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Martha Douglas-Escobar

MD FAAP

Neonatologist-perinatologist

About me

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Education

Universidad del Valle, MD, 1986
Residencies

Universidad del Valle Hospital, 1991

UCSF, 2006
Fellowships

University of Florida College of Medicine, 2009
Academic Title

Associate Professor

Clinics I work with

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Intensive Care Nursery

Intensive Care Nursery

1975 Fourth St., 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158

Selected research

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A Pilot Study of Inhaled CO Therapy in Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia: Carboxyhemoglobin Concentrations and Brain Volumes.
Frontiers in pediatrics
May 2018
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Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: a review for the clinician.
JAMA pediatrics
April 2015
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UCH-L1 and GFAP Serum Levels in Neonates with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Single Center Pilot Study.
Frontiers in neurology
December 2014
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Fetal surgery firsts

The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.