Juan Gonzalez Velez, MD, PhD
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
Awards
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- Exceptional Faculty Award in Medical Student teaching, UCSF, 2015
- Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF, 2015
- Outstanding Faculty Award in Medical Student Teaching, UCSF, 2014
- Faculty Resident Teaching Award, UCSF/SFGH, 2013
- National Faculty Award, CREOG, 2013
- Outstanding Faculty Award in Medical Student Teaching, UCSF, 2013
- Carl Christensen, M.D. Award: Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State University, 2012
- Carl Christensen, M.D. Award: Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State University, 2011
- Travel Award for the Reproductive Biology and Immunology Autumn School Magdeburg, Germany, Wayne State University, 2011
- Young Investigator, The Perinatal Research Society, 2008
- The John J. Mikuta, M.D. Award for Professionalism in Women's Health, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
- The Resident Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2005
- Magna Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, 2001
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
- Ph.D Thesis Defense 08/11/2014 Physiology (Concentration: Reproductive Sciences) Wayne State University, Detroit 2015
- Fellowship Maternal Fetal Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 2009
- M.S. Masters of Translational Research University of Pennsylvania 2009
- Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 2006
- Internship Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital Program 2002
- M.D. School of Medicine University of Puerto Rico 2001
Interests
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- Maternal/fetal health
- improve the health and pregnancy outcomes of mothers with cardiovascular disease
- perinatology
- prenatal diagnostics
Publications (56)
Top publication keywords:
Cervix UteriPregnancy, TwinPregnancyObstetric Labor, PrematureFetal DiseasesBlood Transfusion, IntrauterinePolyhydramniosPrenatal DiagnosisUltrasonography, PrenatalPremature BirthErythroblastosis, FetalHydrops FetalisRespiratory System AbnormalitiesPre-EclampsiaComplement C5a
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National Trends in Prepregnancy Cardiometabolic Risk and Counseling: An Analysis of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2016-2022.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2025 McLaughlin MM, Lee C, Ghaffari N, Gonzalez Velez JM, Beatty AL -
Mode of delivery and neonatal outcomes with early preterm severe preeclampsia: does fetal growth restriction matter?
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2023 Walia A, Berger VK, Gonzalez JM, Sobhani NC -
Corrigendum to Trends in attempted vaginal delivery among pregnancies complicated by fetal myelomeningocele in the United States. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2023, 100902.
American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2023 Blauvelt CA, Sobhani NC, Andrikopoulou M, Friedman AM, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Wen T -
Trends in attempted vaginal delivery among pregnancies complicated by fetal myelomeningocele in the United States.
American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2023 Blauvelt CA, Sobhani NC, Andrikopoulou M, Friedman AM, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Wen T -
The impact of in utero transfusions on perinatal outcomes in patients with alpha thalassemia major: the UCSF registry.
Blood advances 2023 Schwab ME, Lianoglou BR, Gano D, Gonzalez Velez J, Allen IE, Arvon R, Baschat A, Bianchi DW, Bitanga M, Bourguignon A, Brown RN, Chen B, Chien M, Davis-Nelson S, de Laat MWM, Ekwattanakit S, Gollin Y,…
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Understanding Preterm Birth in Pregnancies Complicated by Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis.
American journal of perinatology 2023 Swanson K, Norton ME, Downum SL, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Sparks TN -
Survey of intrauterine red blood cell (RBC) transfusion practices in the United States.
Transfusion 2022 Bakhtary S, Panchalee T, Crowe EP, Schwab ME, Zakieh A, Josephson CD, Sobhani NC, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Goel R -
Prenatal Somatic Cell Gene Therapies: Charting a Path Toward Clinical Applications (Proceedings of the CERSI-FDA Meeting).
Journal of clinical pharmacology 2022 Herzeg A, Almeida-Porada G, Charo RA, David AL, Gonzalez-Velez J, Gupta N, Lapteva L, Lianoglou B, Peranteau W, Porada C, Sanders SJ, Sparks TN, Stitelman DH, Struble E, Sumner CJ, MacKenzie TC -
Intrauterine transfusion practice patterns in the United States.
American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2022 Sobhani NC, Zakieh A, Bakhtary S, Gonzalez JM -
Perinatal outcomes and 2017 ACC/AHA blood pressure categories.
Pregnancy hypertension 2022 Tesfalul MA, Sperling JD, Blat C, Parikh NI, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Zlatnik MG, Norton ME -
Interval growth across gestation in pregnancies with fetal gastroschisis.
American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2021 Zhang-Rutledge K, Jacobs M, Patberg E, Field N, Holliman K, Strobel KM, Murphy A, Robles D, Rangwala N, Gonzalez JM, Sparks TN, University of California Fetal-Maternal Consortium -
Racial/ethnic disparities among women receiving intrauterine transfusions for alloimmunization at a single fetal treatment center.
Transfusion 2021 Schwab ME, Schmidt CN, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Bakhtary S -
Growth Failure Prevalence in Neonates with Gastroschisis : A Statewide Cohort Study.
The Journal of pediatrics 2021 Strobel KM, Romero T, Kramer K, Fernandez E, Rottkamp C, Uy C, Keller R, Moyer L, Poulain F, Kim JH, DeUgarte DA, Calkins KL, University of California Fetal Consortium -
Outcomes of Monochorionic, Diamniotic Twin Pregnancies with Prenatally Diagnosed Intertwin Weight Discordance.
American journal of perinatology 2020 Sobhani NC, Sparks TN, Gosnell KA, Rand L, Gonzalez JM, Feldstein VA -
Exome Sequencing for Prenatal Diagnosis in Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis.
The New England journal of medicine 2020 Sparks TN, Lianoglou BR, Adami RR, Pluym ID, Holliman K, Duffy J, Downum SL, Patel S, Faubel A, Boe NM, Field NT, Murphy A, Laurent LC, Jolley J, Uy C, Slavotinek AM, Devine P, Hodoglugil U, Van … -
Eisenmenger Syndrome in Pregnancy: A Management Conundrum.
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2020 Lopez BM, Malhamé I, Davies LK, Gonzalez Velez JM, Marelli A, Rabai F -
Early Onset Severe Hypertensive Disease in Pregnancy and Screening for Antiphospholipid Syndrome.
AJP reports 2020 Sobhani NC, Shulman R, Tran EE, Gonzalez JM -
Utility of chromosomal microarray for diagnosis in cases of nonimmune hydrops fetalis.
Prenatal diagnosis 2020 Mardy AH, Rangwala N, Hernandez-Cruz Y, Gosnell KA, Gonzalez JM, Norton ME, Sparks TN -
Pregnancy complications and premature cardiovascular events among 1.6 million California pregnancies.
Open heart 2019 Arnaout R, Nah G, Marcus G, Tseng Z, Foster E, Harris IS, Divanji P, Klein L, Gonzalez J, Parikh N -
Contraceptive Choices in the Immediate Postpartum Period in Women With Cardiac Disease.
The American journal of cardiology 2019 Sobhani NC, Schultz H, Kheiwa A, Killion M, Parikh NI, Harris IS, Gonzalez JM, Agarwal A -
Gender Differences in Academic Rank and NIH Funding among Academic Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physicians in the United States.
American journal of perinatology 2018 Sperling JD, Shulman R, Blat C, Miller EE, Kokroko J, Zlatnik MG, Gonzalez-Velez J, Norton ME, Gossett DR -
Fetal Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation: The Role of an Objective Measurement of Cardiomediastinal Shift.
American journal of perinatology 2018 Shulman R, Sparks TN, Gosnell K, Blat C, Norton ME, Lee H, Gonzalez-Velez J, Goldstein RB -
Stage I Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Outcomes of Expectant Management and Prognostic Features.
American journal of perinatology 2018 Washburn EE, Sparks TN, Gosnell KA, Rand L, Gonzalez JM, Feldstein VA -
Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Does Laterality Predict Perinatal Outcomes?
American journal of perinatology 2018 Sperling JD, Sparks TN, Berger VK, Farrell JA, Gosnell K, Keller RL, Norton ME, Gonzalez JM -
Polyhydramnios Affecting a Recipient-like Twin: Risk of Progression to Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome and Outcomes.
American journal of perinatology 2017 Washburn EE, Sparks TN, Gosnell KA, Rand L, Gonzalez JM, Feldstein VA -
Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis: Do Placentomegaly and Polyhydramnios Matter?
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2017 Berger VK, Sparks TN, Jelin AC, Derderian C, Jeanty C, Gosnell K, Mackenzie T, Gonzalez JM -
Maternal arrhythmia and perinatal outcomes.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2016 Henry D, Gonzalez JM, Harris IS, Sparks TN, Killion M, Thiet MP, Bianco K -
Hypertension in dichorionic twin gestations: how is birthweight affected?
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2016 Sparks TN, Nakagawa S, Gonzalez JM -
Intensive Care Admissions in Pregnancy: Analysis of a Level of Support Scoring System.
Maternal and child health journal 2016 Thakur M, Gonik B, Gill N, Awonuga AO, Rocha FG, Gonzalez JM -
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas head in a pregnant woman: safe pancreaticoduodenectomy postpartum.
Journal of surgical case reports 2015 Yee AM, Kelly BG, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Nakakura EK -
Asymptomatic uterine dehiscence in a second-trimester twin pregnancy.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Greenwald SR, Gonzalez JM, Goldstein RG, Rosenstein MG -
Statins prevent cervical remodeling, myometrial contractions and preterm labor through a mechanism that involves hemoxygenase-1 and complement inhibition.
Molecular human reproduction 2014 Gonzalez JM, Pedroni SM, Girardi G -
Complement inhibition and statins prevent fetal brain cortical abnormalities in a mouse model of preterm birth.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2013 Pedroni SM, Gonzalez JM, Wade J, Jansen MA, Serio A, Marshall I, Lennen RJ, Girardi G -
Comparison of the mechanisms responsible for cervical remodeling in preterm and term labor.
Journal of reproductive immunology 2013 Gonzalez JM, Romero R, Girardi G -
Cervical remodeling/ripening at term and preterm delivery: the same mechanism initiated by different mediators and different effector cells.
PloS one 2011 Gonzalez JM, Dong Z, Romero R, Girardi G -
Complement activation triggers metalloproteinases release inducing cervical remodeling and preterm birth in mice.
The American journal of pathology 2011 Gonzalez JM, Franzke CW, Yang F, Romero R, Girardi G -
A mouse model of term chorioamnionitis: unraveling causes of adverse neurological outcomes.
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 2011 Burd I, Brown A, Gonzalez JM, Chai J, Elovitz MA -
The molecular basis for sonographic cervical shortening at term: identification of differentially expressed genes and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition as a function of cervical length.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2010 Hassan SS, Romero R, Tarca AL, Nhan-Chang CL, Mittal P, Vaisbuch E, Gonzalez JM, Chaiworapongsa T, Ali-Fehmi R, Dong Z, Than NG, Kim CJ -
Maternal and neonatal circulating visfatin concentrations in patients with pre-eclampsia and a small-for-gestational age neonate.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2010 Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Nhan-Chang CL, Gomez R, Alpay Savasan Z, Madan I, Yoon BH, Yeo L, Mittal P, Ogge G, Gonzalez JM, Hassan SS -
Serum and plasma determination of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors yield different results: the need for standardization in clinical practice.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2010 Oggè G, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Chaiworapongsa T, Dong Z, Mittal P, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gonzalez JM, Yeo L, Hassan SS -
Inflammation-induced preterm birth alters neuronal morphology in the mouse fetal brain.
Journal of neuroscience research 2010 Burd I, Bentz AI, Chai J, Gonzalez J, Monnerie H, Le Roux PD, Cohen AS, Yudkoff M, Elovitz MA -
Inflammation-induced preterm birth in a murine model is associated with increases in fetal macrophages and circulating erythroid precursors.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society 2010 Ernst LM, Gonzalez J, Ofori E, Elovitz M -
Hyperresistinemia - a novel feature in systemic infection during human pregnancy.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) 2010 Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Ogge G, Yoon BH, Dong Z, Gonzalez JM, Gervasi MT, Hassan SS -
Maternal plasma concentration of the pro-inflammatory adipokine pre-B-cell-enhancing factor (PBEF)/visfatin is elevated in pregnant patients with acute pyelonephritis.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) 2010 Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Nhan-Chang CL, Gomez R, Yoon BH, Yeo L, Mittal P, Ogge G, Gonzalez JM, Hassan SS -
Pregnancy and depression: exploring a new potential treatment option.
Current psychiatry reports 2009 Kim DR, Gonzalez J, O'Reardon JP -
Beyond white matter damage: fetal neuronal injury in a mouse model of preterm birth.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2009 Burd I, Chai J, Gonzalez J, Ofori E, Monnerie H, Le Roux PD, Elovitz MA -
The negative regulators of the host immune response: an unexplored pathway in preterm birth.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2009 Lyttle B, Chai J, Gonzalez JM, Xu H, Sammel M, Elovitz MA -
Preterm and term cervical ripening in CD1 Mice (Mus musculus): similar or divergent molecular mechanisms?
Biology of reproduction 2009 Gonzalez JM, Xu H, Chai J, Ofori E, Elovitz MA -
Maternal mortality from systemic illness: unraveling the contribution of the immune response.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2009 Gonzalez JM, Ofori E, Burd I, Chai J, Scholler N, Elovitz MA -
Neonatal outcomes with the use of lamotrigine for bipolar disorder in pregnancy and breastfeeding: a case series and review of the literature.
Psychopharmacology bulletin 2009 Wakil L, Epperson CN, Gonzalez J, O'Reardon JP, Kim DR -
Can digoxin and sotalol therapy for fetal supraventricular tachycardia and hydrops be successful? A case report.
The Journal of reproductive medicine 2008 Merriman JB, Gonzalez JM, Rychik J, Ural SH -
Medroxyprogesterone acetate modulates the immune response in the uterus, cervix and placenta in a mouse model of preterm birth.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2008 Elovitz MA, Gonzalez J -
Preventing cervical ripening: the primary mechanism by which progestational agents prevent preterm birth?
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2008 Xu H, Gonzalez JM, Ofori E, Elovitz MA -
Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state of pregnancy with intrauterine fetal demise and preeclampsia.
American journal of perinatology 2007 Gonzalez JM, Edlow AG, Silber A, Elovitz MA -
Toll-like receptors in the uterus, cervix, and placenta: is pregnancy an immunosuppressed state?
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Gonzalez JM, Xu H, Ofori E, Elovitz MA -
Relationship between abnormal fetal testing and adverse perinatal outcomes in intrauterine growth restriction.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Gonzalez JM, Stamilio DM, Ural S, Macones GA, Odibo AO