BruceE.BekkarMD
Obstetrics & Gynecology • Del Mar, CAChair, Public Health Advisory Council of the Climate Action Campaign
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Office
127 Spinnaker Court
Del Mar, CA 92014Phone+1 858-261-1606- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1986 - 1987
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1983 - 1986
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1984 - 2026
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pregnancy and newborn health - heat impacts and emerging solutions.Bruce Bekkar, Nathaniel DeNicola, Blean Girma, Savita Potarazu, Perry Sheffield> ;Seminars in Perinatology. 2023 Dec 1
- 291 citationsAssociation of Air Pollution and Heat Exposure With Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, and Stillbirth in the US: A Systematic Review.Bruce Bekkar, Susan E. Pacheco, Rupa Basu, Nathaniel DeNicola> ;JAMA Network Open. 2020 Jun 1
- Single-dose systemic methotrexate for the treatment of persistent ectopic pregnancy after conservative surgery.Hoppe, D. E., Bekkar, B. E., Nager, C. W.> ;Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Jan
Journal Articles
- Association of Air Pollution and Heat Exposure with Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight and Stillbirth in the US: A Systematic ReviewBekkar B, Pacheco S, Basu R, DeNicola, N, JAMA Open, 6/18/2020
Press Mentions
It’s Science: Climate Change Is a Women’s Health IssueApril 13th, 2022- Global Heating Linked to Early Birth and Damage to Babies’ Health, Scientists FindJanuary 15th, 2022
- Study Looks for Effects of Fetal Exposure to Air PollutionAugust 1st, 2021
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