Education

• Baylor University, B.S., Psychology, 1971-1975, Cum Laude
• Texas Christian University, B.S. Biology and Biochemistry, 1975-77
• University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, M.D. 1977-81
• Post-Graduate Education
• Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1981-82
• Georgetown University Affiliated Hospitals, Washington, D.C., Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982-85
• Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1985-87.
  

Certification

• American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1989 – present
• American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialty, 1991 - present

Licensure

• Texas, 1981-1989
• Virginia, 1985-1989
• District of Columbia, 1985-1989
• Colorado, 1988-2003
• New Mexico, 2001-present

Professional and Academic Positions

• Instructor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1987 – 1988
• Visiting Scientist and Research Biologist, National Institutes of Health, Division of Child Health and Human Development, Washington, D.C., 1987 – 1988
• Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, 1988 – 1991
• Assistant Professor, , Obstetrics and Gynecology and Radiology (dual appointment), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado, 1991 – 1995
• Associate Professor with tenure, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Radiology (dual appointment), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, 1995 – 2001
• Director of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, 1997 – 1999
• Appointed to graduate student faculty in the Endocrinology Program, the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, 1997 – 2001
• Program Director, the University of Colorado Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Center, Denver, Colorado, 1999 – 2001
• Chief, the Section (Division) of Basic Reproductive Science, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, 1999 – 2001
• Co-Director, Women’s and Hormone Dependent Cancer Research Program, The University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001 – 2009
• Principal Investigator, the Reproductive Molecular Center Biology Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001 – 2009
• Director for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001 – 2009
• Director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001 – 2009
• Chief of Obstetrics for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003 – 2009
• Professor with Tenure in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (primary appointment) and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (secondary appointment), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003 -2009
• Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa, 2009 -

Areas of Research Interest

• Molecular biology of estrogen and progesterone receptors
• Effects of antiestrogens in the female reproductive tract
• Endometrial cancer
• Interactions between epidermal growth factor and hormone receptors
• Cholestasis of pregnancy - an estrogen induced disease
• Pathway interactions between steroid hormones and cytokines through Nuclear Factor kappa B
• Differential gene expression resulting from progesterone receptor isoforms

Areas of Clinical Interest

• Maternal-Fetal MedicineFetal Echocardiography
• Cancer in Pregnancy
• Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
• Operative obstetrics