Education

• University of Utah, BS, Salt Lake City, UT, 1982
• University of Utah, PhD, Salt Lake City, UT, 1987
• University of Utah, MD, Salt Lake City, UT, 1989

Post-Graduate Education

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1989
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine, 1993

Certification

• American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1997, recertified annually
• American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, 1999

Licensure

Iowa

Professional and Academic Positions

• Research Assistant University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1975
• Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1987
• Assistant Professor University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1996-2010
• Assistant Professor University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1996-2002
• Associate Professor University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2002-2010
• Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2010-
• Professor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 2010-
• Division Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 2010 –
• Medical Director of Labor and Delivery and the Mother Baby Unit, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 2010 -

Areas of Research Interest

• Diabetes in Pregnancy, Fetal Therapy, Vaccine Development, tissue engineering, preeclampsia, maternal phenylketonuria (PKU)

Current Projects

1. Using a Bioartificial Pancreas for the treatment of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in pregnancy
2. Group B Strep vaccine development
3. Etiology of preeclampsia
4. Tissue engineering and in utero surgical repair of fetal neural tube defects
5. Cytotrophoblast development in simulated microgravity
6. Development of non-dietary therapy for maternal phenylketonuria (PKU)

Publications, 2004-2009