Dr. Christine S. Kurlawalla-Martinez, Neonatology
Dr. Kurlawalla-Martinez has specialized training in neonatology. She is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine. She attended medical school at the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at King-Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles and completed her fellowship training in neonataology at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. Dr. Kurlawalla-Martinez is available to see patients at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and CHOC at Mission. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
Clinical Interests
Include surgical emergencies in the neonate, congenital neoplasms and cranio-facial abnormalities.
Locations
CHOC Children’s Specialists, Neonatology
1201 W. La Veta Avenue
Orange, CA 92868
CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital
27700 Medical Center Rd. 5th Floor
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Western Medical Center
1001 N. Tustin Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Pomona Valley Hospital
1798 N. Garey Ave.
Newport Beach, CA 91767
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Administrative Appointments
- Neonatology, CHOC Children’s Specialists
Education
- Fellowship
fellowship training in neonataology at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. - Medical School
University of California, Irvine College of Medicine - Residency
pediatric residency at King-Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles
Lectures and Presentations
Abnormal morphogenesis and genetic disorders
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
Inborn errors of metabolism
Metabolic & syndromic bone diseases
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Neonatal Dermatology
Periventricular-Intraventricular hemorrhage
Retinopathy of prematurity
Our neonatologists commonly treat the following conditions in newborns and babies:
- Apnea
- Bradycardia
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Gastroschisis
- Heart valve abnormalities
- Hypoglycemia
- Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
- Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
- Jaundice
- Macrosomia
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Sepsis
- Septal defects
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Trouble keeping warm
- Office: 714-509-4373
- Specialty: Neonatology
- Board Certified: Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- On Staff at: CHOC Children's Hospital and CHOC Children's at Mission Hospital
