Katherine K. Hsu, MD

Professor, Pediatrics

Katherine Hsu
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670 Albany St Biosquare III

Biography

After completing her residency at Columbia‐Presbyterian Medical Center, Katherine Hsu, MD, began her fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. During this period she was awarded the Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society Edward H. Kass Award for Clinical Excellence During Fellowship. Nineteen years later, she is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Adolescent Medicine. In addition to her work in the school of medicine, she serves Medical Director in the Division of STD Prevention & HIV/AIDS Surveillance as a part of the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Her research interests are sexually transmitted diseases and syndromes in adolescents and young adults, infectious diseases in adolescents and young adults, post-sexual assault care in adolescents and young adults, and vaccine preventable diseases in adolescents and young adults.

Other Positions

  • Boston Medical Center

Education

  • Brown University School of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Brown University, SB/ScB

Publications

  • Published on 1/9/2024

    Reimche JL, Pham CD, Joseph SJ, Hutton S, Cartee JC, Ruan Y, Breaux M, Ivanof C, Joshi A, DeMartino M, Kirby JE, Barbee LA, Kersh EN, Roosevelt KA, Hsu KK. Novel strain of multidrug non-susceptible Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the USA. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Mar; 24(3):e149-e151. PMID: 38215769.

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  • Published on 12/19/2023

    Elder H, Platt L, Leach D, Sheetoh C, Ramirez VM, Molotnikov L, Hernandez B, Roosevelt K, Hsu KK. Factors Associated With Delays in Presentation and Treatment of Gonorrhea, Massachusetts 2015-2019. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 Mar 01; 51(3):146-155. PMID: 38133572.

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  • Published on 2/7/2023

    You S, Yaesoubi R, Lee K, Li Y, Eppink ST, Hsu KK, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Salomon JA, Rönn MM. Lifetime quality-adjusted life years lost due to genital herpes acquired in the United States in 2018: a mathematical modeling study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Mar; 19:100427. PMID: 36950038.

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  • Published on 2/7/2023

    You S, Yaesoubi R, Lee K, Li Y, Eppink ST, Hsu KK, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Salomon JA, Rönn MM. Lifetime quality-adjusted life years lost due to genital herpes acquired in the United States in 2018: a mathematical modeling study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Mar; 19:100427. PMID: 36950038.

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  • Published on 7/4/2022

    Argenyi MS, Molotnikov LE, Leach DH, Roosevelt KA, Klevens RM, Hsu KK. Gaps in HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Continuum of Care Following State Partner Services for Massachusetts Primary and Secondary Syphilis Cases, 2017 to 2018. Sex Transm Dis. 2022 Sep 01; 49(9):657-661. PMID: 35797587.

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  • Published on 1/1/2022

    Hsu KK, Rakhmanina NY. Adolescents and Young Adults: The Pediatrician's Role in HIV Testing and Pre- and Postexposure HIV Prophylaxis. Pediatrics. 2022 01 01; 149(1). PMID: 34972226.

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  • Published on 11/16/2021

    Willis SJ, Elder H, Cocoros NM, Callahan M, Hsu KK, Klompas M. Impact of an Electronic Medical Record Best Practice Alert on Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia Infection and Reinfection. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jan; 9(1):ofab574. PMID: 35024371.

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  • Published on 11/1/2021

    Earnest R, Rönn MM, Bellerose M, Menon-Johansson AS, Berruti AA, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Hsu KK, Testa C, Zhu L, Malyuta Y, Menzies NA, Salomon JA. Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Express Multisite Gonorrhea Screening Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 11 01; 48(11):805-812. PMID: 33993161.

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  • Published on 11/1/2021

    Stierman B, Abrams JY, Godfred-Cato SE, Oster ME, Meng L, Yip L, Patel P, Balachandran N, Prezzato E, Pierce T, Hsu KK, Burns M, Peterson Pompa X, Lauro P, Hartley A, Jones C, Gretsch S, Reid H, Lim S, Campbell AP, Belay ED. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the United States, March 2020 to February 2021. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 11 01; 40(11):e400-e406. PMID: 34382615.

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  • Published on 3/3/2021

    Chitneni P, Bwana MB, Muyindike W, Owembabazi M, Kalyebara PK, Byamukama A, Mbalibulha Y, Smith PM, Hsu KK, Haberer JE, Kaida A, Matthews LT. STI prevalence among men living with HIV engaged in safer conception care in rural, southwestern Uganda. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0246629. PMID: 33657120.

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