Education

Graduate School
Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1983
Residency
Rutgers Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985-1986

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

General Pediatrics
Medical Education
Medical Care for Foster Children
Fatality Review

Research Interests

Child Abuse

Foster Care

Injury Prevention

Child Fatality Review

Healthcare  Disparity

Publications

Publication Information

  • Cheung, KK and Newton, A:  Patterns and protein synthesis during development of Caulobacter Crescentus.  Developmental Biology 1977;  56:417-425
  • Cheung, KK and Newton, A:  Polyadenylic acid synthesis activity of purified DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Caulobacter.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 1978; 253(7): 2254-61.
  • Cheung, KK:  Child Abuse – Infant Case Studies.  Trends in Health Care, Law and Ethics 1983; 8(2): 64-65
  • Ewing-Cobbs L, Kramer, Prasad M, Canales, Louis, Fletcher J, Vollero, Landry S, and Cheung K:  Neuroimaging, Physical and Developmental Findings Follow-Up Inflicted and Non-inflicted.  Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children.  Pediatrics 1998;  102:300-306
  • Cheung, KK:  Practice Guidelines:  Child Abuse and Neglect.  Journal Pediatric Health Care 1999; 13, 142-143
  • McClain N, Girardet R, Lahoti S, Cheung K, Berger K and McNeese M:  Evaluation of Sexual Abuse in the Pediatric Patient.  Journal Pediatric Health Care 2000: 14:93-102.
  • Lahoti S, McClain N, Girardet R, McNeese M, and Cheung K:  Practice Guidelines:  Screening and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Part 1: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Bacterial Vaginosis.  Journal Pediatric health Care 2000; 14, 34-36.
  • McClain N, Cheung K, Girardet R, Lahoti S, and McNeese M:  Practice Guidelines:  Screening and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Part 2:  Trichomonas, Human Papillomavirus Infection, and Genital Herpes Simplex Virus.  Journal Pediatric Health Care 2000; 14: 130-132
  • Lahoti S, McClain N, Girardet R, McNeese M, and Cheung K:  Evaluating the child for sexual abuse. American Family Physicians 2001; 63:883 – 892.
  • Girardet R, McClain N. McNeese M, Lahoti S, Cheung K, Hartwell E, Berger K.  Comparison of the urine-base ligase chain reaction test to culture for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea in pediatric sexual abuse victims.  Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2001; 20(2): 144 – 147.
  • Cheung, KK., Montgomery, D., and Benjamins, L.  Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Ad9olescents Entering Child Protective Services. Journal of pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2015 October; 28(5): 324-326.  Published on line, September 2014.

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics