Professional Bio
Dr. Pressman is currently The James R. Woods Professor and a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Maternal Fetal Medicine. She is Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Director of the MFM Fellowship training program. She completed her undergraduate training at Brown University and received her medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Pressman did her residency training in OB/GYN as well as a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Before coming to Rochester in 1999, Dr. Pressman was an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins from 1994-1999, where she was also Associate Director of the Ob/Gyn Residency Program, Director of the Fetal Assessment Center, and of the High Risk Obstetrical Clinic. Dr. Pressman is Board Certified in Ob/Gyn and in Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Current areas of interest:
Medical complications of pregnancy
Diabetes in pregnancy
Preterm Birth
Premature rupture of membranes
Antioxidants and the strength of the chorioamnion
Predicting birth weight from ultrasonographic measurements
Research Bio
Dr. Pressman is currently The James R. Woods Professor and a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Maternal Fetal Medicine. She is Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Director of the MFM Fellowship training program. She completed her undergraduate training at Brown University and received her medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Pressman did her residency training in OB/GYN as well as a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Before coming to Rochester in 1999, Dr. Pressman was an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins from 1994-1999, where she was also Associate Director of the Ob/Gyn Residency Program, Director of the Fetal Assessment Center, and of the High Risk Obstetrical Clinic. Dr. Pressman is Board Certified in Ob/Gyn and in Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Current areas of interest:
Medical complications of pregnancy
Diabetes in pregnancy
Preterm Birth
Premature rupture of membranes
Antioxidants and the strength of the chorioamnion
Predicting birth weight from ultrasonographic measurements
Publications:
| National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education | ACOG |
2006 |
| Faculty Appreciation Award | Johns Hopkins OB/Gyn Residency | Baltimore, MD |
1998 |
| National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education | CREOG |
1997 |
| Administrative Chief Resident | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD |
1991 - 1992 |
| Ishiyaku Euro-American Award | Duke University | Durham, NC |
1988 |
| American Medical Women's Association Award | Duke University | Durham, NC |
1988 |
| Merck Manual Award | Duke University | Durham, NC |
1988 |
| Department of Engineering Research Award | Brown University | Providence, RI |
1984 |
| United Technologies Merit Scholarship | United Technologies |
1980 |
| New York State Regents Scholarship |
1980 |
2013 Mar
Jiang X, Bar HY, Yan J, Jones S, Brannon PM, West AA, Perry CA, Ganti A, Pressman E, Devapatla S, Vermeylen F, Wells MT, Caudill MA. "A higher maternal choline intake among third-trimester pregnant women lowers placental and circulating concentrations of the antiangiogenic factor fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFLT1)." The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of
American Societies for Experimental Biology. 2013 Mar 0; 27(3):1245-53. Epub 2012 Nov 29. |
2013 Feb 21
O'Connor TG, Winter MA, Hunn J, Carnahan J, Pressman EK, Glover V, Robertson-Blackmore E, Moynihan JA, Eun-Hyung Lee F, Caserta MT. "Prenatal maternal anxiety predicts reduced adaptive immunity in infants." Brain, behavior, and immunity. 2013 Feb 21; Epub 2013 Feb 21. |
2012 Sep
Thornburg LL, Linder MA, Durie DE, Walker B, Pressman EK, Glantz JC. "Risk factors for wound complications in morbidly obese women undergoing primary cesarean delivery." 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. 2012 Sep 0; 25(9):1544-8. Epub 2012 Feb 13. |
2012 Aug
Hackney DN, Miller RK, Pressman EK, Francis CW, Simhan HN. "Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy and circulating markers of thrombin generation." 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. 2012 Aug 0; 25(8):1479-82. Epub 2012 Jan 24. |
2012 Aug
Jiang X, Yan J, West AA, Perry CA, Malysheva OV, Devapatla S, Pressman E, Vermeylen F, Caudill MA. "Maternal choline intake alters the epigenetic state of fetal cortisol-regulating genes in humans." The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of
American Societies for Experimental Biology. 2012 Aug 0; 26(8):3563-74. Epub 2012 May 01. |
