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Office
850 Harrison Ave
Yawkey 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02118Phone+1 617-414-2000Fax+1 617-414-5798
Education & Training
- Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1985 - 1987
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1977 - 1983
- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 1985 - 2023
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
- Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 21 citationsPhysician-scientists in obstetrics and gynecology: predictors of success in obtaining independent research funding.Ijeoma Okeigwe, Cynthia Wang, Joseph A. Politch, Linda J. Heffner, Wendy Kuohung
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017-07-01 - 33 citationsGenome-wide approach identifies a novel gene-maternal pre-pregnancy BMI interaction on preterm birth.Xiumei Hong, Ke Hao, Hongkai Ji, Shouneng Peng, Ben Sherwood
Nature Communications. 2017-06-09 - 37 citationsPrepregnancy body mass index and risk of preterm birth: association heterogeneity by preterm subgroupsMargaret G. Parker, Fengxiu Ouyang, Colleen Pearson, Matthew W. Gillman, Mandy B. Belfort
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2014-04-30
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