Mark Underwood, M.D.

About

Dr. Underwood received his undergraduate degree in Italian from Brigham Young University and then attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas followed by pediatric residency at UCLA. After 13 years as a general pediatrician in Montana and New Zealand, he completed a fellowship in neonatology at UC Davis and then joined the faculty there in 2006 and became the division chief in 2014. He retired from UC Davis in 2021 and moved to Spokane to be closer to family. His research focuses predominantly on necrotizing enterocolitis, human milk oligosaccharides, the intestinal microbiome and probiotics. He also enjoys international collaborations and has taught and provided care across Africa, Central and Eastern Asia, Eastern Europe, South America and the Middle East.