720-777-0123
-
Conditions & Advice
Parenting Tips and Advice
From bringing home a new baby to building trust with your teen, our pediatric experts share guidance to help you navigate the ups and downs of parenthood.
-
Your Visit
Click to find the locations nearest you
Find locations by region
See all locations -
Research & Innovation
It starts with a Q:
For the latest cutting-edge research, innovative collaborations and remarkable discoveries in child health, read stories from across all our areas of study in Q: Advances and Answers in Pediatric Health.
Insurance plans accepted
We participate with most major health insurance plans and national transplant networks.
Prepare for your visit
We want to make sure you know what to expect before you arrive.
My care philosophy
I strive to provide the best care for my patients. I believe in treating patients and their families, taking into account every aspect of the patient's body and health, empowering them with knowledge regarding their disease. In both the clinical and research environments, I consider myself a “hands on” teacher. History and physical exam skills are best exemplified at the patient’s bedside, and it is there that I prefer to teach clinical medicine to students, residents and fellows. Clues obtained from the history and physical exam lead to the formation of possible hypothesis that explain the current disease process (differential diagnosis), and the formulation of tests needed to test this hypothesis (laboratory and/or imaging evaluation). Similarly, for graduate students, I find that working side-by-side at the bench is the best way to obtain clues from failed experiments, to hypothesize the conceptual or technical errors, and design modifications to the experiment to best troubleshoot the issues at hand.
Get to know Elena Hsieh, MD
Departments and Programs
Conditions Treated
- Allergic Reactions
- Allergic Reactions
- Angioedema
- Autoimmune Disorders
Languages spoken
- English
- Mandarin
- Spanish
Experience and background
My many clinical interests include diagnosis and treatment of primary immunodeficiency, autoimmune and chronic inflammatory disorders.
Undergraduate 2002
University of California–Los Angeles (CA)
Medical Education 2008
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Internship 2008
UCLA Medical Center Program
Residency 2011
UCLA Medical Center Program
Fellowship 2014
Stanford Hospital and Clinics Program
For Patients:
My research interests are primarily focused on investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying innate immune dysregulation in inflammatory disorders. My research program at UCD combines (i) multi-parameter technologies such as mass cytometry, and (ii) basic immunology molecular and biochemical methods, which enable mechanistic follow up studies to initial findings from “systems biology” approaches. This combination of “systems approach” and focused mechanistic studies allow characterization of mechanisms that govern the human immune perturbations in inflammatory disease, at the level of the single-cell and in the context of the entire immune system. The ultimate goal of my research is to identify immune parameters that predict and determine disease flare/relapse and prognosis in individual patients, and to devise immune-modulatory strategies that can decrease flare/relapse rate and prevent end-organ damage.
My research interests are primarily focused on investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying innate immune dysregulation in inflammatory disorders. My research program at UCD combines (i) multi-parameter technologies such as mass cytometry, and (ii) basic immunology molecular and biochemical methods, which enable mechanistic follow up studies to initial findings from “systems biology” approaches. This combination of “systems approach” and focused mechanistic studies allow characterization of mechanisms that govern the human immune perturbations in inflammatory disease, at the level of the single-cell and in the context of the entire immune system. The ultimate goal of my research is to identify immune parameters that predict and determine disease flare/relapse and prognosis in individual patients, and to devise immune-modulatory strategies that can decrease flare/relapse rate and prevent end-organ damage.
For Referring Providers:
My research interests are primarily focused on investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying innate immune dysregulation in inflammatory disorders. My research program at UCD combines (i) multi-parameter technologies such as mass cytometry, and (ii) basic immunology molecular and biochemical methods, which enable mechanistic follow up studies to initial findings from “systems biology” approaches. This combination of “systems approach” and focused mechanistic studies allow characterization of mechanisms that govern the human immune perturbations in inflammatory disease, at the level of the single-cell and in the context of the entire immune system. The ultimate goal of my research is to identify immune parameters that predict and determine disease flare/relapse and prognosis in individual patients, and to devise immune-modulatory strategies that can decrease flare/relapse rate and prevent end-organ damage.
My research interests are primarily focused on investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying innate immune dysregulation in inflammatory disorders. My research program at UCD combines (i) multi-parameter technologies such as mass cytometry, and (ii) basic immunology molecular and biochemical methods, which enable mechanistic follow up studies to initial findings from “systems biology” approaches. This combination of “systems approach” and focused mechanistic studies allow characterization of mechanisms that govern the human immune perturbations in inflammatory disease, at the level of the single-cell and in the context of the entire immune system. The ultimate goal of my research is to identify immune parameters that predict and determine disease flare/relapse and prognosis in individual patients, and to devise immune-modulatory strategies that can decrease flare/relapse rate and prevent end-organ damage.
American Academy of Pediatrics Research Resident Award 2010
American Academy of Pediatrics
Pediatric Scientist Development Program Award 2011
Cincinnati Children's Medical Center
Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award 2016
Supports early career investigators whose research has a direct impact on human health. The biomedical research supported pursuant to this grant program will be designed to find ways to prevent disease and improve human health through basic and applied biomedical research. The intent of the program is to fund meritorious research that has the potential for new discoveries or advances a discovery to the proof of its potential value as an application to improve human health. This research will improve the understanding, treatment and prevention of human disease.
Boettcher Foundation
NIH K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award 2017
To provide support for the career development of clinically trained professionals who have made a commitment to patient-oriented research, and who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators.
NIH
Faculty member of
Provider's location(s)
Patient ratings and reviews
Learn more about patient ratings and reviews
Meet other experts
Christine Cho, MD
Allergy & Immunology
Ann Hefel, DNP
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Daniel Searing, MD
Allergy & Immunology, Pediatrics
Elena Hsieh, MD
Allergy & Immunology, Pediatrics
Kirstin Carel, MD
Allergy & Immunology, Pediatrics
Trey Bemis, CPNP-PC
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Jessica Moore, CPNP-PC
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner