Sarah Yukiko Asaki,
MD, CEPS-P, FAAP

Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Asaki’s clinical interest include arrhythmia and antiarrhythmic management, radiofrequency and cryoablation, and pacemaker and implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) implantation and management. Her current research is in inherited channelopathies and sudden arrhythmogenic death syndromes as well as pacemaker and ICD outcomes and management strategies.
Clinical Locations
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Pediatric Cardiology |
Board Certification | American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology) International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Pediatric Cardiac EP) |
Dr. Asaki’s clinical interest include arrhythmia and antiarrhythmic management, radiofrequency and cryoablation, and pacemaker and implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) implantation and management. Her current research is in inherited channelopathies and sudden arrhythmogenic death syndromes as well as pacemaker and ICD outcomes and management strategies.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Pediatric Cardiology |
Board Certification | American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology) International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Pediatric Cardiac EP) |
Education History
Fellowship | Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Electrophysiology Fellow, 2017 |
Fellowship | Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, 2016 |
Residency | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine Pediatrics Resident, 2013 |
Internship | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine Pediatrics Intern, 2011 |
Professional Medical | Mount Sinai School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2010 |
Undergraduate | St. Mary's College of Maryland Biology B.A., 2006 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Kohli U, Patel L, Chaudhary D, Harahsheh AS, Yonts AB, Ansong A, Sabati A, Nguyen HH, Hussain T, Khan S, Parra DA, Su JA, Patel JK, Ronai C, Bohun M, Freij B, OConnor M, Rosanno JW, Gupta A, Salavitabar A, Dorfman AL, Hansen J, Frosch O, Profita E, Maskatia S, Thacker D, Shrivastava S, Harris T, Feingold B, Berger S, Campbell M, Idriss S, Das S, Renno MS, Knecht K, Asaki SY, Sunil Patel S, Ashwath R, Shih R, Phillips J, Das B, Ramachandran P, Sagiv E, Bhat AH, Johnson J, Taggart N, Imundo J, Nakra N, Behere S, Patel A, Agarwal A, Aljemmali SLang SBatlivala S, Forsha DE, Conners GP, Shaw J, Smith FC, Pauliks LVettukattil J, Shaffer K, Cheang S, Voleti S, Shenoy R, Komarlu R, Ryan SJ, Snyder C, Bansal N, Sharma M, Robinson J, Arnold SR, Salvatore CM, Kumar M, Fremed M, Glickstein JS, Peorrota M, Orr W, Rozema T, Thirumoorthi M, Ang J (online ahead of print). mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Myopericarditis in Adolescents: A Survey Study . J Pediatr X.
- Anjewierden S, Humpherys J, LaPage MJ, Asaki SY, Aziz PF (2021). Detection of Tachyarrhythmias in a Large Cohort of Infants Using Direct-to-Consumer Heart Rate Monitoring. J Pediatr, 232, 147-153.
- Gakenheimer-Smith L, Etheridge SP, Niu MC, Ou Z, Presson A, Whitaker P, Su J, Puchalski M, Asaki SY, Pilcher TA (2020). MRI in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Patients with CIEDs and Epicardial or Abandoned Leads. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 43(8), 797-804.
- Roberts JD, Asaki SY, Mazzanti A, Bos JM, Tuleta I, Miur AR, Crotti L, Krahn AD, Kutyifa V, Shoemaker MB, Johnsrude CL, Aiba T, Marcondes L, Baban A, Udupa S, Dchert B, Fischbach P, Knight LM, Vittinghoff E, Kukavica D, Stallmeyer B, Guidicessi JR, Spazzolini C, Shimamoto K, Tadros R, Cadrin-Tourigny, Duff HJ, Simpson CS, Roston TM, Wijeyeratne YD, El Hajjaji I, Yousif MD, Gula LJ, Leong-Sit P, Chavali N, Landstrom AP, Marcus GM, Dittmann S, Wilde AAM, Behr ER, Tfelt-Hansen J, Scheinman MM, Perez MV, Kaski JP, Gow RM, Drago F, Aziz PF, Abrams DJ, Gollob MH, Skinner JR, Shimizu W, Kaufman ES, Roden DM, Zareba W, Schwartz PJ, Schulze-Bahr E, Etheridge SP, Priori SG, Ackerman MJ Drs Roberts, Asaki, Mazzanti, Bos, and Tuleta contributed equally and are co-first authors Drs Schulze-Bahr, Etheridge, Priori, and Ackerman contributed equally and are co-senior authors (2020). An International Multi-Center Evaluation of Type 5 Long QT Syndrome: A Low Penetrant Primary Arrhythmic Condition. Circulation, 141(6), 429-439.
- Valds SO, Miyake CY, Niu MC, de la Uz CM, Asaki SY, Landstrom AP, Schneider AE, Rusin CG, Patel R, Lam WW, Kim JJ (2018). Early experience with intravenous sotalol in children with and without congenital heart disease. Heart Rhythm, 15(12), 1862-1869.
- Miyake CY, Asaki SY, Webster G, Czosek RJ, Atallah J, Avasarala K, Rao SO, Thomas PE, Kim JJ, Valdes SO, de la Uz C, Wang Y, Wehrens XHT, Abrams D Drs Miyake and Asaki contributed equally to this this paper and are co-first authors (2017). Circadian Variation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia. JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 3(11), 1308-1317.
- Asaki SY, Orcutt JW, Miyake CY, Justino H, de la Uz CM, Kim JJ, Valdes SO, Qureshi AM (2017). Utility and Safety of Combined Interventional Catheterization and Electrophysiology Procedures in a Children's Hospital. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 40(6), 661-666.
- Casolaro V, Fang X, Tancowny B, Fan J, Wu F, Srikantan S, Asaki SY, De Fanis U, Huang SK, Gorospe M, Atasoy UX, Stellato C (2008). Posttranscriptional regulation of IL-13 in T cells: role of the RNA-binding protein HuR. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 121(4), 853-9.e4.
- Beck LA, Tancowny B, Brummet ME, Asaki SY, Curry SL, Penno MB, Foster M, Bahl A, Stellato C (2006). Functional analysis of the chemokine receptor CCR3 on airway epithelial cells. J Immunol, 177(5), 3344-54.
Review
- Etheridge SP, Asaki SY, Niu MC (2019). A Personalized Approach to Long QT Syndrome. [Review]. Curr Opin Cardiol, 34(1), 46-56.
Commentary
- Etheridge SP, Asaki SY (2021). COVID-19 Infection and Corrected QT Interval Prolongation--Collateral Damage From Our Newest Enemy. JAMA Netw Open, 4(4), e217192.
- Etheridge SP, Asaki SY (2020). An Exciting New Tool in the Electrophysiologist's Toolbox, Intravenous Sotalol: Faster, Safer, Better? JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 6(4), 433-435.