MFM Fellowship

Faculty Publications-MFM Fellowship

  • Schneider PD, Sabol BA, Lee King PA, Caughey AB, Borders AEB. The Hard work of improving outcomes for mothers and babies: Obstetric and perinatal quality improvement initiatives make a difference at the hospital, state, and national levels. Clinics in Perinatology 2017 Sep;44(3):511-528.
  • Keenan-Devlin L, Ernst L, Ross K, Qadir S, Grobman W, Holl J, Crockett A, Miller G, Borders A. Maternal income during pregnancy is associated with chronic placental inflammation at birth. American Journal of Perinatology 2017 Aug;34(10):1003-1010.
  • Miller G, Borders A, Crockett A, Ross K, Qadir S, Keenan-Devlin L, Leigh AKK, Ham P, Ma J, Arevalo J, Ernst L, Cole S. Maternal socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with transcriptional indications of greater immune activation and slower tissue maturation in placental biopsies and newborn cord blood. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity2017 Aug;64:276–284.
  • Miller G, Culhane J, Grobman W, Simhan H, Williamson D, Adam E, Buss C, Entringer S, Kim KY, Garcia-Espana F, Keenan-Devlin L, McDade T, Wadhwa P, Borders A.  Mothers’ childhood hardship forecasts adverse pregnancy outcomes: Role of inflammatory, lifestyle, and psychosocial pathways. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 2017 Oct;65:11-19.
  • Ross KM, Miller GE, Qadir S, Keenan-Devlin L, Leigh AKK, Borders A.  Close relationship qualities and maternal peripheral inflammation during pregnancy. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017 Mar;77:252-260.
  • Borders A, Lai J, Wolfe K, Qadir S, Peng J, Kim K, Keenan-Devlin L, Holl J, Grobman W. Using item response theory to optimize measurement of chronic stress in pregnancy. Social Science Research 2017;64:214-225.  PMID 28364845
  • Fatunde Y, Keenan-Devlin L, Yee LM, Martinez NG, Borders A. Increasing breastfeeding rates among low income women via a clinic-based breastfeeding peer counselor. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2017 Jan;216(1):S111-S112.
  • Ross KM, Miller G, Culhane J, Grobman W, Simhan HN, Wadhwa PD, Williamson D, McDade T, Buss C, Entringer S, Adam E, Qadir S, Keenan-Devlin L, Leigh AK, Borders A.  Patterns of peripheral cytokine expression during pregnancy in two cohorts and associations with inflammatory markers in cord blood. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 2016 Nov;76(5):406-414. PMID 27615067
  • Simon CD, Adam EK, Holl JL, Wolfe KA, Grobman WA, Borders AE. Prenatal stress and the cortisol awakening response in African-American and Caucasian women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2016 Oct;20(10):2142-9. PMID: 27392704
  • Straub HL, Morgan G, Ochoa P, Grable I, Wang E, Kharasch M, Plunkett BA. Targeted obstetric haemorrhage programme improves Incoming resident confidence and knowledge. J Obstet Gynaecol 2013;33(8):798-801.
  • Grable I, Ochoa, P. Simulations in Obstetrics. Dis Mon 2011;57(12):763-74PMID 22153733
  • Rahbar R, Vogel A, Myers LB, Bulich LA, Wilkins-Haug L, Benson CB, Grable IA, Levine D, Fishman SJ, Jennings RW, Estroff JA, Barnewolt CE.  Fetal surgery in otolaryngology: a new era in the diagnosis and management of fetal airway obstruction because of advances in prenatal imaging. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg2005;131(5):393-8.
  • Grable IA. Neutrophil granule products: can they identify subclinical chorioamnionitis in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003;189(3):808-12.
  • Grable IA. Cost-effectiveness of induction after preterm premature rupture of the membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002;187:1153-8.
  • Grable I, Garcia P, Perry D, Socol M. Group B streptococcus  and preterm premature rupture of membranes: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial of antepartum ampicillin. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996;175:1036-42.
  • Dambaeva S, Schneiderman S, Jaiswal MK, Agrawal V, Katara G, Gilman-Sachs A, Hirsch E, Beaman KD. IL-22 Prevents Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Preterm Labor in Mice. Biol Reprod 2018 Jan 5. doi: 10.1093/biolre/iox182. PMID: 29315356 [Epub ahead of print].
  • Agrawal V, Jaiswal MK, Beaman KD and Hirsch E. Surfactant Protein (SP)-A Suppresses Preterm Delivery Induced by Live E. coli in Mice. Epub ahead of print, Biol Reprod. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioy074. PMID: 29590302.
  • Thaete LG, Qu XW, Neerhof MGHirsch E, Jilling T. Fetal growth restriction induced by transient uterine ischemia-reperfusion: Differential responses in different mouse strains. Reproductive Sciences 2018 Jul;25(7):1083-1092. Epub 2017 Sep 25. PMID: 28946817
  • Filipovich, Y, Klein J, Zhou Y, Hirsch E. Maternal and fetal roles in bacterially-induced preterm labor in the mouse. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016;214:386.e1-9doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.10.014. PMID: 26478101
  • Turrentine M, Colicchia LC, Hirsch E, Cheng P-J, Tam T, Ramsey PS, Page-Ramsey SM. Efficiency of screening for the recurrence of antenatal Group B Streptococcus colonization in a subsequent pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis with independent patient data. Am J Perinatol 2016;33:510-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1569988. PMID: 26683604
  • Filipovich Y, Agrawal V, Crawford SE, Fitchev P, Qu X, Klein J; Hirsch E. Depletion of polymorphonuclear leukocytes has no effect on preterm delivery in a mouse model of E. coli-induced labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2015) 213:697.e1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.07.025. PMID: 26215328
  • Agrawal V*, Jaiswal MK*, Pamarthy S, Katara G, Kulshrestha A, Gilman-Sachs A, Hirsch E, Beaman KD  (*co-first authors). Role of Notch signaling during lipopolysaccharide-induced preterm labor. J Leukoc Biol 2015 Sep 15. pii: jlb.3HI0515-200RR. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26373439. Featured as “Leading Edge Research” with accompanying editorial.
  • Agrawal V, Jaiswal MK, Ilievski V, Beaman KD, Jilling T, Hirsch E. Platelet Activating Factor (PAF): A role in preterm delivery and an essential interaction with toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling in mice. Biol Reprod 2014;91(5):119. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.116012. Epub 2014 Sep 24. PMID: 25253732
  • Agrawal V, Smart K, Jilling T, Hirsch E. Surfactant Protein (SP)-A Suppresses Preterm Delivery and Inflammation via TLR2. PLoS ONE 2013;8(5):e63390. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063990. PMID:23700442.
  • Jaiswal MK, Agrawal V, Mallers T, Gilman-Sachs A, Hirsch E and Beaman KD. Regulation of Apoptosis and Innate Immune Stimuli in Inflammation Induced Preterm Labor. J Immunol 2013 191:5702-13. PMID:24163412.
  • Guinn DA, Atkinson MW, Sullivan L, Lee MJ, MacGregor SN, Parilla BV, et al. Single vs Weekly courses of antenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm delivery.  JAMA 2001;286:1581-1587.
  • MacGregor SN, Tamura RK, Sabbagha RE, Brenhofer JK, Kambich MP, Pergament E.  Isolated hyperechoic fetal bowel:  Significance and implications for management.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995;173:1254-8.
  • MacGregor SN, Keith LG, Bachicha JA, Chasnoff IJ.  Cocaine abuse during pregnancy:  correlation between adverse outcomes and prenatal care.  Obstet Gynecol1989;74:882-5.
  • MacGregor SN, Socol ML, Pielet BW, Sholl JS, Minogue JP.  Prediction of fetoplacental blood volume in isoimmunized pregnancy. Am J of Obstet Gynecol 1988;159:1493-7.
  • Philip J, Silver RK, Wilson RD, Thom EA, Zachary JM, Mohide P, Mahoney MJ,  Simpson JL,  Platt LD, Pergament E,  Hershey D, Filkins K, Johnson A, Shulman LP, Bang J, MacGregor S, Smith JR, Shaw D, Wapner RJ, Jackson LG, The NICHD EATA Trial Group. Late first-trimester invasive prenatal diagnosis: Results of an international randomized trial. Obstet Gynecol 2004; 103:1164-73.
  • Platt LD, Greene N, Johnson A, Zachary JM, Thom EA, Krantz D, Simpson JL,  Silver RK, Snijders RJM, Goetzl L, Pergament E,  Filkins K, Mahoney MJ,  Hogge WA, Wilson RD, Mohide P, Hershey D, MacGregor S, Bahado-Singh R, Jackson LG, Wapner RJ, First Trimester Maternal Serum Biochemistry and Fetal Nuchal Translucency Screening (BUN) Study Group. Sequential pathways of testing after first-trimester screening for trisomy 21. Obstet Gynecol 2004; 104:661-66
  • Thaete LG, Qu XW, Neerhof MGHirsch E, Jilling T. Fetal growth restriction induced by transient uterine ischemia-reperfusion: Differential responses in different mouse strains. Reproductive Sciences 2018 Jul;25(7):1083-1092. Epub 2017 Sep 25. PMID: 28946817
  • Luo K, Thaete LG, Neerhof MG. Endothelin Receptor A Antagonism and Fetal Growth in Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Knockout Maternal and Fetal Mice. Reprod Sci 2016 Jan 19. pii: 1933719115625839. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26791973
  • Thaete LG, Khan S, Neerhof MG. Endothelin Receptor A Antagonism Prevents Damage to Glycogen-Rich Placental Cells Following Uterine Ischemia-Reperfusion in the Rat. Reprod Sci 2016 Apr 28. pii: 1933719116645190. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27130231
  • Thaete LG, Qu X-W, Jilling T, Crawford SE, Fitchev P, Hirsch E, Khan S, Neerhof MG. Impact of toll-like receptor 4 deficiency on the response to uterine ischemia/reperfusion in mice. Reprod 2013;145(5):517-26.
  • Neerhof MG, Khan S, Synowiec S, Qu X-W, Thaete LG. The significance of endothelin in platelet activating factor-induced fetal growth restriction. Reprod Sci 2012 Nov;19(11):1175-80. doi: 10.1177/1933719112443875. Epub 2012 Apr 25. PMID: 22534337
  • Qu X-W, Jilling T, Neerhof MG, Luo K, Hirsch E, Thaete LG. Unilateral uterine ischemia/reperfusioninduced bilateral fetal loss and fetal growth restriction in a murine model require intact complement component 5.  J Reprod Immunol  2012;95:27-35. PMID: 22688254
  • Neerhof MG, Synowiec S, Khan S, Thaete LG. Pathophysiology of chronic nitric oxide synthase inhibition-induced fetal growth restriction in the rat. Hypertens Pregnancy2011;30(1): 28-36.
  • Neerhof  MG, Haney EI, Silver RK, Ashwood ER, Lee IS, and Piazze JJ.  Lamellar body counts compared with traditional phospholipid analysis for evaluation fetal lung maturity.  Obstet Gynecol 2001;97:305-9.
  • Neerhof MG, Cravello C, Haney EI, Silver RK.  Timing of labor induction after premature rupture of membranes between 32 and 36 weeks’ gestation.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999;180:349-52.
  • Neerhof MGMacGregor SN, Retzky SS, Sullivan TP. Cocaine Abuse During Pregnancy: Peripartum Prevalence and Perinatal Outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol  1989;161:633-8.
  • Ouyang DW and Norwitz ER.  Management of pregnant women with leiomyomas.  In:  UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2016.
  • Ouyang DW.  Counseling women about reproductive issues after bariatric surgery.  In:  UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2016.
  • Lopes Perdigao J, Straub H, Zhou Y, Gonzalez A, Ismail M, Ouyang D. Perinatal and obstetric outcomes of dichorionic vs trichorionic triplet pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016 May;214(5):659.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.11.013. Epub 2015 Dec 1. PMID: 26608832
  • Facco FL, Ouyang DW, Zee PC, Grobman WA. Sleep disordered breathing in a high risk cohort-prevalence and severity across pregnancy. Am J Perinatol 2014 Nov;31(10):899-904. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1363768. Epub 2014 Feb 10. PMID: 24515622
  • Facco FL, Ouyang DW, Zee PC, Strohl AE, Gonzalez AB, Lim C, Grobman WA. Implications of sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014 Jun;210(6):559.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.12.035. Epub 2013 Dec 25. PMID: 24373947
  • Ouyang DW, Brogly SB, Lu M, Shapiro DE, Hershow RC, French AL, Leighty RM, Thompson B, Tuomala RE.  Lack of increased hepatotoxicity in HIV-infected pregnant women receiving nevirapine compared to other antiretrovirals.  AIDS 2010;24(1)109-14.
  • Ouyang DW, Khairy P, Fernandes SM, Landzberg MJ, Economy KE.  Obstetric outcomes in women with congenital heart disease.  Int J Cardiol 2010;144:195-99.
  • Ouyang DW, Shapiro DE, Lu M, Brogly SB, French AL, Leighty RM, Thompson B, Tuomala RE, Hershow RC.  Increased Risk of Hepatotoxicity in HIV-infected Pregnant Women Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy Independent of Nevirapine Exposure.  AIDS 2009;23(18)2425-30.
  • Khairy P, Ouyang DW, Fernandes SM, Lee-Parritz A, Economy KE, Landzberg MJ.  Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Congenital Heart Disease.  Circulation 2006;113(4):517-24.
  • Moore KA, Ouyang DW, Whang EE.  Maternal and Fetal Deaths after Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity.  N Engl J Med 2004;351(7):721-22.
  • Straub H, Simon C, Plunkett BA, Endres L, Adam EK, McKinney C, Hobel CJ, Thorp JM, Raju T, Shalowitz M; Community Child Health Network of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.  Evidence for a complex relationship among weight retention, cortisol and breastfeeding in postpartum women. Maternal Child Health Journal 2016 Jul;20(7):1375-83. PMID 26968183
  • Yared E, Dinsmoor  MJ, Endres LK, Vandenberg MJ, Maier Hoell C, Lapin B, Plunkett BA. Obesity Increases the Risk of Failure of Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening Regardless of Gestational Age. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID 26996988
  • Bello JK, Bauer V, Plunkett BA, Poston L, Solomonides A, Endres L. Pregnancy weight gain, postpartum weight retention, and obesity. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 2016; 10:1-2.
  • Endres LK, Straub H, McKinney C, Plunkett BA, Minkovitz CS, Schetter CD, Ramey S, Wang C, Hobel C, Raju T, Shalowitz MU, CCHN. Postpartum weight retention risk factos and relationship to obesity at 1 year. Obstet Gynecol 2015 Jan;125(1):144-52. PMID: 25560116
  • Plunkett B. Delayed hospital admission until active labour may help prevent unnecessary caesarean delivery. Evidence-based Medicine 2015 Dec;20(6):228. Epub 2015 Sept 29.
  • Gonzalez AB, Young L, Doll JA, Morgan GM, Crawford SE, Plunkett BA. Elevated neonatal insulin-like growth I is associated with fetal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in diabetic women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014 Sep;211(3):290.e1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.05.011. Epub 2014 May 9. PMID: 24813596
  • Wymer K, Shih T, Plunkett BA. The cost-effectiveness of a trial of labor accrues with multiple subsequent vaginal deliveries. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014;211:56.e1-56.e12.
  • Straub HL, Antoniewicz LW, Riggs JW, Plunkett BA, Hollier LM. Cost-effectiveness anlaysis of rubella screening strategies using electronic medical records.  Am J Perinatol 2013 Oct;30(9):759-64. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1332797. Epub 2013 Jan 15. PMID: 23322389
  • Bernardi L, Plunkett BA, Stephenson M. Is chromosome testing of the second miscarriage cost- saving: A decision analysis of selective vs. universal recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) evaluation. Fertil and Steril 2012;98:156-61.
  • Plunkett BA, Fitchev P, Doll JA, Gerber SE, Cornwell M, Greenstein EP, Crawford SE. Decreased expression of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), an inhibitor of angiogenesis, in placenta of unexplained stillbirth.  Reproductive Biol 2008;8:107-20.
  • McKenzie F, Robinson BK, Tucker Edmonds B. Do maternal characteristics influence maternal-fetal medicine physicians' willingness to intervene when managing periviable deliveries? J Perinatol 2016 Jul;36(7):522-8. doi: 10.1038/jp.2016.15. Epub 2016 Mar 3. PMID: 26938922
  • Tucker Edmonds B, McKenzie F, Robinson BK. Maternal-Fetal Medicine physicians' practice patterns for 22-week delivery management. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med2016 Jun;29(11):1829-33. Epub 2015 Aug 26. PMID: 26135790
  • Miller E, Grobman WA, Fonseca L, Robinson BK.  Indomethacin and antibiotics in examination-indicated cerclage: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 2014 Jun;123(6):1311-6. PMID: 24807330
  • Robinson BK, Miller RS, D’Alton ME, Grobman WA. The effectiveness of timing strategies for delivery of monochorionic diamniotic twins.  Amer J Obstet Gynecol 2012; 117: 542-9.
  • Robinson BK, Su E, Grobman WA, Huang M, Ernst L.  The association of histologic placental inflammation with category II fetal tracings. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2012; 15:298-302.
  • Robinson BK et al. Increasing maternal body mass index and characteristics of the second stage of labor. Obstet Gynecol 2011; 118:1309-13.
  • Robinson BK and Grobman WA. The effectiveness of timing strategies for delivery of individuals with vasa previa. Obstet Gynecol 2011; 117: 542-9.
  • Robinson BK and Grobman WA. The effectiveness of timing strategies for delivery of individuals with placenta previa and accreta. Obstet Gynecol 2010; 116: 835-42.
  • Kim J, Silver RK, Commentary on “Khalifeh H, Hunt IM, Appleby L, et al. Suicide in perinatal and non-perinatal women in contact with psychiatric services: 15 year findings from a UK national inquiry.” Evidence-Based Mental Health (in press).
  • Kim JJSilver RK. Perinatal suicide associated with depression diagnosis and absence of active treatment in 15-year UK national inquiry. Evidence-based Mental Health2016 Nov;19(4):122. Epub 2016 Jul 18.
  • Kim JJSilver RKElue RAdams MGLa Porte LM, Cai L, Kim JB, Gibbons RD.  The experience of depression, anxiety, and mania among perinatal women. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 2016 Oct;19(5):883-90.
  • Kim, J, La Porte L, Saleh M, Allweiss S, Adams M, Zhou Y, Silver R. Suicide risk among perinatal women who report thoughts of self-harm on depression screens. Obstet Gynecol 2015 Apr;125(4):885-93. PMID: 25751206
  • Owen J, Hankins G, Iams JD, Berghella V, Sheffield JS, Perez-Delboy A, Egerman RS, Wing DA, Tomlinson M, Silver RK, et. al. Multicenter randomized trial of cerclage for preterm birth prevention in high-risk women with shortened mid-trimester cervical length. Amer J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:375-80.
  • Crombleholme TM, Shera D, Lee H, Johnson M, D’alton M, Porter F, Chyu J, Silver RK, et al. A prospective randomized multicenter trial of amnioreduction versus selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for the treatment of severe twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:396-8.
  • Bahado-Singh R, Silver RK for the BUN Study Group. Elevated 1st trimester nuchal translucency increases the risk of congenital heart disease Am J Obstet Gynecol2005;192:1357-61.
  • Wapner RJ, Thom EA, Simpson JL, Pergament G, Silver RK, et al, for the BUN Study Group. First trimester screening for trisomies 21 and 18. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1405-13.
  • Silver RK, Vyskocil C, Solomon SL, Ragin A, MacGregor SNNeerhof MG, Farrell EE.  A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of antenatal dexamethasone in surfactant-treat preterm infants. Obstet Gynecol 1996;87:683-91.
  • Silver RKMacGregor SN, Kambich, Muhlbach LH, Kambich MP, Ragin A.  A comparison of fetal loss rates between transcervical and transabdominal chorionic villus sampling. Obstet Gyneocol 1994;83:657-60.
  • Silver RKMacGregor SN, Sholl JS, Hobart J, Neerhof MN, Ragin A.  Comparative trial of prednisone plus aspirin versus aspirin alone in the treatment of anticardiolipin antibody-positive obstetric patients.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 1993;169:1411-17.