Harold J. Helbock, M.D.
Date of Birth: May 17, 1940
Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York

Family:
Wife: Christi Helbock, R.N.
Children and stepchildren: Hal, Paul, Krisitin, Sarah and Jesse.

Military Service: United States Air Force, 1971-73.

Residence: Solano County since 1971.

Education:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1963.
University of California, Los Angeles, M.D., 1967.

Professional Training:
Pediatric intern and resident, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1967-69.
Fellow, pediatric endocrinology, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1969-71.
Fellow, Neonatology, University of California, San Francisco, 1989-92.

Professional Experience:
Private practice, Children's Medical Group, Fairfield, CA, 1973-89.
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, North Bay Medical Center, Fairfield, CA, 1974-79, 1985-87. Member, Board of Directors, North Bay Medical Center, Fairfield, CA, 1975-81.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of California School of Medicine, Davis,1992-94.
Associate Neonatologist, East Bay Neonatology Associates, 1994-present.
Research Biochemist, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-present.

Professional societies:
The Endocrine Society
The Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Solano County Medical Society
The Oxygen Society
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society

Published Writings:
Mayzner MS, Helbock H (1964): An exploratory study of mediational responses in anagram problem solving. J Psychol 57:263.-274 .
Saltman P, Helbock HJ (1965): The regulation and control of intestinal iron transport, p. 301-317. In: Radioisotopes in Animal Nutrition and Physiology International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna.
Helbock HJ, Forte JG, Saltman P (1966): The mechanism of calcium transport by rat intestine. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 126:81-93.
Helbock HJ, Saltman P (1967): The transport of iron by rat intestine. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 135:979-990.
Clark L, Helbock HJ, Saltman P (1967): The effect of metabolic environment and chelators on thiourea transport by rat intestine. Arch Biochem Biophys 122(3):807-809.
Forte J, Helbock HJ, Saltman P (1967): A versatile apparatus for membrane transport studies. Anal Biochem 20(3):545-547.
Helbock H, Davidson WD, Lemmi CAE, Thompson JC (1967): Effect of a gastrin-like pentapeptide on the flux of ions across the isolated gastric mucosa of the bullfrog. Surgical Forum 18:319-321.
Helbock HJ, Brown DM (1971): A clinically useful method for determining erythrocyte sodium and potassium. Clinical Chem 17:108-110.
Helbock H, Krivit W, Nesbit ME (1971): Patterns of antidiuretic function in diabetes insipidus caused by Histiocytosis X. J Lab Clinical Med 78(2):194.-202.
Helbock HJ, Reynolds JW, Sauls HS, Brown DM (1971): Effects of human growth hormone preparations on sodium transport in isolated frog skin. J Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 33(6):903-907.
Fraga CG, Motchnik PA, Shigenaga MK, Helbock HJ, Jacob RA, Ames B (1991): Ascorbic acid protects against endogenous oxidative DNA damage in human sperm. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88 (24) 11003-6.
Helbock H, Motchnik PA, Ames BN (1993): Toxic hydroperoxides in intravenous lipid emulsions used in preterm infants. Pediatrics 91 (1) 83-87.
Merritt A, Amirkhanian J, Helbock H, Halliwell B, Cross C (1993): Reduction of surface-tension-lowering ability of surfactant after exposure to hypochlorous acid. Biochem J 295 19-22.
Helbock H, Insoft R, Conte F (1993): Glucocorticoid-qResponsive Hypotension in Extremely Low Birth Weight Newborns. Pediatrics 92 (5) 715-17.
Yeo HC., Helbock HJ, Chyu DW, Ames BN (1994): Assay of Malonaldehyde in Biological Fluids by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Anal. Biochem. 220, 391-396.
Helbock HJ, Ames BN. Use of Intravenous Lipids in Neonatology. Commentary J. Pediat, May 1995.
Helbock HJ, Thompson J, Yeo H, Ames BN (1996): N2-methyl-8-oxoguanine: A tRNA urinary metabolite; role of xanthine oxidase Free Rad. Biol Med. 20(3), 475-81.
Korte C, Styne D, Merritt A, Mayes D, Wertz A, Helbock H (1996): Adrenocortical function in the very low birth weight infant: improved testing... J .Pediat. 128(2), 257-63.
Yeo HC, Wagner WR, Helbock HJ, Chyu D, Ames BN (1996): Aldehyde analysis as indicators of oxidative stress. Manuscript in prepapration.
Helbock H, Beckman K, Ames BN (1996): Improved detection and quantitation of oxidative adducts of DNA. Manuscript in preparation.

Last modified on Tuesday, October 15, 1996