The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School serves the healthcare needs of women and families of Central Massachusetts, provides excellent educational opportunities for students, residents, and fellows, and performs clinical research to advance women’s health. This collection showcases the publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Publications from 2014
Estudio Parto: postpartum diabetes prevention program for hispanic women with abnormal glucose tolerance in pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial - study protocol, Lisa Chasan-Taber, Bess H. Marcus, Milagros C. Rosal, Katherine L. Tucker, Sheri J. Hartman, Penelope S. Pekow, Barry Braun, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Caren G. Solomon, Joann E. Manson, and Glenn Markenson
Urogynecology digest : presented by Omar F. Duenas-Garcia, Omar Felipe Duenas-Garcia
Temsirolimus with or without megestrol acetate and tamoxifen for endometrial cancer: a gynecologic oncology group study, Gini F. Fleming, Virginia L. Filiaci, Brandon Marzullo, Richard J. Zaino, Susan A. Davidson, Michael Pearl, Vicky Makker, James J. Burke 2nd, Susan L. Zweizig, Linda Van Le, Parviz Hanjani, Gordon Downey, Joan L. Walker, Henry D. Reyes, and Kimberly K. Leslie
The Science and Psychology of Infertility, Julia V. Johnson and Kristin L. MacGregor
Cost-utility of routine endometrial evaluation before le fort colpocleisis, Padma Kandadai, Michael Flynn, Susan Zweizig, and Danielle Patterson
Acute urinary retention after cesarean delivery: a case-control study, Padma Kandadai, Venk Kandadai, Jyot Saini, Katherine K. O'Dell, Danielle Patterson, and Michael Flynn
Personal training simulator for asynchronous learning of obstetric ultrasound, Li Liu, Jason Kutarnia, Peder C. Pedersen, and Petra Belady
Long acting contraception provision by rural primary care physicians, Britt Lunde, Paul Smith, Manpreet Grewal, Tara Kumaraswami, Allison Cowett, and Bryna Harwood
The Accuracy of Recalled versus Measured Pre-Pregnancy Weight for the Calculation of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index, Jessica V. Masiero, Julie M. Tabroff, Elizabeth Scannell, Katherine G. Leung, Molly E. Waring, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Evening Snacking in Relation to Self-reported Declines in Sleep Quality during Pregnancy: Preliminary Results from the Decision-Making, Eating, and Weight Gain during Pregnancy (DEW) Study, Wendy McCallum, Bradley M. Appelhans, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Sherry R. Xiao, Shums Alikhan, Isabelle C. Pierre-Louis, Barbara C. Olendzki, Sherry L. Pagoto, and Molly E. Waring
Angiogenic biomarkers for prediction of early preeclampsia onset in high-risk women, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Sybil L. Crawford, Susanne Bathgate, Jing Yan, Laura Robidoux, Melissa J. Moore, and Sharon E. Maynard
Doing the best with what we have: we need better: informing obstetric policy with administrative data, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, B. Dale Magee, and Ellen H. Delpapa
Cigarette smoking and gestational diabetes mellitus in Hispanic woman, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Kathleen L. Szegda, Xun Liao, Penelope Pekow, Glenn Markenson, and Lisa Chasan-Taber
Pharmacologic management of bladder dysfunction in adult women, Katherine K. O'Dell
Urinary Isoflavone Concentrations Are Inversely Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Pregnant U.S. Women, Ling Shi, Heather Harker Ryan, Emily Jones, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Alice H. Lichtenstein, Qi Sun, and Laura L. Hayman
Demographic Characteristics Associated with the Presence of Recalled and Measured Prepregnancy Weights, Julie M. Tabroff, Jessica V. Masiero, Elizabeth Scannell, Katherine G. Leung, Molly E. Waring, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Evidence for increasing usage of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL-H) Pap test interpretations, Vighnesh Walavalkar, Douglas Tommet, Andrew H. Fischer, Yuxin Liu, Debra Papa, and Christopher L. Owens
Patient report of guideline-congruent gestational weight gain advice from prenatal care providers: differences by prepregnancy BMI, Molly E. Waring, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Katharine C. Barnes, Daniel Terk, Inna Baran, Sherry L. Pagoto, and Milagros C. Rosal
Pregnant women's interest in a website or mobile application for healthy gestational weight gain, Molly E. Waring, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Rui Sherry Xiao, Lisa Lombardini, Jeroan J. Allison, Milagros C. Rosal, and Sherry L. Pagoto
What Happens to Mental Health Treatment During Pregnancy? Women's Experience with Prescribing Providers, Linda F. Weinreb, Nancy Byatt, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Karen Tenner, and Judith A. Savageau
Key concepts in management of vulvar cancer, Susan L. Zweizig, Sharmilee Korets, and Joanna Cain
Publications from 2013
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
Body enhancement through female genital cosmetic surgery creates ethical and rights dilemmas, Joanna M. Cain, Cheryl B. Iglesia, Bernard Dickens, and Owen Montgomery
Expectant management of cystotomy at the time of midurethral sling placement: a retrospective case series, Erin C. Crosby, Smitha Vilasagar, Erin E. Duecy, and Michael Flynn
Racial and ethnic differences in primary, unscheduled cesarean deliveries among low-risk primiparous women at an academic medical center: a retrospective cohort study, Joyce K. Edmonds, Revital Yehezkel, Xun Liao, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
Framing Hospital Engagement for the Recruitment of a Birth Cohort for the NCS: Lessons Learned for Ensuring Collaboration in Worcester County, Marianne E. Felice, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Deidre M. Sepavich, Linda Brenckle, Thomas J. McLaughlin, and Onesky Aupont
Obstetricians and their role in cord blood banking: promoting a public model, Mary Herlihy and Ellen Delpapa
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
Surgery in elderly people: Preoperative, operative and postoperative care to assist healing, Sarah Huges, Antonella Leary, Susan L. Zweizig, and Joanna Cain
Missed Opportunities in HPV Vaccination, B. Dale Magee, AuTumn S. Davidson, and Leslie Regh
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
Adipose Tissue Architecture and Gestational Weight Gain in Normoglycemic Pregnancies, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Olga Gaelekman, Ningning Zhang, Milagros C. Rosal, Mary M. Lee, and Silvia Corvera
Institute of medicine 2009 gestational weight gain guideline knowledge: survey of obstetrics/gynecology and family medicine residents of the United States, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Molly E. Waring, Gina M. T. Sullivan, Xun Liao, Milagros C. Rosal, Janet R. Hardy, and Robert E. Berry Jr.
Tamoxifen improves cholinergically modulated cognitive performance in postmenopausal women, Paul A. Newhouse, Kimberly Albert, Robert Astur, Julia V. Johnson, Magdalena R. Naylor, and Julie A. Dumas
A Comparison of Recruitment Strategies for a Long-Term Study at Two Maternal Stages: Effectiveness of Recruitment During Pregnancy vs. After Childbirth, Deidre M. Sepavich, Linda Brenckle, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Onesky Aupont, Thomas J. McLaughlin, and Marianne E. Felice
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
Can paediatric and adolescent gynecological care be delivered via Telehealth, Erin Barlow, Anjali Aggarwal, Joley Johnstone, Lisa Allen, Sari Kives, Melanie Ornstein, Rachel F. Spitzer, and Nicolette Caccia
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
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
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 [poster abstract], 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
Attitudes of women in their forties toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines: a randomized trial on the effects of media exposure, AuTumn S. Davidson, Xun Liao, and B. Dale Magee
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
Impact of pass/fail grading on medical students' well-being and academic outcomes, Laura M. Spring, Diana Robillard, Lorrie Gehlbach, and Tiffany A. Moore Simas
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
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
Gestational Weight Gain: How to “Institute” New Guidelines, Gina M. Tassone; Tiffany A. Moore Simas; Robert E. Berry, Jr; and Xun Liao
Publications from 2009
Evaluation of Ob/Gyn Resident Experience in Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage, Erin E. Eppsteiner, Tiffany A. Moore-Simas, and Sharon Jackson
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
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