Mark Urata
Fellowship Program Director · University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center
Credentials: · · ·
History
PresentUniversity of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center Fellowship
PresentDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Present
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department · Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- 2008–2009
University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
- 2007–2008
- 2001–2007
1992–1996
Research
The suture provides a niche for mesenchymal stem cells of craniofacial bones
Nature Cell Biology · 2015 · 353 citations
Cranial Suture Regeneration Mitigates Skull and Neurocognitive Defects in Craniosynostosis
Cell · 2021 · 131 citations
Developmental Biology · 2006 · 124 citations
- JH
97 papers · 3 as a fellow
33 papers
25 papers · 18 as a resident
24 papers · 14 as a resident
22 papers · 8 as a resident
21 papers · 16 as a resident
- VM
19 papers · 13 as a resident
18 papers · 18 as a resident
Grants
- 2025–2030
Advancing Craniosynostosis Treatment (ACT)Rare Diseases Consortium
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · U54
PI · $3.1M · Children's Hosp of Philadelphia
- 2017–2022
Center for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · U24
PI · $12M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2015–2017
Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue Organ Regeneration (c-Doctor)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · R34
PI · $206.3K · University of Southern California
- 2008–2014
Tgf-Beta Signaling in Palatogenesis
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · K08
Contact PI · $661.5K · University of Southern California