Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellows

Current Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellows

Ola Hadaya
Ola Hadaya (Year 3)
Tomi Kanninen
Tomi Kanninen (Year 3)
Alexander Juusela
Alexander Juusela (Year 2)
Timothy Immonen
Timothy Immonen (Year 2)
Carolyn Chatterton
Carolyn Chatterton (Year 2)
Barbara Neshek
Barbara Neshek (Year 1)
Bogdan Panaitescu
Bogdan Panaitescu (Year 1)

Select Publications During Fellowship:

  • Para R, Romero R, Gomez-Lopez N, Tarca AL, Panaitescu B, Done B, Hsu R, Pacora P, Hsu CD. Maternal circulating concentrations of soluble Fas and Elabela in early- and late-onset preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020:1-14.
  • Alhousseini A, Romero R, Benshalom-Tirosh N, Gudicha D, Pacora P, Tirosh D, Kabiri D, Yeo L, Thachil J, Hsu CD, Hassan SS, Erez O. Nonovert disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in pregnancy: a new scoring system for the identification of patients at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood transfusion. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020:1-16.
  • Faro J, Romero R, Schwenkel G, Garcia-Flores V, Arenas-Hernandez M, Leng Y, Xu Y, Miller D, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Intra-amniotic inflammation induces preterm birth by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome. Biol Reprod 2019:1290-1305.
  • Gill N, Leng Y, Romero R, Xu Y, Panaitescu B, Miller D, Arif A, Mumuni S, Qureshi F, Hsu CD, Hassan SS, Staff AC, Gomez-Lopez N. The immunophenotype of decidual macrophages in acute atherosis. Am J Reprod Immunol 2019;81:e13098.
  • Varrey A, Romero R, Panaitescu B, Miller D, Chaiworapongsa T, Patwardhan M, Faro J, Pacora P, Hassan SS, Hsu CD, Gomez-Lopez N. Human ß-defensin-1: A natural antimicrobial peptide present in amniotic fluid that is increased in spontaneous preterm labor with intra-amniotic infection. Am J Reprod Immunol 2018;80:e13031.
  • Lannaman K, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim YM, Korzeniewski SJ, Maymon E, Gomez-Lopez N, Panaitescu B, Hassan SS, Yeo L, Yoon BH, Jai Kim C, Erez O. Fetal death: an extreme manifestation of maternal anti-fetal rejection. J Perinat Med 2017;45: 851-868.
  • Tang X, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Garcia M, Saker M, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Romero R. Intermediate diastolic velocity as a parameter of cardiac dysfunction in growth-restricted fetuses. Fetal Diagn Ther 2016;39:28-39.
  • Patwardhan M, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Korzeniewski SJ, Schwartz A, Hassan SS, Romero R. Dynamic changes in the myometrium during the third stage of labor, evaluated using two-dimensional ultrasound, in women with normal and abnormal third stage of labor and in women with obstetric complications. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation 2015;80:26-37

Select Publications During Fellowship:

  • Para R, Romero R, Gomez-Lopez N, Tarca AL, Panaitescu B, Done B, Hsu R, Pacora P, Hsu CD. Maternal circulating concentrations of soluble Fas and Elabela in early- and late-onset preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020:1-14.
  • Alhousseini A, Romero R, Benshalom-Tirosh N, Gudicha D, Pacora P, Tirosh D, Kabiri D, Yeo L, Thachil J, Hsu CD, Hassan SS, Erez O. Nonovert disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in pregnancy: a new scoring system for the identification of patients at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood transfusion. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020:1-16.
  • Faro J, Romero R, Schwenkel G, Garcia-Flores V, Arenas-Hernandez M, Leng Y, Xu Y, Miller D, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Intra-amniotic inflammation induces preterm birth by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome. Biol Reprod 2019:1290-1305.
  • Gill N, Leng Y, Romero R, Xu Y, Panaitescu B, Miller D, Arif A, Mumuni S, Qureshi F, Hsu CD, Hassan SS, Staff AC, Gomez-Lopez N. The immunophenotype of decidual macrophages in acute atherosis. Am J Reprod Immunol 2019;81:e13098.
  • Varrey A, Romero R, Panaitescu B, Miller D, Chaiworapongsa T, Patwardhan M, Faro J, Pacora P, Hassan SS, Hsu CD, Gomez-Lopez N. Human ß-defensin-1: A natural antimicrobial peptide present in amniotic fluid that is increased in spontaneous preterm labor with intra-amniotic infection. Am J Reprod Immunol 2018;80:e13031.
  • Lannaman K, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim YM, Korzeniewski SJ, Maymon E, Gomez-Lopez N, Panaitescu B, Hassan SS, Yeo L, Yoon BH, Jai Kim C, Erez O. Fetal death: an extreme manifestation of maternal anti-fetal rejection. J Perinat Med 2017;45: 851-868.
  • Tang X, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Garcia M, Saker M, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Romero R. Intermediate diastolic velocity as a parameter of cardiac dysfunction in growth-restricted fetuses. Fetal Diagn Ther 2016;39:28-39.
  • Patwardhan M, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Korzeniewski SJ, Schwartz A, Hassan SS, Romero R. Dynamic changes in the myometrium during the third stage of labor, evaluated using two-dimensional ultrasound, in women with normal and abnormal third stage of labor and in women with obstetric complications. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation 2015;80:26-37