Ken Kunisaki, MD, MS - Minneapolis VA Health Care System
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Ken Kunisaki, MD, MS

Dr. Ken Kunisaki

Staff Physician, Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Medical Director, Minneapolis VA Sleep Apnea Clinic

Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Telephone: 612-467-4400

Email: Ken.Kunisaki@va.gov


Education

  • BS, University of California, Davis, CA
  • MS, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Research Interests

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
  • HIV-associated lung and sleep disorders

Selected Publications

  • Kunisaki KM, Niewoehner DE, Collins G, Nixon DE, Tedaldi E, Akolo C, Kityo C, Klinker H, La Rosa A, Connett JE, for the START Study Group. Pulmonary function in an international sample of HIV-infected, treatment-naïve adults with CD4>500 cells/mm3. HIV Med 2015;16 Suppl 1:119-128.
  • Kunisaki KM, Akgun KM, Fiellin DA, Gibert CL, Kim JW, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Yaggi HK, Crothers K. Prevalence and correlates of obstructive sleep apnoea among patients with and without HIV infection. HIV Med 2015;16(2):105-113.
  • Kunisaki KM, Brown KE, Fabbrini AE, Wetherbee EE, Rector TS. STOP-BANG questionnaire performance in a Veterans Affairs unattended sleep study program. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2014;11(2):192-197.
  • Bjerk SM, Edgington BD, Rector TS, Kunisaki KM. Supplemental vitamin D and physical performance in COPD: A pilot randomized trial. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2013;8:97-104.
  • Bjerk SM, Baker JV, Emery S, Neuhaus J, Angus B, Gordin FM, Pett SL, Stephan C, Kunisaki KM. Biomarkers and bacterial pneumonia risk in patients with treated HIV infection: A case-control study. PLoS ONE 2013;8(20):e56249.
  • Kunisaki KM, Niewoehner DE, Connett JE, for the COPD Clinical Research Network. Vitamin D levels and risk of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012;185:286-290.
  • Kunisaki KM, Quick H, Baker JV. HIV antiretroviral therapy reduces circulating surfactant protein-D levels. HIV Med 2011;12:580-581.
  • Kunisaki KM, Niewoehner DE, Singh RJ, Connett JE. Vitamin D status and longitudinal lung function decline in the Lung Health Study. Eur Respir J 2011;37:238-243.
  • Kunisaki KM, Janoff EN. Influenza in immunosuppressed populations: a review of infection frequency, morbidity, mortality, and vaccine responses. Lancet Infect Dis 2009;9:493-504.
  • 10. Kunisaki KM, Rice KL, Janoff EN, Rector TS, Niewoehner DE. Exhaled nitric oxide, systemic inflammation, and the response to inhaled fluticasone propionate in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective study. Ther Adv Respir Dis 2008;2(2):55-64.

 

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