Karen Uzark
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics
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Available to mentor
Karen Uzark
Clinical Professor
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
    • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Heart disease symptoms and health-related quality of life in pediatric heart transplant recipients: A serial multiple mediator analysis.
      Varni JW, Uzark K. Pediatr Transplant, 2023 Dec 27; e14682 DOI:10.1111/petr.14682
      PMID: 38149311
    • Journal Article
      Heart disease symptoms, cognitive functioning, health communication, treatment anxiety, and health-related quality of life in paediatric heart disease: a multiple mediator analysis.
      Varni JW, Uzark K. Cardiol Young, 2023 Oct; 33 (10): 1920 - 1925. DOI:10.1017/S104795112200350X
      PMID: 36380487
    • Journal Article
      Predictors of Human Milk Feeding and Direct Breastfeeding for Infants with Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease: Machine Learning Analysis of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative Registry.
      Elgersma KM, Wolfson J, Fulkerson JA, Georgieff MK, Looman WS, Spatz DL, Shah KM, Uzark K, McKechnie AC. J Pediatr, 2023 Oct; 261: 113562 DOI:10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113562
      PMID: 37329981
    • Journal Article
      Human Milk Feeding and Direct Breastfeeding Improve Outcomes for Infants With Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease: Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of the NPC-QIC Registry.
      Elgersma KM, Wolfson J, Fulkerson JA, Georgieff MK, Looman WS, Spatz DL, Shah KM, Uzark K, McKechnie AC. J Am Heart Assoc, 2023 Sep 5; 12 (17): e030756 DOI:10.1161/JAHA.123.030756
      PMID: 37642030
    • Journal Article
      Pain and health-related quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A multiple mediator analysis.
      Varni JW, Uzark K. Eur J Paediatr Neurol, 2023 Sep; 46: 61 - 66. DOI:10.1016/j.ejpn.2023.07.003
      PMID: 37463545
    • Journal Article
      Medical and End-of-Life Decision-Making Preferences in Adolescents and Young Adults with Advanced Heart Disease and Their Parents.
      Cousino MK, Miller VA, Smith C, Lim HM, Yu S, Lowery R, Uzark K, Fredericks EM, Wolfe J, Blume ED, Schumacher KR. JAMA Netw Open, 2023 May 1; 6 (5): e2311957 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.11957
      PMID: 37145598
    • Preprint
      Human milk feeding and direct breastfeeding improve outcomes for infants with single ventricle congenital heart disease: Propensity score matched analysis of the NPC-QIC registry.
      Elgersma KM, Wolfson J, Fulkerson JA, Georgieff MK, Looman WS, Spatz DL, Shah KM, Uzark K, McKechnie AC. 2023 Apr 29; DOI:10.1101/2023.04.26.23289126
      PMID: 37162951
    • Journal Article
      Patterns of Breastfeeding and Human Milk Feeding in Infants with Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease: A Population Study of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative Registry.
      Elgersma KM, Spatz DL, Fulkerson JA, Wolfson J, Georgieff MK, Looman WS, Shah KM, Uzark K, McKechnie AC. Breastfeed Med, 2023 Apr; 18 (4): 315 - 325. DOI:10.1089/bfm.2023.0036
      PMID: 37071633