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Marya Zlatnik, MD

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Title(s)Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Reed Collge, Portland, ORB.A.Biology
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, IAM.D.School of Medicine
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TXResidency in Obstetrics & Gynecology
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TXMMSFellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, CADiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

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    Marya G. Zlatnik, MD, MMS (she/her) is a board-certified OBGYN and Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist whose clinical and research interests include complications of pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, and reproductive environmental health. She is the founder and principle OB faculty of one of the first Reproductive Environmental Health Clinics in the country (at UCSF's Center for Complex Obstetric Medicine at 1825 Fourth St., Third Floor, San Francisco, CA 94158).
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    1. Letter to Lee Zeldin, USEPA from Shirlee Tan, CHPAC regarding the Plastics and Children’s Health Charge Response Letter, November 7, 2025. Letter to Lee Zeldin, USEPA from Shirlee Tan, CHPAC regarding the Plastics and Children’s Health Charge Response Letter, November 7, 2025. 2025. Tan S, Halcomb SED, Eitland E, Huffling K, Kauth J-M, Lanza K, Lin A, Lovinsky-Desir S, Nadeau K, Rublin, IL, Sheffield PE, Singla V, Trousdale K, Velez Vega CM, Yan K, Zlatnik M. . View Publication.
    2. The effect of per and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure on gestational diabetes mellitus and its subclinical risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Environ Int. 2024 Jun; 188:108711. Bline AP, Ellis LB, Pelch KE, Lam J, Sen S, Zlatnik M, Varshavsky J. PMID: 38754246.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsPHPublic Health
    3. Exploring applications of non-targeted analysis in the characterization of the prenatal exposome. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Feb 20; 912:169458. Bland GD, Abrahamsson D, Wang M, Zlatnik MG, Morello-Frosch R, Park JS, Sirota M, Woodruff TJ. PMID: 38142008; PMCID: PMC10947484.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    4. Extreme weather-Wildfires & pregnancy. Semin Perinatol. 2023 12; 47(8):151839. Basilio E, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 37863677.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. The association between timing in pregnancy of drought and excess rainfall, infant sex, and birthweight: Evidence from Nepal. Environ Epidemiol. 2023 Oct; 7(5):e263. Diamond-Smith NG, Epstein A, Zlatnik MG, Treleaven E. PMID: 37840861; PMCID: PMC10569756.
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    6. Extending Nontargeted Discovery of Environmental Chemical Exposures during Pregnancy and Their Association with Pregnancy Complications-A Cross-Sectional Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 07; 131(7):77003. Trowbridge J, Abrahamsson D, Bland GD, Jiang T, Wang M, Park JS, Morello-Frosch R, Sirota M, Lee H, Goin DE, Zlatnik MG, Woodruff TJ. PMID: 37466315; PMCID: PMC10355149.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Climate Change and Pregnancy: Risks, Mitigation, Adaptation, and Resilience. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2023 Apr; 78(4):223-236. Fan W, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 37043299; PMCID: PMC10508966.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsPHPublic Health
    8. Code OB: We need urgent action on climate change and toxic chemicals. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 02; 160(2):363-365. Woodruff TJ, Charlesworth A, Zlatnik MG, Pandipati S, DeNicola N, Latif I. PMID: 36649076.
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    9. Disparities in chemical exposures among pregnant women and neonates by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics: A nontargeted approach. Environ Res. 2022 12; 215(Pt 1):114158. Goin DE, Abrahamsson D, Wang M, Jiang T, Park JS, Sirota M, Morello-Frosch R, DeMicco E, Zlatnik MG, Woodruff TJ. PMID: 36049512; PMCID: PMC10016233.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Investigating geographic differences in environmental chemical exposures in maternal and cord sera using non-targeted screening and silicone wristbands in California. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2023 07; 33(4):548-557. Goin DE, Abrahamsson D, Wang M, Park JS, Sirota M, Morello-Frosch R, DeMicco E, Trowbridge J, August L, O'Connell S, Ladella S, Zlatnik MG, Woodruff TJ. PMID: 35449448; PMCID: PMC9585116.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    11. Perinatal outcomes and 2017 ACC/AHA blood pressure categories. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2022 Jun; 28:134-138. Tesfalul MA, Sperling JD, Blat C, Parikh NI, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Zlatnik MG, Norton ME. PMID: 35381471; PMCID: PMC12009628.
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    12. Climate change, women's health, and the role of obstetricians and gynecologists in leadership. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 Dec; 155(3):345-356. Giudice LC, Llamas-Clark EF, DeNicola N, Pandipati S, Zlatnik MG, Decena DCD, Woodruff TJ, Conry JA, FIGO Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures. PMID: 34694628; PMCID: PMC9298078.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsPHPublic Health
    13. Prolonged second stage of labor and risk of subsequent spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2020 05; 2(2):100093. Sobhani NC, Cassidy AG, Zlatnik MG, Rosenstein MG. PMID: 33345959.
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    14. The International Society for Children's Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint to Safeguard Children's Health. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 01; 128(1):14501. Eskenazi B, Etzel RA, Sripada K, Cairns MR, Hertz-Picciotto I, Kordas K, Machado Torres JP, Mielke HW, Oulhote Y, Quirós-Alcalá L, Suárez-López JR, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 31909653; PMCID: PMC7015537.
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    15. Pregnancy loss after amniocentesis in monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies: Results from a large population-based dataset. Prenat Diagn. 2019 09; 39(10):896-900. Sperling JD, Zlatnik MG, Norton ME, Currier RJ. PMID: 31218716.
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    16. Proposed Key Characteristics of Female Reproductive Toxicants as an Approach for Organizing and Evaluating Mechanistic Data in Hazard Assessment. Environ Health Perspect. 2019 07; 127(7):75001. Luderer U, Eskenazi B, Hauser R, Korach KS, McHale CM, Moran F, Rieswijk L, Solomon G, Udagawa O, Zhang L, Zlatnik M, Zeise L, Smith MT. PMID: 31322437; PMCID: PMC6791466.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    17. Gender Differences in Academic Rank and NIH Funding among Academic Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physicians in the United States. Am J Perinatol. 2019 04; 36(5):443-448. Sperling JD, Shulman R, Blat C, Miller EE, Kokroko J, Zlatnik MG, Gonzalez-Velez J, Norton ME, Gossett DR. PMID: 30414602.
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    18. Examining Joint Effects of Air Pollution Exposure and Social Determinants of Health in Defining "At-Risk" Populations Under the Clean Air Act: Susceptibility of Pregnant Women to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. World Med Health Policy. 2018 Mar; 10(1):7-54. Koman PD, Hogan KA, Sampson N, Mandell R, Coombe CM, Tetteh MM, Hill-Ashford YR, Wilkins D, Zlatnik MG, Loch-Caruso R, Schulz AJ, Woodruff TJ. PMID: 30197817; PMCID: PMC6126379.
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    19. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Reproductive Health. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2016 Jul; 61(4):442-55. Zlatnik MG. PMID: 27391253; PMCID: PMC6701840.
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    20. Examining pregnancy-specific smartphone applications: what are patients being told? J Perinatol. 2016 10; 36(10):802-7. O'Donnell BE, Lewkowitz AK, Vargas JE, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 27195980.
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    21. Does an Electronic Health Record Improve Completeness of Prenatal Studies? Appl Clin Inform. 2015; 6(4):669-76. McLean TA, Lewkowitz AK, Test E, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 26767062; PMCID: PMC4704036.
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    22. Fetal growth and maternal glomerular filtration rate: a systematic review. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2015; 28(18):2176-81. Vesterinen HM, Johnson PI, Atchley DS, Sutton P, Lam J, Zlatnik MG, Sen S, Woodruff TJ. PMID: 25382561; PMCID: PMC6688630.
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    23. Clamp late and maintain perfusion (CLAMP) policy: delayed cord clamping in preterm infants. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016; 29(11):1705-9. Jelin AC, Zlatnik MG, Kuppermann M, Gregorich SE, Nakagawa S, Clyman R. PMID: 26135773.
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    24. My Obstetrician Got Me Fired: How Work Notes Can Harm Pregnant Patients and What to Do About It. Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Aug; 126(2):250-254. Jackson RA, Gardner S, Torres LN, Huchko MJ, Zlatnik MG, Williams JC. PMID: 26241411.
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    25. Social media messaging in pregnancy: comparing content of Text4baby to content of free smart phone applications of pregnancy. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Mar; 29(5):745-51. Lewkowitz AK, O'Donnell BE, Nakagawa S, Vargas JE, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 25731656.
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    26. Contributions of clinical disconnections and unresolved conflict to failures in intrapartum safety. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2014 Jan-Feb; 43(1):2-12. Lyndon A, Zlatnik MG, Maxfield DG, Lewis A, McMillan C, Kennedy HP. PMID: 24354506; PMCID: PMC3942080.
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    27. Nurses' perspectives on the intersection of safety and informed decision making in maternity care. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2013 Sep-Oct; 42(5):577-87. Jacobson CH, Zlatnik MG, Kennedy HP, Lyndon A. PMID: 24003977; PMCID: PMC3786167.
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    28. Confronting safety gaps across labor and delivery teams. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Nov; 209(5):402-408.e3. Maxfield DG, Lyndon A, Kennedy HP, O'Keeffe DF, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 23871951; PMCID: PMC3874068.
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    29. Cesarean delivery technique: evidence or tradition? A review of the evidence-based cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2012 Aug; 67(8):483-94. Encarnacion B, Zlatnik MG. PMID: 22926273.
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    30. The oldest gravidas: a review of pregnancy risks in women over 45. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2011 Sep; 66(9):580-90. Salmeen K, Zlatnik M. PMID: 22088235.
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    31. Effective physician-nurse communication: a patient safety essential for labor and delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Aug; 205(2):91-6. Lyndon A, Zlatnik MG, Wachter RM. PMID: 21640970; PMCID: PMC3219810.
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    32. When should women with placenta previa be delivered? A decision analysis. J Reprod Med. 2010 Sep-Oct; 55(9-10):373-81. Zlatnik MG, Little SE, Kohli P, Kaimal AJ, Stotland NE, Caughey AB. PMID: 21043362; PMCID: PMC6633882.
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    33. Effect of a change in policy regarding the timing of prophylactic antibiotics on the rate of postcesarean delivery surgical-site infections. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Sep; 199(3):310.e1-5. Kaimal AJ, Zlatnik MG, Cheng YW, Thiet MP, Connatty E, Creedy P, Caughey AB. PMID: 18771995.
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    34. Placenta previa and the risk of preterm delivery. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007 Oct; 20(10):719-23. Zlatnik MG, Cheng YW, Norton ME, Thiet MP, Caughey AB. PMID: 17763272.
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    35. Forceps compared with vacuum: rates of neonatal and maternal morbidity. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Nov; 106(5 Pt 1):908-12. Caughey AB, Sandberg PL, Zlatnik MG, Thiet MP, Parer JT, Laros RK. PMID: 16260505.
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    36. Detection of viral deoxyribonucleic acid in amniotic fluid: association with fetal malformation and pregnancy abnormalities. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2005 May-Jun; 20(3):203-7. Reddy UM, Baschat AA, Zlatnik MG, Towbin JA, Harman CR, Weiner CP. PMID: 15824499.
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    37. Amniotic fluid index measured with the aid of color flow Doppler. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2003 Apr; 13(4):242-5. Zlatnik MG, Olson G, Bukowski R, Saade GR. PMID: 12854924.
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    38. Oxytocin receptor regulation and action in a human granulosa-lutein cell line. Biol Reprod. 2002 May; 66(5):1230-6. Copland JA, Zlatnik MG, Ives KL, Soloff MS. PMID: 11967182.
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    39. The effect of fetal neck position on nuchal fold thickness. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Oct; 183(4):995-7. Olson G, Saade GR, Zlatnik M, Dildy GA, Belfort M. PMID: 11035352.
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    40. Functional oxytocin receptors in a human endometrial cell line. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Apr; 182(4):850-5. Zlatnik MG, Copland JA, Ives K, Soloff MS. PMID: 10764461.
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    41. Association between umbilical blood gas parameters and neonatal morbidity and death in neonates with pathologic fetal acidemia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Oct; 181(4):867-71. Andres RL, Saade G, Gilstrap LC, Wilkins I, Witlin A, Zlatnik F, Hankins GV. PMID: 10521744.
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    42. The effect of indomethacin and prostacyclin agonists on blood pressure in a rat model of preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 May; 180(5):1191-5. Zlatnik MG, Buhimschi I, Chwalisz K, Liao QP, Saade GR, Garfield RE. PMID: 10329876.
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    43. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the vulva: report of two new cases and review of the literature. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 1999 Apr; 3(2):135-8. Zlatnik MG, Dinh TV, Lucci JA, Hannigan EV. PMID: 25950561.
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    44. The effect of amniotic fluid on the human omental artery in vitro. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Feb; 180(2 Pt 1):454-6. Vedernikov YP, Saade GR, Zlatnik M, Martin E, Garfield RE, Hankins GD. PMID: 9988818.
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    45. Pulmonary edema: etiology and treatment. Semin Perinatol. 1997 Aug; 21(4):298-306. Zlatnik MG. PMID: 9298718.
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