Kyung (Kay) Rhee, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Kyung (Kay) Rhee is the medical director of the Medical Behavioral Unit, which treats children and teens with eating disorders. She is also the research director of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and a professor of clinical pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Dr. Rhee earned her bachelor's degree in human biology and master's in sociology at Stanford University before earning her medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine. After completing her pediatric residency and chief residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, she went on to complete an academic general pediatrics fellowship at Boston Medical Center, with a focus on childhood obesity. While there, she earned her MSc in epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health.

Dr. Rhee is trained in family-based behavioral treatment of childhood obesity and motivational interviewing. Her research focuses on developing new and effective forms of treatment for childhood obesity. She also has several projects in the community that focus on increasing access to obesity treatment and prevention efforts, spanning infancy to adolescence.

Along with having several peer-reviewed articles on the role of parenting in childhood obesity and parent feeding behaviors, she lectures on this topic as well.

Publications

Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US.
Rhee KE, Thaweethai T, Pant DB, Stein CR, Salisbury AL, Kinser PA, Kleinman LC, Gallagher R, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Snowden JN, Stockwell MS, Tantisira KG, Flaherman VJ, Teufel RJ, Castro L, Chung A, Espinoza Esparza J, Hockett CW, Isidoro-Chino M, Krishnan A, McCormack LA, Nabower AM, Nahin ER, Rosas JM, Siddiqui S, Szmuszkovicz JR, Vangeepuram N, Zimmerman E, Brown HE, Carmilani M, Coombs K, Fisher L, Witvliet MG, Wood JC, Milner JD, Rosenzweig EB, Irby K, Karlson EW, Qian Z, Lamendola-Essel MF, Hasson DC, Katz SD, Yin HS, Foulkes AS, Gross RS, RECOVER-Pediatrics Group; and the ABCD-RECOVER Group; for the RECOVER-Pediatrics Consortium, Aschner JL, Atz AM, Banerjee D, Bogie A, Bukulmez H, Clouser K, Cottrell LA, Cowan K, D'Sa VA, Dozor AJ, Elliott AJ, Faustino EVS, Fiks AG, Gaur S, Gennaro ML, Gordon ST, Hasan UN, Hester CM, Hogan AH, Hsia DS, Kaelber DC, Kosut JS, Krishnan S, McCulloh RJ, Michelow IC, Nolan SM, Oliveira CR, Pace WD, Palumbo P, Raissy H, Reyes A, Ross JL, Salazar JC, Selvarangan R, Stevenson MD, Werzberger A, Westfall JM, Zani K, Zempsky WT, Chan J, Metz TD, Newburger JW, Truong DT, Feldman CH, Aupperle R, Baker FC, Banich MT, Barch DM, Baskin-Sommers A, Bjork JM, Dapretto M, Brown SA, Casey BJ, Chang L, Clark DB, Dale AM, Ernst TM, Fair DA, Feldstein Ewing SW, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Friedman NP, Garavan H, Gee DG, Gonzalez R, Gray KM, Heitzeg MM, Herting MM, Jacobus J, Laird AR, Larson CL, Lisdahl KM, Luciana M, Luna B, Madden PAF, McGlade EC, Müller-Oehring EM, Nagel BJ, Neale MC, Paulus MP, Potter AS, Renshaw PF, Sowell ER, Squeglia LM, Uddin LQ, Wilson S, Yurgelun-Todd DA

Design of the FRESH-LC study: Caregivers as the agent of change for childhood obesity and chronic disease risk among Latino families.
Boutelle KN, Eichen DM, Manzano M, Crespo NC, Rivera-Iñiguez I, Castro E, Strong DR, Newell I, Reed K, Marquez B, Rhee KE

The CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project: A Model for Direct Nutrition Incentive Integration for SNAP Participants in the Retail Grocery Store Setting.
Prickitt J, Bearse A, Alvarez K, Manansala TJ, Knauer N, Zigas E, Marquez-Nieblas G, Rhee KE, Hiller-Venegas S, Melendrez B

Preventive effect of vaccination on long COVID in adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Thaweethai T, Gross RS, Pant DB, Rhee KE, Jernigan TL, Kleinman LC, Snowden JN, Salisbury AL, Kinser PA, Milner JD, Tantisira K, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Wood JC, Fitzgerald ML, Carmilani M, Krishnamoorthy A, Reeder HT, Foulkes AS, Stockwell MS, RECOVER-Pediatrics Consortium

Variation in Chest Radiograph Use for Children With Complicated Pneumonia Requiring Thoracostomy.
Polich M, Cameron M, Lenzen C, Mannino Avila E, Rhee KE

Classifying and visualizing medication use in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.
Lopez DA, Overholtzer LN, Rhee KE, Buchbinder N, Ruiz-Orozco GE, Steinhilber S, Tognoli M, Lopez-Flores A, Nagel BJ

Process evaluation and lessons learned from the formation of a multi-sector partnership: the Healing Experiences of Adversity among Latinos (HEALthy4You).
Viglione C, Westermann A, Godino J, Rhee KE, Melendrez B, Tu XM, Boyle DL, Hogarth M, Aarons GA, Crespo NC, Gidwani P, Holguin M, Juarez C, Merino-Gonzalez DB, Osorio L, Ramirez H, Smith M, Terrana A, Firestein GS, Hekler E

Designing a Better Health System: Patient Perspectives on Gender Inclusive Care.
Yeh D, Inwards-Breland DJ, Richardson TL, Marinkovic M, Marino-Kibbee B, Patel A, Stucky Fisher E, Gist L, Rhee KE

Long COVID Incidence Proportion in Adults and Children Between 2020 and 2024: An Electronic Health Record-Based Study From the RECOVER Initiative.
Mandel H, Yoo YJ, Allen AJ, Abedian S, Verzani Z, Karlson EW, Kleinman LC, Mudumbi PC, Oliveira CR, Muszynski JA, Gross RS, Carton TW, Kim C, Taylor E, Park H, Divers J, Kelly JD, Arnold J, Geary CR, Zang C, Tantisira KG, Rhee KE, Koropsak M, Mohandas S, Vasey A, Mosa ASM, Haendel M, Chute CG, Murphy SN, O'Brien L, Szmuszkovicz J, Guthe N, Santana JL, De A, Bogie AL, Halabi KC, Mohanraj L, Kinser PA, Packard SE, Tuttle KR, Hirabayashi K, Kaushal R, Pfaff E, Weiner MG, Thorpe LE, Moffitt RA

Facilitators and barriers to using telemedicine for gender-affirming care in gender-diverse youth: A qualitative study.
Inwards-Breland DJ, Yeh D, Marinkovic M, Richardson TR, Marino-Kibbee B, Bayley A, Rhee KE

Pediatric medication management barriers faced by providers serving underserved populations and proposed solutions.
Rungvivatjarus T, Huang MZ, Winckler B, Fisher ES, Rhee KE

A Proposed Framework to Aid Primary Care Clinicians in Promoting Cardiovascular Health.
Khalsa AS, Miller CK, Rhee KE, Cho H

Characterizing Long COVID Symptoms During Early Childhood.
Gross RS, Thaweethai T, Salisbury AL, Kleinman LC, Mohandas S, Rhee KE, Snowden JN, Tantisira KG, Warburton D, Wood JC, Kinser PA, Milner JD, Rosenzweig EB, Irby K, Flaherman VJ, Karlson EW, Chibnik LB, Pant DB, Krishnamoorthy A, Gallagher R, Lamendola-Essel MF, Hasson DC, Katz SD, Yin S, Dreyer BP, Blancero F, Carmilani M, Coombs K, Fitzgerald ML, Letts RJ, Peddie AK, Aschner JL, Atz AM, Banerjee D, Bogie A, Bukulmez H, Clouser K, Cottrell LA, Cowan K, D'Sa VA, Dozor A, Elliott AJ, Faustino EVS, Fiks AG, Gaur S, Gennaro ML, Gordon S, Hasan UN, Hester CM, Hogan A, Hsia DS, Kaelber DC, Kosut JS, Krishnan S, McCulloh RJ, Michelow IC, Nolan SM, Oliveira CR, Olson LM, Pace WD, Palumbo P, Raissy H, Reyes A, Ross JL, Salazar JC, Selvarangan R, Stein CR, Stevenson MD, Teufel RJ, Werzberger A, Westfall JM, Zani K, Zempsky WT, Zimmerman E, Bind MC, Chan J, Guan Z, Morse RE, Reeder HT, Metz TD, Newburger JW, Truong DT, Foulkes AS, Stockwell MS, RECOVER-Pediatrics Consortium, RECOVER-Pediatrics Group Authors

Parenting Training Plus Behavioral Treatment for Children With Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Rhee KE, Corbett T, Patel S, Eichen DM, Strong DR, Kang-Sim E, Anderson CAM, Marcus BH, Boutelle KN

The California adverse childhood experiences screening roll-out: a survey study of ACEs screening implementation in primary care.
Viglione C, Soon K, Wittleder S, Rhee KE, Boynton-Jarrett R, Gidwani P, Melendrez B, Hekler E

Guided Self-Help vs Group Treatment for Children With Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Boutelle KN, Rhee KE, Strong DR, Manzano MA, Bernard RS, Eichen DM, Anderson CCA, Marcus BH, Akshoomoff N, Crow SJ

Ethnic and racial differences in children and young people with respiratory and neurological post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: an electronic health record-based cohort study from the RECOVER Initiative.
Rao S, Azuero-Dajud R, Lorman V, Landeo-Gutierrez J, Rhee KE, Ryu J, Kim C, Carmilani M, Gross RS, Mohandas S, Suresh S, Bailey LC, Castro V, Senathirajah Y, Esquenazi-Karonika S, Murphy S, Caddle S, Kleinman LC, Castro-Baucom L, Oliveira CR, Klein JD, Chung A, Cowell LG, Madlock-Brown C, Geary CR, Sills MR, Thorpe LE, Szmuszkovicz J, Tantisira KG, RECOVER EHR and, RECOVER Pediatric Cohorts

Unexplored aspects of anorexia nervosa's effect on adverse live-born pregnancy outcomes: a response.
Baer RJ, Bandoli G, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Rhee KE, Chambers CD

Associations between perinatal risk and physical health in pre-adolescence in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®: the unexpected relationship with sleep disruption.
Adise S, Palmer CE, Sheth C, Marshall AT, Baker FC, Brown SA, Chang L, Clark DB, Dagher RK, Diaz V, Haist F, Herting MM, Huber RS, LeBlanc K, Lee KC, Liang H, Linkersdörfer J, Lisdahl KM, Ma J, Neigh G, Patterson MW, Renshaw P, Rhee KE, Smith C, Tapert SF, Thompson WK, Uban KA, Yurgelun-Todd D, Sowell ER

Design of the FRESH-teen study: A randomized controlled trial evaluating an adapted emotion regulation weight loss program for adolescents with overweight or obesity and their parent.
Boutelle KN, Manzano MA, Pasquale EK, Bernard RS, Strong DR, Rhee KE, Eichen DM, Engel S, Miller A, Peterson CB

Predictors of parent self-monitoring patterns in a family-based behavioral weight loss treatment program.
Boutelle KN, Kang Sim DE, Eichen DM, Manzano MA, Rhee KE, Strong DR

Change in Weight Status Among Children Who Do and Do Not Participate in Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment for Obesity.
Chen C, Eichen D, Kang Sim DE, Strong D, Boutelle KN, Rhee KE

Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents.
Gross RS, Thaweethai T, Kleinman LC, Snowden JN, Rosenzweig EB, Milner JD, Tantisira KG, Rhee KE, Jernigan TL, Kinser PA, Salisbury AL, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Wood JC, Newburger JW, Truong DT, Flaherman VJ, Metz TD, Karlson EW, Chibnik LB, Pant DB, Krishnamoorthy A, Gallagher R, Lamendola-Essel MF, Hasson DC, Katz SD, Yin S, Dreyer BP, Carmilani M, Coombs K, Fitzgerald ML, Güthe N, Hornig M, Letts RJ, Peddie AK, Taylor BD, Balaraman V, Bogie A, Bukulmez H, Dozor AJ, Eckrich D, Elliott AJ, Evans DN, Farkas JS, Faustino EVS, Fischer L, Gaur S, Harahsheh AS, Hasan UN, Hsia DS, Huerta-Montañez G, Hummel KD, Kadish MP, Kaelber DC, Krishnan S, Kosut JS, Larrabee J, Lim PPC, Michelow IC, Oliveira CR, Raissy H, Rosario-Pabon Z, Ross JL, Sato AI, Stevenson MD, Talavera-Barber MM, Teufel RJ, Weakley KE, Zimmerman E, Bind MC, Chan J, Guan Z, Morse RE, Reeder HT, Akshoomoff N, Aschner JL, Bhattacharjee R, Cottrell LA, Cowan K, D'Sa VA, Fiks AG, Gennaro ML, Irby K, Khare M, Guttierrez JL, McCulloh RJ, Narang S, Ness-Cochinwala M, Nolan S, Palumbo P, Ryu J, Salazar JC, Selvarangan R, Stein CR, Werzberger A, Zempsky WT, Aupperle R, Baker FC, Banich MT, Barch DM, Baskin-Sommers A, Bjork JM, Bookheimer SY, Brown SA, Casey BJ, Chang L, Clark DB, Dale AM, Dapretto M, Ernst TM, Fair DA, Feldstein Ewing SW, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Friedman NP, Garavan H, Gee DG, Gonzalez R, Gray KM, Heitzeg MM, Herting MM, Jacobus J, Laird AR, Larson CL, Lisdahl KM, Luciana M, Luna B, Madden PAF, McGlade EC, Müller-Oehring EM, Nagel BJ, Neale MC, Paulus MP, Potter AS, Renshaw PF, Sowell ER, Squeglia LM, Tapert S, Uddin LQ, Wilson S, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Foulkes AS, Stockwell MS, RECOVER-Pediatrics Consortium, RECOVER-Pediatrics Group Authors

Pregnancies complicated by bulimia nervosa are at increased risk of chorioamnionitis, anemia, and preterm birth.
Baer RJ, Bandoli G, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Rhee KE, Chambers CD

Adverse live-born pregnancy outcomes among pregnant people with anorexia nervosa.
Baer RJ, Bandoli G, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Rhee KE, Chambers CD

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