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

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

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

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

Smaller subcortical volume relates to greater weight gain in girls with initially healthy weight.
Adise S, Ottino-Gonzalez J, Hayati Rezvan P, Kan E, Rhee KE, Goran MI, Sowell ER

A randomized controlled trial examining general parenting training and family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity: The ReFRESH study design.
Rhee KE, Corbett T, Patel S, Eichen DM, Strong DR, Anderson C, Marcus B, Boutelle KN

Sociodemographic correlates of parent and youth-reported eating disorder symptoms in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.
Makowski C, Westwater ML, Rhee KE, Zou J, Bischoff-Grethe A, Wierenga CE

Researching COVID to enhance recovery (RECOVER) pediatric study protocol: Rationale, objectives and design.
Gross RS, Thaweethai T, Rosenzweig EB, Chan J, Chibnik LB, Cicek MS, Elliott AJ, Flaherman VJ, Foulkes AS, Gage Witvliet M, Gallagher R, Gennaro ML, Jernigan TL, Karlson EW, Katz SD, Kinser PA, Kleinman LC, Lamendola-Essel MF, Milner JD, Mohandas S, Mudumbi PC, Newburger JW, Rhee KE, Salisbury AL, Snowden JN, Stein CR, Stockwell MS, Tantisira KG, Thomason ME, Truong DT, Warburton D, Wood JC, Ahmed S, Akerlundh A, Alshawabkeh AN, Anderson BR, Aschner JL, Atz AM, Aupperle RL, Baker FC, Balaraman V, Banerjee D, Barch DM, Baskin-Sommers A, Bhuiyan S, Bind MC, Bogie AL, Bradford T, Buchbinder NC, Bueler E, Bükülmez H, Casey BJ, Chang L, Chrisant M, Clark DB, Clifton RG, Clouser KN, Cottrell L, Cowan K, D'Sa V, Dapretto M, Dasgupta S, Dehority W, Dionne A, Dummer KB, Elias MD, Esquenazi-Karonika S, Evans DN, Faustino EVS, Fiks AG, Forsha D, Foxe JJ, Friedman NP, Fry G, Gaur S, Gee DG, Gray KM, Handler S, Harahsheh AS, Hasbani K, Heath AC, Hebson C, Heitzeg MM, Hester CM, Hill S, Hobart-Porter L, Hong TKF, Horowitz CR, Hsia DS, Huentelman M, Hummel KD, Irby K, Jacobus J, Jacoby VL, Jone PN, Kaelber DC, Kasmarcak TJ, Kluko MJ, Kosut JS, Laird AR, Landeo-Gutierrez J, Lang SM, Larson CL, Lim PPC, Lisdahl KM, McCrindle BW, McCulloh RJ, McHugh K, Mendelsohn AL, Metz TD, Miller J, Mitchell EC, Morgan LM, Müller-Oehring EM, Nahin ER, Neale MC, Ness-Cochinwala M, Nolan SM, Oliveira CR, Osakwe O, Oster ME, Payne RM, Portman MA, Raissy H, Randall IG, Rao S, Reeder HT, Rosas JM, Russell MW, Sabati AA, Sanil Y, Sato AI, Schechter MS, Selvarangan R, Sexson Tejtel SK, Shakti D, Sharma K, Squeglia LM, Srivastava S, Stevenson MD, Szmuszkovicz J, Talavera-Barber MM, Teufel RJ 2nd, Thacker D, Trachtenberg F, Udosen MM, Warner MR, Watson SE, Werzberger A, Weyer JC, Wood MJ, Yin HS, Zempsky WT, Zimmerman E, Dreyer BP, RECOVER-Pediatric Consortium

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