Meet the Team
 

Our Steering Committee

Chairman
Ronald J. Wapner, MD
Prenatal diagnosis; Genetics
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Columbia University Medical Center, NY
Executive Director
Michelle M. DiVito, RN, MSN
Columbia University Medical Center, NY
Epidemiologist & Biostatistician
Cande V. Ananth, PhD, MPH
Perinatal and reproductive epidemiology and molecular genetic approaches to studying obstetrical complications and adverse perinatal outcomes; Development and applications of innovative analytic approaches to studies in human reproduction
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ
Program Manager
Stephanie Emmi, RN, BSN, CCRC
Columbia University Medical Center, NY
Administrative Director
Caroline Torres, MD
Columbia University Medical Center, NY

Investigators

Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Uma Reddy, MD, MPH
Maternal morbidity and mortality, Diabetes, Epidemiology, Preeclampsia, VTE/Thrombophilias
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Noelia Zork, MD
Gestational Diabetes
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Site Coordinator: Sabine Bousleiman, RN, MSN, MSPH
 
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Lang Center
Flushing, NY
Daniel Skupski, MD
Major obstetric hemorrhage, including abnormal placentation; Incompetent cervix and cervical cerclage
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Ashlesha Dayal, MD
Site Coordinator: Honey Zaw
 
 
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
Todd Rosen, MD
The molecular biology of parturition; Recurrent pregnancy loss
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Site Coordinator: Shama Khan, MPH, M.S.
 
Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
Shauna F. Williams, MD
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Joseph Apuzzio, MD
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Site Coordinator: Yanille Taveras, BS, MS
 
 
Saint Peter’s University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Janelle Foroutan, MD
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Kristy Palomares, MD
Ob/Gyn, Maternal Fetal Medicine
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Site Coordinator: Imene Beche, MBS
 
Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
Robin L. Perry, MD, MSEd
Maternal Obstetric Medicine, Education
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Meena Khandelwal, MD
Medical complications in pregnancy, Placenta accreta spectrum, Preeclampsia
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Site Coordinator: Alexander Santangelo
 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Joanne Stone, MD, MSc
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Angela Bianco, MD
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Site Coordinator: Nicola Tavella, MPH
 
Temple University
Philadephia, PA
Laura Hart, MD
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Wadia Mulla, MD
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Site Coordinator: Sarmina Hassan, MBBD, PhD
 
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, DE
Matthew Hoffman, MD, MPH
Aspirin; Pessary
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Anthony Sciscione, DO
Activity restriction in pregnancy; Induction of labor
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Site Coordinator: Carrie Kitto
 
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Michael J. Paglia, MD, PhD
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A. Dhanya Mackeen, MD, MPH
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Site Coordinator: Cynthia Drazenovich, MA, BS
 
Yale University
New Haven, CT: Connecticut
Audrey Merriam, MD, MS
Maternal morbidity and mortality, Diabetes, Epidemiology, Preeclampsia, VTE/Thrombophilias
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Mert Ozan Bahtiyar, M.D.
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Site Coordinator: Lauren Perley, MA
 
New York University
New York, NY
Justin Brandt, MD
Ashley Roman, MD, MPH
Site Coordinator: Valeryia Avtushka
 


Boston Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Alireza Shamshirsaz, MD
Cassandra Duffy MD, MPH
Site Coordinator: Brittany Gudanowski