Cecilia Young Kwak, MD, MPH
Neonatology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Cecilia Young Kwak
Primary Academic Title
Instructor in Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Cecilia Kwak is a neonatologist in the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She specializes in the management of premature babies or newborns with high-risk or complex health conditions. She has a specialized interest in health communications, particularly parent-provider communications and complex care coordination. Dr. Kwak graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School. She then completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Research Interests
Health communications research; Complex care delivery management
Research Summary
Dr. Kwak is participating in health communications research focused on parent-provider interactions, with emphasis on the development of tools to improve communications in the prenatal and postnatal period. She is also involved in improving clinical guidelines regarding the management of extremely pre-term infants in the neonatal intensive care unit and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on quality improvement related to reduction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in pre-term infants. Dr. Kwak serves as career development chair of the Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists group, which is part of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She is currently working on a grant-funded project to develop an early counseling video for parents of preterm infants at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Research Gate - Research Profile
Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
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Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neonatology, 2022
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatrics, 2018
- Medical Education: University of Michigan Medical School, MD, 2015
- Graduate School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, International Health, MPH, 2004
Board Certifications
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics, 2024
- Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2018
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)