Katherine Wai, MD | Women Physician-Scientists @UCSF

Multimodal delineation of a layer of effector function among exhausted CD8 T cells in tumors.

Science immunology

Ray A, Bassette M, Hu KH, Pass LF, Courau T, Samad B, Combes AJ, Johri V, Davidson B, Wai K, Ha P, Hernandez G, Zaleta-Linares I, Krummel MF

Social Determinants of Health in Patients Undergoing Osteocutaneous Free Flap Reconstruction for Malignant Disease of the Mandible.

Head & neck

Bhethanabotla RM, Patel N, Behnam R, Boscardin WJ, Xu MJ, Heaton C, Wai KC, Park AM, Knott PD

Multimodal delineation of a layer of effector function among exhausted CD8 T cells in tumors.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Ray A, Bassette M, Hu KH, Pass LF, Courau T, Samad B, Combes A, Johri V, Davidson B, Wai K, Ha P, Hernandez G, Zaleta-Linares I, Krummel MF

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Pembrolizumab Outcomes in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Truong AA, Lee RH, Wu X, Algazi AP, Kang H, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Heaton CM, Ryan WR, Jeon Y, Kim MO, Ha PK, Wai KC

The tumor microenvironment of benign and malignant salivary gland tumors.

Head & neck

Wai KC, Okholm TLH, Ha PK, Marquez DM, Tenvooren I, Jones KB, Spitzer MH

Postoperative inpatient surgical complications following head and neck microvascular free tissue transfer.

Head & neck

Abdulbaki H, Ha PK, Knott PD, Park AM, Seth R, Heaton CM, Wai KC

The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in salivary gland cancers treated with pembrolizumab.

Head & neck

Lee RH, Truong A, Wu X, Kang H, Algazi AP, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Heaton CM, Ryan WR, Ha PK, Wai KC

Management of Pediatric Persistent Asymptomatic Cervical Lymphadenopathy.

Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Harris JE, Patel NN, Wai K, Rosbe KW

Dynamic CD8+ T cell responses to cancer immunotherapy in human regional lymph nodes are disrupted in metastatic lymph nodes.

Cell

Rahim MK, Okholm TLH, Jones KB, McCarthy EE, Liu CC, Yee JL, Tamaki SJ, Marquez DM, Tenvooren I, Wai K, Cheung A, Davidson BR, Johri V, Samad B, O'Gorman WE, Krummel MF, van Zante A, Combes AJ, Angelo M, Fong L, Algazi AP, Ha P, Spitzer MH

Patterns of Postoperative Trismus Following Mandibulectomy and Fibula Free Flap Reconstruction.

Cancers

Lee RH, Evans C, Laus J, Sanchez C, Wai KC, Knott PD, Seth R, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Ryan WR, Heaton CM, Park AM, Ha PK

Approaches to the Management of Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.

Cancers

Lee RH, Wai KC, Chan JW, Ha PK, Kang H

The Role of ECM Remodeling, EMT, and Adhesion Molecules in Cancerous Neural Invasion: Changing Perspectives.

Advanced biology

Mukherjee A, Ha P, Wai KC, Naara S

Feasibility of accelerated image-guided high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy with inverse planning simulated annealing (IPSA-HDRBT) for post-operative treatment of pathologically node-negative squamous cell carcinomas of the oral tongue.

Brachytherapy

Cheung CK, Chew J, Wai K, Calkins SM, Ha PK, Ryan WR, Cunha A, Yom SS, Hsu IC, Chan JW

Is the clinical head impulse test helpful in cochlear implantation candidacy evaluation?

World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery

Jiam NT, Cai Y, Wai KC, Polite C, Kramer K, Sharon JD

Risk of Pathologic Extranodal Extension and Other Adverse Features After Transoral Robotic Surgery in Patients With HPV-Positive Oropharynx Cancer.

JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery

Zebolsky AL, George E, Gulati A, Wai KC, Carpenter P, Van Zante A, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Ryan WR

Molecular Markers that Matter in Salivary Malignancy.

Otolaryngologic clinics of North America

Wai KC, Kang H, Ha PK

De-intensification strategies in HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma-a narrative review.

Annals of translational medicine

Strohl MP, Wai KC, Ha PK

Head and neck surgery during the coronavirus-19 pandemic: The University of California San Francisco experience.

Head & neck

Wai KC, Xu MJ, Lee RH, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Heaton CM, Knott PD, Park AM, Ryan WR, Seth R, Ha PK

Evolving Otolaryngology Resident Roles and Concerns at the Peak of the US COVID-19 Pandemic.

Head & neck

Cai Y, Gulati A, Jiam NT, Wai KC, Shuman EA, Pletcher SD, Durr ML, Chang JL

Otolaryngology Resident Practices and Perceptions in the Initial Phase of the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Laryngoscope

Cai Y, Jiam NT, Wai KC, Shuman EA, Roland LT, Chang JL

Molecular Diagnostics in Human Papillomavirus-Related Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Cells

Wai KC, Strohl MP, van Zante A, Ha PK

Maternal Black Race and Persistent Wheezing Illness in Former Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial.

The Journal of pediatrics

Wai KC, Hibbs AM, Steurer MA, Black DM, Asselin JM, Eichenwald EC, Ballard PL, Ballard RA, Keller RL, Trial of Late Surfactant (TOLSURF) Study Group

The Randomized, Controlled Trial of Late Surfactant: Effects on Respiratory Outcomes at 1-Year Corrected Age.

The Journal of pediatrics

Keller RL, Eichenwald EC, Hibbs AM, Rogers EE, Wai KC, Black DM, Ballard PL, Asselin JM, Truog WE, Merrill JD, Mammel MC, Steinhorn RH, Ryan RM, Durand DJ, Bendel CM, Bendel-Stenzel EM, Courtney SE, Dhanireddy R, Hudak ML, Koch FR, Mayock DE, McKay VJ, Helderman J, Porta NF, Wadhawan R, Palermo L, Ballard RA, TOLSURF Study Group

Characteristics of Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns Undergoing Tracheotomy: A Secondary Analysis of the Trial of Late Surfactant Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery

Wai KC, Keller RL, Lusk LA, Ballard RA, Chan DK, Trial of Late Surfactant (TOLSURF) Study Group

Early Cumulative Supplemental Oxygen Predicts Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in High Risk Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns.

The Journal of pediatrics

Wai KC, Kohn MA, Ballard RA, Truog WE, Black DM, Asselin JM, Ballard PL, Rogers EE, Keller RL, Trial of Late Surfactant (TOLSURF) Study Group

Fetal ultrasound markers of severity predict resolution of pulmonary hypertension in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Lusk LA, Wai KC, Moon-Grady AJ, Basta AM, Filly R, Keller RL

Persistence of pulmonary hypertension by echocardiography predicts short-term outcomes in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

The Journal of pediatrics

Lusk LA, Wai KC, Moon-Grady AJ, Steurer MA, Keller RL

B-type natriuretic peptide: prognostic marker in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Pediatric research

Steurer MA, Moon-Grady AJ, Fineman JR, Sun CE, Lusk LA, Wai KC, Keller RL

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