MichaelTCocciaMD

General Surgery • Laguna Beach, CA

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Office
31862 Coast Hwy #201
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone+1 949-499-4565

Fax+1 949-499-5265
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Education & Training

University of California (Irvine)Residency, Surgery, 1985 - 1990
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1984 - 1985
Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1990 - 2025
CA State Medical License 1987 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

15 citations
Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Predicts Infant Infectious and Noninfectious Illness.
Nicole R. Bush, Jennifer Savitz, Michael Coccia, Karen Jones-Mason, Nancy E. Adler, W. Thomas Boyce, Barbara A. Laraia, Elissa S. Epel> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2021 Jan 1
A Pilot Validation Study of the Newborn Behavioral Observations System: Associations with Salivary Cortisol and Temperament.
Jayme L. Congdon, J. Kevin Nugent, Beth M. McManus, Michael Coccia, Nicole R. Bush> ;Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2020 Aug 26
12 citations
Prenatal Maternal Objective and Subjective Stress Exposures and Rapid Infant Weight Gain.
Jennifer N. Felder, Elissa S. Epel, Michael Coccia, Alana Cordeiro, Barbara A. Laraia, Nancy E. Adler, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Nicole R. Bush> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2020 Jul 1
14 citations
Mind wandering and stress: When you don't like the present moment.
Alexandra D. Crosswell, Michael Coccia, Elissa S. Epel> ;Emotion. 2020 Apr 1
59 citations
Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences.
Anthony D. Vaudo, John F. Tooker, Harland M. Patch, David J. Biddinger, Michael Coccia, Makaylee K. Crone, M.B. Fiely, Jacob S. Francis, Heather M. Hines, Mackenzie Ho...> ;Insects. 2020 Feb 18
44 citations
Cumulative lifetime stress exposure and leukocyte telomere length attrition: The unique role of stressor duration and exposure timing
Stefanie E. Mayer, Aric A. Prather, Eli Puterman, Jue Lin, Justine Arenander, Michael Coccia, Grant S. Shields, George M. Slavich, Elissa S. Epel> ;Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019 Mar 5
18 citations
Associations between chronic caregiving stress and T cell markers implicated in immunosenescence
Aric A. Prather, Elissa S. Epel, Eduardo Portela Parra, Michael Coccia, Eli Puterman, Allison E. Aiello, Firdaus S. Dhabhar> ;Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2018 Oct 1
18 citations
In vitro proinflammatory gene expression predicts in vivo telomere shortening: A preliminary study.
Jue Lin, Jie Sun, Stephanie X. Wang, Jeffrey M. Milush, Chris A. R. Baker, Michael Coccia, Rita B. Effros, Eli Puterman, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Aric A. Prather, Eliss...> ;Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018 Jun 26
8 citations
Chronic Stress and Impulsive Risk-Taking Predict Increases in Visceral Fat over 18 Months.
Ashley E. Mason, Samantha Schleicher, Michael Coccia, Elissa S. Epel, Kirstin Aschbacher> ;Obesity. 2018 May 1
36 citations
Dysregulated Fear, Social Inhibition, and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia: A Replication and Extension.
Kristin A. Buss, Elizabeth L. Davis, Nilam Ram, Michael Coccia> ;Child Development. 2018 May 1
73 citations
A Mitochondrial Health Index Sensitive to Mood and Caregiving Stress.
Martin Picard, Aric A. Prather, Eli Puterman, Alexanne Cuillerier, Michael Coccia, Kirstin Aschbacher, Yan Burelle, Elissa S. Epel> ;Biological Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 1
5 citations
Basal and reactivity levels of cortisol in one-month-old infants born to overweight or obese mothers from an ethnically and racially diverse, low-income community sample.
Karen Jones-Mason, Michael Coccia, Stephanie Grover, Elissa S. Epel, Nicole R. Bush> ;Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018 Feb 1
24 citations
Acceptance or Despair? Maternal Adjustment to Having a Child Diagnosed with Autism
Nikko S. Da Paz, Bryna Siegel, Michael Coccia, Elissa S. Epel> ;Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2018 Jun 1
5 citations
Effects of daily maladaptive coping on nightly sleep in mothers.
Jennifer N. Felder, Elissa S. Epel, Michael Coccia, Eli Puterman, Aric A. Prather> ;Psychology & Health. 2018 Jan 1
Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population-CORRIGEN...
Bush, N. R.,Jones-Mason, K.,Coccia, M.,Caron, Z.,Alkon, A.,Thomas, M.,Coleman-Phox, K.,Wadhwa, P. D.,Laraia, B. A.,Adler, N. E.,Epel, E. S.> ;Dev. Psychopathol.. 2017 Dec 13
Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population.
Bush, N. R.,Jones-Mason, K.,Coccia, M.,Caron, Z.,Alkon, A.,Thomas, M.,Coleman-Phox, K.,Wadhwa, P. D.,Laraia, B. A.,Adler, N. E.,Epel, E. S.> ;Dev. Psychopathol.. 2017 Nov 23
9 citations
Sexual intimacy in couples is associated with longer telomere length.
Tomás Cabeza de Baca, Elissa S. Epel, Theodore F. Robles, Michael Coccia, Amanda Gilbert, Eli Puterman, Aric A. Prather> ;Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2017 Jul 1
73 citations
Systematic and Cell Type-Specific Telomere Length Changes in Subsets of Lymphocytes
Jue Lin, Joshua Cheon, Rashida Brown, Michael Coccia, Eli Puterman, Kirstin Aschbacher, Elizabeth Sinclair, Elissa S. Epel, Elizabeth H. Blackburn> ;Journal of Immunology Research. 2016 Feb 10
49 citations
Examining the Interplay of Processes Across Multiple Time-Scales: Illustration With the Intraindividual Study of Affect, Health, and Interpersonal Behavior (iSAHIB)
Nilam Ram, David E. Conroy, Aaron L. Pincus, Amy E. Lorek, Amanda L. Rebar, Michael J. Roche, Michael Coccia, Jennifer Morack, Josh Feldman, Denis Gerstorf> ;Research in Human Development. 2014 May 14
86 citations
Improving classroom learning environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE): Results of a randomized controlled trial.
Patricia A. Jennings, Jennifer L. Frank, Karin E. Snowberg, Michael Coccia, Mark T. Greenberg> ;School Psychology Quarterly. 2013 Sep 9
16 citations
Behavioral Landscapes and Change in Behavioral Landscapes: A Multiple Time-Scale Density Distribution Approach
Nilam Ram, Michael Coccia, David E. Conroy, Amy E. Lorek, Brian Orland, Aaron L. Pincus, Martin J. Sliwinski, Denis Gerstorf> ;Research in Human Development. 2013 Feb 20
23 citations
Aggression as an equifinal outcome of distinct neurocognitive and neuroaffective processes
Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp, Mark T. Greenberg, Christine K. Fortunato, Michael Coccia> ;Development and Psychopathology. 2012 Aug 1
18 citations
Interparental aggression, attention skills, and early childhood behavior problems.
Nissa R. Towe-Goodman, Cynthia A. Stifter, Michael Coccia, Martha J. Cox> ;Development and Psychopathology. 2011 May 1
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