GeoannaMarieBautistaMD(She/Her)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology

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Dr. Geoanna Bautista is a board-certified neonatologist and physician-scientist at UC Davis Health in Sacramento, California. Dr. Bautista brings a unique perspective combining clinical excellence with innovative research to improve outcomes for critically ill newborns and complex neonatal intestinal pathologies such as gastroschisis, NEC and short bowel syndrome.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2018 - 2021
Loyola University Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2015 - 2018
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 2015
Tufts University BA, Child Development, Biomedical Engineering, 2005 - 2009

PubMed

Smooth muscle cell Piezo1 depletion results in impaired contractile properties in murine small bowel.
Geoanna M Bautista, Yingjie Du, Michael J Matthews, Allison M Flores, Nicole R Kushnir
Communications Biology. 2025-03-17
Paneth cell ontogeny in term and preterm ovine models.
Geoanna M Bautista, Anjali J Cera, Rebecca J Schoenauer, Michele Persiani, Satyan Lakshminrusimha
Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2024-01-01
Spring-mediated distraction enterogenesis may alter the course of adaptation in porcine short bowel syndrome.
Geoanna M Bautista, Genia Dubrovsky, Nicolle K Sweeney, R S Solórzano-Vargas, Daniel J Tancredi
Frontiers in Gastroenterology. 2024-01-01

Journal Articles

Smooth muscle cell Piezo1 depletion results in impaired contractile properties in murine small bowel
Geoanna M. Bautista, Yingjie Du, Michael J. Matthews, Allison M. Flores, Nicole R. Kushnir, Nicolle K. Sweeney, Nam Phuong N. Nguyen, Elmira Tokhtaeva, R. S. Solorzano..., Communications Biology, 3/17/2025

The Evolving Need for Neonatal Care: From the Premature Infant to the Rare DiseaseAugust 15th, 2023

Determining the Role of Mechanosensitive Piezo1 in the Developing GutChildren’s Miracle Network2022–2023
The Role of Piezo1 in the Biomechanical Stretching of the GutAAP Marshall Klaus2020–2021
Defining the Role of Piezo1 in the Gastrointestinal TractNIH-NIDDK T322019–2021