Luke M. Judge, MD, PhD

Dr. Luke Judge is a pediatrician who specializes in caring for infants in the intensive care nursery. He also resuscitates newborns when needed during high-risk deliveries. At the Fetal Treatment Center, he provides prenatal counseling to women with complicated pregnancies.

Judge's research focuses on genetic diseases of the heart and skeletal muscle. He employs an approach called ""disease modeling in a dish,"" which involves growing human cell types and tissues in the laboratory.

Judge earned his undergraduate degree from Pomona College. He earned his doctoral and medical degrees from the University of Washington. He completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at UCSF.

Judge is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and International Society for Stem Cell Research.