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Specialty:: Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Pediatrics
Department Affiliation:: Pediatrics
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
State License:: A63208
Phone:: 310-825-5803
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me: Dr. Yonca Bulut is a Professor in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. She is a graduate of University of Ankara School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training at Akron Children’s Hospital at Akron, Ohio and her pediatric critical care fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. She has been a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine since 1997. In addition to her position as an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Bulut is an active researcher who is studying the role of iron in various infections and in sepsis.
Links: iron.med.ucla.edu

Primary Office: Children's Health Center
Primary Address: 200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 265
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Phone: 310-825-5803
Fax: 310-206-5146

Medical Board Certifications: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics, 1998, 2013
Certification 2: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 1995, 2010
Degree: Ankara University School of Medicine, MD, 1987

Interests

Research Interests: Dr. Bulut is member of the UCLA Center for Iron Disorders. Her research focus is innate immunity, and specifically the role of iron and the iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin in host defense against bacterial and viral infections.
Publications: Link to my PubMed publications »

In The News: Iron overload disease causes rapid growth of potentially deadly bacteria, UCLA study finds
Awards: Pediatric researchers win awards from Today's and Tomorrow's Children Fund

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