Publications from 2013
Relative Roles of Medical Interventions and Infrastructure in an Urban Community’s Infant Mortality Rate: 100 Years of Infant Mortality in the City of Worcester, Maya Y. Mauch and B. Dale Magee
Gestational angiogenic biomarker patterns in high risk preeclampsia groups, Sharon E. Maynard, Sybil L. Crawford, Susanne Bathgate, Jing Yan, Laura Robidoux, Melissa J. Moore, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Gestational weight gain within recommended ranges in consecutive pregnancies: A retrospective cohort study, Molly E. Waring, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, and Xun Liao
Publications from 2012
Vaginal support pessaries: indications for use and fitting strategies, Shanna Atnip and Katharine K. O'Dell
Genome-wide fetal aneuploidy detection by maternal plasma DNA sequencing, Diana W. Bianchi, Lawrence D. Platt, James D. Goldberg, Alfred Z. Abuhamad, Amy J. Sehnert, Richard P. Rava, MatErnal BLood IS Source to Accurately diagnose fetal aneuploidy (MELISSA) Study Group, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Engraftment of human HSCs in nonirradiated newborn NOD-scid IL2rgamma null mice is enhanced by transgenic expression of membrane-bound human SCF, Michael A. Brehm, Racki J. Waldemar, Jean H. Leif, Lisa M. Burzenski, Vishnu Hosur, Amber Wetmore, Bruce Gott, Mary Herlihy, Ronald A. Ignotz, Raymond M. Dunn, Leonard D. Shultz, and Dale L. Greiner
Gestational Weight Gain Prior to Glucola and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Anna BuAbbud, Katherine Callaghan, Xun Liao, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Community Mental Health Provider Reluctance to Provide Pharmacotherapy May Be a Barrier to Addressing Perinatal Depression: A Preliminary Study, Nancy Byatt, Kathleen Biebel, Gifty Debordes-Jackson, Rebecca S. Lundquist, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Linda F. Weinreb, and Douglas M. Ziedonis
Patient, provider, and system-level barriers and facilitators to addressing perinatal depression, Nancy Byatt, Kathleen Biebel, Rebecca Lundquist, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Gifty Debordes-Jackson, Jeroan J. Allison, and Douglas M. Ziedonis
Addressing Perinatal Depression in the Outpatient Obstetric Setting, Nancy Byatt and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Strategies for improving perinatal depression treatment in North American outpatient obstetric settings, Nancy Byatt, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Rebecca Lundquist, Julia V. Johnson, and Douglas M. Ziedonis
Vaginismus, Stephanie Yu-hsuan Chen and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Estradiol treatment altered anticholinergic-related brain activation during working memory in postmenopausal women, Julie A. Dumas, Amanda M. Kutz, Magdalena R. Naylor, Julia V. Johnson, and Paul A. Newhouse
Obstetric Interventions: Assessment of Differential Practices by Race/Ethnicity, Joyce Edmonds, Revital Yehezkel, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, and Xun Liao
Self-reported Pre-pregnancy Weight Versus Weight Measured at First Prenatal Visit: Effects on Categorization of Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index, Erica Holland, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Darrah K. Doyle Curiale, Xun Liao, and Molly E. Waring
Cost-Utility of Routine Endometrial Evaluation Prior to Le Fort Colpocleisis, Padma Kandadai, Michael K. Flynn, Susan Zweizig, and Danielle Patterson
Progression of female reproductive stages associated with bipolar illness exacerbation, Wendy K. Marsh, Terence A. Ketter, Sybil L. Crawford, Julia V. Johnson, Aimee R. Kroll-Desrosiers, and Anthony J. Rothschild
Angiogenic biomarkers for prediction of maternal and neonatal complications in suspected preeclampsia., Andreea G. Moore, Heather Young, Jennifer M. Keller, Linda R. Ojo, Jing Yan, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, and Sharon E. Maynard
Pemphigoid (Herpes) Gestationis, Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Mid-gestation Angiogenic Biomarker Levels are Increased in Women at High Risk for Preeclampsia, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Sybil L. Crawford, Susie Bathgate, Jing Yang, Laura Robidoux, Melissa J. Moore, and Sharon E. Maynard
Recognizing and Awarding the Accomplishments of Women Faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Rebecca S. Lundquist, and Elaine Russo Martin
Leadership Development for Enhancement of Recruitment and Retention—The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) Leadership Speaker Series, Tiffany A. Moore Simas and Judith K. Ockene
Prepregnancy weight, gestational weight gain, and risk of growth affected neonates, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Molly E. Waring, Xun Liao, Anne Garrison, Gina M. T. Sullivan, Allison E. Howard, and Janet R. Hardy
Pessary care: follow up and management of complications, Katharine K. O'Dell and Shanna Atnip
Managing a pessary business, Katharine K. O'Dell, Leslie Saltzstein Wooldridge, and Shanna Atnip
Understanding Health Utilities in Women with Urinary Incontinence, Danielle Patterson, Michael Flynn, Courtney Stachowski, and Abraham Morse
Cost Utility of Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence, Emily Von Bargen and Danielle Patterson
Publications from 2011
Validation of algorithms to ascertain clinical conditions and medical procedures used during pregnancy, Susan E. Andrade, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Denise M. Boudreau, Marsha A. Raebel, Sengwee Toh, Beth Syat, Inna Dashevsky, and Richard Platt
Table II: Baseline Values of Primary and Secondary Outcomes for Placebo and Botox Groups, Michael K. Flynn
Part-Time Faculty and Their Hidden Value, Julia V. Johnson and Erin E. Tracy
Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva mimicking primary varicella-zoster virus infection, Jeffrey D. Mailhot, Patrick O'Donnell, Rujing Han, Susan L. Zweizig, and David E. Geist
Advancing Stage of Female Reproductive Life Associated with Bipolar Illness Exacerbation, Wendy K. Marsh, Terence Ketter, Sybil L. Crawford, Julia V. Johnson, and Anthony J. Rothschild
PPODS: Pregnancy and Postpartum Observational Dietary Study, Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Clinical Roundup: How Do You Treat Premenstrual Syndrome in Your Practice?, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Nancy Byatt, and Kristina M. Deligiannidis
Impact of updated Institute of Medicine guidelines on prepregnancy body mass index categorization, gestational weight gain recommendations, and needed counseling, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Xun Liao, Anne Garrison, Gina M. T. Sullivan, Allison E. Howard, and Janet R. Hardy
BMI, Gestational Weight Gain and Angiogenic Biomarker Profiles for Preeclampsia Risk, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Sharon E. Maynard, and Xun Liao
Pharmacologic management of asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections in women, Katherine K. O'Dell
Presumed and definite bacteremia in extremely low gestational age newborns, Sonal Patel, Olaf Dammann, Camilia R. Martin, Elizabeth N. Allred, Alan Leviton, Francis Bednarek, Ellen Delpapa, Bo Xu, and ELGAN Study Investigators
Determining the Health Utility of Urinary Incontinence in Women, Danielle Patterson, Benjamin Geisler, and Abraham Morse
Topical testosterone for breast cancer patients with vaginal atrophy related to aromatase inhibitors: a phase I/II study, Sabrina Witherby, Julia V. Johnson, Laurence Demers, Sharon Mount, Benjamin Littenberg, Charles D. Maclean, Marie Wood, and Hyman Muss
Publications from 2010
Human immune system development and rejection of human islet allografts in spontaneously diabetic NOD-Rag1null IL2rgammanull Ins2Akita mice, Michael A. Brehm, Rita Bortell, Philip J. Diiorio, Jean H. Leif, Joseph Laning, Amy Cuthbert, Chaoxing Yang, Mary Herlihy, Lisa M. Burzenski, Bruce Gott, Oded Foreman, Alvin C. Powers, Dale L. Greiner, and Leonard D. Shultz
Parameters for establishing humanized mouse models to study human immunity: analysis of human hematopoietic stem cell engraftment in three immunodeficient strains of mice bearing the IL2rgamma(null) mutation, Michael A. Brehm, Amy Cuthbert, Chaoxing Yang, David M. Miller, Philip J. Diiorio, Joseph Laning, Lisa M. Burzenski, Bruce Gott, Oded Foreman, Anoop Kavirayani, Mary Herlihy, Aldo A. Rossini, Leonard D. Shultz, and Dale L. Greiner
Correlation of serum androgens with anthropometric and metabolic indices in healthy, nonobese postmenopausal women, Peter R. Casson, Michael J. Toth, Julia V. Johnson, Frank Z. Stanczyk, Colleen L. Casey, and Marjorie E. Dixon
Phase II clinical trial of ixabepilone in patients with recurrent or persistent platinum- and taxane-resistant ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer: a gynecologic oncology group study, Koen De Geest, John A. Blessing, Robert T. Morris, S. Diane Yamada, Bradley J. Monk, Susan L. Zweizig, Daniela Matei, Carolyn Y. Muller, and William E. Richards
Increased memory load-related frontal activation after estradiol treatment in postmenopausal women, Julie A. Dumas, Amanda M. Kutz, Magdalena R. Naylor, Julia V. Johnson, and Paul A. Newhouse
Antenatal antecedents of a small head circumference at age 24-months post-term equivalent in a sample of infants born before the 28th post-menstrual week, Alan Leviton, Karl Kuban, Elizabeth N. Allred, Jonathan L. Hecht, Andrew Onderdonk, T. Michael O'Shea, Thomas McElrath, Nigel Paneth, Francis Bednarek, Ellen Delpapa, and ELGAN Study Investigators
Vaginal Approaches to the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage, Mark Manning, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Lyn Riza, and Susan J. Pasquale
Soluble endoglin for the prediction of preeclampsia in a high risk cohort, Sharon E. Maynard, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Lana Bur, Sybil L. Crawford, Matthew J. Solitro, and Bruce A. Meyer
Efforts needed to provide institute of medicine-recommended guidelines for gestational weight gain, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Darrah K. Doyle Curiale, Janet R. Hardy, Sharon D. Jackson, Yan Zhang, and Xun Liao
Fluid Resuscitation and Blood Product Replacement in Postpartum Hemorrhage, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Lyn Riza, Susan J. Pasquale, Robert E. Berry Jr., Mark Manning, and Dawn Tasillo
Trends in the academic workforce of obstetrics and gynecology, William F. Rayburn, Britta L. Anderson, Julia V. Johnson, Megan A. McReynolds, and Jay Schulkin
Pharmacologic Interventions in Postpartum Hemorrhage, Dawn Tasillo, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Lyn Riza, Susan J. Pasquale, Robert E. Berry Jr., and Mark Manning
Publications from 2009
The Nonlactating Human Breast, Ronald D. Beesley and Julia V. Johnson
Maternal antenatal complications and the risk of neonatal cerebral white matter damage and later cerebral palsy in children born at an extremely low gestational age, Thomas F. McElrath, Elizabeth N. Allred, Kim A. Boggess, Karl Kuban, T. Michael O'Shea, Nigel Paneth, Alan Leviton, Francis Bednarek, Gamze Ayata, Ellen Delpapa, and ELGAN Study Investigators
Anatomic outcomes of vaginal mesh procedure (Prolift) compared with uterosacral ligament suspension and abdominal sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse: a Fellows' Pelvic Research Network study, Tatiana V. D. Sanses, Azin Shahryarinejad, Stephanie Molden, Kay A. Hoskey, Shameem Abbasy, Danielle Patterson, Emily K. Saks, Emily Elise Weber Lebrun, Tondalaya L. Gamble, Virginia G. King, Aimee L. Nguyen, Husam Abed, and Stephen B. Young
Vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse, Stephen B. Young
Long-term efficacy of the pubovaginal Mersilene mesh sling, Stephen B. Young, Allison E. Howard, Diego S. Illanes, Emily Elise Weber Lebrun, Janet R. Hardy, Scott M. Kambiss, Katherine K. O'Dell, and Yan Zhang
Publications from 2008
Paper versus web-based administration of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory 20 and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire 7, Victoria L. Handa, Matthew D. Barber, Stephen B. Young, Michael P. Aronson, Abraham N. Morse, and Geoffrey W. Cundiff
Effects of oral and transdermal hormonal contraception on vascular risk markers: a randomized controlled trial, Julia V. Johnson, Jane Lowell, Gary J. Badger, Jan Rosing, Svetlana Tchaikovski, and Mary Cushman
Circulating angiogenic factors in singleton vs multiple-gestation pregnancies, Sharon E. Maynard, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Matthew J. Solitro, Abraham Rajan, Sybil L. Crawford, Peter Soderland, and Bruce A. Meyer
Pregnancy disorders that lead to delivery before the 28th week of gestation: an epidemiologic approach to classification, Thomas F. McElrath, Jonathan L. Hecht, Olaf Dammann, Kim A. Boggess, Andrew Onderdonk, Glenn Markenson, Maggie Harper, Ellen Delpapa, Elizabeth N. Allred, and Alan Leviton
'I'd rather just go on as I am'--pelvic floor care preferences of frail, elderly women in residential care, Katherine K. O'Dell, Cynthia Jacelon, and Abraham N. Morse
It's not all about birth: biomechanics applied to pelvic organ prolapse prevention, Katherine K. O'Dell and Abraham N. Morse
Colonization of second-trimester placenta parenchyma, Andrew Onderdonk, Jonathan L. Hecht, Thomas F. McElrath, Mary L. Delaney, Elizabeth N. Allred, Alan Leviton, Francis Bednarek, Gamze Ayata, Ellen Delpapa, and ELGAN study Investigators
Graft use in transvaginal pelvic organ prolapse repair: a systematic review, Vivian W. Sung, Rebecca G. Rogers, Joseph I. Schaffer, Ethan M. Balk, Katrin Uhlig, Joseph Lau, Husam Abed, Thomas L. Wheeler II, Michelle Y. Morrill, Jeffrey L. Clemons, David D. Rahn, James C. Lukban, Lior Lowenstein, Kimberly Kenton, and Stephen B. Young
Evaluation of extended and continuous use oral contraceptives, Kristen Page Wright and Julia V. Johnson
Infertility, Kristen P. Wright and Julia V. Johnson
New options for barrier contraception, Patricia A. Yranski and Mary E. Gamache
Publications from 2007
Perceived infertility-related stress correlates with in vitro fertilization outcome, Brian C. Cooper, Judith R. Gerber, Amy L. McGettrick, and Julia V. Johnson
Effect of depomedroxyprogesterone acetate on coagulation parameter: a pilot study, Jerald Goldstein, Mary Cushman, Gary J. Badger, and Julia V. Johnson
Endometrial histology following 1 year of a continuous daily regimen of levonorgestrel 90 micro g/ethinyl estradiol 20 micro g, Julia V. Johnson, Gary S. Grubb, and Ginger D. Constantine
Vaginal revision of intravesical tension-free vaginal tape 44 h after initial placement: a case report, Lisa C. Labin, Abraham N. Morse, and Stephen B. Young
p53-independent abrogation of a postmitotic checkpoint contributes to human papillomavirus E6-induced polyploidy, Yingwang Liu, Susan Ann Heilman, Diego Illanes, Greenfield Sluder, and Jason J. Chen
Angiogenic factors for the prediction of preeclampsia in high-risk women, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Sybil L. Crawford, Matthew J. Solitro, Sara C. Frost, Bruce A. Meyer, and Sharon E. Maynard
Vaginal pressure during lifting, floor exercises, jogging, and use of hydraulic exercise machines, Katherine K. O'Dell, Abraham N. Morse, Sybil L. Crawford, and Allison E. Howard
Assessing the Role of Education in Women’s Knowledge and Acceptance of Adjunct HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening, Debra Papa, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Megan Reynolds, and Hannah Melnitsky
Deadly Delays: Maternal Mortality in Peru: A Rights-Based Approach to Safe Motherhood, Physicians for Human Rights, Alicia Ely Yamin, Jessica Cole, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, and Marion Brown
Publications from 2006
Use of prescription medications with a potential for fetal harm among pregnant women, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel, Abraham N. Morse, Robert L. Davis, K. Arnold Chan, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Kris K. Fortman, Heather McPhillips, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Richard Platt, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Evaluation of a continuous regimen of levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol: phase 3 study results, David F. Archer, Jeffrey T. Jensen, Julia V. Johnson, Hannah Borisute, Gary S. Grubb, and Ginger D. Constantine
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling, Kenneth I. Barron, Judith A. Savageau, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse
Cisplatin plus gemcitabine in previously treated squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: a phase II study of the Gynecologic Oncology Group, Cheryl A. Brewer, John A. Blessing, Robert A. Nagourney, D. Scott McMeekin, Shashikant Lele, and Susan L. Zweizig
Bringing Molecular Biology to Bear on Adhesion Prevention: Postsurgical Adhesion Reduction Using Intraperitoneal Inoculation of Hyaluronic Acid–Inducing Adenoviral Vector in a Murine Model, Robert A. Hammer, Abraham N. Morse, Jeffrey L. Cornella, Rebecca S. Keller, Joseph G. Hentz, John A. McDonald, and Joseph C. Loftus
Verrucous carcinoma of the endometrium: case history, pathologic findings, brief review of literature and discussion, Diego S. Illanes, Jerry Broman, Bruce A. Meyer, Daniel Kredentser, Timothy McElrath, and Patrick Timmins III
Validation of a Mouse Adhesion Reduction Model Using Seprafilm®, Abraham N. Morse, Robert A. Hammer, Jeffrey L. Cornella, and Joseph C. Loftus
Midline anterior repair alone vs anterior repair plus vaginal paravaginal repair: a comparison of anatomic and quality of life outcomes, Abraham N. Morse, Katherine O'Dell, Allison E. Howard, Stephen P. Baker, Michael P. Aronson, and Stephen B. Young
The risk of hydrosalpinx formation and adnexectomy following tubal ligation and subsequent hysterectomy: a historical cohort study, Abraham N. Morse, Clayton B. Schroeder, Javier F. Magrina, Maurice J. Webb, Peter C. Wollan, and Barbara P. Yawn
Common problems of urination in nonpregnant women: causes, current management, and prevention strategies, Katherine K. O'Dell and Lisa C. Labin
Acupuncture for urinary urgency in women over 50: what is the evidence, Katherine K. O'Dell and Sarah M. McGee
Publications from 2005
Imperatives, Michael P. Aronson
Low risk of ureteral obstruction with "deep" (dorsal/posterior) uterosacral ligament suture placement for transvaginal suspension, Michael P. Aronson, Patricia K. Aronson, Allison E. Howard, Abraham N. Morse, Stephen P. Baker, and Stephen B. Young
Association of fetal hormone levels with stem cell potential: evidence for early life roots of human cancer, Inkyung Baik, William J. DeVito, Karen K. Ballen, Pamela S. Becker, William C. Okulicz, Qin Liu, Ellen Delpapa, Pagona Lagiou, Susan R. Sturgeon, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Peter J. Quesenberry, and Chung-Cheng Hsieh
Anal incontinence in women presenting for gynecologic care: prevalence, risk factors, and impact upon quality of life, Muriel K. Boreham, Holly E. Richter, Kimberly Kenton, Kimberly Nager, W. Thomas Gregory, Michael P. Aronson, Val Y. Bogt, Don D. McIntire, and Joseph I. Schaffer
A longitudinal study of the effects of free testosterone and other psychosocial variables on sexual function during the natural traverse of menopause, Judith R. Gerber, Julia V. Johnson, Janice Y. Bunn, and Susan L. O'Brien
Analyzing qualitative data, Cynthia S. Jacelon and Katherine K. O'Dell
Case and grounded theory as qualitative research methods, Cynthia S. Jacelon and Katherine K. O'Dell
Uses of qualitative research, or so what good is it, Cynthia S. Jacelon and Katherine K. O'Dell
Not the surgery for a young person: women's experience with vaginal closure surgery for severe prolapse, Katherine K. O'Dell and Cynthia S. Jacelon
Primary angiosarcoma of the ovary: a case report of Stage I disease, Cherie D. Quesenberry, Cuizhen Li, Annette H. Chen, Susan L. Zweizig, and Harrison G. Ball III
Publications from 2004
Differences in symptoms between patients with benign and malignant ovarian neoplasms, Cara A. Attanucci, Harrison G. Ball III, Susan L. Zweizig, and Annette H. Chen
Critical changes in continuing medical education: Gifts to physicians from industry, Julia V. Johnson
