Tippi Mackenzie, MD
Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

415-476-2538

Tippi MacKenzie is a pediatric and fetal surgeon who is focused on developing better ways to diagnose and treat genetic diseases before birth. She leads a translational research lab examining the unique biology between the mother and her fetus, with the idea that pregnancy complications such as preterm labor arise from a breakdown in maternal-fetal tolerance.

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At present, the MacKenzie group is focused on preterm labor and fetal therapies including stem cell transplantation, enzyme replacement therapy, and gene therapy.

Education & Training

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  • Fellow Pediatric Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2007
  • Chief Resident Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital 2005
  • Residency Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital 2004
  • Postdoctoral Studies Fetal Therapy Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2002
  • M.D. Medicine Stanford University 1997

Interests

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  • fetal surgery
  • congenital anomalies
  • congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • in utero enzyme replacement therapy
  • in utero stem cell transplantation
  • gastroschisis
  • fetal molecular therapies
  • preterm labor
  • prenatal somatic cell genetic therapies
  • maternal-fetal cellular trafficking

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (94)

Top publication keywords:
Maternal-Fetal ExchangeLysosomal Storage DiseasesFetal TherapiesImmune ToleranceGlycogen Storage Disease Type IIFetusHernias, Diaphragmatic, CongenitalGenetic TherapyFetal DiseasesChimerismPregnancyHistocompatibility, Maternal-FetalObstetric Labor, Prematurealpha-ThalassemiaHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

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