Kyla Buenaventura, MD

Publications

• Chernausek SD, Arslanian S, Caprio S, Copeland KC, El ghormli L, Kelsey MM, Koontz MB, Orsi CM, Wilfley D. Relationship Between Parental Diabetes and Presentation of Metabolic and Glycemic Function in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes: Baseline Findings From the TODAY Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016 Jan;39(1):110-7. PubMed PMID: 26577415
• Walders-Abramson N, Venditti EM, Ievers-Landis CE, Anderson B, El Ghormli L, Geffner M, Kaplan J, Koontz MB, Saletsky R, Payan M, Yasuda P. Relationships among stressful life events and physiological markers, treatment adherence, and psychosocial functioning among youth with type 2 diabetes. J Pediatr. 2014 Sep;165(3):504-508.e1. PubMed PMID: 24948348
• Wells EM, Jackson LW, Koontz MB. Association between bisphenol A and waist-to-height ratio among children: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2010. Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Feb;24(2):165-7. PubMed PMID: 23830935
• Koontz MB, Gunzler DD, Presley L, Catalano PM. Longitudinal changes in infant body composition: association with childhood obesity. Pediatr Obes. 2014 Dec;9(6):e141-4. PubMed PMID: 25267097
• TODAY Study Group; Zeitler P, Hirst K, Pyle L, Linder B, Copeland K, Arslanian S, Cuttler L, Nathan DM, Tollefsen S, Wilfley D, Kaufman F. A clinical trial to maintain glycemic control in youth with type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jun 14;366(24):2247-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1109333. Epub 2012 Apr 29. PMID: 22540912; PMCID: PMC3478667.
• Wells EM, Jackson LW, Koontz MB. Decline in urinary bisphenol A concentrations in the United States. Epidemiology. 2013 Jan;24(1):167-8. PubMed PMID: 23232617
• Bansal N, Cuttler L, O'Riordan MA, Koontz MB. Dietary quality in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2013 Aug;36(8):e113. PubMed PMID: 23881969
• MacLeish SA, Cuttler L, Koontz MB. Adherence to guidelines for diabetes care in school: family and school nurse perspectives. Diabetes Care. 2013 Apr;36(4):e52. PubMed PMID: 23520378
• Cui Z, Truesdale KP, Cai J, Koontz MB, Stevens J. Anthropometric indices as measures of body fat assessed by DXA in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents: NHANES 1999-2004. Int J Body Compos Res. 2013;11(3-4):85-96. PubMed PMID: 26405434
• Koontz MB, Cuttler L, Palmert MR, O'Riordan M, Borawski EA, McConnell J, Kern EO. Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess carbohydrate and insulin-dosing knowledge in youth with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2010 Mar;33(3):457-62. PubMed PMID: 20007940
• Cuttler L, Misra M, Koontz M. Somatic growth and maturation. In: Jameson JL, De Groot LJ, de Kretser DM, et al, eds. Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016: 382-417

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Children's Hospital Colorado South Campus - Highlands Ranch
1811 Plaza Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-478-1234

UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies
2500 Rocky Mountain Ave
Loveland, CO 80538
970-624-2500

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatric Endocrinology
• Pediatric Endocrinology, Board Certification (2007)
• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2006)

Conditions & Treatments

• Child and Teen Health
• Endocrine System (Hormones)