Audrey S. Yee

Dynamic healthcare leader with extensive experience at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, excelling in home health coordination and stakeholder collaboration. Proven track record in developing efficient procedures and auditing practices, enhancing patient care delivery. Adept at data analysis and effective communication, driving improvements in service quality and operational efficiency.

• Colorado Medical License, Active
• Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 50236

• American Academy of Neurology
• American Medical Informatics Association

• A Warburg-like metabolic program coordinates Wnt, AMPK, and mTOR signaling pathways in epileptogenesis., Roaya S Alqurashi, Audrey S. Yee, Taylor Malone, Sumajah Alrubiaan, Mary W. Tam, Kai Wang, Rozenza R Nandedwalla, Wesley Field, Dalal Alkhelb, Katherine S. Given, Raghib Siddiqui, James D. Baleja, K Eric Paulson, Amy S. Yee., 08/06/21, 10.1371/journal.pone.0252282, PMC8345866
• APC conditional knock-out mouse is a model of infantile spasms with elevated neuronal β-catenin levels, neonatal spasms, and chronic seizures., Pirone A, Alexander J, Lau LA, Hampton D, Zayachkivsky A, Yee A, Yee A, Jacob MH, Dulla CG., Neurobiol Dis., 02/2017, 10.1016/j.nbd.2016.11.002, 27852007, PMC5222689
• Diphenytoin, riluzole and lidocaine: three sodium channel blockers, with different mechanisms of action, decrease hippocampal epileptiform activity., Diao L, Hellier JL, Uskert-Newsom J, Williams PA, Staley KJ, Yee AS., Neuropharmacology., 10/2013, 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.057, 23707481
• Consider muscle disease in children with elevated transaminase., Wright MA, Yang ML, Parsons JA, Westfall JM, Yee AS., J Am Board Fam Med., 07/2012, 10.3122/jabfm.2012.04.110183, 22773723
• Effects of synaptic depression and recovery on synchronous network activity., Swiercz W, Cios K, Hellier J, Yee A, Staley K., J Clin Neurophysiol., 04/2007, 10.1097/WNP.0b013e318033756f, 17414972
• Convulsant and anticonvulsant effects on spontaneous CA3 population bursts., Yee AS, Longacher JM, Staley KJ., J Neurophysiol., 01/2003, 10.1152/jn.00594.2002, 12522191
• Novel CLCN1 mutations with unique clinical and electrophysiological consequences., Wu FF, Ryan A, Devaney J, Warnstedt M, Korade-Mirnics Z, Poser B, Escriva MJ, Pegoraro E, Yee AS, Felice KJ, Giuliani MJ, Mayer RF, Mongini T, Palmucci L, Marino M, Rüdel R, Hoffman EP, Fahlke C., Brain., 11/2002, 12390967
• Statistical model relating CA3 burst probability to recovery from burst-induced depression at recurrent collateral synapses., Staley KJ, Bains JS, Yee A, Hellier J, Longacher JM., J Neurophysiol., 12/2001, 10.1152/jn.2001.86.6.2736, 11731533
• Diffusion-weighted MRI of right-hemisphere dysfunction in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease., Yee AS, Simon JH, Anderson CA, Sze CI, Filley CM., Neurology., 04/22/1999, 10227651
• The value of cerebrospinal fluid antiviral antibody in the diagnosis of neurologic disease produced by varicella zoster virus., Gilden DH, Bennett JL, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Song DD, Yee AS, Steiner I., J Neurol Sci., 08/14/1998, 9741397
• Presynaptic modulation of CA3 network activity., Staley KJ, Longacher M, Bains JS, Yee A., Nat Neurosci., 07/1998, 10.1038/651, 10195144
• Chlamydia trachomatis screening in a family planning clinic., Yee AS, Twombly-al-Hallaq K, Kallail KJ, Walling AD, Pohlenz D., Fam Pract Res J., 12/1993, 8285087
• Mobilization of a Coordinated Escape Response by Giant Axons in the Ophiuroid, Ophiopteris Papillosa., Yee A, Burkhardt J, Gilly WF., Journal of Experimental Biology., 1987, 128, 287-305

The neurological examination, The Brain, the Nervous System and Their Diseases, Jennifer Hellier, 978-1-61069-337-0, ABC-CLIO, 2015

• Roll On, Associate Producer, This film features 6 children, ages 4 -19 who live with muscle disease (Spinal Muscular Atrophy x 3, Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Merosin Negative Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy). Made with Lori Yacone, RN to screen for appropriate children and families to highlight in the film, this film was made by David Liban. The film includes interviews with patients, family and members of the Multidisciplinary Muscle Team at Children’s Hospital Colorado., 2011, http://www.davidliban.com/films/Roll%20On/index.html
• Guidelines for Urgent Appointments for Neurology Triage RNs, Child Neurology Clinic, The Children’s Hospital., 11/2008
• Phone Guidelines/Seizure protocol for Neurology Triage Nurses, Child Neurology Clinic, The Children’s Hospital., 08/2007
• Seizures and Epilepsy, http://www.thechildrenshospital.org/conditions/nervous/pros/clinicalfaqs.aspx
• 3 Haikus: Patient at VA; On Dying; On Diagnosis., The Human Touch, Literary Journal of University of Colorado Health Sciences Center., 2008
• 2 Haikus: A father’s lament; Duchenne Muscular dystrophy., The Human Touch, Literary Journal of Colorado Health Sciences Center., 2008

• 2008-2014, Multiple Poster presentations on CA3 hippocampal bursting, anticonvulsant effects, modulation of epileptiform activity, Society for Neuroscience, American Epilepsy Society, Gordon Research Conference
• 06/2005, 2006, Headaches in Adolescence, Community and School Heath Pediatric Conference
• 02/2002, Sports Related Head Injuries, Neurology Grand Rounds
• 04/2001, Epileptic Encephalopathies of Childhood, Rocky Mountain Epilepsy Research Conference
• 09/1998, Invited Speaker: Update for the Primary Care Practitioner, National Conference, “Neurology Update for the Primary Care Practitioner, Aspen CO
• 07/1998, The Channelopathies, Neurology Grand Rounds

• 2007 - 2010, Funding Success Taskforce., American Epilepsy Society, Evaluated American Epilepsy Society and Epilepsy Foundation of America fellowship successes and their stories to be used for fundraising efforts.
• 2008 - 2010, Organizer for Junior Investigator Special Interest Group: Mentoring in your Academic Success, American Epilepsy Society

Cantonese, Conversational