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Kelly Yamasato, MD

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Kelly Yamasato

Biography

Dr Kelly Yamasato is a maternal-fetal medicine physician with the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health. She completed medical school, residency, and fellowship at the University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine. As a maternal-fetal medicine physician Dr Yamasato specializes in the inpatient and outpatient care of high-risk pregnancy. She has participated in a variety of obstetric research projects, including retrospective database analyses, prospective cohort studies, clinical trials, and translational work. As the medical director for the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Family Birth Center, she is also heavily involved in quality improvement efforts for inpatient obstetric care.

Research Interests

  1. Cesarean surgical site infection quality improvement efforts

  2. Racial/ethnic disparities in obstetric outcomes in Hawaii

  3. Gestational diabetes

Projects

  • Association between intraamniotic infection and adverse maternal outcomes

  • Risk factors for cesarean surgical site infection diagnosed after discharge

  • Racial/ethnic differences in gestational diabetes and its association with maternal and neonatal outcomes

  • Estrada P, Tipton L, Chong R, Towner D, Yamasato K. Associations between the Safe Prevention of Primary Cesarean Delivery Care Consensus and maternal/neonatal outcomes. Am J Perinatol. Jan 2023. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1760387

  • Kawamura MY, Mau MK, Soon R, Yamasato K. A scoping review on gestational diabetes in Hawai‘i: A “window of opportunity” to address intergenerational risk for type 2 diabetes Mellitus. Hawai‘i J Health Soc Welf. 2022. 81:58-70.

  • Sperling M, Towner D, Davis J, Yamasato K. Second trimester prediction of gestational diabetes: Maternal analytes as an additional screening tool. J Perinat Med. 2021. 50:63-7.

    Link to the complete list of publications:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kelly.yamasato.2/bibliography/public/