Derek A. Uchida

Derek A. Uchida, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services Building

Salt Lake City
801-213-3599

  • Dr. Derek A. Uchida received his undergraduate degree from the University of Hawaii and his medical degree from Stanford. He completed his pediatric residency and pediatric pulmonology fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Prior to his arrival at the University of Utah in 1995, he was on the faculty at The Children’s Hospital and National Jewish Health in Denver, followed by an appointment as division chief of pediatric pulmonology at the University of South Alabama.

    Dr. Uchida is currently practicing pediatric pulmonary medicine at Primary Children’s Medical Center. He has a clinic dedicated to the evaluation and management of children with asthma, as well as a general pulmonology clinic.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Pulmonology)

  • Dr. Derek A. Uchida received his undergraduate degree from the University of Hawaii and his medical degree from Stanford. He completed his pediatric residency and pediatric pulmonology fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Prior to his arrival at the University of Utah in 1995, he was on the faculty at The Children’s Hospital and National Jewish Health in Denver, followed by an appointment as division chief of pediatric pulmonology at the University of South Alabama.

    Dr. Uchida is currently practicing pediatric pulmonary medicine at Primary Children’s Medical Center. He has a clinic dedicated to the evaluation and management of children with asthma, as well as a general pulmonology clinic.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Pulmonology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Pulmonology - University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Fellow
    Pediatrics - University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Resident
    Internship Pediatrics - University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Intern
    Medicine - Stanford University School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Biology - University of Hawaii B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Uchida DA, Cowley CG, Feola GP, Williams RV (2011). Persistent left superior vena cava into completely unroofed coronary sinus in a child presenting with mild hypoxemia. Clin Pediatr (Phila), 51(2), 191-192.
    2. Uchida DA, Moore KR, Wood KE, Pysher TJ, Downey EC (2010). Infarction of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration in a young child: diagnosis and excision by video-assisted thoracoscopy. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A, 20(4), 399-401.
    3. Uchida DA (2009). Late presentation of double aortic arch in school-age children presumed to have asthma: the benefits of spirometry and examination of the flow-volume curve. Respir Care, 54(10), 1402-1404.
    4. Uchida DA, Morgan-Wallace V, Richards K, Seidelman J, Muntz HR (2009). Congenital tracheal stenosis masquerading as asthma in an adolescent: the value of spirometry. Clin Pediatr (Phila), 48(4), 432-434.
    5. Uchida DA, Hawkins JA, Coffin CM, Grimmer JF (2009). Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the airway of a child. Ann Thorac Surg, 87(2), 610-613.
    6. Uchida DA, Irvin CG, Ballowe C, Larsen G, Cott GR (1996). Cationic proteins increase the permeability of cultured rabbit tracheal epithelial cells: modification by heparin and extracellular calcium. Exp Lung Res, 22(1), 85-99. (Read full article)
    7. Coyle AJ, Uchida D, Ackerman SJ, Mitzner W, Irvin CG (1994). Role of cationic proteins in the airway. Hyperresponsiveness due to airway inflammation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 150(5 Pt 2), S63-71. (Read full article)
    8. Uchida DA, Ackerman SJ, Coyle AJ, Larsen GL, Weller PF, Freed J, Irvin CG (1993). The effect of human eosinophil granule major basic protein on airway responsiveness in the rat in vivo. A comparison with polycations. Am Rev Respir Dis, 147(4), 982-8. (Read full article)

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