Sloane Academic Assembly showcases research by residents, fellows

Graduating fellows and PGY-3 residents in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center presented their final research projects at the annual Sloane Academic Assembly on Thursday, June 15, 2017. Faculty in the Department of Ob/Gyn attended the assembly, and Dee Fenner, MD, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Michigan delivered the keynote address, "Predicting Pelvic Floor Recovery after Vaginal Delivery." See below for the full list of presentations by Residents and Fellows.

Residents

• Caitlin Baptiste, MD
  Vulvar and Vaginal Melanoma: A Unique Subclass of Mucosal Melanoma Based on a Comprehensive Moleculart Analysis of 51 Cases Compared with 2253 Cases of Nongynecologic Melanoma
  Preceptors: June Hou, MD and William Burke, MD
   
• Arielle Gumer, MD
  Do Fertility Outcomes Differ in an Underinsured Urban Population? A Single Center Experience
  Preceptor: Nataki C. Douglas, MD
   
• Benjamin Margolis, MD
  Educational Intervention to Improve Code Status Discussion Proficiency Among Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents
  Preceptor: Jason Wright, MD
   
• Devon Rupley, MD
  Multimedia versus Traditional Verbal Informed Consent for Cesarean Section
  Preceptor: Rini Ratan, MD
   
• Deepika Sagaram, MD
  Birth Order Does Not Offer Neurologic Advantage in Twin Pregnancy
  Preceptor: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD
   
• Denise Umpierrez-Morley, MD
  Differences in Mid-Urethral Slings in Women with and without Diabetes: Do Differences Exist?
  Preceptor: Cara Grimes, MD

Fellows

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

• Amelia McLennan, MD
  Does Abnormal Placental Cord Insertion at Anatomy Ultrasound Predict Small-For-Gestational-Age Infants?
  Preceptor: Russell Miller, MD
   
• Audrey Merriam, MD
  Early Complement Deposition and Angiogenic Imbalance in a Preeclampsia-like Mouse Model
  Preceptor: Nataki Douglas, MD
   
• Gloria Too, MD
  Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation in Preeclampsia
  Preceptor: Ronald Wapner, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility 

• Lauren Zakarin Safier, MD
  Gene Editing in Haploid Human Embryonic Stem Cells Using CRISPR/CAS9
  Preceptor: Dietrich Egli, Ph.D

Family Planning

• Annie Fu, MD and Caitlin Weber, MD
  A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Transabdominal and Transvaginal Sonography for Eligibility Assessment Prior to Medical Abortion
  Preceptors: Carolyn Westhoff, MD and Anne Davis, MD

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

• Obianuju Sandra Madueke-Laveaux, MD, MPH
  A Comparison of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Absorption Rates in Gynecologic Laparoscopy with a Valveless Insufflation System versus Standard Insufflation System at Intra-Abdominal Pressures of 10 mmHg and 15 mmHg – A Randomized Controlled Trail
  Preceptors: Arnold Advincula, MD and Jeannie Kim, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

• Nathaniel Lee Jones, MD
  Identification of Potential Therapeutic Targets by Molecular Profiling of 628 Cases of Uterine Serous Carcinoma
  Preceptor: June Hou, MD