Sarah Osmundson, MD, MS

Sarah Osmundson, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). As a clinician-investigator, she is dedicated to advancing research in the areas of pregnancy and postpartum care with a long-term vision to impact healthcare quality and efficiency. Originally from Chicago, she completed her residency at Northwestern University and fellowship at Stanford University. She augmented her clinical experience with formal research training through a Master's degree in epidemiology and clinical research and additional biostatistical coursework on predictive modeling through her Career Development Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In 2015, she joined the VUMC faculty where her clinical focus is caring for women with complex medical problems in pregnancy. 

She maintains a diverse research portfolio funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIDA, NICHD, NINR) and in collaboration with researchers from health policy, biostatistics, bioinformatics, public health and pediatrics. Her work with the VUMC Maternal Pharmacoepidemiology group uses Tennessee Medicaid data linked to vital records to examine medication prescribing during pregnancy and postpartum. She also specializes in longitudinal studies of pregnant patients and their children, clinical application of prediction models, and decision support tools to enhance best practice guidelines. At a national level, she is involved with the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine through the Publications Committee and Board of Directors. 

Orchid ID: 0000-0002-7626-9992

Pubmed link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1J7JbbCWe-gMeu/bibliography/public/
VUMC OB/GYN: https://www.vumc.org/obgyn/person/sarah-osmundson-md-ms