Kristopher Kang

MD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
General Pediatrician, Inpatient Units, BC Children's Hospital
Director, Quality Improvement, Division of General Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital

I am interested in ensuring that pediatricians provide high-quality, family-centered care for hospitalized children. My research at BC Children's Hospital focuses on understanding quality gaps and patient safety risks in the hospital environment, and developing collaborative solutions to address these. Currently, I work closely with the antimicrobial stewardship program, where I study how we can optimize our use of antibiotic treatment for hospitalized children, and how the emergence of antibiotic resistance affects patient care and outcomes. I am also working on a project to improve vaccination rates for children at high risk of severe infection, including hospitalized children who often miss out on routine vaccines.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Instructor, , Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3N1

Long-term health outcomes of preterm birth: a narrative review

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Gette, F. and Aziz Ali, S. and Ho, M.S.P. and Richter, L.L. and Chan, E.S. and Yang, C.L. and Kieran, E. and Mammen, C. and Roberts, A. and Kang, K.T. and Wong, J. and Rassekh, S.R. and Castaldo, M. and Harris, K.C. and Lee, J. and Lam, C.K.L. and Chan, N.H. and Lisonkova, S. and Ting, J.Y.

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2025.1565897

Identifying child maltreatment during virtual medical appointments through the COVID-19 pandemic A physician-based survey

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Lim-Reinders, S. and Ward, M.G.K. and Malic, C. and Keely, K. and Kang, K. and Jain, N. and Zwicker, K.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxad064

Developing and disseminating an electronic penicillin allergy de-labelling tool using the model for improvement framework

Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Saravanabavan, S. and McKernan, P. and Cameron, S. and Kwan, N. and Kang, K.T. and Roberts, A. and Carr, R. and Mak, R. and Elwood, C. and Paquette, V. and Stimpson, R. and Abrahams, B. and Chan, E.S. and Slayter, K. and Rahier, A. and Sainchuk, I. and Olsen, S. and Kucey, M. and Shamseddine, J. and Babiker, Z.O.E. and Wong, T.

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-024-00942-3

True Rate of Allergy among Pediatric Inpatients with Penicillin Allergy Labels (TRIAL)

Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Kwan, N. and Kang, K. and Carr, R.R. and Mak, R. and Roberts, A. and Jin, F. and Bone, J.N. and Rassekh, S.R. and Wong, T.

DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.3531

Penicillin de-labelling in vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: comparison of approaches, outcomes and future directions

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Saravanabavan, S. and Aulakh, A. and Douglas, J. and Elwood, C. and Erdle, S. and Grant, J. and Kang, K.T. and Kwan, N. and Lacaria, K. and Lau, T.T.Y. and Lee, C. and Leung, V. and Lin, Y.-C. and Mah, A. and Nguyen, A. and Paquette, V. and Roberts, A. and Watt, M. and Van Schalkwyk, J. and Zhang, B.Y. and Mak, R. and Wong, T.

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-023-00777-4

Short duration of parenteral antibiotics in infants with urinary tract infections

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Menon, N. and Mutinta Deasy, A. and Woo, K. and Tarabishi, J. and Chan, E.Y.-H. and Kang, K. and Carwana, M. and Nama, N.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxad030

Impact of Perinatal Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Early Health Outcomes among Infants Born from 2020 to 2021 in British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Richter, L.L. and Ho, M.S.P. and Zhang, Q. and Bone, J.N. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Yang, C.L. and Roberts, A. and Kang, K. and Kieran, E. and Lam, C. and Lisonkova, S. and Ting, J.Y.

DOI: 10.1155/2023/9968774

Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome in Canada: population-based surveillance and role of SARS-CoV-2 linkage

Pediatric Research

El Tal, T. and Morin, M.-P. and Morris, S.K. and Farrar, D.S. and Berard, R.A. and Kakkar, F. and Moore Hepburn, C. and Baerg, K. and Beaufils, C. and Bennett, T.-L. and Benseler, S.M. and Beaudoin-Bussires, G. and Chan, K. and Cyr, C. and Dahdah, N. and Donner, E.J. and Drouin, O. and Edjoc, R. and Eljaouhari, M. and Embree, J.E. and Farrell, C. and Finzi, A. and Forgie, S. and Giroux, R. and Kang, K.T. and King, M. and Laffin Thibodeau, M. and Lang, B. and Laxer, R.M. and Luu, T.M. and McCrindle, B.W. and Orkin, J. and Papenburg, J. and Pound, C.M. and Price, V.E. and Proulx-Gauthier, J.-P. and Purewal, R. and Sadarangani, M. and Salvadori, M.I. and Thibeault, R. and Top, K.A. and Viel-Thriault, I. and Haddad, E. and Scuccimarri, R. and Yeung, R.S.M.

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02668-1

Acute-onset dacryoadenitis following immunisation with mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

BMJ Case Reports

Murphy, T. and Raheem Abu Shanab, A. and Kang, K. and Lyons, C.J.

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-248441

Biliary ascariasis and trisomy 21 in a child newly arrived to Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Canes, M. and Seaton, C. and Mawson, J. and Goldfarb, D.M. and Kang, K.T.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.220089

Epidemiology and role of SARS-CoV-2 Linkage in Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS): A Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program National Prospective Study

medRxiv

Tal, T.E. and Morin, M.-P. and Morris, S.K. and Farrar, D.S. and Berard, R.A. and Kakkar, F. and Hepburn, C.M. and Baerg, K. and Beaufils, C. and Bennett, T.-L. and Benseler, S.M. and Beaudoin-Bussi{\`e}res, G. and Chan, K. and Cyr, C. and Dahdah, N. and Donner, E.J. and Drouin, O. and Edjoc, R. and Eljaouhari, M. and Embree, J.E. and Farrell, C. and Finzi, A. and Forgie, S. and Giroux, R. and Kang, K.T. and King, M. and Thibodeau, M.L. and Lang, B. and Laxer, R.M. and Luu, T.M. and McCrindle, B.W. and Orkin, J. and Papenburg, J. and Pound, C.M. and Price, V.E. and Proulx-Gauthier, J.-P. and Purewal, R. and Sadarangani, M. and Salvadori, M.I. and Thibeault, R. and Top, K.A. and Viel-Th{\'e}riault, I. and Haddad, E. and Scuccimarri, R. and Yeung, R.S.M.

DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.27.2227561

Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in hospitalized children in Canada: A national prospective study from March 2020"May 2021

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Farrar, D.S. and Drouin, O. and Moore Hepburn, C. and Baerg, K. and Chan, K. and Cyr, C. and Donner, E.J. and Embree, J.E. and Farrell, C. and Forgie, S. and Giroux, R. and Kang, K.T. and King, M. and Laffin Thibodeau, M. and Orkin, J. and Ouldali, N. and Papenburg, J. and Pound, C.M. and Price, V.E. and Proulx-Gauthier, J.-P. and Purewal, R. and Ricci, C. and Sadarangani, M. and Salvadori, M.I. and Thibeault, R. and Top, K.A. and Viel-Th{\'e}riault, I. and Kakkar, F. and Morris, S.K.

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100337

Canadian infants presenting with Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (BRUEs) and validation of clinical prediction rules for risk stratification: A protocol for a multicentre, retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Nama, N. and Hosseini, P. and Lee, Z. and Picco, K. and Bone, J.N. and Foulds, J.L. and Gagnon, J.A. and Sehgal, A. and Quet, J. and Drouin, O. and Luu, T.M. and Vomiero, G. and Kanani, R. and Holland, J. and Goldman, R.D. and Kang, K.T. and Mahant, S. and Jin, F. and Tieder, J.S. and Gill, P.J.

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063183

Characteristics of children admitted to hospital with acute sars-cov-2 infection in Canada in 2020

CMAJ

Drouin, O. and Hepburn, C.M. and Farrar, D.S. and Baerg, K. and Chan, K. and Cyr, C. and Donner, E.J. and Embree, J.E. and Farrell, C. and Forgie, S. and Giroux, R. and Kang, K.T. and King, M. and Laffin, M. and Luu, T.M. and Orkin, J. and Papenburg, J. and Pound, C.M. and Price, V.E. and Purewal, R. and Sadarangani, M. and Salvadori, M.I. and Top, K.A. and Viel-Theriault, I. and Kakkar, F. and Morris, S.K.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210053

Characteristics of children admitted to hospital with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in Canada in 2020,Caractristiques des hospitalisations au Canada d'enfants ayant contract une infection aigu par le SRAS-CoV-2 en 2020

CMAJ

Drouin, O. and Hepburn, C.M. and Farrar, D.S. and Baerg, K. and Chan, K. and Cyr, C. and Donner, E.J. and Embree, J.E. and Farrell, C. and Forgie, S. and Giroux, R. and Kang, K.T. and King, M. and Laffin, M. and Luu, T.M. and Orkin, J. and Papenburg, J. and Pound, C.M. and Price, V.E. and Purewal, R. and Sadarangani, M. and Salvadori, M.I. and Top, K.A. and Viel-Thriault, I. and Kakkar, F. and Morris, S.K.

DOI: 10.1503/CMAJ.210053-F

First pediatric electronic algorithm to stratify risk of penicillin allergy.

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Roberts H and Soller L and Ng K and Chan ES and Roberts A and Kang K and Hildebrand KJ and Wong T

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-020-00501-6 PubMed: 33292528

12 / 2020

Health care providers must be alert for violence against children during the pandemic.

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne

Kang KT and Jain N

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.75780 PubMed: 32660941

07 / 2020

Child abuse and neglect in the covid-19 era: A primer for front-line physicians in British Columbia

British Columbia Medical Journal

Kang, K.T. and Jain, N.

Non-invasive assessment of aortic stiffness and blood pressure in young Turner syndrome patients

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Danya A. Fox and Kristopher T. Kang and James E. Potts and Timothy J. Bradley and Laura L. Stewart and Janis M. Dionne and George G.S. Sandor

DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2018-0346

05 / 2019

Third-generation cephalosporin-resistant urinary tract infections in children presenting to the paediatric emergency department.

Paediatrics & child health

Kang KT and Ng K and Kendrick J and Tilley P and Ting J and Rassekh S and Murthy S and Roberts A

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxy175 PubMed: 32296278

02 / 2019

Authors reply

British Columbia Medical Journal

Roberts, A. and Gantt, S. and Ng, K. and Paquette, V. and Kang, K.

Placing Equity at the Core of Global Health Research: Time for an Expanded Ethical Framework?

Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics

Kristopher T. Kang and Niranjan Kissoon and Ashley Roberts

DOI: 10.1007/s40746-015-0019-3

04 / 2015

Management of influenza infection in children and pregnant women in BC, an update

British Columbia Medical Journal

Ng, K. and Paquette, V. and Kang, K.T. and Gantt, S. and Roberts, A.

Systems for Pediatric Sepsis: A Global Survey

West Indian Medical Journal

KT Kang and HK Chandler and V Espinosa and N Kissoon

DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2013.326

10 / 2014

Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia in children: a multicenter experience.

Heart rhythm

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.04.033 PubMed: 24769425

08 / 2014

Current management of focal atrial tachycardia in children: a multicenter experience.

Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology

DOI: 10.1161/circep.113.001423 PubMed: 25015944

08 / 2014

Current Projects

Epidemiology and management of gram negative infections in children at BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital. This work includes several clinical research studies to explore the incidence, epidemiology, management, and outcomes of gram negative infections, as well as to understand the risk factors associated with multidrug resistance.

Targeting inpatients to increase vaccination rates for children at risk of severe infection. This is a quality improvement initiative to address the problem of undervaccination in hospitalized children. This project is supported through the Hudson Scholars Program in Pediatric Medicine and involves collaboration with the Vaccine Evaluation Center.

Implementation and evaluation of a modified algorithm for oseltamivir use to treat influenza infection. This is a combined quality improvement/clinical research study designed to improve evidence-based care and clinical outcomes for children and pregnant women with influenza infection.

Honours & Awards

Hudson Scholars Program in Pediatric Medicine, 2016

UBC Pediatric Postgraduate Medical Education Award, "Rookie of the Year", 2016

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