Dennis Z. Kuo, MD, MHS |
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| Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, Department of Pediatrics, UAMS College of Medicine |
| Phone: (501) 364-3380 |
Research Overview
Dr. Kuo is a general pediatrician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation in the Department of Pediatrics, UAMS College of Medicine. Dr. Kuo received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his pediatrics residency at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. He spent several years as a physician in a general pediatrics practice before completing a general academic pediatrics fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Master of Health Science at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Kuo’s research interests include (1) health status and health care utilization outcomes of family-centered care, (2) compliance with recommended pediatrics primary care guidelines, (3) primary care practices for children with special health care needs, and (4) reduction of racial and ethnic health care disparities in the pediatrics primary care setting. In addition to his research, Dr. Kuo is an attending physician at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and sees patients in the Medical Home Clinic for Special Needs Children. He also supervises residents and medical students in the General Pediatric Clinic and the Circle of Friends Clinic at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Key Publications*
Kuo DZ, Milstone AM, Omokaro SO, Friedman AD, Karanjawala ZE, Borowitz M, Joyner ML, Halsey NA, Sibinga EM. EBV-associated CNS lymphoproliferative disease in a patient with AIDS responsive to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46:1476-8.
Kuo DZ, Cheng TL, Rowe PC. Successful use of a primary care practice-specialty collaboration in the care of an adolescent with chronic fatigue syndrome. Pediatrics 2007;120:e1536-9.
Kuo DZ. Trust is a two-way street: lessons learned from a dying child. Ambul Pediatr 2007;7:150-2.
Kuo DZ, O’Connor KG, Flores G, Minkovitz CS. Pediatricians’ use of language services for families with limited English proficiency. Pediatrics 2007;119:e920-7.
*To find additional publications by this author, please visit Pubmed Central, a National Institutes of Health-operated site for electronic distribution of life sciences research reports.
Research Support
Arkansas Biosciences Institute
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