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

  • 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 ​

  • Howard L. Curlin, MD

    Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Director
    Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

    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, Sex as a Biologic Variable

  • Lara F. Harvey, MD, MPH

    Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

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

  • Ryan Heitmann, DO

    Director
    Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
    Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Division: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

    Research Interests: infertility, IVF outcomes, endometriosis, fibroids, medical education

    Education:
    D.O., Des Moines University, 2007
    Residency, Madigan Army Medical Center, 2011
    Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, 2014

  • 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

    Associate 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

    Associate 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
    Women's 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

  • Jessica Young, MD, MPH

    Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
    Medical Director of Firefly

    Division: General Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Research Interests: Opioid Use Disorder, Perinatal Substance Use Disorder