Division of Newborn Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/
Magee-Womens Hospital
Jon F. Watchko, MD, is a member of the Division of Newborn Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Hospital. Until November 2004, he was Chief of the Division. He is Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Watchko is a Senior Scientist in the Magee-Womens Research Institute and Principal Investigator in the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Center at the university.
Dr. Watchko earned his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, completed his residency in pediatrics at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y., and his fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Dr. Watchko’s laboratory studies are focused on the mechanisms of bilirubin-induced brain injury and the role P-glycoprotein and other transporters may play in limiting bilirubin passage across the blood-brain barrier. In established collaborations with members of the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, his laboratory also explores the functional consequences of gene and stem cell therapy for muscular dystrophy.
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