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Overview

Yong Fang Kuo is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on several subfields including epidemiology, surgery, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, and oncology.

Their scholarly work covers a broad range of topics. These include opioid use disorder treatment, pain management and opioid use, liver disease and transplantation, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, geriatric care and nursing homes, cervical cancer and HPV research, and chronic disease management strategies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kuo include Jordan Westra, Jacques Baillargeon, Mukaila A. Raji, Efstathia Polychronopoulou, and Mukaila Raji. The body of work features publications in key venues such as the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Innovation in Aging, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, JAMA Network Open, and Gastroenterology.

Several recent papers illustrate the range and focus of Kuo's research:

  • The Impact of Substance Use Disorder on COVID-19 Outcomes, 2020, Psychiatric Services
  • Trends in the Use of Benzodiazepines, Z-Hypnotics, and Serotonergic Drugs Among US Women and Men Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Alcohol-associated liver disease in the United States is associated with severe forms of disease among young, females and Hispanics, 2021, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Validating a novel score based on interaction between ACLF grade and MELD score to predict waitlist mortality, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • Smoking and risk of COVID-19 hospitalization, 2021, Respiratory Medicine

Best Publications

  • Risk of Fracture after Androgen Deprivation for Prostate Cancer

    Vahakn B. Shahinian;Yong Fang Kuo;Jean L. Freeman;James S. Goodwin

  • Risk of Cardiac Death After Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

    Sharon Hermes Giordano;Yong Fang Kuo;Jean L. Freeman;Thomas A Buchholz

  • Increasing use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists for the treatment of localized prostate carcinoma

    Vahakn B. Shahinian;Yong-fang Kuo;Jean L. Freeman;Eduardo Orihuela

  • The effect of obesity on disability vs mortality in older Americans.

    Soham Al Snih al snih;Kenneth Ottenbacher;Kyriakos Markides;Yong Fang Kuo

  • Use and Outcomes of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Women With Breast Cancer

    Sharon Hermes Giordano;Zhigang Duan;Yong Fang Kuo;Gabriel N. Hortobagyi

  • Handgrip Strength and Cognitive Decline in Older Mexican Americans

    Ana Alfaro-Acha;Soham Al Snih al snih;Mukaila Raji;Yong Fang Kuo

  • Evolving frequency and outcomes of liver transplantation based on etiology of liver disease

    Ashwani K. Singal;Praveen Guturu;Bashar Hmoud;Yong Fang Kuo

  • Outpatient Follow-up Visit and 30-Day Emergency Department Visit and Readmission in Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Gulshan Sharma;Yong Fang Kuo;Jean L. Freeman;Dong D. Zhang

  • Cardiac Morbidity of Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

    Debra A. Patt;James S. Goodwin;Yong Fang Kuo;Jean L. Freeman

  • Growth in the care of older patients by hospitalists in the United States.

    Yong Fang Kuo;Gulshan Sharma;Jean L. Freeman;James S. Goodwin

  • Antiviral therapy reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis.

    Ashwani K. Singal;Amanpal Singh;Sathya Jaganmohan;Praveen Guturu

  • Limits of observational data in determining outcomes from cancer therapy.

    Sharon Hermes Giordano;Yong Fang Kuo;Zhigang Duan;Gabriel N. Hortobagyi

  • Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Older Men Receiving Testosterone Therapy

    Jacques Baillargeon;Randall J. Urban;Yong Fang Kuo;Kenneth J. Ottenbacher

  • Failure to Perform Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis in Elderly Patients Is Associated with Increased Morbidity, Mortality, and Cost

    Taylor S. Riall;Dong Zhang;Courtney M. Townsend;Yong-Fang Kuo

  • Overuse of screening colonoscopy in the Medicare population.

    James S. Goodwin;Amanpal Singh;Nischita Reddy;Taylor S. Riall

  • Decline in the Use of Anthracyclines for Breast Cancer

    Sharon H. Giordano;Yu Li Lin;Yu Li Lin;Yong Fang Kuo;Gabriel N. Hortobagyi;Gabriel N. Hortobagyi

  • Outcomes after liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis are similar to alcoholic cirrhosis: Exploratory analysis from the UNOS database†

    Ashwani K. Singal;Hmoud Bashar;Bhupinderjit S. Anand;Sarat C. Jampana

  • Measures of lower body function and risk of mortality over 7 years of follow-up.

    Glenn V. Ostir;Yong Fang Kuo;Ivonne M. Berges;Kyriakos S. Markides

  • Risk of the “Androgen Deprivation Syndrome” in Men Receiving Androgen Deprivation for Prostate Cancer

    Vahakn B. Shahinian;Yong Fang Kuo;Jean L. Freeman;James S. Goodwin

  • Reimbursement policy and androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer.

    Vahakn B. Shahinian;Yong Fang Kuo;Scott M. Gilbert

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Goodwin
James S. Goodwin The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kyriakos S. Markides
Kyriakos S. Markides The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Sharon H. Giordano
Sharon H. Giordano The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ashish M. Kamat
Ashish M. Kamat The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stephen J. Freedland
Stephen J. Freedland Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Karl Eschbach
Karl Eschbach The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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