Dr. Jon F Watchko MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
300 Halket St Magee-Womens Hospita Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Jon Watchko is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Watchko cares for the critically ill newborn and premature infants. Neonatal-Perinatal Physicians treat conditions such as breathing disorders, birth defects, infections, and any other life-threatening medical problems. They coordinate with their young patients families and other physicians to determine appropriate treatment.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1980
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH SCH OF MED 1980
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Full functional rescue of a complete muscle (TA) in dystrophic hamsters by adeno-associated virus vector-directed gene therapy.
- Myofibrillar or mitochondrial creatine kinase deficiency alone does not impair
- Enhancement of adult muscle regeneration by primary myoblast transplantation.
- Effect of chronic denervation and denervation-reinnervation on cytoplasmic creatine kinase transcript accumulation.
- Ontogeny of P-glycoprotein in mouse intestine, liver, and kidney.
- Recurrence of kernicterus in term and near-term infants in Denmark.
- P-glycoprotein expression in mouse brain increases with maturation.
- P-glycoprotein and bilirubin disposition.
- Effect of injecting primary myoblasts versus putative muscle-derived stem cells on mass and force generation in mdx mice.
- Functional characteristics of dystrophic skeletal muscle: insights from animal models.
- Understanding neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia in the era of genomics.
- IUGR alters postnatal rat skeletal muscle peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1 gene expression in a fiber specific manner.
- Regulation of FasL/Fas in human trophoblasts: possible implications for chorioamnionitis.
- Administration of drugs known to inhibit P-glycoprotein increases brain bilirubin and alters the regional distribution of bilirubin in rat brain.
- Kernicterus in preterm newborns: past, present, and future.
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Practice At 300 Halket St Magee-Womens Hospital
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