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Research
Emily A. DeFranco, D.O.
EMAIL
Telephone: 558-5841
Office Location: MSB 4564
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EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati Department of Environmental Health Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2008 – 2010 (currently enrolled)
Master of Science in Clinical Research
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri 2005 -2008
Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 1998-2002 Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences Kansas City, Missouri 1994-1998
Summa Cum Laude Graduate
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Missouri Southern State University Joplin, Missouri Major: Biology, Minor: Chemistry 1988-1992
Magna Cum Laude Graduate
Bachelor of Science
SPECIALTY BOARDS
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Diplomat, December 2004
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Board eligible, 2008
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2008 to present: Cincinnati, Ohio
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and
Greater Cincinnati OB/GYN, Inc.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
July 2005 to June 2008: St. Louis, Missouri
Washington University School of Medicine
Instructor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
July 2002 to June 2005: Lexington, Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
June 2003 to June 2005: Lexington, Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Clerkship Coordinator, OBG-854 and OBG-863
Clinical Clerkship in Obstetrics and High-Risk Obstetrics
HONORS and AWARDS
Editorial consultant award, top 5%, Am J Obstet Gynecol (2007)
Faculty Development Course Award, The Berlex Foundation (2003)
Reproductive Epidemiology and Clinical Trial Design Program
Golden Stethoscope Award, K.C. University of Medicine and Biosciences (1998)
Medical School Valedictorian
Janet M. Glasgow Award, Medical School Valedictorian (1998)
Psi Sigma Alpha, Osteopathic Academic Honor Society (1996)
Sigma Sigma Phi, Osteopathic Academic/Leadership Honor Society (1995)
Alpha Chi, Academic Honor Society (1992)
Outstanding Graduate of the Year, Biology, Missouri Southern State Univ (1992)
Omicron Delta Kappa, Academic/Leadership Honor Society (1991)
Phi Eta Sigma, Academic Honor Society (1989)
Private Scholarship, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (1994)
Patron’s Scholarship, Missouri Southern State University (1990 to 1992)
Regent’s Scholarship, Missouri Southern State University (1988 to 1990)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2005 to present
Associate Fellow in Training Member, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine,
2005 to 2008
In –Training Member, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, 2007 to 2008
Candidate Member, American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and
Gynecologists, 2006 to present
Chapter Vice President, National Osteopathic Women Physicians Association, 1995 to 1996
Delegate, Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons,
1995 to 1999, Member - 2006 to present
EDITORIAL REVIEWER
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2004 to present
Obstetrics and Gynecology
2002 to present
PUBLICATIONS
DeFranco E, Chang J, Macones G, Muglia L
The Correlation in Birth Timing between Singleton and Multifetal Gestations
Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine; accepted September 2008; in press
Chaudhari B, Plunkett J, Ratajczak C, Shen T, DeFranco E, Muglia L
The Genetics of Birth Timing: Insights into a Fundamental Component of
Human Development
Clinical Genetics; accepted September 2008; in press
DeFranco E, Liu M, Muglia L, Schootman M
Area-level Poverty and Preterm Birth Risk: A Population-based Multilevel Analysis
BMC Public Health. 2008 Sep 15;8(1):316
Shen T, DeFranco E, Stamilio D, Chang JJ, Muglia L
A Population-based Study of Race-Specific Risk of Preterm Placental Abruption
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2008 Sep 12;8:43
Purisch S, DeFranco E, Muglia L, Odiobo A, Stamilio D
Preterm Birth in Pregnancies Complicated by Major Congenital Malformations: A Population-based Study
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Sep;199(3):287.e1-8
Shen T, DeFranco E, Stamilio D, Chang JJ, Muglia L
A Population-based Study of Race-Specific Risk of Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jul 28
Kistka Z, DeFranco E, Ligthart L, Boomsma D, Muglia L
Heritability of Parturition Timing: An Extended Twin Design Analysis
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Feb 21
Stamilio D, DeFranco E, Pare E, Odibo A, Peipert J, Allsworth J, Stevens E, Macones G
Short Interpregnancy Interval: Risk of Uterine Rupture and Complications of Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery
Obstet Gynecol 2007;110(5): 1075-1082
Oral Presentation: 54th Annual Mtg of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Reno, Nevada, March 2007
DeFranco E, O'Brien J, Adair D, Lewis D, Hall D, Fusey, et al.
Vaginal Progesterone Decreases the Risk of Early Preterm Birth and Improves Neonatal Outcome in Women with a Short Cervix: a Secondary Analysis from a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007; 30: 697-705
O'Brien J, Adair D, Lewis D, Hall D, DeFranco E, Fusey S, et al
Progesterone Vaginal Gel for the Reduction of Recurrent Preterm Birth: Primary Results from a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2007; 30: 687-696
DeFranco E, Stamilio D, Boslaugh S, Gross G, Muglia L
A Short Interpregnancy Interval is a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth and its Recurrence
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:264.e1-264.e6
DeFranco E, Rampersad R, Atkins K, Odibo A, Stevens E, Peipert J, Stamilio D, Macones G
Do VBAC Outcomes Differ Based on Hospital Setting?
Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2007 Oct;197(4):400.e1-6.
Palomar L, DeFranco E, Lee K, Allsworth J, Muglia L
Paternal Race is a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 197: 152.e1-152.e7
Kistka Z, Palomar L, Boslaugh SA, DeBaun MR, DeFranco E, Muglia LJ.
Risk for Post-term Delivery after Previous Post-term Delivery.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar;196(3):241.el-6.
DeFranco E, Teramo K, and Muglia, L.
Genetic Influences on Preterm Birth.
Semin Reprod Med. 2007 Jan;25(1):40-51.
Fontenot MF, Lewis DF, Frederick JB, Wang Y, DeFranco EA, Gromme L, Evans, AT.
A prospective randomized trial of magnesium sulfate in severe preeclampsia: use of diuresis as a clinical parameter to determine the duration of postpartum therapy.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Jun;192(6):1788-93
CAOG Prize Award, presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, October 13-16, 2004, Washington, DC
Odibo A, DeFranco E, Krings K, Hoff J, Stout M
Predicting congenital cytomegalovirus infection: Guerra et al.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Apr;198(4):480-1; discussion e1-3.
Odibo A, DeFranco E, Krings K, Hoff J, Stout M
Discussion: 'Predicting congenital cytomegalovirus infection' by Guerra et al.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Apr;198(4):e1-3.
DeFranco EA, Allsworth JE, Muglia LJ
Reply to letters to the editor.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Feb 13; [Epub ahead of print]
Stamilio DM, Gross GA, Shanks A, DeFranco E, Chang JJ.
Racial disparity in preterm birth: a study by Kistka et al.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Feb:196(2):189-90.
Stamilio DM, Gross GA, Shanks A, DeFranco E, Chang JJ.
Discussion: “Racial disparity in preterm birth: a study by Kistka et al.”
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Feb;196(2):el-5.
DeFranco, E, Atkins, K, and Heyl P . Preterm Birth. In: Manual of Obstetrics, 7th edition. Edited by Arthur T. Evans, MD. ISBN 0781796962. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2007, 720 pp.
DeFranco E. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 1, Obstetrics, 2nd edition. Edited by Eberhard Merz, MD. ISBN 1-58890-147-5. New York, Thieme, 2005, 635 pp. Book Review. J Pediatri Adolesc Gynecol. 2005;18:367.
DeFranco E. Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 4th edition. Edited by Peter W. Callen, MD, ISBN XX, San Francisco: W.B. Saunders Company,
2000, 1078 pp. Book Review. J Pediatri Adolesc Gynecol. 2003;16:333-334.
Abstracts
Risk of Preterm Birth in Pregnancies Complicated by Multiple Congenital Malformations
DeFranco E, Purisch S, Muglia L, Stamilio D
2008 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Convention (oral presentation)
San Diego, CA; March, 2008
Heritability of Parturition Timing: An Extended Twin Design Analysis
DeFranco E, Kistka Z, Ligthart L, Willemsen G, Plunkett J, Muglia L,
Boomsma D
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
The Correlation in Birth Timing between Singleton and Multifetal Gestations
DeFranco E, Chang JJ, Macones G, Muglia L
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting: Where have all the clinical trials gone?
Livingston J, DeFranco E
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
Is There a Racial Disparity in the Efficacy of Progesterone to Prevent Preterm Birth?
DeFranco E, O’Brien J, Adair D, Lewis D, Hall D, Phillips J, Creasy G
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
Does the Timing of Initial Progesterone Dosing Alter the Utility of Progesterone Supplementation? Secondary Analysis from the ProVagGel Trial
O’Brien J, Adair D, Lewis D, DeFranco E, Phillips J, Creasy G
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
Progesterone Reduces the Rate of Cervical Shortening in Women at Risk for Preterm Birth: Secondary Analysis from a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
O’Brien J, DeFranco E , Adair D, Lewis D, Hall D, Bsharat M, How H,
Creasy G
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (oral presentation)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
The Contribution of Major Congenital Anomalies to Preterm Birth Risk
Purisch S, DeFranco E, Muglia L, Stamilio D
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
Racial disparity in preterm premature rupture of membranes and its recurrence
Shen T, DeFranco E, Stamilio D, Muglia L
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
Racial disparity in the occurrence of placental abruption
Shen T, DeFranco E, Stamilio D, Muglia L
28th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
Dallas, TX; February, 2008
Genetic Analysis of Preterm Birth: Insights from Murine and Human Studies
Muglia L, Roizen J, Asada M, Kistka Z, DeFranco E
National Academy of Sciences
18th Annual Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium (poster)
Irvine, CA; November 2006
Genetic Influence on Parturition in a Twin Sample: Examination of Parental Effect on Birth Timing
Kistka Z, DeFranco E, Ligthart L, Boomsma D, Muglia L
27th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
San Francisco, CA; February, 2007
A Short Interpregnancy Interval Increases the Risk for Extreme Prematurity
DeFranco E, Kistka Z, Boslaugh S, Gross G, Muglia L
69th Perinatal and Developmental Medicine Symposium (poster)
Marco Island, FL; November 2006
27th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
San Francisco, CA; February 2007
St. Louis Gynecological Society Annual Research Symposium (oral presentation)
Community Award Recipient
St. Louis, MO; April 2007
Do VBAC Outcomes Differ Based on Hospital Setting?
DeFranco E, Rampersad R, Atkins K, Odibo A, Stamilio D, Macones G
27th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
San Francisco, CA; February, 2007
Birthweight Difference Inaccurately Predicts Success/Failure of Vaginal Birth
after Cesarean
Rampersad R, DeFranco E, Atkins K, Stamilio D, Odibo A, Macones G
27th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
San Francisco, CA; February, 2007
VBAC Outcomes in Women with 3 or More Prior Cesarean Deliveries
Atkins K, Cahill A, Rampersad R, DeFranco E, Odibo A, Stamilio D, and Macones G
27th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting (poster)
San Francisco, CA; February, 2007
Regional Poverty Rate is a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth
DeFranco E, Muglia L, Schootman M
54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (poster)
Reno, NV; March, 2007
Paternal Race is a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth
Palomar L, DeFranco E, Lee K, Allsworth J, Muglia L
54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (poster)
Reno, NV; March 2007
Rothman Research Symposium, Annual OB/GYN Research Symposium,
Washington University in St. Louis (oral presentation)
St. Louis, MO; April, 2007
OxycontinTM Abuse in Rural Pregnant Women: A Descriptive Study
Hansen W, Havens J, Dawson A, Matthews G, DeFranco E, Ferguson J Obstetrics & Gynecology. 105(4) Supplement: 81S, April 2005
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Preterm birth: epidemiologic associations, genetic influences, and prevention
Preterm labor: risk factors and tocolytic therapy
Racial disparity in birth outcomes
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