William Curtin, M.D.

Dr. Curtin joined the faculty in 2001 as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He received his BS degree in Biology in 1981, and MD in 1985, both from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Curtin did an obstetrics and gynecology residency from 1985 to 1989 with the United States Army at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. He was then stationed in Frankfurt, Germany where he practiced general obstetrics and gynecology from 1989 to 1993.

Dr. Curtin completed a second residency in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology from 1993 to 1997 at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He spent a year (1997-1998) in the Indian Health Service at the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Center in Chinle, Arizona on the Navajo Nation Reservation. In Chinle, he served as laboratory director and staff obstetrician-gynecologist.

Dr. Curtin completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine from 1998 to 2001 at the Medical College of Ohio, in Toledo prior to joining the faculty at the University of Rochester. He is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Anatomic & Clinical Pathology.

Current areas of interest:

Immunity in Preeclampsia
Placental Pathology
Ob/Gyn Pathology

How to contact Dr. Curtin:

E-Mail Address: William_Curtin@urmc.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 275-8729

Research Grants:

Is Preeclampsia Associated with an Increase in T-helper 1 Type Immunity to Trophoblast and Paternal Antigens? Funded by the Mae Stone Goode Foundation.

Recent publications:

• Curtin WM, Krauss S, Metlay LA, Katzman PJ: Pathologic Examination of the Placenta and Observed Practice. Obstetrics & Gynecology 2007; 109: 35-41.
• Curtin WM, Shehata BM, Khuder SA, Robinson HB, Brost BC. The feasibility of using histologic placental sections to predict newborn nucleated red cell counts. Obstetrics & Gynecology 2002; 110:305-10.
• Curtin WM, Marcotte MP, Myers LM, Brost BC: Trisomy 13 presenting as a mimic of a triploid partial mole. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 2001; 20: 1137-39.
• Curtin WM, Weinstein L. A review of HELLP syndrome. Journal of Perinatology 1999; 19(20): 138-143.
• Curtin WM, Murthy B: Metastasis of breast carcinoma to the vulva: A case report. Journal of Reproductive Medicine 1997; 42: 61-63.

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