Emin Maltepe

MD

Neonatologist

About me

Dr. Emin Maltepe is an attending neonatologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. He is on service in the intensive care nursery for six weeks a year and on night call for 36 days a year. Maltepe's research focuses on hypoxia, epigenetics, placenta, in utero programming of adult disease and neonatal outcomes.

Maltepe received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed an internship, a residency and a fellowship in pediatrics at UCSF.

Education

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2001
Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2004
Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Neonatology, 2006
Board Certifications

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
Academic Title

Professor

Where I see patients (1)

Selected research

Perinatal Azithromycin Provides Limited Neuroprotection in an Ovine Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.
Stroke
October 2023
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Comparing the efficacy in reducing brain injury of different neuroprotective agents following neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in newborn rats: a multi-drug randomized controlled screening trial.
Scientific reports
June 2023
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Fertility treatment increases the risk of preterm birth independent of multiple gestations.
F&S reports
June 2023
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