Elizabeth Yen, MD, MA Accepting New Patients Virtual Appointments Available

Meet Elizabeth Yen, MD, MA

Title(s)

Neonatologist; Outgoing-Chair, Women in Medicine and Science (WiMS); Principal Investigator, Mother Infant Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Department + Services

Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine

Clinical Focus Areas

Newborn medicine, neonatal abstinence syndrome, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, early intervention follow up, neurodevelopmental outcomes

Research Focus Areas

Salivary gene expression, feeding dysregulation, sex differences, impact of the opioid epidemic on the hypothalamic and brain reward signaling, non-invasive diagnostics

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Boston, 617-636-5322
Lawrence, 978-683-4000
Lowell, 978-937-6032
Melrose, 781-979-6400

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Programs + Specialties	Newborn Medicine Mother Infant Research Institute
Training + Education	Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Board Certifications	Pediatrics
NPI #	1275972762
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Chinese, Indonesian
Accepted Insurances	View Accepted Insurances at Tufts Medical Center

Tufts Medical Center 2nd Floor 755 Washington Street Box 44 Boston, MA 02111 Phone #: 617-636-5322 Fax #: 617-636-1456 Map It	Lawrence General Hospital 1 General Street Lawrence, MA 01841 Phone #: 978-683-4000 Fax #: 978-946-8021 Map It	Lowell General Hospital 295 Varnum Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 Phone #: 978-937-6032 Fax #: 978-937-6903 Map It
MelroseWakefield Hospital 585 Lebanon Street Melrose, MA 02176 Phone #: 781-979-6400 Fax #: 781-979-6410 Map It

2022, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Council member
2022, Tufts University School of Medicine Standing Academic Research Awards Committee
2022, Leadership Development Program for Physicians in partnership with Boston University Questrom School of Business
2021, International Behavioural & Neural Genetics Society: 2022 Genes, Brain, & Behavior Meeting Planning Committee
2021, WiMS Mentorship Seed Award 2021 Recipient
2021, International Behavioural & Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) Outstanding Young Investigator Awardee
2021, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) Mead Johnson Young Investigator Awardee
2020, Sydney Gellis Young Physician Award - awarded to an early career faculty who seeks to improve treatments, outcomes, and the quality of life of sick children.
2020, Member, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Planning Committee.
2020, Abstract reviewer, 2020 annual Pediatric Academic Society and Eastern Society for Pediatric Research meetings.
2020, Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, Clinical Therapeutics, Respiratory Research
2018-2020, Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Young Investigator Coaching Program
2020, Selected participant, American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research at the 2020 PAS Meeting
2019, Selected participant at the NICHD/NIH-funded 50th Anniversary of the Perinatal Research Society Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop
2019, Newborn Medicine Excellent in Teaching Award
2018, Saltonstall Travel Award to attend Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference
2018, National Institute of Drug Abuse scholarship to attend “Short Course on the Genetics of Addiction” at JAX (Jackson Laboratory).
2017, Selected participant at the 29th Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Young Investigator Conference on Maternal-Fetal-Neonatal-Reproductive Medicine

For a complete list of Dr.Yen’s publications, click here.

Yen E, Maron JL. Aberrant feeding and growth in neonates with prenatal opioid exposure: evidence of neuromodulation and behavioral changes. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022:9:805763. PMID: 35127598. PMCID: PMC8814597

Allen M, Moog N, Buss C, Yen E, Gustafsson H, Sullivan EL, Graham AM. Co-occurrence of preconception childhood trauma history and opioid use during pregnancy: implications for offspring brain development. Neurotoxicol Teratology 2021;88:107033. PMID: 34601061, PMCID: PMC8578395 (available 11/1/2022).

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Maron JL. Technical considerations and protocol optimization for neonatal salivary biomarker discovery and analysis. Front Pediatr 2021;8:618553. doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.618553.

Kaneko-Tarui T, Graham AM, Carpenter S, Madan N, Tarui T, Davis JM, Maron JL, Yen E. Abstract #27: Evaluation of the sex-dependent impact of prenatal opioid exposure on the developing brain. Journal of Women’s Health, Dec 2020, A1-A24. doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2020.29033.abstracts 

Yen E, Kraft W, Davis JM (2021). Pharmacologic management of neonatal abstinence syndrome. In SJ Yaffe, JV Aranda (Eds.), Neonatal and pediatric pharmacology: Therapeutic principles in practice (5th ed., pp. 530-40). Wolters Kluwer, PA.

Yen E, Murphy HJ, Friedman H, Lucke AM, Rodday A. Neonatal abstinence syndrome practice variations across pediatric subspecialty. J Perinatol 2020 Sep 23. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00831-8.

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Ruthazer R, Hassaneen M, Harvey-Wilkes K, Maron JL. Sex-dependent gene expression in infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. J Pediatr 2019;214:60-5.

Yen E, Davis JM, Milne CP. Impact of regulatory incentive programs on the future of pediatric drug development. Therap Innov Reg Sci 2019;53:609-14.

Yen E, Davis JM. Finding the right treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome: Is this the right time? J Perinatol 2018;38:785-7.

Yen E, Weinberger B, Laumbach R, Vetrano A, Gow A, Ramagopal M. Exhaled breath condensate nitrite in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Neonatal-Perinatal Med 2018;11:399-407.

Francois LN, Borczyca L, Du J, Bircsak K, Yen E, Wen X, et al. Down-regulation of the placental BCRP/ABCG2 transporter in response to hypoxia signaling. Placenta 2017;51;57-63.

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

Yen E, Madan N, Sikka P, Tarui T, Singh K, Kaneko-Tarui T, Davis JM, Maron JL. A pilot study to understand the role of inflammation in white matter injury in opioid-exposed neonates.
Poster presentation at 2022 Pediatric Academic Societies

Baik J, Maron JL, Yen E. Pilot study of transcriptomic evidence of the effects of prenatal opioids in preterm neonates.
Platform presentation at 2022 Eastern Society Pediatric Research.

Pooja S, Madan N, Yen E. Early white matter changes in neonates with prenatal opioid exposure: a pilot study.
Platform presentation at 2022 Eastern Society Pediatric Research.

Herman CA, Yoo S, Yen E. Assessing vision health in children with history of prenatal opioid exposure: a single-center pilot study.
Poster presentation at 2022 Eastern Society Pediatric Research

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Graham AM, Carpenter S, Madan N, Tarui T, Davis JM, Maron JL. Sex-specific inflammatory impact of prenatal opioid exposure.
Poster presentation at 2021 Annual BIRCWH Meeting (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health)

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Graham AM, Carpenter S, Madan N, Tarui T, Davis J, Maron JL. Evaluation of the sex-dependent impact of prenatal opioid exposure on the developing brain.
• Platform presentation at 2021 Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR)
• Poster presentation at 2020 Annual BIRCWH Meeting (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health)

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Madan N, Carpenter S, Graham A, Tarui T, Davis J, Maron JL. The role of sex and inflammation on the developing brain in neonatal abstinence syndrome.
• Poster presentation at 2021 NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross-Cutting Research Team Meeting
• Highlighted E-Poster at 2021 Pediatric Academic Societies

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Madan N, Carpenter S, Graham A, Tarui T, Davis J, Maron JL. Sex-specific inflammatory impact of prenatal opioid exposure on the developing brain
• Platform presentation at 2021 New England Perinatal Society

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Madan N, Carpenter S, Graham A, Tarui T, Davis J, Maron JL. Sex-specific reward modulation and inflammatory impact of prenatal opioid exposure on the developing brain.
• Symposium speaker at 2021 Genes, Brain, and Behavior Annual Meeting

AAP Trainees and Early Career Neonatologist (TECaN)
AAP Young Physicians’ Leadership Alliance (YPLA)
American Association of Pediatrics (AAP)—Perinatal Section Member
Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society
Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) Member
Perinatal Research Society Associate Member >br>Society for Pediatric Research (nomination-based)
International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society