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MFM FELLOW - ELEAZAR SOTO, M.D.

MFM FELLOW - ELEAZAR SOTO, M.D.Title

  • Eleazar Soto, M.D.
    Second Year MFM Fellow

Education and Training

  • M.D. – Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
  • Internship and Residency – Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center

Awards and Recognitions

  • DMC Guild Research Award for Excellence during Residency training, June 2010
  • Charles C. Vicent M.D award Excellence in Obstetrics Care, June 2010
  • Alpha Omega Alpha House Staff Resident, April 2010
  • Best Overall Resident in Obstetrics, August 2009
  • Executive Chief Resident for the WSU/DMC Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency 2009-2010
  • Best Overall Resident in Obstetrics, January 2009
  • Best Overall Resident in Obstetrics, June 2008
  • Best Teaching Resident of the Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Program 2008
  • Outstanding Effort in Obstetrics, July 2007

Research Interests

  • Immunology of pregnancy and Great Obstetrical Syndromes
  • Fetal imaging

Selected Publications

  • Soto E, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kusanovic JP, Dong Z, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L, Mittal P, Hassan SS. Fragment Bb: evidence for activation of the alternative pathway of the complement system in pregnant women with acute pyelonephritis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Mar 10. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Soto E, Romero R, Richani K, Espinoza J, Chaiworapongsa T, Nien JK, Edwin SS, Kim YM, Hong JS, Goncalves LF, Yeo L, Mazor M, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP. Preeclampsia and pregnancies with small-for-gestational age neonates have different profiles of complement split products. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Soto E, Romero R, Richani K, Yoon BH, Chaiworapongsa T, Vaisbuch E, Mittal P, Erez O, Gotsch F, Mazor M, Kusanovic JP. Evidence for complement activation in the amniotic fluid of women with spontaneous preterm labor and intra-amniotic infection. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Nov;22(11):983-92
  • Soto E, Espinoza J, Nien JK, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Richani K,
    Santolaya-Forgas J, Romero R. Human beta-defensin-2: a natural antimicrobial
    peptide present in amniotic fluid participates in the host response to microbial
    invasion of the amniotic cavity. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007
    Jan;20(1):15-22
  • Soto E, Richani K, Gonçalves LF, Devers P, Espinoza J, Lee W, Treadwell MC,
    Romero R. Three-dimensional ultrasound in the prenatal diagnosis of cleidocranial
    dysplasia associated with B-cell immunodeficiency. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol.
    2006 May;27(5):574-9. Review
  • Soto E, Romero R, Richani K, Espinoza J, Nien JK, Chaiworapongsa T,
    Santolaya-Forgas J, Edwin SS, Mazor M. Anaphylatoxins in preterm and term labor.
    J Perinat Med. 2005;33(4):306-13