RitaWesleyDriggersMD

PubMed

• 578 citations
  Zika Virus Infection with Prolonged Maternal Viremia and Fetal Brain Abnormalities.
  Rita W. Driggers, Cheng-Ying Ho, Essi M. Korhonen, Suvi Kuivanen, Anne J. Jääskeläinen
  The New England Journal of Medicine. 2016-03-30
• 27 citations
  Obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound curriculum and competency assessment in residency training programs: consensus report.
  Alfred Abuhamad, Katherine K. Minton, Carol B. Benson, Trish Chudleigh, Lori Crites
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2018-01-01
• 74 citations
  Obstetric complications, neonatal morbidity, and indications for cesarean delivery by maternal age.
  Julia Timofeev, Uma M. Reddy, Chun Chih Huang, Rita W. Driggers, Helain J. Landy
  Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2013-12-01

Journal Articles

• Timing and consequences of early term and late term deliveries  
  Parikh L, Singh J, Timofeev J, Zahn CM, Istwan NB, Rhea DJ, Driggers RW, J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 7/1/2014
• Risk of cesarean delivery in obese nulliparous women with unfavorable cervix undergoing elective induction of labor or expectant management at term  
  Wolfe H, Timofeev J, Tefera E, Desale S, Driggers RW, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7/1/2014
• Fetal biometry: does ethnicity matter?  
  Parikh LI, Nolan J 3rd, Tefera E, Driggers R, J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 3/1/2014
• Spontaneous preterm birth in African-American and Caucasian women receiving 17a-hydroxyprogesterone caproate  
  Timofeev J, Singh J, Istwan N, Rhea D, Driggers RW, American Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2014
• Accuracy of clinically estimated fetal weight in pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus and obesity  
  Drassinower D, Timofeev J, Huang C, Benson J, Driggers RW, American Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2014
• Obstetric complications, neonatal morbidity, and indications for cesarean delivery by maternal age  
  Timofeev J, Reddy U, CC H, Driggers RW, Landy H, Laughon SK, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 12/1/2013
• Intravenous epoprostenol for management of pulmonary hypertension during pregnancy  
  Timofeev J, Ruiz G, Fries MH, Driggers RW, American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 10/1/2013
• Intravenous epoprostenol for management of pulmonary hypertension during pregnancy  
  Timofeev J, Ruiz G, Fries MH, Driggers RW, AJP Reports, 10/1/2013
• Primary cesarean delivery in the United States  
  Boyle A, Reddy UM, Landy HJ, Huang C, Driggers RW, Laughon SK, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7/1/2013
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  Timofeev J, Feghali M, Boyle A, Istwan N, Rhea D, Driggers RW, The Journal of Maternal, Neonatal and Fetal Medicine, 6/1/2013
• MatErnal BLood IS Source to Accurately diagnose fetal aneuploidy (MELISSA) Study Group Massively parallel sequencing of maternal plasma DNA in 113 cases of fetal nucha...  
  Bianchi DW, Prosen T, Platt LD, Goldberg JD, Abuhamad AZ, Rava RP, Sehnert AJ,… Driggers R (25th of 78 authors), Obstet Gynecol, 5/1/2013
• MatErnal BLood IS Source to Accurately diagnose fetal aneuploidy (MELISSA) Study Group Genome-wide fetal aneuploidy detection by maternal plasma DNA sequencing  
  Bianchi DW, Platt LD, Goldberg JD, Abuhamad AZ, Sehnert AJ, Rava RP,… Driggers R (29th of 69 authors), Obstet Gynecol, 5/1/2012
• The 12th Meeting of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America: Introduction and Overview  
  Driggers RW, Baschat A, J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 1/1/2012
• The effect of the night float rotation on annual in-training exam performance  
  Driggers RW, Chason RJ, Olsen C, Zahn CM, J Reprod Med, 1/1/2010
• To ECC or not to ECC; the question remains  
  Driggers RW, Zahn CM, Obstet Gynecol Clin N Am, 12/1/2008
• Prenatal screening: new guidelines, new challenges  
  Driggers RW, Seibert DC, J Nurs Prac, 1/1/2008
• An amniotic fluid index less than 5 cm within 7 days of delivery in the third trimester is not associated with decreasing umbilical arterial pH and base excess  
  Driggers RW, Holcroft CJ, Blakemore KJ, Graham EM, J Perinatol, 1/1/2004
• Lipoprotein heterogeneity at birth: influence of gestational age and race on lipoprotein subclass  
  Kwiterovich PO, Virgil DG, Garrett E, Otvos J, Driggers R, Blakemore K, Cockrill SL, Ethn Dis, Summer, 1/1/2004
• Fetal anatomic and functional echocardiography – a 5 year review  
  Driggers RW, Spevak PJ, Crino J, Lantz M, Blakemore K, J Ultrasound Med, 1/1/2003
• Pathogenesis of acardiac twinning: clues from almost an acardiac  
  Driggers RW, Blakemore KJ, Ackerman KE, Hutchinson GM, Fetal Diagn Ther, 5/1/2002
• Non-mosaic trisomy 20 presenting at 21 weeks’ gestation as a thoraco-abdominal mass  
  Driggers RW, Bernstein H, Lantz M, Stetten G, Escallon CS, Perlman E, Blakemore KJ, Prenat Diagn, 1/1/2001
• Pulmonary sequestration  
  Driggers RW, Chisholm CA, J Ultrasound Med, 5/1/2000
• Isolated bilateral anophthalmia in a girl with an apparently balanced de novo translocation 46,XX, t(3;11)(q27;p112)  
  Driggers RW, Macri CJ, Am J Med Gen, 11/1/1999
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Books/Book Chapters

• Clinical Pharmacology During Pregnancy 
  Chapter: Diabetes in Pregnancy. 
  Maisa N. Feghali, Rita W. Driggers, Menachem Miodovnik, and Jason G. UmansEditors: Mattison DR.Elsevier, Chennai, India2012
• The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics 
  Chapter: Normal labor and delivery, operative delivery, and malpresentations. 
  Hearne A, Driggers RWEditors: Bankowski BJ, Hearne AE, Lambrou NC, Fox HE, Wallach EE.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2002

Abstracts/Posters

• Is 40 the new 30? Pregnancy outcomes by degree of weight gain among pregnancy subclasses.
  Boyle A, Timofeev J, Halscott T, Desale S, Driggers RW, Ramsey PS, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Florence, Italy, 3/1/2014
• The use of circulating cell free fetal DNA in the maternal blood in the investigation of intrauterine fetal demise and miscarriage.
  Clark-Ganheart C, Fries M, Ye P, Moreno N, Driggers R, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Florence, Italy, 3/1/2014
• Vigorous neonates with academia a term.
  Clark-Ganheart C, Timofeev J, Boyle A, Smith S, Driggers R, Ramsey P, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Florence, Italy, 3/1/2014
• A unique case of false positive cell free fetal DNA.
  Clark-Ganheart C, Driggers RW, Black S, Fries M, Cambridge Health Institute's Advances in Prenatal Molecular Diagnostics, Boston, MA, 9/1/2013
• Pregnancy weight gain and risk of hypertensive disorders in morbidly obese mothers.
  Timofeev J, Feghali M, Boyle A, Tefera E, Driggers RW, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Orlando, FL, 3/1/2013
• Risk of Cesarean delivery in obese nulliparous women with unfavorable cervix undergoing elective induction of labor or expectant management at term.
  Mahaffey H, Timofeev J, Tefera E, Desale S, Driggers RW, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Orlando, FL, 3/1/2013
• The association between maternal weight gain in pregnancy and neonatal birth weight.
  Boyle A, Timofeev J, Feghali M., Driggers RW, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Orlando, FL, 3/1/2013
• Effect of day and night shifts on psychomotor vigilance and fetal heart rate testing.
  Boyle A, Timofeev J, Singh J, and Driggers RW, CREOG and APGO Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2/1/2013
• Maternal obesity and the risk of postpartum hemorrhage.
  Boyle A, Timofeev, J, Feghali M, Driggers RW, Maternal obesity and the risk of postpartum hemorrhage., San Francisco, CA, 2/1/2013
• Racial Disparities in Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Pregnancies Complicated by HIV-1 Infection.
  Parikh L, Singh J, Timofeev J, Huang C, Driggers RW, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District IV-V Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, 10/1/2012
• Do HIV-1 positive mothers have a higher rate of antepartum complications requiring admission?
  Parikh L, Timofeev J, Singh J, Sullivan S, Landy HJ, Driggers RW, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District IV-V Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, 10/1/2012
• Timing and consequences of early term and term elective deliveries.
  Singh J, Zahn CM, Driggers RW, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting, San Diego, CA, 5/1/2012
• Shifting the curve of gestational age at delivery with 17P.
  Timofeev J, Zahn CM, Driggers RW, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting, San Diego, CA, 5/1/2012
• Rates of Recurrent Preterm Birth by Maternal Body Habitus in Women Receiving 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone Caproate.
  Timofeev J, Feghali, M, Boyle A, Brown D, Istwan N, Rhea D, Driggers RW, Society for Gynecologic Investigation Annual Scientific Meeting, 3/1/2012
• Enhancing interpersonal skills, communication, and patient consent through simulation.
  Zahn CM, Driggers RW, Ramsay LB, The Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 3/1/2012
• Risk factors for spontaneous preterm birth in African-American and Caucasian women receiving 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate.
  Timofeev J, Singh J, Istwan N, Rhea D, Driggers RW, 32nd Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting, Dallas, TX, 2/1/2012
• Effectiveness of 17-hydroxyprogesterone for prevention of preterm birth in African-American vs. Caucasian women.
  Timofeev J, Singh J, Istwan N, Rhea D, Driggers RW, 32nd Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting, Dallas, TX, 2/1/2012
• Is Our Patient Population Really That Different? Comparison of Patient Populations and Effectiveness of Weekly 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate Through a Structu...
  Boyle A, Brown D, Istwan N, Driggers RW, March of Dimes Prematurity Prevention Symposium, Washington, DC, 1/1/2012
• The impact of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) on the risk of gestational diabetes.
  Singh J, Timofeev J, Amini D, Driggers RW, Huang CC, Umans J, Landy HJ, Miodovnik M, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting, Washington, DC, 5/1/2011
• The impact of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) on the risk of preeclampsia.
  Singh J, Timofeev J, Amini D, Driggers RW, Huang CC, Umans J, Landy HJ, Miodovnik M, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting, Washington, DC, 5/1/2011
• Spontaneous labor curves among women with pregnancies complicated by diabetes.
  Timofeev J, Huang CC, Singh J, Driggers RW, Landy HJ, 12th Annual Meeting of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America, Washington, DC, 4/1/2011
• Radial disparities in maternal and neonatal outcomes in twin pregnancies.
  Drassinower D, Timofeev J, Singh J, Huang CC, Driggers RW, Landy HJ, Society for Gynecologic Investigation 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/1/2011
• Racial disparities in preterm labor induction.
  Singh J, Driggers RW, Chun-Chih H, Landy H, Society for Gynecologic Investigation 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/1/2011
• Racial disparities in labor induction: are we to blame?
  Singh J, Driggers RW, Chun-Chih H, Landy H. Miodovnik M, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 31st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2/1/2011
• Overweight or obese: The impact of body mass index (BMI) on rates of gestational diabetes.
  Amini D, Driggers RW, Umans JG, Singh J, Miodovnik M, Society for Gynecologic Investigation 57th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL, 3/1/2010
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Lectures

• Medical Student Seminar – Step Up to Residency. Routine Prenatal Care. 
  Chicago, IL - 4/1/2014
• Preterm Birth: Cerclage, 17-OH-P, Vaginal Progesterone, Tocolyze, or Cross Your Fingers? Clinical Seminar 
  Chicago, IL - 4/1/2014
• Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy – Knowing When to Hold Them and When to Fold Them. 
  Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC - 2/1/2014
• Preterm Birth: Cerclage, 17-OH-P, Vaginal Progesterone, Tocolyze, or Cross Your Fingers? 
  George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC - 10/1/2013
• Clinical Seminar. Preterm Birth: Cerclage, 17-OH-P, Vaginal Progesterone, Tocolyze, or Cross Your Fingers? 
  New Orleans, LA - 5/1/2013
• Management of the patient at high risk for preterm delivery. Clinical Seminar 
  San Diego, CA - 5/1/2012
• Non-invasive Prenatal Testing. 
  Washington, DC; Houston, TX; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA - 5/1/2012
• Exercise in the treatment of pregnant women with diabetes – Is it realistic? 
  Washington, DC - 4/1/2011
• Preterm birth: Best practices for the obstetrician. Clinical Seminar 
  San Francisco, CA - 5/1/2010
• New strategies for genetic screening in pregnancy. 
  Alexandria, VA - 6/1/2008
• Routine prenatal care. 
  Ft Lauderdale, FL - 2/1/2008
• Medical complications of pregnancy. 
  Ft Lauderdale, FL - 2/1/2008
• Aneuploidy screening and prenatal diagnosis. 
  Ft Lauderdale, FL - 2/1/2008
• Abnormal ultrasound findings. 
  Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Norfolk, VA - 5/1/2007
• Basic second trimester ultrasonography. 
  Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Norfolk, VA - 5/1/2007
• Vaginal birth after cesarean – the changing trends. 
  Prince George’s Hospital, Cheverly, MD - 1/1/2007
• Second trimester misoprostol induction with history of cesarean delivery. 
  5/1/2006
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