Kristen Sandgren, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Hospital Medicine
Current Positions
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Hospital Medicine
- Pediatric Hospitalist, UI Stead Family Children's Hospital
- Director of Medical Student Education, UI Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Education
- Pediatric Residency, UI Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA
- Doctor of Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- MD in Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Resident in Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Research Interests
- Improvement of a Pediatric Residency Mock Code Program
- A model for the Mechanism of Ascorbate-Induced Cytotoxicity
- Ascorbate Increases Intracellular H2O2 in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells
- Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) SpO2 Project
- Pharmacologic doses of ascorbate enhance antineoplastic effects of irradiation and chemotherapeutic drugs
- National Immunization Partnership with the APA-HPV vaccination
- Alcohol-Induced Neurodegeneration in Mouse Hippocampal Slice Cultures
Licenses & Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, Board Certified in General Pediatrics
- General Pediatric Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics
Selected Publications
- Sandgren, K. E., Price, N. B., Bishop, W. P. & McCarthy, P. J. (2017). Herpes Simplex Proctitis Mimicking Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Teenaged Male. Case reports in pediatrics 2017 3547230. DOI: 10.1155/2017/3547230. PMID: 28473937. PMCID: PMC5394410.
- Du, J., Nelson, E. S., Simons, A. L., Olney, K. E., Moser, J. C., Schrock, H. E., Wagner, B. A., Buettner, G. R., Smith, B. J., Teoh, M. L., Tsao, M. & Cullen, J. J. (2013). Regulation of pancreatic cancer growth by superoxide. Molecular Carcinogenesis 52 (7) 555-567. DOI: 10.1002/mc.21891.
- Olney, Du, Van 'T Erve, Witmer, Sibenaller, Wagner, Buettner & Cullen (2013). Inhibitors of hydroperoxide metabolism enhance ascorbate-induced cytotoxicity. Free Radical Research 47 (3) 154-163. DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2012.755263.
- Du, J., Rawal, M., Moser, J. C., Olney, K. E., Buettner, G. R. & Cullen, J. J. (2012). The Role of Redox Active Transition Metals in Ascorbate-Induced Cytotoxicity in Pancreatic Cancer. (Vols. 53). pp. S42-S42. FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.10.107.