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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Juan Pedro Kusanovic is a researcher affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile, with a body of work primarily focused on the field of Medicine, encompassing 61 publications. Their research areas include obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, public health, epidemiology, and general health professions.

Their scholarly output is concentrated in subfields such as:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology
  • General Health Professions

Within these areas, main topics of interest include:

  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Maternal and fetal healthcare
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

Kusanovic's recent papers reflect a focus on obstetrical syndromes, maternal and neonatal health, and clinical diagnoses within the perinatal context. Selected recent publications include:

  • Toward a new taxonomy of obstetrical disease: improved performance of maternal blood biomarkers for the great obstetrical syndromes when classified according to placental pathology, 2022, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Personalized assessment of cervical length improves prediction of spontaneous preterm birth: a standard and a percentile calculator, 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Clinical chorioamnionitis at term X: microbiology, clinical signs, placental pathology, and neonatal bacteremia - implications for clinical care, 2021, Journal of Perinatal Medicine
  • Maternal sepsis, 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • Early pregnancy levels of gingival crevicular fluid matrix metalloproteinases-8 and -9 are associated with the severity of periodontitis and the development of gestational diabetes mellitus, 2020, Journal of Periodontology

The researcher frequently publishes in leading journals, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Revista chilena de obstetricia y ginecología
  • The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
  • Diagnostics

Kusanovic collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • María Fernanda Escobar
  • Roberto Romero
  • María Luisa Garmendia
  • Maria Paula Echavarría
  • Isabella Ramos

Best Publications

  • The preterm parturition syndrome

    R Romero;J Espinoza;JP Kusanovic;F Gotsch

  • The vaginal microbiome: New information about genital tract flora using molecular based techniques

    Ronald F. Lamont;Jack D. Sobel;Robert A. Akins;Sonia S. Hassan

  • A novel signaling pathway impact analysis

    Adi Laurentiu Tarca;Sorin Draghici;Purvesh Khatri;Sonia S. Hassan

  • The role of inflammation and infection in preterm birth.

    Roberto Romero;Jimmy Espinoza;Jimmy Espinoza;Luís F. Gonçalves;Luís F. Gonçalves;Juan Pedro Kusanovic

  • Microbial Prevalence, Diversity and Abundance in Amniotic Fluid During Preterm Labor: A Molecular and Culture-Based Investigation

    Daniel B. DiGiulio;Daniel B. DiGiulio;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Harold P. Amogan;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic

  • Inflammation in preterm and term labour and delivery.

    Roberto Romero;Jimmy Espinoza;Jimmy Espinoza;Luís F. Gonçalves;Luís F. Gonçalves;Juan Pedro Kusanovic

  • The fetal inflammatory response syndrome.

    Francesca Gotsch;Roberto Romero;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Shali Mazaki-Tovi

  • A longitudinal study of angiogenic (placental growth factor) and anti-angiogenic (soluble endoglin and soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1) factors in normal pregnancy and patients destined to develop preeclampsia and deliver a small for gestational age neonate

    Roberto Romero;Jyh Kae Nien;Jimmy Espinoza;David Todem

  • Distinct subsets of microRNAs are expressed differentially in the human placentas of patients with preeclampsia.

    Beth L. Pineles;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Daniel Montenegro;Adi L. Tarca;Adi L. Tarca

  • Inflammation in Pregnancy: Its Roles in Reproductive Physiology, Obstetrical Complications, and Fetal Injury

    Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Francesca Gotsch;Beth Pineles;Juan Pedro Kusanovic

  • Prevalence and Diversity of Microbes in the Amniotic Fluid, the Fetal Inflammatory Response, and Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Preterm Pre-Labor Rupture of Membranes

    Daniel B. DiGiulio;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Ricardo Gómez

  • Sterile and microbial-associated intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes.

    Roberto Romero;Jezid Miranda;Piya Chaemsaithong;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa

  • Listeriosis in human pregnancy: a systematic review.

    Ronald F. Lamont;Jack Sobel;Shali Mazaki-Tovi;Juan Pedro Kusanovic

  • The change in concentrations of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in maternal plasma between the first and second trimesters in risk assessment for the subsequent development of preeclampsia and small-for-gestational age

    Offer Erez;Roberto Romero;Jimmy Espinoza;Wenjiang Fu

  • Identification of patients at risk for early onset and/or severe preeclampsia with the use of uterine artery Doppler velocimetry and placental growth factor.

    Jimmy Espinoza;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Jyh Kae Nien;Ricardo Gomez

  • Placental lesions associated with maternal underperfusion are more frequent in early-onset than in late-onset preeclampsia.

    Giovanna Ogge;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Roberto Romero;Youssef Hussein

  • Nifedipine in the management of preterm labor: a systematic review and metaanalysis

    Agustín Conde-Agudelo;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic

  • Detection of a microbial biofilm in intraamniotic infection.

    Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Christoph Schaudinn;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Amita Gorur

  • A Prospective Cohort Study of the Value of Maternal Plasma Concentrations of Angiogenic and Anti-angiogenic Factors in Early Pregnancy and Midtrimester in the Identification of Patients Destined to Develop Preeclampsia

    Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Roberto Romero;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Offer Erez

  • Placental Lesions Associated With Maternal Underperfusion Are More Frequent in Early-Onset Than in Late-Onset Preeclampsia

    Giovanna Ogg;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Roberto Romero;Youssef Hussein

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Romero
Roberto Romero National Institutes of Health
Sonia S. Hassan
Sonia S. Hassan Wayne State University
Offer Erez
Offer Erez Soroka Medical Center
Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa
Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa Wayne State University
Jimmy Espinoza
Jimmy Espinoza Baylor College of Medicine
Chong Jai Kim
Chong Jai Kim Asan Medical Center
Lami Yeo
Lami Yeo National Institutes of Health
Adi L. Tarca
Adi L. Tarca National Institutes of Health
Ricardo Gomez
Ricardo Gomez Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Bo Hyun Yoon
Bo Hyun Yoon Seoul National University

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