About UsMark A Underwood, M.D.
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Clinical/Research InterestsDr. Underwood's clinical activities are in the care of premature and sick newborn infants. His research interests include necrotizing enterocolitis, development of intestinal innate immunity, and mechanisms of probiotics and prebiotics in pre-term infants. Dr. Underwood's research projects include clinical trials of probiotics and prebiotics in premature infants, assessment of Paneth cell antimicrobial expression in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis and evaluation of Paneth cell expression in newborn rats. |
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Assistant Professor |
Specialty: |
Pediatric Neonatology |
Center/Program Affiliation: |
UC Davis Children's Hospital |
Address: |
UC Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd., Suite NICU Sacramento, CA 95817 |
Other Languages: |
Italian, Spanish |
Education: |
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Texas M.D. 1987 |
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Brigham Young University Provo, Utah B.A. 1983 |
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Internships: |
UCLA Los Angeles, California 1988 Pediatrics |
Residency: |
UCLA Los Angeles, California 1990 Pediatrics |
Fellowships: |
UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California 2006 Pediatrics |
Board Certifications: |
American Board of Pediatrics, 1990 |
Professional Memberships: |
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics |
Select Recent Publications: |
Underwood, MA, and MP Sherman. Nutritional characteristics of amniotic fluid. NeoReviews, 7(6):e310. Underwood, MA, WM Gilbert and MP Sherman. Amniotic fluid, not just fetal urine anymore. J Perinatol, 25(5):341-8. |
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