Investigators

Investigators

  • Rony A. Adam, MD, MMHC

    Vice Chair of Quality
    Director
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
    Fellowship Director
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
    Professor
    Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
    Research Interests: Prolapse, Incontinence, Fistula, Outcomes

  • Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA

    Chairman and Clinical Service Chief
    Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Betty and Lonnie S. Burnett Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Gynecologic Oncology
    Research Interests: Novel Therapeutics for Ovarian Cancer and Cervical Cancer Vaccines

  • Ted L. Anderson, MD, PhD

    Vice Chair of Faculty Development
    Betty and Lonnie S. Burnett Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    Research Interests: Abnormal Bleeding, Fibroids, Endometriosis​, Surgical Education

  • Kelly A. Bennett, MD

    Director
    Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
    Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Research Interests: Placental Accreta, Fetal Myelomeningocele, Fetal Surgery, Raman Spectroscopy in Obstetrics

  • Alaina Brown, MD

    Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Gynecologic Oncology
    Research Interests: Palliative Care, Patient-Provider Communication, Clinical Trials

  • Kaylon L. Bruner-Tran, PhD

    Director
    Division of Translational Research
    Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Translational Research
    Research Interests: Reproductive Toxicology, Endometriosis, Pregnancy Outcomes, Offspring Health, Transgenerational Effects ​

  • Marta Ann Crispens, MD

    Director
    Division of Gynecologic Oncology
    Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Gynecologic Oncology
    Research Interests: Clinical Trials, Drug Therapies for Ovarian/Peritoneal/Fallopian Cancer

  • Howard L. Curlin, MD

    Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    Research Interests: Surgical Quality Improvement, Surgical Simulation, Endometrial Ablation, Hysterectomy​

  • Luke Gatta, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Maternal Fetal Medicine
    Research Interests: Pregnancy outcomes, obesity in pregnancy, premature complications, abnormal placentation

  • Ayush Giri, MS, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Quantitative Sciences
    Research Interests: Women's Health, Genetic Epidemiology, Cardiometabolic Health, Genomics, Electronic Health Records, Study Design, Health Disparities, Sex as a Biologic Variable

  • Lara F. Harvey, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    Research Interests:  Gynecological surgery, endoscopic Gynecological surgery and laparoscopic Gynecological surgery

  • Susan Lewis, MSN, CNM

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Advanced Practice
    Research Interests: Group care, reducing cesarean rates in low-risk nulliparous pregnancies, health promotion and disease prevention

  • Sarah Osmundson, MD, MS

    Vice Chair of Research
    Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Maternal Fetal Medicine
    Research Interests: Opioid prescribing after childbirth, Prediction models, Clinical Decision Support tools,  Medications to treat Gestational Diabetes, Therapeutic inertia in diabetes management
    during pregnancy

  • Kevin G. Osteen, PhD

    Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Professor
    Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
    Pierre Soupart Chair
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Research
    Research Interests: Endometriosis, Environmental Toxins, Dioxin, Reproduction and Toxin Exposure

  • Courtney Penn, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Gynecologic Oncology
    Research Interests: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Cancer, Cancers of the Female Reproductive Organs, Genetics, Gynecologic Cancer

  • Lauren Prescott, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Gynecologic Oncology
    Research Interests: Gynecologic Cancers, Quality Improvement, Surgical Outcomes, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, Implementation Science

  • Michelle Roach, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: General Obstetrics and Gynecology; Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
    Research Interests: Infertility, PCOS, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding​

  • Reesha Sanghani, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: General Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Research Interests: Antidepressants in pregnancy, Tobacco-related pregnancy outcomes, Uterine procidentia

  • Digna Velez Edwards, PhD, MS

    Division Director
    Quantitative Sciences
    Director
    Womens Health Research
    Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Quantitative Sciences
    Research Interests: Reproductive Epidemiology, Uterine Fibroids, Genetic Epidemiology, Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Endometriosis, Gynecologic Health, Electronic Health Records, Big Data Genomics

  • Amanda Yunker, DO, MSCR

    Vice Chair of Gynecologic Surgical Operations
    Director
    Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    Fellowship Director
    Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    Research Interests: Pelvic Pain, Surgical Education, Endometriosis, Fibroids