Current Appointments

• Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Hospital Campus

• Downtown

Clinic/Unit

• Regional Perinatal Center
  Upstate Health Care Center
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  3rd Fl., 90 Presidential Plaza
  Syracuse, NY 13202
  315 464-4458
  

Education & Fellowships

• Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2002, Maternal Fetal Medicine
• Residency: Albany Medical College Hospital, 1999, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Internship: Washington University Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 1996, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• MD: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1995
• PhD: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1994, Microbiology and Immunology

Clinical Trials

• Magnesium Decreases Inflammatory Cytokine Production: A Novel, Important Innate Immunomodulatory Mechanism
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Specialties & Certification

• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Diseases & Conditions Treated

• Chickenpox During Pregnancy
• Gestational Diabetes
• HIV Infection and AIDS
• Heart Conditions in Pregnancy
• High Risk Pregnancies
• Hypertension in Pregnancy
• Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy

Treats

• Adults

Treatments/Services

• Amniocentesis
• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) for Prenatal Diagnosis
• Prenatal Ultrasound

Associations/Memberships

• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

Current Hospital Privileges

• Upstate University Hospital
• Crouse Hospital

HealthLink on Air Radio Interview

• 2/22/18 What happens when a pregnant woman has hepatitis C

Publications

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Research

My laboratory studies immunopathogenesis, focusing on understanding how innate immune function influences viral pathogenesis, pregnancy complications, and inflammation. Research themes include:

• The influence of magnesium on inflammation
• CD4 expression on NK cells
• NK cell/ dendritic cell interactions
• Immunologic determinants of perinatal HIV transmission
• Immune function influences preterm parturition

Ongoing investigations elucidating immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection and disease progression are complemented by related projects delineating the influence of maternal and neonatal immune activation and function on preterm parturition and investigating how magnesium regulates immune function.