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Department Affiliation:
Pediatrics
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
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Languages:
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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.
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iron.med.ucla.edu
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Westwood Pediatrics
200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 265
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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310-206-5146
Medical Board Certifications
Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 1995
Certification 2
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics, 1998
Fellowship
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1994-1997
Residency
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, 1992-1994
Residency 2
Transitional Year, Aultman Hospital, 1990-1991
Internship
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, 1991-1992
Degree
Ankara University School of Medicine, MD, 1987
Interests
  • Anemia in the critical care setting

    Anemias

    Detailed information on the different types of anemia, including aplastic anemia, anemia of folate deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, hemolytic anemia, iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia, and Sickle Cell disease.
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  • Pediatric Critical Care

    Intensive Care

    Children who need close or specialized monitoring will spend time in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), depending on their age. Intensive care is needed for children who have had certain types of major surgery. These include heart operations, organ transplants, or neurosurgery.
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  • Pediatrics
  • Relationship between iron or blood therapy and infections
  • Sepsis

    Sepsis

    Sepsis is a serious medical condition that can result in organ damage or death. It happens when the body’s immune system has a severe response to an infection. Sepsis is a medical emergency.
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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
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Iron overload disease causes rapid growth of potentially deadly bacteria, UCLA study finds
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Do No Harm: Is Iron Supplementation Worsening Infections in Children?
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