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Kira Molas-Torreblanca

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Title(s)Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Health Sciences Road
Irvine CA 92697-3950
Phone(714) 456-5631
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    Western University of Health SciencesDO
    University of NevadaPediatric Residency
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    1. Improving Procedure Skills in PHM Fellowships: A Stepwise Strategy. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Nov 01; 15(11):e554-e560. Basiago K, Jones Y, Rule A, Molas-Torreblanca K, Corden M. PMID: 41093295.
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    2. Validity Evidence for a Transport Medical Control Assessment Tool Using Simulated Interfacility Transport Calls. Acad Pediatr. 2026 Mar; 26(2):103153. Good RJ, Schwartz A, Mink R, Boyer DL, Rozenfeld RA, Kink RJ, Miquel-Verges F, McLean CK, Chilakala SK, Corden MH, Tseng AS, Molas-Torreblanca K, Pfister JK, Koncicki ML, Rajapreyar P, Silberman A, Kache S, Sasser WC, Tcharmtchi MH, Bjorklund A, Srinivasan S, Zurca AD, Watson CM, Newmyer RE, Czaja AS. PMID: 41173267.
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    3. Significant Pathology in Young Infants Presenting With Hypothermia: A Multicenter Study. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Oct 01; 15(10):804-813. Wood JK, Van Meurs A, Westphal K, Doraiswamy V, Schmit EO, Berger S, McCartor S, Mitchell M, Lee C, Morrison JM, Combs MD, Molas-Torreblanca K, Banker SL, Lee J, Evans JK, Potisek NM, Halvorson EE, Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative. PMID: 40915641.
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    4. Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease: A New Algorithm and Other Updated Recommendations: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2025 Jan 01; 155(1). Oster ME, Pinto NM, Pramanik AK, Markowsky A, Schwartz BN, Kemper AR, Hom LA, Martin GR, and the SECTION ON CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY, SECTION ON HOSPITAL MEDICINE, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN. PMID: 39679594.
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    5. Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infection in Young Infants with Hypothermia with Positive Respiratory Pathogen Testing. J Pediatr Clin Pract. 2024 Jun; 12:200095. Prasad M, Morrison JM, Banker SL, Lee J, Wood JK, Van Meurs A, Westphal K, Schwendeman E, Berger S, Mertens EO, McCartor S, Mitchell M, Lee C, Combs MD, Molas-Torreblanca K, Ewing JA, Halvorson EE, Potisek NM, Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative. PMID: 39949417; PMCID: PMC11824670.
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    6. Variation in Care of Well-Appearing Hypothermic Young Infants: A Multisite Study. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 08 01; 13(8):742-750. Combs MD, Mitchell M, Molas-Torreblanca K, Lee C, Raffaele JL, Sharma M, Berger S, Morrison J, Prasad M, Wood JK, Van Meurs A, Mullin R, Doraiswamy V, Ingram E, Banker SL, Lee J, Tan X, Potisek NM, Halvorson EE, HYPOTHERMIC YOUNG INFANT RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE. PMID: 37503559.
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    7. Development of an Approach to Assessing Pediatric Fellows' Transport Medical Control Skills. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 07 01; 13(7):e199-e206. Good RJ, Boyer DL, Bjorklund AR, Corden MH, Harris MI, Tcharmtchi MH, Kink RJ, Koncicki ML, Molas-Torreblanca K, Miquel-Verges F, Mink RB, Rozenfeld RA, Sasser WC, Saunders S, Silberman AP, Srinivasan S, Tseng AS, Turner DA, Zurca AD, Czaja AS. PMID: 37376965.
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    8. "To Call or Not to Call" Communication Preferences Among Pediatric Hospital Medicine Team Leaders. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 05 01; 13(5):416-437. O'Hara K, Tseng A, Herbst L, Moss S, Marsicek S, Herbst B, Molas-Torreblanca K, Maniscalco J, Ziniel SI. PMID: 37078243.
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    9. Prevalence of Invasive Bacterial Infection in Hypothermic Young Infants: A Multisite Study. J Pediatr. 2023 07; 258:113407. Raffaele JL, Sharma M, Berger S, Mitchell M, Lee C, Morrison J, Prasad M, Combs MD, Molas-Torreblanca K, Wood JK, Van Meurs A, Westphal K, Sawani A, Banker SL, Lee J, King C, Halvorson EE, Potisek NM, Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative. PMID: 37023947.
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    10. Defining Supervision Preferences and Roles Within a New Subspecialty: Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Acad Pediatr. 2022 07; 22(5):858-866. O'Hara K, Tseng A, Moss S, Herbst L, Marsicek S, Molas-Torreblanca K, Herbst B, Maniscalco J, Ziniel SI. PMID: 35318160.
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    11. Yes, we CAM: Increasing physician communication about complementary and alternative medicine through electronic medical record prompts in a pediatric hospital. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2021 Nov; 45:101449. Huynh TM, Molas-Torreblanca K, Chand S, Ahuja N, Schrager SM, Zipkin R, Gold JI, Maniscalco J. PMID: 34311214.
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    12. Developing an effective inpatient learning climate. Clin Teach. 2020 08; 17(4):366-372. Harper BD, Buchanan AO, Cramton RE, Gourishankar A, King M, Molas-Torreblanca K, Patra KP, Pomeroy B, Potisek NM, Seelbach E, Tomaszewski JL, Fromme HB. PMID: 31828976.
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    13. Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma With the Classic MAML2 Gene Rearrangement in a 2-year-old Boy. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Sep-Oct; 21(5):480-485. Szymanski LJ, Molas-Torreblanca K, Bawab R, Kim E, Don D, Mascarenhas L, Stanley P, Zhou S, Shillingford N. PMID: 28492094.
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    14. Screening for maternal postpartum depression during infant hospitalizations. J Hosp Med. 2016 12; 11(12):840-846. Trost MJ, Molas-Torreblanca K, Man C, Casillas E, Sapir H, Schrager SM. PMID: 27527537.
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    15. A diagnosis of exclusion: a 3-year-old boy with respiratory distress and anemia. Hosp Pediatr. 2013 Oct; 3(4):377-80. McCaffrey Cosimini MJ, Molas-Torreblanca K, Kato RM, Loloyan S, Ramanathan A. PMID: 24435197.
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    16. Neck abscess due to goose feathers leaked from a down comforter: case report, review of literature, and recommendations for parents. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Aug; 52(8):707-9. Hendizadeh L, Zaghi S, Yaphockun K, Molas-Torreblanca K, Don D. PMID: 23539688.
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