Research confirms findings of high viral loads of SARS-Co-V-2 in children
Viral load had no correlation to disease severity in kids, but kids are potential spreaders of current and emerging variants.
Lael Yonker, MD
Lael Yonker, MD
Co-Director, MGH Cystic Fibrosis Center
Co-Director, MGH Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Development Center
Co-Director, Pulmonary Genetics Clinic
Co-Director, MGH Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Development Center
Co-Director, Pulmonary Genetics Clinic
About Lael Yonker, MD
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Pediatric pulmonary disease
- Asthma
- obesity-related asthma
- Chronic cough
- recurrent pneumonia
- Cystic fibrosis
- childhood interstitial lung disease (ChILD)
- genetic pulmonary diseases
Treats:
- Pediatrics
Locations
Pediatric Pulmonary
275 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02114-3108
Phone: 617-726-8707
Fax: 617-726-5961
MGH Children's Specialties at Southern New Hampshire Med Ctr
8 Prospect Street
1st Floor
Nashua, NH 03060-3925
Phone: 603-577-5360
Fax: 603-577-2084
Medical Education
- MD, UMASS Medical School
- MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester Campus)
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatric Pulmonology, American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatric Pulmonology, American Board of Pediatrics
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- NH Healthy Families
- OSW - Connecticut
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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View my most recent publications at PubMed
Drenkard E*, Hibbler RM*, Gutu DA, Eaton AD, Silverio AL, Ausubel FM, Hurley BP**, Yonker LM**. Replication of the ordered, nonredundant library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA14 transposon insertion mutants. Journal of Visualized Experiments. Accepted, In-press.
Yonker LM, Pazos MA, Mou H, Chu KK, Eaton AD, Bonventre JV, Tearney GJ, Rajagopal J, Hurley BP. Neutrophil-derived cytosolic PLA2α contributes to bacterial-induced neutrophil trans-epithelial migration. Journal of Immunology. J Immunol. 2017 Oct 15;199(8):2873-2884. PMID: 28887431
Yonker LM*, Mou H*, Chu KK, Pazos MA, Leung H, Cu D, Ryu J, Hibbler RM, Eaton AD, Ford TN, Falck JR, Kinane TB, Tearney GJ, Rajagopal J, Hurley BP. Development of a Primary Human Co-Culture Model of Inflamed Airway Mucosa. Scientific Reports. 2017 Aug 15;7(1):8182. PMID: 28811631
Yonker LM, Cigana C, Hurley BP, Bragonzi A. Host-pathogen interplay in the respiratory environment of cystic fibrosis. J Cystic Fibrosis. 2015 Jul;14(4):431-9
Friedman D, Linnemann RW, Altstein LL, Islam S, Bach KT, Lamb C, Volpe J, Doolittle C, St John A, O'Malley PJ, Sawicki GS, Georgiopoulos AM, Yonker LM*, Moskowitz SM*. The CF-CARES primary palliative care model: A CF-specific structured assessment of symptoms, distress, and coping. J Cyst Fibros. 2017 Mar 14. pii: S1569-1993(17)30077-2. PMID: 28302366