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Kari Wellnitz, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Critical Care

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Critical Care

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Biology with University Honors, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
  • Doctorate of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
  • Resident in Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  • Fellow in Pediatric Critical Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics, Board Certified
  • Iowa State Medical License, Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Wellnitz, K., Harris, I. S., Sapru, A., Fineman, J. R. & Radman, M. (2015). Longitudinal development of obesity in the post-Fontan population. European journal of clinical nutrition 69 (10) 1105-8. DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.68. PMID: 25920422.
  • Radman, M., Keller, R. L., Oishi, P., Datar, S. A., Wellnitz, K., Azakie, A., Hanley, F., Char, D., Hsu, J. H., Amrinovin, R., Adatia, I. & Fineman, J. R. (2014). Preoperative B-type natriuretic peptide levels are associated with outcome after total cavopulmonary connection (Fontan). The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 148 (1) 212-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.009. PMID: 24079880. PMCID: PMC3968237.
  • Wellnitz, K. & Taegtmeyer, H. (2010). Mechanical unloading of the failing heart exposes the dynamic nature of autophagy. Autophagy 6 (1) 155-6. PMID: 19949312.
  • Kassiotis, C., Ballal, K., Wellnitz, K., Vela, D., Gong, M., Salazar, R., Frazier, O. H. & Taegtmeyer, H. (2009). Markers of autophagy are downregulated in failing human heart after mechanical unloading. Circulation 120 (11 Suppl) S191-7. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.842252. PMID: 19752367. PMCID: PMC2778323.
  • Pepple, K. L., Atkins, M., Venken, K., Wellnitz, K., Harding, M., Frankfort, B. & Mardon, G. (2008). Two-step selection of a single R8 photoreceptor: a bistable loop between senseless and rough locks in R8 fate. Development (Cambridge, England) 135 (24) 4071-9. DOI: 10.1242/dev.028951. PMID: 19004852. PMCID: PMC3135101.
  • Pesah, Y., Burgess, H., Middlebrooks, B., Ronningen, K., Prosser, J., Tirunagaru, V., Zysk, J. & Mardon, G. (2005). Whole-mount analysis reveals normal numbers of dopaminergic neurons following misexpression of alpha-Synuclein in Drosophila. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) 41 (4) 154-9. DOI: 10.1002/gene.20106. PMID: 15789427.