Baha Sibai, M.D. Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal Fetal Medicine Email Telephone: 558-8449 Office Location: MSB 5260

Education and Training:
B.S., 1968, Pre-medicine, American University, Beirut, Lebanon

M.D., 1972, Medicine, American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Internship, 1972-73, Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

Residency, 1973-76, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Fellowship, 1976-77, Gynecology, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts

Fellowship, 1978-80, Maternal/Fetal Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee

Certification:
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1981, 1993

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1983, 1995

State of Tennessee Medical Board, 1978

State of Ohio Medical Board, 2000

Recent Publications:
Haddad B, Barton J, Sibai B, et al. HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count) syndrome versus severe preeclampsia: Onset at £28.0 weeks' gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000; 183:1475-79.

Goepfert AR, Goldenberg RL, Sibai BM, et al. The Preterm Prediction Study: Quantitative fetal fibronectin values and the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001; 184:1480-83.

Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Hauth JC, et al. Preterm delivery in women with pregestational diabetes mellitus or chronic hypertension relative to women with uncomplicated pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 184:1520-4.

Witlin AG, Mattar F, Sibai BM. Postpartum stroke: a twenty-year experience. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000; 183:83-88.

Barton JR, O'Brien JM, Sibai BM, et al. Mild gestational hypertension remote from term: Progression and outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001; 184:979-83.

Zhong XY, Laivouri H, Livingston JC, Ylikorkala O, Sibai BM, Holzgreve W, Hahn S. Elevation of both maternal and fetal extracellular circulating deoxyribonucleic acid concentrations in the plasma of pregnant women with preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001; 184:414-19.

Goepfert AR, Goldenberg RL, Andrews WW, Hauth JC, Mercer B, Iams J, Meis P, Moawad A, Thom E, VanDorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski M, Roberts J, McNellis D for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. The preterm prediction study: Association between cervical interleukin 6 concentration and spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001; 184:483-88.

Zhong XY, Laivuori H, Sibai BM, et al. Elevation of both maternal and fetal extracellular circulating deoxyribonucleic acid concentrations in the plasma of pregnant women with preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 184:414-19.

Goepfert AR, Goldenberg RL, Andrews WW, et al. (Sibai BM) The preterm prediction study: Association between cervical interleukin 6 concentration and spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 184:483-88.

Morris CD, Jacobson SL, Sibai BM, et al. Nutrient intake and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Evidence from a large prospective cohort. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 184:643-51.

Branch D, Porter T, Sibai B, et al. Antiphospholipid antibodies in women at risk for preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 184:825-34.

Barton JR, O'Brien JM, Sibai BM, et al. Mild gestational hypertension remote from term: Progression and outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 184:979-83.

Scholarly Interests:
Hypertension in pregnancy