- Fellowship - MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (1995-1998), Maternal Fetal Medicine
- Residency - Harbor UCLA Medical Center (1991-1995), Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Medical School - University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine (1985-1991)
Catherine Spong, M.D.
- Paul C. MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology - Maternal Fetal Medicine
- Fetal complications
- Improving outcomes in children
Biography
Catherine Y. Spong, M.D., is a Professor and the Paul C. MacDonald Distinguished Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. A specialist in prematurity, fetal complications, and improving outcomes in children, Dr. Spong’s clinical responsibilities include high-risk labor and delivery, the antepartum unit, the extended-care unit, and obstetric and gynecologic sonography.
Dr. Spong earned her medical and undergraduate degrees in biology and chemistry at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. After serving as Chief Resident in obstetrics and gynecology at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, she began her career at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, including clinical work at Georgetown University. She then became a Clinical Associate and Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the NICHD’s intramural research program, where she directed a lab, the Unit on Perinatal and Developmental Neurobiology, focusing on neuroprotective peptides and fetal development utilizing models of fetal alcohol syndrome and Down syndrome. In 2000, she joined NICHD's extramural program.
During her 23-year career at the NICHD and the NIH, Dr. Spong served in many capacities, including as NICHD's Acting Director, Deputy Director, Associate Director for Extramural Research, Director of the Division of Extramural Research, and Chief of the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch. She also served as Chair of the Department of Health and Human Services Federal Task Force on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women.
In 2018, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty as Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
One of Dr. Spong's major research interests has been the developing fetus. She holds several patents for neuroprotective agents that help prevent fetal injury. She also has extensive expertise in clinical and translational research, leading the NICHD’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network – a multicenter network focused on trials in obstetrics. She launched and directed initiatives to understand the human placenta, genomics of preterm birth, stillbirth, adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes, and fetal surgery trials. She is a passionate advocate for inclusion of underrepresented groups in research.
Dr. Spong is board certified in maternal-fetal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology. She is an editor of William’s Obstetrics, Management of High-Risk Pregnancy, Protocols of High-Risk Pregnancy, and Stillbirth: Prediction, Prevention and Management. She has received numerous research awards, including the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Achievement Award, the UMKC Alumnus of the Year Award, several NIH Director’s Awards, and a Surgeon General’s Certificate of Appreciation for her work on prematurity. She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and been featured on national television and radio, including The CBS Early Show, The Diane Rehm Show, NPR’s All Things Considered, CNN, and Voice of America, discussing women’s health and pregnancy topics.
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society
- American Medical Association
- Bellevue Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
- Perinatal Research Society
- Society for Gynecologic Investigation
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Paul C. MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Top Doctors Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist 2021, Texas Magazine
- Texas Super Doctors list 2021, Texas Monthly
- Gillette Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Rose & Isador Forman Visiting Professor 2020, Temple University
- Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2019, Marquis Who's Who
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2019, University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School
- Distinguished Service Award 2019, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Director’s Award, (2018, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2003) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Hall of Fame 2018, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- National Institutes of Health Director’s Award, (2018, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2004) National Institutes of Health
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2018, Marquis Who's Who
- Paul A. Harper Lecture 2016, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the Leading Physicians of the World 2016, International Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- America’s Top Obstetricians & Gynecologists, (2014, 2013, 2010) Consumers’ Research Council of America
- Alumna of the Year 2012, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Trial of the Year 2012, Society for Clinical Trials
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2008, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Certificate of Appreciation 2008, United States Surgeon General
- George E Stevens Outstanding Teacher Award 1996, Georgetown University
Books & Publications
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Books
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Williams Obstetrics, 26th edition
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Dashe JS, Hoffman BL, Casey BM, Spong CY (Ed.) (2018), New York, McGraw Hill -
Williams Obstetrics, 25th edition
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Dashe JS, Hoffman BL, Casey BM, Spong CY (ed.) (2018), New York, McGraw Hill -
Williams Obstetrics, 24th edition
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Spong CY, Dashe JS, Hoffman BL, Casey BM, Sheffield JS (Ed.) (2014), New York, McGraw Hill -
Williams Obstetrics, 23rd edition
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Hauth JC, Rouse DJ, Spong CY (Ed.) (2010), New York, McGraw Hill -
Williams Obstetrics, 22nd edition
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Hauth JC, Rouse DJ, Spong CY (2005), New York, McGraw Hill -
Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies, 7th edition
Queenan JT, Spong CY, Lockwood CJ (Ed.) (2020), West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell -
Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies, 6th edition
Queenan JT, Spong CY, Lockwood CJ (2015), West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell -
Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies, 5th edition
Queenan JT, Hobbins JC, Spong CY (Ed.) (2010), West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell -
Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies, 4th edition
Queenan JT, Hobbins JC, Spong CY (Ed.) (2005) -
Queenan's Management of High-Risk Pregnancy, 6th edition
Queenan JT, Spong CY, Lockwood CJ (Ed.) (2012), West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell -
Management of High-Risk Pregnancy, 5th edition
Queenan JT, Spong CY, Lockwood CJ (Ed.) (2007), Oxford, England, Blackwell -
Stillbirth: Prediction, Prevention and Management, 1st edition
Spong CY (Ed.) (2011), West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell
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Williams Obstetrics, 26th edition
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Publications
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"Is It Safe?" - The Many Unanswered Questions about Medications and Breast-Feeding.
Byrne JJ, Spong CY, The New England journal of medicine 2019 Apr 380 14 1296-1297 -
The conception of the ABCD study: From substance use to a broad NIH collaboration.
Volkow ND, Koob GF, Croyle RT, Bianchi DW, Gordon JA, Koroshetz WJ, Pérez-Stable EJ, Riley WT, Bloch MH, Conway K, Deeds BG, Dowling GJ, Grant S, Howlett KD, Matochik JA, Morgan GD, Murray MM, Noronha A, Spong CY, Wargo EM, Warren KR, Weiss SRB Developmental cognitive neuroscience 2018 Aug 32 4-7 -
Research on Underrepresented Populations-Reply.
Spong CY, Bianchi DW JAMA 2018 05 319 19 2045 -
Zika virus: a public health perspective.
Chakhtoura N, Hazra R, Spong CY Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology 2018 Apr 30 2 116-122 -
Association of National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Career Development Awards With Subsequent Research Project Grant Funding.
Twombly DA, Glavin SL, Guimond J, Taymans S, Spong CY, Bianchi DW JAMA pediatrics 2018 Mar 172 3 226-231 -
Improving Public Health Requires Inclusion of Underrepresented Populations in Research.
Spong CY, Bianchi DW JAMA 2018 Jan 319 4 337-338 -
Bridging Knowledge Gaps to Understand How Zika Virus Exposure and Infection Affect Child Development.
Kapogiannis BG, Chakhtoura N, Hazra R, Spong CY JAMA pediatrics 2017 May 171 5 478-485 -
National Institutes of Health Research Plan on Rehabilitation: NIH Medical Rehabilitation Coordinating Committee.
O'Mara A, Rowland JH, Greenwell TN, Wiggs CL, Fleg J, Joseph L, McGowan J, Panagis JS, Washabaugh C, Peng GCY, Bray R, Cernich AN, Cruz TH, Marden S, Michel ME, Nitkin R, Quatrano L, Spong CY, Shekim L, Jones TLZ, Juliano-Bult D, Panchinson DM, Chen D, Jakeman L, Knebel A, Tully LA, Chan L, Damiano D, Tian B, McInnes P, Khalsa P, Reider E, Shurtleff D, Elwood W, Ballard R, Ershow AG, Begg L Physical therapy 2017 Apr 97 4 104-407 -
Study Explores Cost Benefits of Optimising Pregnancy Outcome.
Spong CY Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2016 11 30 6 529-530 -
Improving Birth Outcomes Key to Improving Global Health.
Spong CY JAMA 2016 Jul 316 4 395-6 -
Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025.
Yoshida S, Martines J, Lawn JE, Wall S, Souza JP, Rudan I, Cousens S, Aaby P, Adam I, Adhikari RK, Ambalavanan N, Arifeen SE, Aryal DR, Asiruddin S, Baqui A, Barros AJ, Benn CS, Bhandari V, Bhatnagar S, Bhattacharya S, Bhutta ZA, Black RE, Blencowe H, Bose C, Brown J, Bührer C, Carlo W, Cecatti JG, Cheung PY, Clark R, Colbourn T, Conde-Agudelo A, Corbett E, Czeizel AE, Das A, Day LT, Deal C, Deorari A, Dilmen U, English M, Engmann C, Esamai F, Fall C, Ferriero DM, Gisore P, Hazir T, Higgins RD, Homer CS, Hoque DE, Irgens L, Islam MT, de Graft-Johnson J, Joshua MA, Keenan W, Khatoon S, Kieler H, Kramer MS, Lackritz EM, Lavender T, Lawintono L, Luhanga R, Marsh D, McMillan D, McNamara PJ, Mol BW, Molyneux E, Mukasa GK, Mutabazi M, Nacul LC, Nakakeeto M, Narayanan I, Olusanya B, Osrin D, Paul V, Poets C, Reddy UM, Santosham M, Sayed R, Schlabritz-Loutsevitch NE, Singhal N, Smith MA, Smith PG, Soofi S, Spong CY, Sultana S, Tshefu A, van Bel F, Gray LV, Waiswa P, Wang W, Williams SL, Wright L, Zaidi A, Zhang Y, Zhong N, Zuniga I, Bahl R Journal of global health 2016 Jun 6 1 010508 -
Understanding Zika virus pathogenesis: an interview with Catherine Spong.
Spong CY BMC medicine 2016 Jun 14 84 -
Basic science: Bedrock of progress.
Collins FS, Anderson JM, Austin CP, Battey JF, Birnbaum LS, Briggs JP, Clayton JA, Cuthbert B, Eisinger RW, Fauci AS, Gallin JI, Gibbons GH, Glass RI, Gottesman MM, Gray PA, Green ED, Greider FB, Hodes R, Hudson KL, Humphreys B, Katz SI, Koob GF, Koroshetz WJ, Lauer MS, Lorsch JR, Lowy DR, McGowan JJ, Murray DM, Nakamura R, Norris A, Perez-Stable EJ, Pettigrew RI, Riley WT, Rodgers GP, Sieving PA, Somerman MJ, Spong CY, Tabak LA, Volkow ND, Wilder EL Science (New York, N.Y.) 2016 Mar 351 6280 1405 -
The human placenta project: it's time for real time.
Guttmacher AE, Spong CY American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Oct 213 4 Suppl S3-5 -
FIGO consensus guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring: Cardiotocography.
Ayres-de-Campos D, Spong CY, Chandraharan E International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2015 Oct 131 1 13-24 -
Prevention of the first cesarean delivery.
Spong CY Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America 2015 Jun 42 2 377-80 -
Effect of magnesium sulfate administration for neuroprotection on latency in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes.
Horton AL, Lai Y, Rouse DJ, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Varner MW, Mercer BM, Iams JD, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Malone FD, O'Sullivan MJ, Hankins GD, Caritis SN American journal of perinatology 2015 Mar 32 4 387-92 -
Length of latency with preterm premature rupture of membranes before 32 weeks' gestation.
Peaceman AM, Lai Y, Rouse DJ, Spong CY, Mercer BM, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Malone FD, O'Sullivan MJ, Hankins GD American journal of perinatology 2015 Jan 32 1 57-62 -
Does maternal body mass index influence treatment effect in women with mild gestational diabetes?
Casey BM, Mele L, Landon MB, Spong CY, Ramin SM, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Thorp JM, Catalano P, Harper M, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Peaceman AM American journal of perinatology 2015 Jan 32 1 93-100 -
Anakinra use during pregnancy in patients with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS).
Chang Z, Spong CY, Jesus AA, Davis MA, Plass N, Stone DL, Chapelle D, Hoffmann P, Kastner DL, Barron K, Goldbach-Mansky RT, Stratton P Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2014 Nov 66 11 3227-32 -
Advancing research transdisciplinarity within our discipline.
Sadovsky Y, Esplin MS, Garite TJ, Nelson DM, Parry SI, Saade GR, Socol ML, Spong CY, Varner MW, D'Alton ME American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Sep 211 3 205-7 -
The Human Placenta Project: placental structure, development, and function in real time.
Guttmacher AE, Maddox YT, Spong CY Placenta 2014 May 35 5 303-4 -
What's different about women's health?
Gronowski AM, Manson JE, Mardis ER, Mora S, Spong CY Clinical chemistry 2014 Jan 60 1 1-3 -
A solution pathway for preterm birth: accelerating a priority research agenda.
Lackritz EM, Wilson CB, Guttmacher AE, Howse JL, Engmann CM, Rubens CE, Mason EM, Muglia LJ, Gravett MG, Goldenberg RL, Murray JC, Spong CY, Simpson JL The Lancet. Global health 2013 Dec 1 6 e328-30 -
Term pregnancy-reply.
Spong CY JAMA 2013 Nov 310 18 1986-7 -
Risk-adjusted models for adverse obstetric outcomes and variation in risk-adjusted outcomes across hospitals.
Bailit JL, Grobman WA, Rice MM, Spong CY, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Leveno KJ, Caritis SN, Shubert PJ, Tita AT, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Rouse DJ, Blackwell SC, Tolosa JE, Van Dorsten JP American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Nov 209 5 446.e1-446.e30 -
The association of cerebral palsy and death with small-for-gestational-age birthweight in preterm neonates by individualized and population-based percentiles.
Grobman WA, Lai Y, Rouse DJ, Spong CY, Varner MW, Mercer BM, Leveno KJ, Iams JD, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Malone FD, O'Sullivan MJ, Hankins GD, Caritis SN American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Oct 209 4 340.e1-5 -
Adherence to criteria for transvaginal ultrasound imaging and measurement of cervical length.
Iams JD, Grobman WA, Lozitska A, Spong CY, Saade G, Mercer BM, Tita AT, Rouse DJ, Sorokin Y, Wapner RJ, Leveno KJ, Blackwell SC, Esplin MS, Tolosa JE, Thorp JM, Caritis SN, Van Dorsten PJ American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Oct 209 4 365.e1-5 -
The obstetric and neonatal implications of a low value on the 50-g glucose screening test.
Ma KK, Mele L, Landon MB, Spong CY, Ramin SM, Casey B, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Thorp JM, Sciscione A, Catalano P, Harper M, Saade G, Caritis SN, Sorokin Y, Peaceman AM American journal of perinatology 2013 Oct 30 9 715-22 -
Disparities in obstetrical outcomes in ART pregnancies compared with natural conceptions.
Plowden TC, Novak CM, Spong CY Seminars in reproductive medicine 2013 Sep 31 5 340-6 -
Research on vaccines during pregnancy: reference values for vital signs and laboratory assessments.
Sheffield JS, Munoz FM, Beigi RH, Rasmussen SA, Edwards KM, Read JS, Heine RP, Ault KA, Swamy GK, Jevaji I, Spong CY, Fortner KB, Patel SM, Nesin M Vaccine 2013 Sep 31 40 4264-73 -
Research on vaccines during pregnancy: protocol design and assessment of safety.
Munoz FM, Sheffield JS, Beigi RH, Read JS, Swamy GK, Jevaji I, Rasmussen SA, Edwards KM, Fortner KB, Patel SM, Spong CY, Ault K, Heine RP, Nesin M Vaccine 2013 Sep 31 40 4274-9 -
Can changes in angiogenic biomarkers between the first and second trimesters of pregnancy predict development of pre-eclampsia in a low-risk nulliparous patient population?
Myatt L, Clifton RG, Roberts JM, Spong CY, Wapner RJ, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Sciscione A, Tolosa JE, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Anderson GD BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2013 Sep 120 10 1183-91 -
Customized versus population approach for evaluation of fetal overgrowth.
Costantine MM, Mele L, Landon MB, Spong CY, Ramin SM, Casey B, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Thorp JM, Sciscione A, Catalano P, Caritis SN, Sorokin Y, Peaceman AM, Tolosa JE, Anderson GD American journal of perinatology 2013 Aug 30 7 565-72 -
Maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin d and preterm birth in twin gestations.
Bodnar LM, Rouse DJ, Momirova V, Peaceman AM, Sciscione A, Spong CY, Varner MW, Malone FD, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Sorokin Y, Carpenter MW, Lo J, Ramin SM, Harper M Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Jul 122 1 91-8 -
Putting the "M" back in maternal-fetal medicine.
D'Alton ME, Bonanno CA, Berkowitz RL, Brown HL, Copel JA, Cunningham FG, Garite TJ, Gilstrap LC, Grobman WA, Hankins GD, Hauth JC, Iriye BK, Macones GA, Martin JN, Martin SR, Menard MK, O'Keefe DF, Pacheco LD, Riley LE, Saade GR, Spong CY American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Jun 208 6 442-8 -
Defining "term" pregnancy: recommendations from the Defining "Term" Pregnancy Workgroup.
Spong CY JAMA 2013 Jun 309 23 2445-6 -
Relationship between 1-hour glucose challenge test results and perinatal outcomes.
Figueroa D, Landon MB, Mele L, Spong CY, Ramin SM, Casey B, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Sciscione A, Catalano P, Harper M, Saade G, Caritis SN, Sorokin Y, Peaceman AM, Tolosa JE Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Jun 121 6 1241-7 -
Activity restriction among women with a short cervix.
Grobman WA, Gilbert SA, Iams JD, Spong CY, Saade G, Mercer BM, Tita AT, Rouse DJ, Sorokin Y, Leveno KJ, Tolosa JE, Thorp JM, Caritis SN, Van Dorsten JP Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Jun 121 6 1181-6 -
Pregnancy outcomes with weight gain above or below the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines.
Johnson J, Clifton RG, Roberts JM, Myatt L, Hauth JC, Spong CY, Varner MW, Wapner RJ, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Ramin SM, Samuels P, Sciscione A, Harper M, Tolosa JE, Saade G, Sorokin Y Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 May 121 5 969-75 -
Placental villous hypermaturation is associated with idiopathic preterm birth.
Morgan TK, Tolosa JE, Mele L, Wapner RJ, Spong CY, Sorokin Y, Dudley DJ, Peaceman AM, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, O'Sullivan MJ, Ramin SM, Rouse DJ, Sibai B The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2013 May 26 7 647-53 -
Preterm births in countries with a very high human development index - Authors' reply.
Chang HH, Larson J, Blencowe H, Spong CY, Simpson JL, Lawn JE Lancet (London, England) 2013 Apr 381 9875 1356-7 -
In reply.
Saade GR, Berghella V, Mercer BM, Wenstrom KD, Spong CY Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Apr 121 4 879 -
Population versus customized fetal growth norms and adverse outcomes in an intrapartum cohort.
Costantine MM, Lai Y, Bloom SL, Spong CY, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Ramin SM, Caritis SN, Peaceman AM, Sorokin Y, Sciscione A, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Malone FD, Harper M, Iams JD American journal of perinatology 2013 Apr 30 4 335-41 -
Long QT syndrome susceptibility mutations and pregnancy loss: another piece of a still unfinished puzzle?
Guttmacher AE, Spong CY, Willinger M JAMA 2013 Apr 309 14 1525-6 -
Timing of delivery and adverse outcomes in term singleton repeat cesarean deliveries.
Chiossi G, Lai Y, Landon MB, Spong CY, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Sorokin Y, O'sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Mar 121 3 561-9 -
Preventing the first cesarean delivery: summary of a joint Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists workshop. In reply.
Spong CY, Berghella V, Wenstrom KD, Mercer BM, Saade GR Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Mar 121 3 687 -
Preventing preterm births: analysis of trends and potential reductions with interventions in 39 countries with very high human development index.
Chang HH, Larson J, Blencowe H, Spong CY, Howson CP, Cairns-Smith S, Lackritz EM, Lee SK, Mason E, Serazin AC, Walani S, Simpson JL, Lawn JE Lancet (London, England) 2013 Jan 381 9862 223-34 -
Haptoglobin phenotype, preeclampsia risk and the efficacy of vitamin C and E supplementation to prevent preeclampsia in a racially diverse population.
Weissgerber TL, Gandley RE, McGee PL, Spong CY, Myatt L, Leveno KJ, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Samuels P, Sciscione A, Harper M, Tolosa JE, Saade G, Sorokin Y PloS one 2013 8 4 e60479 -
Cost-effectiveness of trial of labor after previous cesarean in a minimally biased cohort.
Gilbert SA, Grobman WA, Landon MB, Spong CY, Rouse DJ, Leveno KJ, Varner MW, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM American journal of perinatology 2013 Jan 30 1 11-20 -
Neuroprotective peptides influence cytokine and chemokine alterations in a model of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Roberson R, Kuddo T, Benassou I, Abebe D, Spong CY American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Dec 207 6 499.e1-5 -
Obesity, pregnancy complications, and birth outcomes.
Marshall NE, Spong CY Seminars in reproductive medicine 2012 Dec 30 6 465-71 -
Risk of uterine rupture and placenta accreta with prior uterine surgery outside of the lower segment.
Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Gilbert S, Landon MB, Spong CY, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Meis PJ, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Carpenter M, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Dec 120 6 1332-7 -
17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate to prevent prematurity in nulliparas with cervical length less than 30 mm.
Grobman WA, Thom EA, Spong CY, Iams JD, Saade GR, Mercer BM, Tita AT, Rouse DJ, Sorokin Y, Wapner RJ, Leveno KJ, Blackwell S, Esplin MS, Tolosa JE, Thorp JM, Caritis SN, Van Dorsten JP American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Nov 207 5 390.e1-8 -
Preventing the first cesarean delivery: summary of a joint Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Workshop.
Spong CY, Berghella V, Wenstrom KD, Mercer BM, Saade GR Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Nov 120 5 1181-93 -
Relationship between 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate concentrations and gestational age at delivery in twin gestation.
Caritis SN, Simhan HN, Zhao Y, Rouse DJ, Peaceman AM, Sciscione A, Spong CY, Varner MW, Malone FD, Iams JD, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Sorokin Y, Carpenter M, Lo J, Ramin SM, Harper M American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Nov 207 5 396.e1-8 -
Perinatal outcomes in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women with mild gestational diabetes.
Berggren EK, Mele L, Landon MB, Spong CY, Ramin SM, Casey B, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Sciscione A, Catalano P, Harper M, Saade G, Caritis SN, Sorokin Y, Peaceman AM, Tolosa JE Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Nov 120 5 1099-104 -
Relationship between fetal station and successful vaginal delivery in nulliparous women.
Segel SY, Carreño CA, Weiner SJ, Bloom SL, Spong CY, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Caritis SN, Grobman WA, Sorokin Y, Sciscione A, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Malone FD, Harper M, Iams JD American journal of perinatology 2012 Oct 29 9 723-30 -
The utility of uterine artery Doppler velocimetry in prediction of preeclampsia in a low-risk population.
Myatt L, Clifton RG, Roberts JM, Spong CY, Hauth JC, Varner MW, Wapner RJ, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Grobman WA, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Samuels P, Sciscione A, Harper M, Tolosa JE, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Anderson GD Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Oct 120 4 815-22 -
Cytokine and chemokine alterations in Down syndrome.
Roberson R, Kuddo T, Horowitz K, Caballero M, Spong CY American journal of perinatology 2012 Oct 29 9 705-8 -
Introduction. Cesarean delivery.
Saade GR, Spong CY Seminars in perinatology 2012 Oct 36 5 307 -
Association of polymorphisms in neuroprotection and oxidative stress genes and neurodevelopmental outcomes after preterm birth.
Costantine MM, Clark EA, Lai Y, Rouse DJ, Spong CY, Mercer BM, Sorokin Y, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Malone FD, Carpenter M, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Peaceman AM, Caritis SN Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Sep 120 3 542-50 -
Maternal BMI, glucose tolerance, and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Stuebe AM, Landon MB, Lai Y, Spong CY, Carpenter MW, Ramin SM, Casey B, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Sciscione A, Catalano P, Harper M, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Peaceman AM, Tolosa JE American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Jul 207 1 62.e1-7 -
Excessive early gestational weight gain and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in nulliparous women.
Carreno CA, Clifton RG, Hauth JC, Myatt L, Roberts JM, Spong CY, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Sciscione A, Tolosa JE, Saade GR, Sorokin Y Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Jun 119 6 1227-33 -
First-trimester prediction of preeclampsia in nulliparous women at low risk.
Myatt L, Clifton RG, Roberts JM, Spong CY, Hauth JC, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Ramin SM, Carpenter MW, Iams JD, Sciscione A, Harper M, Tolosa JE, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Anderson GD Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Jun 119 6 1234-42 -
Association of cord blood magnesium concentration and neonatal resuscitation.
Johnson LH, Mapp DC, Rouse DJ, Spong CY, Mercer BM, Leveno KJ, Varner MW, Iams JD, Sorokin Y, Ramin SM, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Peaceman AM, Caritis SN The Journal of pediatrics 2012 Apr 160 4 573-577.e1 -
Elective repeat cesarean delivery compared with spontaneous trial of labor after a prior cesarean delivery: a propensity score analysis.
Gilbert SA, Grobman WA, Landon MB, Spong CY, Rouse DJ, Leveno KJ, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Meis PJ, Sorokin Y, Carpenter M, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Apr 206 4 311.e1-9 -
Timing of delivery and pregnancy outcomes among laboring nulliparous women.
Tita AT, Lai Y, Bloom SL, Spong CY, Varner MW, Ramin SM, Caritis SN, Grobman WA, Sorokin Y, Sciscione A, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Malone FD, Harper M, Iams JD American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Mar 206 3 239.e1-8 -
Add stillbirth to the list of outcomes to worry about in a pregnant woman with a history of preterm birth or fetal growth restriction.
Spong CY Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Mar 119 3 495-7 -
Impact of smoking during pregnancy on functional coagulation testing.
Dizon-Townson D, Miller C, Momirova V, Sibai B, Spong CY, Wendel G, Wenstrom K, Samuels P, Caritis S, Sorokin Y, Miodovnik M, O'Sullivan MJ, Conway D, Wapner RJ, Gabbe SG American journal of perinatology 2012 Mar 29 3 225-30 -
Progestogens to prevent preterm birth in twin pregnancies: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Schuit E, Stock S, Groenwold RH, Maurel K, Combs CA, Garite T, Spong CY, Thom EA, Rouse DJ, Caritis SN, Saade GR, Zachary JM, Norman JE, Rode L, Klein K, Tabor A, Cetingöz E, Morrison JC, Magann EF, Briery CM, Serra V, Perales A, Meseguer J, Nassar AH, Lim AC, Moons KG, Kwee A, Mol BW BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2012 Mar 12 13 -
Effect of antenatal corticosteroids on respiratory morbidity in singletons after late-preterm birth.
Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Gilbert S, Landon MB, Spong CY, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Meis PJ, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Carpenter M, Peaceman AM, O'Sullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Mar 119 3 555-9 -
Prenatal treatment prevents learning deficit in Down syndrome model.
Incerti M, Horowitz K, Roberson R, Abebe D, Toso L, Caballero M, Spong CY PloS one 2012 7 11 e50724 -
To VBAC or not to VBAC.
Spong CY PLoS medicine 2012 9 3 e1001191 -
What is new in maternal-fetal medicine?: best articles from the past year.
Spong CY Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Jan 119 1 168-70 -
Antithyroid antibodies and parity: further evidence for microchimerism in autoimmune thyroid disease.
Greer LG, Casey BM, Halvorson LM, Spong CY, McIntire DD, Cunningham FG American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2011 Nov 205 5 471.e1-4 -
Introduction.
Mercer BM, Spong CY Seminars in perinatology 2011 Oct 35 5 245 -
Clinical research enrolling pregnant women: a workshop summary.
Foulkes MA, Grady C, Spong CY, Bates A, Clayton JA Journal of women's health (2002) 2011 Oct 20 10 1429-32 -
Influenza-like illness in hospitalized pregnant and postpartum women during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic.
Varner MW, Rice MM, Anderson B, Tolosa JE, Sheffield J, Spong CY, Saade G, Peaceman AM, Louis JM, Wapner RJ, Tita AT, Sorokin Y, Blackwell SC, Prasad M, Thorp JM, Naresh A, Van Dorsten JP Obstetrics and gynecology 2011 Sep 118 3 593-600 -
Addressing the complexity of disparities in stillbirths.
Spong CY, Reddy UM, Willinger M Lancet (London, England) 2011 May 377 9778 1635-6 -
Proteomic identification of serum peptides predicting subsequent spontaneous preterm birth.
Esplin MS, Merrell K, Goldenberg R, Lai Y, Iams JD, Mercer B, Spong CY, Miodovnik M, Simhan HN, van Dorsten P, Dombrowski M American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2011 May 204 5 391.e1-8 -
Admixture mapping to identify spontaneous preterm birth susceptibility loci in African Americans.
Manuck TA, Lai Y, Meis PJ, Sibai B, Spong CY, Rouse DJ, Iams JD, Caritis SN, O'Sullivan MJ, Wapner RJ, Mercer B, Ramin SM, Peaceman AM Obstetrics and gynecology 2011 May 117 5 1078-84 -
Uterine scar assessment: how should it be done before trial of labor after cesarean delivery?
Spong CY, Queenan JT Obstetrics and gynecology 2011 Mar 117 3 521-2 -
A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele.
Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, Brock JW, Burrows PK, Johnson MP, Howell LJ, Farrell JA, Dabrowiak ME, Sutton LN, Gupta N, Tulipan NB, D'Alton ME, Farmer DL The New England journal of medicine 2011 Mar 364 11 993-1004
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Research
- Developing fetus
- Fetal complications
- Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele
- Human placenta
- Improving child outcomes
- Inclusion of underrepresented groups in evidence-based research
- Maternal and child health
- Neuroprotective agents that help prevent fetal injury
- Prematurity
- Stillbirth
- Zika in pregnancy
Clinical Focus
- Fetal complications
- Improving outcomes in children
- Prematurity
Results: 1 Locations
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