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Mark Urata

D.D.S., M.D.

Assistant Professor

Education Experience Honors & Awards Project Publications Book Chapters

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA	B.S.	1985	Biological Sciences
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA	D.D.S.	1989	Dentistry
Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA	Certificate	1993	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Keck School of Medicine USC, Los Angeles, CA	M.D.	1996	Medicine
Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA		1999	General Surgery
Keck School of Medicine USC, Los Angeles, CA	Certificate	2002	Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA	Fellowship	2003	Craniofacial Surgery

Research & Professional Experience

2004-Present	Director, Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2003-Present	Director, Craniofacial Surgery, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA
2003-Present	Research Assistant Professor, USC School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA
2003-Present	Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
2002-2003	Clinical Faculty, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
1993-1994	Assistant Clinical Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, USC School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA

Academic Honors and Awards

1996	Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society (A.O.A.)-Gamma Chapter
1996	Dean’s Scholar (Keck School of Medicine)
1996	Outstanding Graduate Recognition Award (Keck School of Medicine)
1995	Skull and Dagger Honor Society
1995	Diven Academic Excellence Scholarship
1995	Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholarship (ARCS)

1989	AADS/John O. Butler National Student Legislative Internship Award
1989	Pierre Fauchard Academy Research Award
1989	Omicron Kappa Upsilon Donald B. Curnette Academic Achievement Award (O.K.U.)
1989	American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon's Academic Award

Research Project

"TGF-Beta Signaling In Palatogenesis"

Principal Investigator: Mark Urata, DDS, MD
Sponsor: NIH
Period: March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2013
The major goal of this project is to determine the functional role of Msx1 in regulating the expression of cell cycle regulator p19^INK4d to control proliferation and differentiation processes of CNC cells during palatogenesis.

Publications

Zehnaly A, Hosokawa R, Urata M, Chai Y. (2007). TGF-beta signaling and aplasia cutis congenita: proposed animal model. J Calif Dent Assoc. 35(12):865-9.

Lypka MA, Urata MM. (2007) Images in clinical medicine. Cocaine-induced palatal perforation. N Engl J Med. 8;357(19):1956.

Vachiramon A, Yen SL, Lypka M, Bindignavale V, Hammoudeh J, Reinisch J, Urata MM. (2007) A novel model surgery technique for LeFort III advancement. J Craniofac Surg. 18(5):1230-5.

Hosokawa R, Urata M, Han J, Zehnaly A., Bringas Jr P, Nonaka K, Chai Y. (2007). TGF-beta mediated Msx2 expression controls occipital somites-derived caudal region of skull development. Dev. Biol. 310(1):140-53.

Lypka MA, Urata MM, Yen S, Yamashita DD. (2007). Facial nerve paralysis: a complication of distraction osteogenesis of the mandibular ramus in the treatment of temporomandibular joint ankylosis. J Craniofac Surg. 18(4):844-8.

Lypka MA, Urata MM, Yamashita DD. (2007). Telogen effluvium following orthognathic surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 65(7):1393-5.

Xu X, Han J, Ito Y, Bringas P Jr., Urata MM, Chai Y. (2006). Cell autonomous requirement for Tgfbr2 in the disappearance of medial edge epithelium during palatal fusion. Dev. Biol. 297(1):238-48.

Sasaki T, Ito Y, Bringas Jr. P, Chou S, Urata M, Slavkin HC, Chai Y. (2005). TGF-beta-mediated FGF signaling is critical for regulating cranial neural crest cell proliferation during frontal bone development. Development 133, 371-381

Hosokawa R, Urata MM, Ito Y, Bringas P Jr., Chai Y. (2005). Functional significance of Smad2 in regulating basal keratinocyte migration during wound healing. J Inves Dermatol. 125: 1302-1309

Frazee J, Fried I, Kawamoto H, Lazareff J, Nieto J, Patel S, Urata M, van de Wiele B. (2004). The separation of Guatemalan craniopagus twins. Childs Nerv Syst;20(8-9):593-600

Rechdouni A, Urata MM, Saadat P, Vadmal MS. (2004). Multifocal papillary apocrine adenoma arising in a systematized linear epidermal nevus. Cutis. 73(5):348-52.

Urata MM, Kawamoto Jr HK. (2003). Median clefts of the upper lip: a review and surgical management of a minor manifestation. J Craniofac Surg. 14(5):749-55.

Beanes SR, Hu FY, Soo C, Dang CM, Urata M, Ting K, Atkinson JB, Benhaim P, Hedrick MH, Lorenz HP. (2002). Confocal microscopic analysis of scarless repair in the fetal rat: defining the transition. Plast Reconstr Surg. 109(1):160-70.

Beanes SR, Dang C, Soo C, Wang Y, Urata M, Ting K, Fonkalsrud EW, Benhaim P, Hedrick MH, Atkinson JB, Lorenz HP. (2001) Down-regulation of decorin, a transforming growth factor-beta modulator, is associated with scarless fetal wound healing. J Pediatr Surg. 36(11):1666-71.

Ardary WC, Tracy DJ, Brownridge GW2nd, Urata MM. (1989) Comparative evaluation of screw configuration on the stability of the sagittal split osteotomy. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 68(2):125-9.

Book Chapters

Urata, M.M. and Yamashita, D.D. Maxillofacial Trauma. In: Demetriades, D., Asensio, J.A. Trauma Management. Landes Bioscience. Georgetown, TX 2001.

Urata, M.M., Staffenberg, D. Kawamoto, H.K. Jr. Congenital Facial Anomalies. In Goodrich, J. Staffenberg, D. Plastic Techniques in Neurosurgery, 2nd Edition. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. New York, NY. 2003

Urata, M.M. and Rhee, S. Maxillofacial Tumors. In: Thaller, S, Garri J, Bradley J. Craniofacial Surgery. (In Press)

Urata M.M., Li W, Reinisch, J. Complications of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery. In Losee, J. Kirschner, R.(In press)

Last Updated: 03/31/08