Research & Scholarly Activity

We have an unusually robust resident research program that is designed to initiate resident involvement in the development of a research project starting in their 1st year and helping them through all the steps and potential pitfalls of a research project to culminate in the 3rd year with presentation of their research to the department at the annual Resident Research Day. In addition to individual mentoring, we incorporate a research curriculum into our didactic sessions including statistics, study design, scientific writing, and literature interpretation. The majority of our residents present their research at national or international meetings and many graduate with publications to their name.

CLASS 2025

Publications:

Kaszubinski S. Placement of long-acting reversible contraception for minors who are mothers should not require parental consent. J Med Ethics. 2021 Jul 14; medethics-2020-106225 PMID: 34261805

Presentations:

Dom A, Cagino S, Voss K, Lynch T, Olson-Chen C. Latency from PPROM to delivery is not altered with discontinuation of antibiotics after 48 hours. Voume 226, Issue 1, Supplement, S447, January 2022. Poster Session

CLASS 2024

Publications:

Liew, ZQ, Ly V, OlsonChen C. An old disease on the rise: new approaches to syphilis in pregnancy. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2021 Apr 1;33(2):78-85. PMID:3337615

Staszewski C, Garretto D, Garry E, Ly V, Davis J, Herra. Comparison of buprenorphine and methadone in the management of maternal opioid use disorder in full term pregnancies. J Perinat Med 2020 Sep 25;48(7):677-680. PMID:32681781

Presentations:

Vu M, Herndon C, Christ J, Mehr H, Jackson-Bey T. Facilitating Values Clarification for Infertility Care. Symposium session at American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting. May 2022. San Diego, CA.

Vu M, Stuehling D, Li D, Alur-Gupta S. New York State's Medicaid Expansion Improves Access but Not Utilization of Fertility Services. Poster presentation at American College of Obstetricians and 
Gynecologists District II Annual District Meeting. September 2021

Vu M. "We Are Here For You: Fertility Clinic Website Communication During the Escalating Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic". Poster Presentation. ASRM 2020 Conference

Williams D, Betstadt S. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of ondansetron to reduce emesis 
associated with oral doxycycline. Poster. Society of Family Planning October 2020

CLASS 2023

Publications:

Spielman S, MacCallum JK. Management of the first stage of labor.  March 2022. The PeriFacts OB/GYN Academy

Thappa, S, Wilbur, MA.  Disparities in Gynecologic. 2022. The PeriFacts OB/GYN Academy

Todhunter LP, Dom, AM, Toscano M. Alcohol and Fetal Risks. Spring 2022. The PeriFacts OB/GYN Academy

Book: Patient Safety and the importance of team communication in fetal monitoring. Thappa S, Albert J, Yull R (Ed.),Chapter: Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Pathophysiology and Practice. Second Edition. (pp. Online). Rochester: University of Rochester.

Coulter M, Diamond D, Estrada C, Grimstad F, Yu R, Doyle P. Vaginectomy in Transmasculine Patients: A Review of Techniques in an Emerging Field. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2022 Feb 16 Online ahead of print PMID: 35234183

Toscano M, Wood J, Spielman S, Ferri R, Whaley N, Seligman. Prenatal care utilization in pregnant women who consider but do not have abortions. Observational Study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Jan 21;22(1):53. PMID:35062913

Todhunter LP, Hogan-Roy MD, Pressman EK. Complications of Pregnancy in Adolescent. Simin Reprod Med. 2021 Aug 10. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34375993

Makhijani R, Coulter M, Taggar A, Godiwala P, OSullivan D, Nulsen J, Engmann L, Benadiva C, Grow, D. Reduction in multiple pregnancy rate in donor oocyte-recipient gestational carrier (GC) in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles in the USA with single-embryo transfer and preimplantation genetic testing. J Assist Reprod Genet 2021 Mar 11 PMID: 33709344

Samborski, A., Williams, C., Spivack, L., Gubbels, A. Ruptured Heterotopic Pregnancy Following Spontaneous Conception. Journal of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics, North America, 9, sep. 
2020. Pages 70-72 (Case Report)

Nelson HN, Thayer E, Bailey C, Leuenberger L, Lehman E, Chuang CH. Factors Associated with New Uptake of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Since the Affordable Care Act Among Privately Insured Women in Pennsylvania.  Womens Health Issues. 2019 Sep-Oct;29(5):370-375. PMID: 31337530

Presentations:

Coulter M, Hernandez Aranda D, Duecy E. There's No Place Like Home: Same-Day Discharge after

Colpocleisis is Safe for Our Medically Frail Patients. Oral Presentation. AUGS/IUGA Scientific Meeting June 2022

Coulter M, Hernandez Aranda D, Duecy E. LeFort versus Total Colpocleisis: Are Outcomes Different?

Poster Presentation. AUGS/IUGA Scientific Meeting June 2022

Nelson H, Weisman C; Lehman E, Chuang C. Contraceptive congruence: A novel 
measure of contraceptive use that acknowledges pregnancy ambivalence. Poster Presentation. Symposium session at American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting. May 2022. San Diego, CA.

Gilman J; Scott E. Lessons learned from a minority student group free clinic during Covid-19. Associate for Prevention Teaching and Research. Oral Presentation. April 2022

Gilman J; Doyle P. PROMIS scores in SUI patients treated with conservative vs surgical management. Poster Presentation. Society for Gynecological Surgery March 2022

Spielman S, Maretz C, Thornburg L, Dom A, Toscano M. A mole among us: Prenatal
ultrasound detection of a complete molar pregnancy coexisting with dichorionic twins resulting
in two live, healthy neonates. Poster Presentation. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Meeting, San
Diego, CA 2022

Todhunter T, Toscano M, Dom A. Endovascular management of a large, partially-ruptured puerperal 
renal artery pseudoaneurysm occurring with severe pre-eclampsia. Oral Presentation. The American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine 4/13

Coulter M, Morell A, Samborski A, Miller C, Moore R. Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) through time and space: a meta-analysis. Poster Presentation. Society of Gynecologic Oncology Virtual Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer 2021. March 15th-21st 2021.

Makhijani R, Coulter M, Thorne J, Bartels C, Nulsen J, Engmann L, Benadiva C, Daniel G. Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Neuploidy (PGT-A  on Gestational Carrier Cycles in the United States) Oral Presentation. American Society for Reproductive Medicine October 12-16, 2019

CLASS 2022

Publications:

McQuade M, Reddy N , Barbour K, Owens L. Integrating reproductive health care into substance use disorder services. International Review of Psychiatry. March 2021

Underkofler K, Linder, M. Granular cell myoblastoma of vulva. In: Goldsmith L (Ed.), VisualDx Visual Clinical Support Tool [online]. Rochester, NY: Logical Images; 2021.

Miller C; McQuade M, MacCallum, Zhang Y. Persistently elevated hCG in a patient with no clear evidence of pregnancy. Clin Chim Acta. 2020 Nov;510:703-706 PMID:32910977

Evans E, Hoeger K. Polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescence: Towards a better diagnosis and treatment. Curr Opin Endocr Metab Res 2020; 12:105-11.

Underkofler KA, Lachance J. Evaluation of Geographic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Survival Across Maine. Journal of Maine Medical Center. 2020;2(2):Article 3.

McQuade M, Barbour K, Betstadt S, Harrington A. Intubation and intensive care after laminaria anaphylaxis in second-trimester abortion. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Jan;38(1):163.e1-163 PMID: 31477354

Khalifeh A. Berghella A, Moreno S, Corelli K. Luebner E, Saccone G, Daou B, Jabbour P. Stroke recurrence in pregnancy: Experience at a regional referral center. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2019 May 236:75-78. PMID: 30884339

Perry R, Landrian A, McQuade M, Thiel de Bocanegra H.Contraceptive Need, Intimate Partner Violence, and Reproductive Coercion Among Women Attending a Syringe Exchange Program. J Addict Med. 2019 Dec 17. PMID: 31855918

Evans AT, Szlachetka K, Thornburg LL. Ultrasound Assessment of the Intrauterine Device. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 2019 Dec; 46(4):661-681 Epub 2019 Oct 3. PMID: 31677748

Blumenthal EA, Hooshvar N, McQuade M, McNulty J. A Validation Study of Maternal Early Warning Systems: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Am J Perinatal. 2019 March (11) PMID:30856674

Khalifeh A, Berghella, Moreno S, Corelli K, Leubner E, Saccone G, Daou B, Jabbour P. Stroke recurrence in pregnancy: Experience at a reginal referral center. Eur J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Mar 12;236:75-78

Barbour K, McQuade M, Somasundram S, Chakravarthy B. Emergency physician resistance to a take-home naloxone program led by community harm reductionists. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Nov; 36(11):210-2112 PMID:29588147

Whaley NS, Evans A. Pregnancy safety and termination. In: Ciafaloni E, Thornburg L, Bushnell C, eds. Neurological Diseases and Pregnancy: A Coordinated Care Model for Best Management. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press; 2018: Chapter 2.

Adkins A, Toscano M, Umbilical Cord Prolapse. PeriFax 

Adkins A, Glantz JC, Fetal Acid Base Status. PerfiFax

Presentations:

Paraison L, Dom A; Ganpo-Nkwena N, Thornburg, Hollenbach S. Patient body composition is largely ignored in evidence informing hypertension guidelines in pregnancy. Poster Presentation. Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting. January 2022

Adkins, A. Dom A, Malshe A, Lynch T, Olson-Chen C. Expectant management of PPROM until 36 weeks reduced neonatal morbidity without increasing chorioamnionitis. Poster Presentation. Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting. January 2022

McQuade M. Sexual and reproductive health practices among cannabis smoking women. Poster Presentation at: The ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting; April 30-May 2, 2021.

McQuade M. Ultrasound-guided hystereotomy at the time of cesarean delivery in a case of non-
type I or II vasa previa. Poster Presentation. Annual Integrative Ultrasound Meeting April 2021

Morell A, Thornburg L, Drennan K. Analysis of Gender Distribution in Editorial Boards of Obstetric and Gynecologic Journals. Poster presentation at: The ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting; April 30-May 2, 2021.

Morell A, Underkofler K, Esquivel R, DeSimone F, Miller MG, Moore RG. Characterization and comparison of pelvic mass risk assessment by gynecologists and PCPs to ROMA. Poster presentation at: The Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting; March 19-25, 2021

Coulter M, Morell A, Samborski A, Miller C, Moore R. Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) through time and space: a meta-analysis. Poster Presentation. Society of Gynecologic Oncology Virtual Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer 2021. March 15th-21st 2021.

Underkofler KA, Morell AJ, Esquivel R, DeSimone F, Miller MC, Moore RG. Cost-analysis comparison of initial clinical risk assessment and ROMA score for the triage of women with pelvic masses. Published Abstract Society for Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting. March 19-25, 2021

Dom A, Paraison L, Webber T, Thornburg LL, Hollenbach S. Peer audit of racial representation in contemporary obstetric guidelines. Poster presentation. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 41st Annual Pregnancy Meeting, January 2021

Underkofler KA, Towner MN, Urh A, Meacham P, Robison KM, Moore RG. Characterization of patients with isolated tumor cells and micrometastasis on sentinel lymph node biopsy performed for endometrial cancer staging. Accepted for oral presentation at 2020 Society for Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting- conference cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Presented during 2020 Society for Gynecologic Oncology Webinar Series. May 12, 2020. Abstract published in conference proceedings.

St. Onge R, Shooster F, Evans A, Schreiber I, Li D, Thornburg L, Vitek W. ADAPT: A novel on-line simulation game that promotes knowledge of maternal and fetal physiology among medical students. Poster Presentation. ACOG/APGO Conference, New Orleans, LA February 2019

Barbour K, McQuade M, Mogi J, Louthan M, Butler K, Alarc´on J, Brown B. Choices and perspectives of people who inject drugs on syringe litter in resource-poor settings without safe disposal options (also called Syringe litter: mythology, blame, and power, with Augustine D, Newark C). Presenter. National Harm Reduction Conference, New Orleans, October 2018. 

Newark C, McQuade M, Laguna S, Barbour K, Augustine D. You’re just little girls: handling hostility from police and other authorities against harm reduction programs. Roundtable facilitator. National Harm Reduction Conference, New Orleans, October 2018. 

McQuade M, Ziegenhorn S, Barbour K, Tookes H. Leveraging “legitimacy”: growing radical harm reduction advocates among medical students and physicians. Presenter. National Harm Reduction Conference, New Orleans, October 2018

McQuade M, Barbour K, Landrian A, Russo J, Perry R. Delayed abortion care among women who use drugs. North American Forum on Family Planning, New Orleans, October 2018

Perry R, McQuade M, Landrian A, Heike .Intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, and contraceptive use among women attending a syringe exchange programs. North American Forum on Family Planning, New Orleans, October 2018.

2021

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP - Commissioner of Public Health, Monroe County, University of Rochester-Advancing Population Health in Monroe County

Research Presentations

• Alyssa Adkins, MD - Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes: Outcomes with Expectant Management until 35 versus 36 weeks
• Adam Evans, MD - Overnight Melatonin Concentration and Sleep Quality are Associated with Clinical Features of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Emily Leubner, MD - Immediate Postplacental IUD Placement: Expulsion and Associated Risk Factors
• Miriam McQuade, MD - Delayed Abortion Care Among Women Who Use Drugs
• Alexandra Morell, MD - Characterization and comparison of pelvic mass risk assessment by gynecologists and PCP’s to ROMA.
• Lauren Paraison, MD - Peer audit of racial representation in contemporary obstetric guidelines
• Margaret Schoeniger, MD - ExperiencesofWomenatCrisisPregnancyCentersinWesternNewYork
• Kaylee Underkofler, MD - Characterization of patients with isolated tumor cells and micrometastasis on sentinel lymph node biopsy performed for endometrial cancer staging

2020

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Marcela Del Carmen, MD, MPH -  Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital- Finding Aequanimitas in Academic Medicine Today

Research Presentations

• Tiffany Abreu, MD - A Qualitative Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Community-Based Research Track in an Academic OBGYN Residency Program
• Alexandra Blackman, MD - The utility of additional ovarian cancer biomarkers to the dual marker combination of HE4 and CA125 for the detection of cancer
• Katelyn Carey, MD - Association Between Preconception Weight Changes During Ovulation Induction and Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with PCOS
• Cheryl Chu, MD - Multiples again? Recurrence risk and risk factors for monozygotic live birth in over 65000 in-vitro fertilization cycles
• Victoria Quimpo Moretti, MD - A Qualitative Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Community-Based Research Track in an Academic OBGYN Residency Program
• Katherine Rogg, MD - The Prediction of Spontaneous Preterm Birth Using 3-Dimensional Cervical Length Measurement
• Alexandra Samborski, MD - The combination of HE4 and CA125 is superior to either marker alone for monitoring women with ovarian cancer
• Elizabeth Willman, MD - Is Earlier Better? A Novel Approach to Early Postpartum Depression Screening Utilizing MyChart

2019

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University - Reproductive Justice and Incarcerated Women: Understanding the Nexus of Reproductive Health, Mass Incarceration, and Social Justice

Research Presentations

• Jillian Dodge, D.O. - Inpatient assessment of contraceptive use in medically complex women
• Matthew Gevelinger, M.D. - Evaluation of Sacral Nerve Stimulator Revision and Explantation in a Single Center, Multidisciplinary Study
• Katrina Heyrana, M.D., Ph.D. - Does strict adherence to ACOG criteria for prevention of the primary Cesarean section lead to lower institution-specific Cesarean delivery rates?
• Danielle Krueger, M.D. - Are cesarean delivery rates increased among low-risk, nulliparous women undergoing elective induction of labor compared to awaiting spontaneous labor prior to 40 weeks gestation?
• Rachel O’Connell, M.D. - Near-histologic resolution images of cervical dysplasia obtained with Gabor domain optical coherence microscopy
• Arti Taggar, M.D., M.P.H. - Virtual Reality and Gaming in Non-Surgical Medical Education: A Pilot Trial of The Steroid Pathway Game.
• Elizabeth Whinston, M.D., Ph.D. - Effectiveness of Computed Tomography Guided Pudendal Nerve Block in the Treatment of Pudendal Neuralgia

2018

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Nanette Santoro, M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine - Follow the Patient: The Many Ways That Obesity Affects Female Reproduction

Research Presentations

• Katherine Congelosi, M.D. - Depression and contraceptive choice in the postpartum period
• Alecia Fields, D.O. - Implementing a social determinants of health curriculum into OBGYN residency
• Laura Hanks, M.D. - Healthy motherhood: Teenage pregnancy prevention in the US affiliated Pacific Island of Pohnpei, Micronesia
• Olivia Higgins, M.D. - Laparoscopic sacrospinous ligament transection for treatment of pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome
• Alexis Pilato, M.D. - Knowledge, behaviors, and reproductive hormones related to phthalate exposure among women seeking fertility care. 
• Rachelle St Onge, M.D. - ADAPT: A novel on-line simulation game that promotes knowledge of maternal and fetal physiology among medical students
• Marika Toscano, M.D. - Handheld point-of-care ultrasound for gynecologic pathology: a pilot study for low resource settings
• Phoebe Whalen, M.D. - Impact of direct abdominal trauma on pregnancy outcome

2017

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Angel Foster, D.Phil., M.D., A.M., University of Ottawa - Abortion in humanitarian settings: Challenges and opportunities for expanding safe services

Research Presentations

• Jennifer Black, M.D. - Comparative safety and efficacy of cervical preparation methods
  in dilation and evacuation
• Sheila Flaum, D.O. - Barriers and outcomes associated with failure to execute desired postpartum sterilization
• Jennifer Leone, M.D. - Does term labor induction increase risk of cesarean section for nulliparous women?
• Haley Meyer, M.D. - Pelvic floor dysfunction after total cystectomy for bladder cancer
• Jessica Mitchell, M.D. - The differential analysis of serum HE4 levels in epithelial ovarian cancer and other malignant tumors
• Laura Pekman, M.D. - Mode of membrane rupture in pregnancies with idiopathic polyhydramnios
• Mary Towner, M.D. - Validity assessment of a novel gynecologic surgical model: The GySMo project
• Ferdous Zannat, M.D. - Risk factors for repeat laparoscopy for patients with chronic abdominopelvic pain and endometriosis

2016

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Aaron B. Caughey, M.D., Ph.D., OHSU School of Medicine - Periviable Pregnancies: Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Research Presentations

• Elizabeth Bard, M.D. - Women’s representation in government as a predictor of women’s health outcomes
• Lauren Coyle, M.D. - The express study: Immediate postpartum breast pump use and infant formula supplementation at one month
• Beatriz Folch Torres-Aguiar, M.D. - The rise of female sterilization vs LARC among women in Latin America: A closer look at Colombia  
• Ethan Gable, M.D. (presented in 2015) - Counseling practices and social outcomes in pregnancies conceived with assisted reproductive technologies 
• Whitney Hanan, M.D. - A precursor survey to the scheduled prophylactic antiemetics for reduction of emesis with doxycycline (SPARED) trial
• Stefanie Hollenbach, M.D., M.S. - Evaluating quantity of antenatal transplacental cell exchange: the EQUATE study
• Tessa Reisinger, M.D. - Geographic disparities in access to abortion services in western New York
• Daniel Terk, M.D. - Adherence to recommended cervical cancer screening based on HPV vaccination status