B.        Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

7/1994-6/1996             Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Section, Perinatal Research Facility,

Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (NIH contract # NO1-HD-3-3198)

7/1996-3/2000       Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

1/1999-10/2004     Director of Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

3/2000-10/2004     Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

11/2004-9/2007     Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

10/2007-present    Professor, Clinician Scholar track, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

11/2004-present    Maternal Fetal Medicine and Prenatal Genetics, Antenatal Testing Center, Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, VA

Membership on Federal Government public advisory committee:

Consultant, Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network, N.I.C.H.D. – Award No. 5-U01-HD036801 (2001-2019).

Professional Memberships

1997                            Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (#000337406I)

1998                            Senior Member, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

2000                            Member, Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

2005-2009                   Member of Board of Directors, Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

2000                            Member, International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis

2006-2010                   Member of Board of Directors, International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis

1994                            Associate Member, Society for Gynecologic Investigation

1993                            Member, American Society of Human Genetics

2001                            Member, International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Honors

1994                Contemporary Ob. Gyn. Author Award

1995                Best Oral Presentation Award, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians National Meeting

2003                National Human Genome Research Institute Award, Teaching and Mentoring Excellence

2009                President, Scientific Committee,        Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting

2011-19           Top Doctors, Northern Virginia Magazine (recognition by peers)

C.        Publications 243 peer-reviewed publications; 2 landmark books; 31 (including 3 published by UpToDate on the topic of Prenatal Diagnosis); over 260 presentations at international meetings, and invited lectures at multiple universities.

D.        Research Support

SCRF PVA Education Grant #638 - Simonson (PI)   6/2010-5/2011

Spinal Cord Research Foundation: “Pregnancy and Women with Spinal Cord Injuries”

The goal of the study is to review the evidence of effects of pregnancy on women with spinal cord injury and viceversa the effects of spinal cord injury on pregnancy complications and outcome, and to disseminate the findings using web-based and publications methods

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

SCRF 2295-01 – Ghidini (PI)                                     10/03-09/05

Spinal Cord Research Foundation: “Obstetrical Outcomes of Women with Spinal Cord Injuries”

The goal of this study was to survey a State-wide cohort of women with spinal cord injury who became pregnant after injury. The large number of women included allowed to compare rates of complications with those expected.

Role: Principal Investigator

ACOG Kenneth Gottesfeld-Charles Hohler Memorial Foundation Research Award in Ultrasound                                     2006-2007

“Fetal anemia in the presence of intrauterine growth restriction”

The goal of the research was to explore whether fetal anemia, as measured non-invasively using Doppler velocimetry of the fetal cerebral circulation, is a predictor of outcome in growth restricted fetuses.

Role: Mentor of Awardee, Dr. Kimberly W. Hickey, GUH Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow.