Mark Petersen, MD

Associate Professor
M_PEDS-NEONATOLOGY
+1 415 476-3728

Dr. Mark Petersen is a neonatologist and neuroscientist who serves as director of the UCSF Neuro-Intensive Care Nursery. He cares for premature and critically ill infants and leads research focused on pioneering treatments for newborn brain injury. Dr. Petersen and his wife, Allison, have been married for over 20 years and are proud parents to four children. Together, they enthusiastically cheer on their kids at countless games and meets, reliving their own “glory days” from the sidelines.

Publications

Fibrin drives thromboinflammation and neuropathology in COVID-19.

Nature

Ryu JK, Yan Z, Montano M, Sozmen EG, Dixit K, Suryawanshi RK, Matsui Y, Helmy E, Kaushal P, Makanani SK, Deerinck TJ, Meyer-Franke A, Rios Coronado PE, Trevino TN, Shin MG, Tognatta R, Liu Y, Schuck R, Le L, Miyajima H, Mendiola AS, Arun N, Guo B, Taha TY, Agrawal A, MacDonald E, Aries O, Yan A, Weaver O, Petersen MA, Meza Acevedo R, Alzamora MDPS, Thomas R, Traglia M, Kouznetsova VL, Tsigelny IF, Pico AR, Red-Horse K, Ellisman MH, Krogan NJ, Bouhaddou M, Ott M, Greene WC, Akassoglou K

Fibrin-targeting immunotherapy protects against neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

Nature immunology

Ryu JK, Rafalski VA, Meyer-Franke A, Adams RA, Poda SB, Rios Coronado PE, Pedersen LØ, Menon V, Baeten KM, Sikorski SL, Bedard C, Hanspers K, Bardehle S, Mendiola AS, Davalos D, Machado MR, Chan JP, Plastira I, Petersen MA, Pfaff SJ, Ang KK, Hallenbeck KK, Syme C, Hakozaki H, Ellisman MH, Swanson RA, Zamvil SS, Arkin MR, Zorn SH, Pico AR, Mucke L, Freedman SB, Stavenhagen JB, Nelson RB, Akassoglou K