Dr. Santina Agnes Zanelli M.D.
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
2270 Ivy Road Uva Kluge Rehab Cent Charlottesville VA, 22903About
Dr. Santina Zanelli is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Zanelli 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
University of Lille, Lyon, France MD
Universite Claude Bernard - Lyon I - Faculte de Medecine Lyon Nord, Rhone, France
FacultÈ de MÈdecine Lyon-Est 1998
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- 2003
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- NMDA receptor-mediated calcium influx in cerebral cortical synaptosomes of the hypoxic guinea pig fetus.
- Peroxynitrite-induced modification of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in the cerebral cortex of the guinea pig fetus at term.
- Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on high affinity Ca(2+)-ATPase during hypoxia in cerebral cortical neuronal nuclei of newborn piglets.
- Effect of graded hypoxia on cerebral cortical genomic DNA fragmentation in newborn piglets.
- Phosphorylation of Bcl-2 and Bax proteins during hypoxia in newborn piglets.
- Acute hypoxia-induced alterations of calbindin-D28k immunoreactivity in cerebellar Purkinje cells of the guinea pig fetus at term.
- Nitration is a mechanism of regulation of the NMDA receptor function during hypoxia.
- Hypoxia modifies nuclear calcium uptake pathways in the cerebral cortex of the guinea-pig fetus.
- Salmonella berta meningitis in a term neonate.
- Increased excitability and excitatory synaptic transmission during in vitro ischemia in the neonatal mouse hippocampus.
- Congenital Cutaneous Candidiasis: Prompt Systemic Treatment Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Neonates.
- Neonatal therapeutic hypothermia outside of standard guidelines: a survey of U.S. neonatologists.
- The in vivo effect of bilirubin on the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor/ion channel complex in the brains of newborn piglets.
Awards
- The Thomas R. Boggs, Jr. Perinatal Basic Science Award, Philadelphia P 1996
- PAS Young Investigator Travel Award, Society for Pediatric Research 2005
- The Edwin and Mary Kendig Research and Scholarship Award, University 2006
Treatments
- Birth Defects
Fellowships
- Neonatology, University of Viriginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA 2006
- Neonatology, University of Virginia
Dr. Santina Agnes Zanelli M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 2270 Ivy Road Uva Kluge Rehab Center
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