Bio
After completing my fellowship at Stanford, I developed a strong clinical research interest in developing preventive strategies for postpartum hemorrhage. I have been principal investigator on clinical studies which have investigated strategies for optimizing anesthetic outcomes for women undergoing cesarean delivery. I have also developed research interests investigating point-of-care devices for assessing the maternal hematologic and hemostatic profiles during the peripartum period.
My overarching goals are to develop strategies to improve how clinicians both prevent and manage women who experience anticipated and unanticipated severe postpartum hemorrhage after delivery. Examples of such approaches include: the use of risk-stratification approaches to identify women 'at-risk' for postpartum hemorrhage, the use of a massive transfusion protocol in obstetrics.
Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
- Obstetric Anesthesia
- Outcomes Research
- Outcomes, Pregnancy
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
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Member, Child Health Research Institute
Honors & Awards
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Child Health Research Institute Grant (CHRI), Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital (2015)
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Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23), NICHD, NIH (2013)
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Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture: 'What's New in Obstetrics -2011?', Annual Meeting of the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (2012)
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Outstanding Interdepartmental Faculty Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine (2011)
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Gertie Marx Award (1st prize), Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) (2006)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Host of Annual Meeting for the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (2016 - Present)
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Member of the Associate Editorial Board, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2014 - Present)
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Member of the Associate Editorial Board, International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia (2013 - Present)
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Member, Child Health Research Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine (2012 - Present)
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Member of the Education Committee, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (2012 - Present)
Professional Education
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Board Certification: Anesthesia, The Royal College of Anaesthetists
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Medical Education:St George's Hospital Medical School (1997) England
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FRCA, Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK, Anesthesiology (2003)
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Residency:South Thames West - St George's School of Anaesthesia (2004) UK
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Fellowship:Stanford University School of Medicine (2006) CA
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M.S., Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, Epidemiology (2011)