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Elena Minakova, M.D., M.S.
eminakova@wustl.edu
Assistant Professor, Newborn Medicine
Newborn Medicine
phone: (314) 454-6148
Education
BS,
University of California San Diego
,
2004
MS,
University of California San Diego
,
2006
MD,
University of California Davis School of Medicine
,
2011
Training
Residency, University of California San Francisco Children's Hospital Oakland
,
2011
-
2014
Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles
,
2014
-
2017
Licensure and Board Certification
2013
-
Pres
CA, California Medical License
2014
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics- General Pediatrics
2016
-
Pres
Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider
2016
-
Pres
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider
2017
-
Pres
MO, Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts Physician and Surgeon
2018
-
Pres
IL, State of Illinois Licensed Physician and Surgeon
2018
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics - Neonatal Perinatal Medicine , 2018
2018
-
Pres
Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor
Honors and Awards
Phi Theta Kappa
,
2001
Golden Key International Honors Society
,
2004
Phi Beta Kappa
,
2004
1st Place, Shapiro Award for Poster Presentation at Children's Discovery Institute, UCLA Annual Fellows Research Symposium
,
2016
Children's Discovery Innovation Institute Friedman Fellowship Research Grant
,
2016
- 2017
Janet and Ray Scherr Fellowship Loan Repayment Endownment Award
,
2017
- 2017
1st Place, Shapiro Award for Poster Presentation at Children's Discovery Institute, UCLA Annual Fellows Research Symposium
,
2017
Recipient of Washington University Loan Repayment Program
,
2018
Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019 from Birth Defects Research: Maternal immune activation, central nervous system development and behavioral phenotypes
,
2020
International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Abstract Award: Effects of Ontogenetic Oxycodone Exposure on Early Behavior and Development in a Mouse Model
,
2020
Recent Publications
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Minakova E, Sarafinovska S, Mikati M, Barclay K, McCullough K, Dougherty J, Al-Hasani R, Maloney SE .
Ontogenetic oxycodone exposure affects early-life communicative behaviors, sensorimotor reflexes, and weight trajectory in mice.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: Emotion Regulation and Processing
.
2021;15:1-14.
doi:
10.3389/fnbeh.2021.615798
Minakova E, Lang A .
Congenital Neuroblastoma.
Neoreviews
.
2020;21
(11):
e716-e727.
PMID:
33139509
Minakova E, Lang J, Medel-Matus S, Gould G, Reynolds A, Shin D, Mazarati A, Sankar R.
Melanotan-II reverses autistic features in a maternal immune activation mouse model of autism
PLOS1
.
2019;14
(1):
e0210389.
doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0210389
PMID:
30629642
Minakova E, Warner BB.
Maternal immune activation, central nervous system development and behavioral phenotypes.
Birth Defects Res
.
2018.
PMID:
30430765
Minakova E, Chu A.
Congenital Hyperinsulinism.
Pediatr Ann
.
2017;46
(11):
e409-e414.
PMID:
29131920
Hagen E, Shprung D, Minakova E, Washington J 3rd, Kumar U, Shin D, Sankar R, Mazarati A.
Autism-Like Behavior in BTBR Mice Is Improved by Electroconvulsive Therapy.
Neurotherapeutics
.
2015;12
(3):
657-66.
PMCID:
PMC4489959
PMID:
25916397
Minakova E, Doniger SJ.
Botfly larva masquerading as periorbital cellulitis: identification by point-of-care ultrasonography.
Pediatr Emerg Care
.
2014;30
(6):
437-9.
PMID:
24892687
Root CM, Velázquez-Ulloa NA, Monsalve GC, Minakova E, Spitzer NC..
Embryonically Expressed GABA and Glutamate Drive Electrical Activity Regulating Neurotransmitter Specification
J Neurosci
.
2008;28
(18):
4777-4784.
PMID:
18448654
Last updated: 02/22/2021
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