Kang Yu "Kathy" Lee-Son, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
- Associate Chief Quality Officer for Children's and Women's Services
Education
- BS in Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Columbia
- MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Resident in Pediatric Residency Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Resident in Pediatric Nephrology Subspecialty Residency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Fellow in Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Masters of Health Sciences in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- IHI Improvement Advisor Program Wave 81, Boston, MA
Research Interests
- 2010 – 2011 CMV Antiviral Prophylaxis and Renal Transplantation
- 2012-Present: Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates and Infants Post Cardiac Surgery
- 2017-Present SCD-20 Study Site – Joint Physician Lead (P Brophy)
- 2015 Retrophin Study Site Co-PI
- 2011-Present: Chronic Kidney Disease in Pediatric Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
- 2014-2015 AWARE Study Site-PI
- 2017-Present Prisma HF-20 Study Site – Joint Physician Lead (P Brophy)
- 2008-2011 Prevalence of Hypertension in Pediatric Oncology Survivors
- 2016-Present SCOPE Collaborative Study Site-Physician Lead
Licenses & Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics Board Certification – Pediatric Nephrology
- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada – Nephrology
- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada – Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Board Certification – General Pediatrics
- Licentiate, Medical Council of Canada
- American Board of Pediatric Maintenance of Certification - Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology
Selected Publications
- Houston S, Patel S, Badheka A, Lee-Son K. Clearance of severely elevated plasma free hemoglobin with total plasma exchange in a pediatric ECMO patient. Perfusion. 2022 Jul;37(5):515-518. doi: 10.1177/02676591211021946. Epub 2021 May 31. PMID: 34058891.
- Hoover AC, Segal RS, Zimmerman MB, Lee-Son K, Porterfield HS, Stewart SA, Rysavy MA. Urine Trouble: Reducing Midstream Clean Catch Urine Contamination Among Children 3-17 Years Old. Pediatrics. 2021 Aug;148(2):e2020049787. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-049787. Epub 2021 Jul 8. PMID: 34244453.
- Spector BL, Nester CM, Brophy PD, Harshman LA, Jetton JG, Lee-Son K, Zepeda-Orozco D, Misurac JM. Natural histories of IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis in children. 2019
- Alexandrou E, Ramakrishna A, Lee-Son K. 'Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy in Patients Undergoing Dialysis – A Cautionary Tale! Pediatric Endocrine Society National Meeting. May 2024
- Houston S, Patel S, Badheka A, Lee-Son K. Severe Hemolysis on ECMO: is plasmapheresis an answer? 50th Critical Care Congress, 2021 Virtual Critical Care Congress. February 2021.
- Merrill KA, Jetton JG, Klein JM, Harshman LA, Lee-Son K, Nester CM, Zepeda-Orozco D, Misurac J. Theophylline Use to Mitigate Acute Kidney Injury in Infants Undergoing Total Body Cooling for Perinatal Asphyxia. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA; Oct 2018
- Spector BL, Nester CM, Brophy PD, Harshman LA, Jetton JG, Lee-Son K, Zepeda-Orozco D, Misurac JM. Natural histories of IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis in children. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2017 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA; Oct 2017
- Houston S, Ehrlich J, Van Wyk B, Jetton JG, Harshman L, Misurac J, Nester C, Zepeda-Orozco D, Lee-Son K. Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Protocol Modification with Intra-Abdominal Surgery A Quality Improvement Project. Annual Dialysis Conference, Orlando, USA; March 2018
- Munshi R, Lee-Son, K, Hackbarth RM, Quigley R, Sutherland SM, Echeverri J, Goldstein SL. Clinical Evaluation of the Prismaflex™ HF 20 Set and Prismaflex™ System 7.10 for Acute Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy (CKRT) in Children Pediatric Nephrology. Pediatric Nephrol 2020 Dec. 35(12): 2345-2352. PMID: 32607769. Epub 2020 Jun 30. DOI: 10.1007/s00467-020-04664-7.
- Harshman, L. A., Lee-Son, K. & Jetton, J. G. (2017). Vitamin and trace element deficiencies in the pediatric dialysis patient. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany). 2018 Jul;33(7):1133-1143. DOI: 10.1007/s00467-017-3751-z. Epub 2017 Jul 27. PMID: 28752387. PMCID: PMC5787050.