.. 1992 September 5267 (25):17748-52. Epub 1900 01 01.

Vazquez SR, Kuo DZ, Bositis CM, Hardy LW, Lew RA, Humphreys RE

The Journal of biological chemistry.. 1992 April 15267 (11):7406-10. Epub 1900 01 01.

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