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KAREN ROSENE MONTELLA, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae
Business Address: Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy Street
APC Building, Room 424
Providence, RI 02903
Business Telephone: Phone: (401) 444-8664
Fax (401) 444-4817
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Undergraduate University of Pennsylvania
Major Biology
Degree BA, 1972
Honors Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Medical School Northwestern University
310 East Superior
Chicago, IL 60611
Degree MD, 1977
Honors Medicine
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Residency University of Washington
Spokane Internal Medicine
West 101 8th Ave, TAF-C9
Spokane, WA 99220
1977-1980
Chief Residency University of Washington
Spokane Internal Medicine
1979-1980
Fellowship Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Departments of OB-GYN and Consultative
Medicine
University of Washington Med. Ctr.
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195
1980-1982
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POSTGRADUATE HONORS AND AWARDS
July 2006 Center for Excellence Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Brown University School of Medicine/Women & Infants Hospital
National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
August 2006-Present Overseas Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND BOARD CERTIFICATION
National Board of Medical Examiners 1978
American Board of Internal Medicine (#76797) 1980
State of Rhode Island Medical License (#MD07601) 1989
State of Massachusetts Medical License (#151871) 1996
State of New Hampshire (#10372) 1998
State of Vermont (#042-0009925) 1999
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1982-1989 Co-Director - Medical High Risk Pregnancy Clinic, University of Washington.
1987-1989 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and OB/GYN - University of
Washington.
1989-1995 Assistant Professor of Medicine and OB/GYN - Brown University.
1995-2002 Associate Professor of Medicine and OB/GYN - Brown University
1990-1992 Director - Program in Women's Internal Medicine, Brown University
1992-1997 Director - Program in Obstetric and Consultative Medicine, Dept of Medicine,
Brown University School of Medicine
1992-1997 Director - Fellowship in Obstetric Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, Brown University
School of Medicine. Established only Fellowship in North America to train
internists in Medical Problems in Pregnancy.
1996 Master of Arts adeundem, Brown University School of Medicine, honorary
alumna
2002-2012 Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology , Alpert Medical School at
Brown University
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2012-Present Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School at Brown University
2009-Present Director, Division of Obstetric Medicine, Alpert Medical School at Brown
University
2011-Present Vice Chair of Medicine for Quality and Outcome, Alpert Medical School at
Brown University
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
1982-1989 Medical Director - Center for Women's Health
Division Chief, Women's Internal Medicine, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle,
WA. Developed an integrated Women’s Health Center, recruited internal
medicine, gynecology, behavioral health and child care providers. Supervised all
aspects of development, planning and implementation of project and physical
plant.
1982-1989 Medical Co-Director – High Risk Pregnancy Clinic, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA.
1982-1988 Tenured Staff Physician - Section of General Internal Medicine, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
1989-1995 Associate Physician - Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island
Hospital and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence,
RI.
1989-2011 Chief - Medical Consultation Service, Women & Infants Hospital.
Established medical consultative service to provide internal medicine consultation
to sick pregnant women and train medicine residents in obstetric medicine.
1989-2002 Medical Director - Employee Health, Women & Infants Hospital.
1991-2006 Medical Director - Infection Control, Women & Infants Hospital.
1992-1997 Director - Division of Obstetric & Consultative Medicine, Department of
Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.
1993-Present Corporator - Women & Infants Hospital Board of Trustees.
1996-1997 Associate Chief of Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital.
1996-2000 Board of Trustees - Butler Hospital.
1996-2000 Medical Director - Employee Health, Butler Hospital.
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1996-2000 Chief of Medicine - Butler Hospital.
10/1/89- Staff Physician – Rhode Island Hospital, Lifespan, Providence, RI
Present
11/1/95 – Staff Physician – The Miriam Hospital, Lifespan, Providence, RI
4/2008
4/2011 – Staff Physician – The Miriam Hospital, Lifespan, Providence, RI
Present
1997-2011 Chief of Medicine - Women & Infants Hospital.
Developed a Department within the women’s hospital to address the critical needs
of women, especially sick pregnant women. Includes oversight of inpatient and
ambulatory Internal Medicine, Obstetric Medicine, Women’s Digestive Disorders,
GI, Pulmonary and Women’s Behavioral Health. Developed faculty practices that
see 20,000 patients annually, an endoscopy suite exclusively for women,
pulmonary function lab, echocardiography program and a day hospital for post
partum depression. Responsible for managing all budgets, strategic initiatives,
quality improvement, credentialing, research, teaching and clinical activities.
1998-2005 Director of Clinical Programming - Care New England Wellness Center
1999-2000 Executive Chief of Medicine - Butler Hospital
2007-2010 Research Administration Infrastructure Task Force, Women & Infants Hospital
2007-Present Co-Chair, Women’s Health Council of Rhode Island
2011-Present Senior Vice President Women's Services and Clinical Integration, Lifespan
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
1989 Washington State Governor's Commission on Women's Health.
1990 Reviewer, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
1990-1992 *Secretary-Treasurer, North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
1991-Present Director, American College of Physicians Workshops and Meet the Professor
Sessions, Medical Problems in Pregnancy
1991 Reviewer, American Journal of Obstetric & Gynecology
1991 Reviewer, American Review of Respiratory Diseases
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1992-1996 *Vice President, North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
1992 Reviewer, American Review of Respiratory Disease
1992 Reviewer, The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
1993 Reviewer, The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
1993 Reviewer, Obstetrics & Gynecology
1994 Reviewer, Obstetrics & Gynecology
1994 Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
1994 Guest Editor, IM, Internal Medicine Special Edition of Women's Health
1994 - 1998 State of RI Legislative Advisory Commission on Women's Health
1995 - Fellow, American College of Physicians
Present
1997 - 1999 *President, North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
1997 Guest Editor, The Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures - Office Gynecology (W.B.
Saunders Co.)
1998 Editor, Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient (American College of Physicians-
American Society of Internal Medicine)
1998 Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine
1998 Reviewer, American College of Physicians
1998 Reviewer, American Board of Internal Medicine
1998 Question Writer ABIM exam- Medical Problems in Pregnancy- American Board
of Internal Medicine
1998 Guest editors, The Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures. W.B. Saunders Company.
Appleby and Rosene-Montella..
1999 Question Writer ABIM exam- Medical Problems in Pregnancy- American Board
of Internal Medicine
1999 Judge, Oral Session of 19th Annual SMFM Meeting, San Francisco, CA
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1999-2000 Associate Editor for Women’s Health, American College of Physicians-American
Society of Internal Medicine PIER (Physician’s Information and Education
Resource) Project. (an online resource)
1999-2003 Special Government Employee, Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) advisory committee. Pregnancy Labeling Subcommittee of the
Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. Food & Drug Administration.
This advisory committee will be responsible for recommending the changes for
pregnancy labeling for all FDA approved drugs.
2000 Editor, Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient, 1st edition. (700 pgs) ACP-ASIM.
Richard V. Lee, M.D., Karen Rosene-Montella, M.D.
2000 PIER (Physician’s Information and Education Resource)
Associate Editor for Women’s Health
American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.
Developed all pregnancy related content.
2000-2002 Deputy Editor, PIER (Physician’s Information and Education Resource)
ACP-ASIM ongoing extension of above project with expanded role to include
editorial responsibility for all specialties.
2003-2005 Editor, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2005 – 2006 North American Representative, Executive Committee, International Society of
Obstetric Medicine
2006 – 2008 Co-Editor, Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient, 2nd
Edition.
American College of Physicians
2006 – 2008 Co-Editor, Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy: Clinical and Research Aspects.
The Humana Press, Inc.
7/2006 – President, International Society of Obstetric Medicine
10/2010
2007 – 2011 Co-Editor-in-Chief, Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy
The Royal Society of Medicine
2011 – Chair, Editorial Board, Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy
Present The Royal Society of Medicine
10/2007 – Invitee-member, Gender, Sex & Health (GSH) Peer Review Committee,
Present Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Ottawa, Canada.
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2007 Reviewer, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
2008 Reviewer, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
2008 Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine
2008 – Advisory Board Member for ―The First International Congress on Cardiac
Present Problems in Pregnancy,‖ Valencia, Spain, February, 2010.
2009 Reviewer, American Journal of Cardiology
2009 Reviewer, Lupus
2009 Reviewer, Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
April, 2010 - Member, Board of Trustees, Crossroads RI
Present
Visiting Professorships:
1. McMaster University, Toronto, Canada - Debate on Prophylaxis of
Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy.
2. University of Ottawa, Ottawa Ontario Medical Problems in Pregnancy.
(1998)
3. Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard), Obstetric Medicine
Curriculum. (1999)
4. Rush College Medical Center, Medical Problems in Pregnancy (2000)
5. University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (2003)
6. University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
November (2007)
CONSULTANT POSITIONS
1986-1989 Northwest Medical Legal Consultant for Toxic Shock Syndrome
1988-1989 American College of Physicians Spokesperson for Health Scope Film Series
1990 Consultant to KOMO TV on Women's Health Issues
1993-1995 University of Washington - Programs in Women's Health
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1994-1998 Legislative Advisory Commission on Women's Health, State of RI
1995-1996 Violence Against Women Task Force - State of R.I.
1998-2002 Consultant to FDA on Pregnancy Labeling
2002-2004 State of RI Department of Health Advisory Committee of the Office of Women's
Health
HOSPITAL COMMITTEES
Diabetes Center Planning Committee- Rhode Island Hospital 1989-1990
Pharmacy and Therapeutics - Women & Infants Hospital 1989-1995
Ambulatory Care Committee- Women & Infants Hospital 1989-1995
Women's Health - Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1994
Women & Infants & Rhode Island Hospitals
Finance Committee - RIH Medical Foundation, Inc. 1991-1992
Planning Committee - Women & Infants Hospital Board of Trustees 1991-2011
Committee Community Hospital Referrals -Rhode Island Hospital 1992
*Code Committee, Co-Chair - Women & Infants Hospital 1992-1995
Planning Subcommittee - Women & Infants Board of Trustees 1992-2011
*Critical Care Committee, Chair - Women & Infants Hospital 1992-2002
*Infection Control Committee, Chair - Women & Infants Hospital 1994- 2002
*Acute Monitoring Service, Co-Chair - Women & Infants Hospital 1994- 2002
Acute Monitoring Service Review Group Committee – Women & Infants Hospital 2005-2009
Executive Committee – Women & Infants Hospital 1996-2011
JCAHO Task Force 1995 - 2000
Medical Director, Infection Control, Butler Hospital 1996 - 2000
Infection Control Committee, Chair, Butler Hospital 1996 - 1998
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PAS Quality Improvement Committee, Butler Hospital 1996 - 1998
Emergency Medical Response Committee, Butler Hospital 1996 – 1998
Graduate Medical Education Committee 1996 - 1998
CNE Physicians Integration Council, Care New England 1998 – 2000
Patient Care Evaluation Committee, Women & Infants’ 1999 - 2011
Board of Trustees
Bioterrorism Readiness Task Force, Women & Infants Hospital 2001
CARE New England Strategic Facility Plan Steering Committee, 2001
Women & Infants Hospital
Patient and Family Advisory Council, Women & Infants Hospital 9/2006-9/2010
Clinical and Academic Program Strategy Group (CAPS), 10/2006-2011
Women & Infants Hospital
Women’s Health Council of Rhode Island – Co-Chair 12/2007-Present
CNE Physician Advisory Committee 1/2008-2011
Search Committee - Associate Vice President, Business Development, 2/2009-2011
Women & Infants’ Hospital
Search Committee – Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, 3/2009-2011
Women & Infants’ Hospital
Lifespan Quality Oversight Committee – Lifespan Corporation 6/2011-Present
Office of the President – Lifespan Corporation 5/2011-Present
Practice Integration Team Committee - Lifespan Corporation 12/2011-Present
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Search Committee - Maternal Fetal Medicine Attending, Dept. of OB/GYN, 1991
Women & Infants Hospital/Brown Univ.
Advisory Committee to the Brown University School of Medicine 1992-present
Women's Health Initiative
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Search Committee - Director of Medical Education, Dept. of OB/GYN, 1992
Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University
Search Committee - Coagulationist/Hematology, Dept. of Medicine, 1992
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Search Committee - Physician-in-Charge, OB/GYN Emergency Services, 1992
Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University
Search Committee Chair - Obstetric Internist, Dept. of Medicine, 1993
Women & Infants Hospital/Brown University
Brown University/Women & Infants Hospital Research & Education 1997 - 2002
Committee - Trustee Appointed
Brown University Planning Committee for Center for Research 2000 - 2002
and Education in Women’s Health
Brown University Teaching Scholar Task Force 2003
Search Committee - Brown University Chair of Emergency Medicine 2005-2006
Brown University Committee on Medical Faculty Appointments (CMFA) 9/2006-6/2009
Search Committee - Chair, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007-2008
Brown University
Search Committee - Clinical Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, 2008 – 2009
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Member, Department of Medicine Promotions Committee, The Warren 7/2008-present
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Steering Committee, Office of Research on Women’s Health and the 3/2009-present
National Institutes of Health, ―Moving into the Future – New Dimensions
and Strategies for Women’s Health Research for the NIH‖; Brown
University and Women & Infants’ Hospital
Search Advisory Committee – Chair, Department of Medicine, 8/2009-present
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Committee on Clinical Appointments and Promotions (CCAP), 2010-present
Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES
American Medical Women’s Association 1986-present
Society of General Internal Medicine 1987-2005
American College of Physicians, Fellow 1988-present
Rhode Island Medical Society 1989-present
Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 1989-present
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, Secretary/Treasurer 1990-1992
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, Vice President 1992-1994
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, President-elect 1995-1997
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, President 1997-2002
North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
Executive Committee 2002-present
International Society of Obstetric Medicine
North American Rep to Exec Board 2003-6/2006
President 7/2006-present
American College of Physician Executives 3/2006-present
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Elected as of July 2012
PUBLICATIONS LIST
ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
1. Lash J, Rosene KA: Environmental enhancement of in vitro chondrogenesis. Dev Biol
1973; 35:370-375.
2. Bernstein P, Smith J, Krenski A, Rosene K: Tail positions in cercophithecus aethiops. Z
Tier/Psychol 1973; 46:268-278.
3. Rosene KA, Eschenbach DA: Toxic Shock Syndrome, a review, Clinical Briefs, May/June;
1980.
4. Rosene KA, Copass MK, Kastner LS, Nolan C, Eschenbach DA: Persistent
Neuropsychologic Sequelae of Toxic Shock Syndrome, Ann Int Med 1982; 96(6):865-870.
5. Benedetti TJ, Hargrove J, Rosene KA: Maternal pulmonary edema during premature labor
inhibition. Obstet Gynecol 1982; 59(6)33S.
6. Rosene KA, Featherstone H, Benedetti TJ: Cerebral ischemia associated with parenteral
terbutaline use in pregnant migraine patients, AM J Obstet Gynecol 1982; 143:405-407.
7. Rosene K, Eschenbach DA, Tomkins L, et al: Polymicrobial early postpartum endometritis
with facultative anaerobic bacteria, genital mycoplasma and chlamydia trachematis:
Treatment with piperacillin or cefoxitin, J Infect Dis 1986; 153(6):1028-1037.
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8. Eschenbach DA, Rosene K, Tomkins L: Endometrial cultures obtained by triple lumen
method among afebrile and febrile postpartum women, J Infect Dis 1986; 153(6):1038-1045.
9. Stein MD, Rosene KA: Clues to enhancing the identification of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus-infected women. Obstetrics and Gynecology 1992; 80(2):317-319.
10. Rosene KA, Star J: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in Pregnancy. Journal SOGC
1992; 14(6):51-60.
11. Neiger R, Rosene K: Late Postpartum Eclampsia at 20 weeks gestation : A Case Report and
Review of the Literature. American Journal of Perinatology 1992; 9(3):194-196.
12. Rosene K: Pulmonary Pharmacology in Pregnancy. Clinics in Chest Medicine 1992;
13(4):587-595.
13. Rosene Montella KA, Kurl RS: Hypertension in Pregnancy. Rhode Island Medicine 1993;
76(5):233-239.
14. Rosene Montella KA, Powrie RO: Cardiopulmonary Pharmacologic Considerations in
Pregnancy. Emergency Medicine 1994; 26(1):99-107.
15. Rosene Montella KA: Coronary Artery Disease in Women, IM Internal Medicine 1994;
15(4):72-77.
16. Kurl RS, Rosene Montella KA: Cystercercosis, a Cause of Seizure Disorder in Pregnancy:
A Case Report and Review of the Literature. American Journal of Perinatology 1994;
11(6)409-411.
17. Star J, Rosene K, Ferland J, DiLeone G, Hogen J, Kestin A: Flow cytometric analysis of
platelet activation throughout normal gestation. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1997, 90(4 pt 1):
562-8.
18. Carson M, Powrie RO, Rosene-Montella K: The Diagnosis and Management of Inherited
Causes of Thrombosis During Pregnancy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 12
Supplement 1:131, April 1997.
19. Carson M, Powrie RO, Rosene-Montella K: Sinus Tachycardia in Pregnancy – A Normal
Finding. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 178(1S) Supplement: 61S, January
1998.
20. Powrie RO, Larson L, Rosene-Montella K, Abraca M, Barbour LO, Trujilli N,:
Alveolar-arteriolar oxygen gradient in acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy. Am J
Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Feb; 178(2):394-6.
21. Mason E, Rosene Montella K, Powrie R: Medical Problems in Pregnancy. In: Medical
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Clinics of North America, Women’s Health Issues, Part II, 1998; 82(2):249-69.
22. Powrie R, Kweder S, Rosene-Montella K: Teaching internal medicine residents about
medical problems in pregnancy. Academic Medicine. 2000 Feb; 75(2):191-3.
23. Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Laifer S, Lee RV: Evaluation and management of infertility
in women: the internists' role. Ann Intern Med. 2000 June; 132(12):973-81.
24. Gibson PS, Rosene-Montella, K: Drugs in Pregnancy. Anticoagulants. Best Pract Res Clin
Obstet Gynaecol. 2001 Dec; 15(6):847-61.
25. Rosene-Montella K, Easterling T, Lee R: Treatment for Chronic Mild to Moderate
Hypertension in Pregnancy. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2001;Vol 21(4):335-
339.
26. Carson MP, Powrie RO, Rosene-Montella K: The effect of obesity and position on heart
rate in pregnancy. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2002; 11(1):40-45.
27. Rosene-Montella K: Pregnancy-related thrombosis and thrombophilia update: a case for
prevention. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003; 23(5):550-554.
28. Sia W, Powrie RO, Kweder S, Montgomery K, Rosene-Montella K: What Do Internists
Need to Know in Caring for Pregnant Women? Journal of General Internal medicine. 18
Supplement 1:305, April 2003.
29. Sia W, Powrie RO, Cooper A, Larson L, Phipps M, Spencer P, Sauve N, Rosene-Montella
K: The Prevalence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Pregnant Women Undergoing Cesarean
Delivery. Chest. 124(4) Supplement: 131S-132S, October 2003.
30. Blackburn C, Powrie RO, Suave N, Sung J, Eidson E, Henry D, Rosene-Montella K:
Improving Hospital Management of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Using Failure Mode
and Effects Analysis. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2004
April;44(2):180.
31. Mehta N, Powrie RO, Larson L, Rosene Montella, K: An Interesting Case of
Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy. Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol 19, Supplement,
April 2004.
32. Howard M, Battle CL, Pearlstein T, Rosene-Montella K: A Psychiatric Mother-Baby Day
Hospital for Pregnant and Postpartum Women. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 2006
July;9(4) 213-18.
33. Casele H, Haney E, James A, Rosene-Montella K, Carson M: Bone density changes in
women who receive thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynecology. 2006 Oct;195(4):1109-13.
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34. Bourjeily G, Miller M, Khalil H, O’Connor K, Rosene-Montella K. Pregnancy and delivery
in a patient with hypoplastic lung and dyspnea. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology; 2008;
28(2):228-229.
35. Marc A. Rodger, Michael Paidas, McLintock Claire, Saskia Middeldorp, Susan Kahn, Ida
Martinelli, William Hague, Karen Rosene Montella, Ian Greer. Inherited Thrombophilia
and Pregnancy Complications Revisited, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Aug 2008; 112:320-324.
36. Lowe, Sandra, Nelson-Piercy, Catherine, Rosene-Montella, Karen. Welcome to Obstetric
Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy, Obstetric Medicine; September, 2008; 1(1):1.
37. Nadine Sauvé, Raymond O Powrie, Lucia Larson, Maureen G Phipps, Sherry Weitzen,
Donna Fitzpatrick, and Karen Rosene-Montella, The impact of an educational pamphlet on
knowledge and anxiety in women with preeclampsia, Obstetric Medicine; September, 2008;
1(1): 11-17.
38. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K, Onwards and Upwards, Obstetric Medicine:
The Medicine of Pregnancy; December, 2008; 1(2):55.
39. Sia W, Powrie RO, Larson L, Phipps M, Spencer D, Suave N, Rosene-Montella K. The
Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Women Undergoing Cesearean Delivery;
Thrombosis Research; Jan 2009; 123(3):550-555.
40. Hayes ME, Bourjeily G, Rosene-Montella K: Letter to the editor regarding: Venous
Thromboembolism and Pregnancy. N Engl J Med; Feb 5, 2009; 360(6):639.
41. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. The role of obstetric medicine in holistic
care; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; March, 2009; 2(1):1.
42. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Reply to: First issue of Obstetric Medicine;
Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; March, 2009; 2(1):44.
43. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, Obstetric Medicine: Bridging the
Gap; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; June, 2009; 2(2):45.
44. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, Training in Obstetric Medicine: A
Global Issue; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; September, 2009; 2(3):91.
45. Lambert-Messerlian GM, Palomaki GE, Neveux LM, Chien E, Friedman A, Rosene-
Montella K, Hayes M, Canick JA: Early onset preeclampsia and second trimester serum
markers, Prenatal Diagnosis, December, 2009; 29(12):1109-1117.
46. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, The Undervalued Case Report;
Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; December, 2009; 2(4):133.
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47. Bourjeily G, Paidas M, Khalil H, Rosene Montella K, Rodger M: Pulmonary Embolism in
Pregnancy. The Lancet, February, 2010; 375: 500-512.
48. Rosene-Montella K, Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C. Editorial, The growing importance of
medical problems in pregnancy; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; March,
2010; 3(1):1.
49. Rosene-Montella K, Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C. Editorial, Elections, health reform, and
rationing; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; June, 2010; 3(2):47.
50. Rosene-Montella K, Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C. Editorial, The pursuit of knowledge;
Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; September, 2010; 3(3):89.
51. Rosene-Montella K, Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C. Editorial, Meeting the increasing need for
training in Obstetric Medicine; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; December,
2010; 3(4):127.
52. Rosene-Montella K, Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C. Editorial, Meeting the increasing need for
training in Obstetric Medicine; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; March,
2011; 4(1):1.
53. Nelson-Piercy C, Lowe S, Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, Maternal deaths; the good, the
bad, and the ugly; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; June, 2011; 4(2):43.
54. Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, Obstetric Medicine comes of age; Obstetric Medicine: The
Medicine of Pregnancy; September, 2011; 4(3):89.
OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Rosene K, Eschenback DA: Flu-like symptoms and toxic shock. In: Signs and Symptoms
in Gynecology J.P. Lippincott, 1983; p. 447-454.
2. Rosene KA: Hypercoagulable State in Pregnancy. In: Current Obstetric Medicine, Vol. 2
Mosby Year Book, August, 1993; p. 141-162.
3. Rosene Montella KA: Women's Health in Primary Care. Guest Editorial. IM, Internal
Medicine April, 1994.
4. Liutkus JF, Rosene Montella KA: History of Women's Health. Rhode Island Medicine.
1994, 77(12):403-405.
5. Rosene KA: Travel advice for pregnant women and their infants. In: The Travel and
Tropical Medicine Manual Vol. 2 EC Jong (Ed), WB Saunders, New York, 1995. p
151-166.
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6. Rosene Montella KA: Thromboembolism & Hypercoagulable States in Pregnancy, an
Annotated Bibliography. In: Current Obstetric Medicine, Vol. 3 Mosby, 1995. p 227-232.
7. Powrie R, Star JA, Rosene-Montella K: Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
in pregnancy. Medicine and Health, Rhode Island. 1998;81(4):141-3.
8. Carson MP, Rosene-Montella K: Common cardiac complaints in pregnancy. Dyspnea,
palpitations, chest pain, and syncope. Women’s Health Primary Care, 1999;2(7):533-44.
9. Powrie R, Kweder S, Larson L, Khurana R, Carson M, Rosene-Montella K: A practical,
brief curriculum in obstetric medicine including handouts, teaching scripts, case discussions,
and bibliography. Copyright, 1999.
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Rosene Montella K: Medical Complications of Pregnancy In: D. Coustan, R. Haning, D.
Seifer (eds), Growth and Development Human Reproduction. Little, Brown & Co.,
1995;391-430.
2. Rosene Montella KA and Ginsberg J: Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy. In Cardiac
Problems in Pregnancy 3rd Edition, (eds), Elkayam, Uri and Gleicher N. Alan R. Liss, NY.
Part IV, 1998;223-237.
3. Rosene-Montella K, Larson L: Diagnostic Imaging. Chapter 2 in Medical Care of the
Pregnant Patient. Lee, Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds), American College of
Physicians (publisher). 2000:03-117.
4. Powrie R, Rosene-Montella K: Hypertension and Preeclampsia. Chapter 4 in Medical Care
of the Pregnant Patient. Lee, Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds), American
College of Physicians (publisher). 2000:185-208.
5. Rosene-Montella K, Powrie R: Syncope. Chapter 6 in Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient.
Lee, Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds), American College of Physicians
(publisher). 2000;381-287.
6. Rosene-Montella K, Poppas A: Peripartum cardiomyopathy. Chapter 6 in Medical Care of
the Pregnant Patient. Lee, Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds), American
College of Physicians (publisher). 2000:375-381.
7. Rosene-Montella K, Barbour L: Thromboembolic disease and hypercoagulable states. In:
Lee, Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds), Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient.
American College of Physicians (publisher). 2000:423-448.
8. Rosene-Montella K: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Chapter 9 in Medical Care of the
Pregnant Patient. Lee, Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds), American College
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of Physicians (publisher). 2000:522-531.
9. Rosene-Montella K: Scleroderma. Chapter 9 in Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient. Lee,
Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds): American College of Physicians
(publisher). 2000:536-545.
10. Rosene-Montella K, Barbour L, Larson L: Postpartum disorders. Chapter 15 in Medical
Care of the Pregnant Patient. Lee, Rosene-Montella, Barbour, Garner, Keely (eds):
American College of Physicians (publisher). 2000:805-825.
11. Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant
Patient, 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008.
12. Keely E, Rosene-Montella K: An Approach to Medical Disorders in Pregnancy. In:
Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant
Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:3-7.
13. Lee RV, de Swiet M, Rosene-Montella K: Global Perspectives on Maternal Mortality and
Obstetric Medicine. In: Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical
Care of the Pregnant Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians;
2008:26-34.
14. Lowe SA, Larson L, Rosene-Montella K. Diagnostic Imaging. In: Rosene-Montella K,
Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient. 2nd
ed.
Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:58-65.
15. Hepburn M, Rosene-Montella K. Violence During Pregnancy. In: Rosene-Montella K,
Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient. 2nd
ed.
Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:141-148.
16. Gibson P, Rosene-Montella K. Normal Renal and Vascular Changes in Pregnancy. In:
Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant
Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:149-152.
17. Powrie RO, Rosene-Montella K. Preeclampsia. In: Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour
LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA:
American College of Physicians; 2008:163-181.
18. Rodger M, Rosene-Montella K, Barbour LA. Acute Thromboembolic Disease. In:
Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant
Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:426-444.
19. Rodger M, Langlois N, Rosene-Montella K. Congenital and Acquired Thrombophilias. In:
Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV, eds. Medical Care of the Pregnant
Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:445-460.
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20. Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. In: Rosene-
Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV (eds), Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:513-520.
21. Silver RM, Cowchock SZ, Rosene-Montella K. Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome. In:
Rosene-Montella K, Keely E, Barbour LA, Lee RV (eds). Medical Care of the Pregnant
Patient. 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians; 2008:521-533.
22. Rosene-Montella K, Bourjeily G: ―Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy‖, In:
Bourjeily G, Rosene-Montella K (eds), Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy, Respiratory
Medicine, Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009:253-284.
23. Publication: Rosene-Montella K, Bourjeily, G, eds. Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy,
Respiratory Medicine, Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media, LLC;
New York, NY, 2009.
24. Rosene-Montella K: ―Common Medical Problems in Pregnancy‖ In: Goldman L, Schafer
AI (eds), Goldman’s Cecil Medicine, 24th
Edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2012:1555-
1565.
25. Rosene-Montella K, Rizack Renee: ―Special Hematologic Issues in the Pregnant Patient‖.
In: Schiffman FJ, Mega A (eds), Consultative Hematology. Hematology/Oncology Clinics
of North America, Elsevier, 2012:26(2);409-432.
PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION
1. Rosene-Montella K, Bilodeau C: ―Postpartum Consultation for Common Complaints‖
In: The Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, ACP & McGraw Hill, Burr Ridge,
IL, May 2012.
2. Mehta N, Chen K, Monzon C, Rosene-Montella K: ―Common Disorders of Pregnancy‖
In: The Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, ACP & McGraw Hill, Burr Ridge,
IL, May 2012.
3. Larson L, Rosene-Montella K: ―Severe Medical Complications and Abdominal Pain‖.
In: Angelini D, LaFontaine D (eds). Obstetric Triage and Emergency Care Protocols.
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co., 2012.
ABSTRACTS
National & International Meetings
1. Rosene K, Eschenbach DA, Tomkins L, et al: Polymicrobial endometritis Treated with
Cefoxitin or Piperacillin. Serious Infection Symposium, Florence, Italy, 1981.
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2. Rosene K, Eschenbach DA, Tomkins L, et al: Polymicrobial endometritis identified with
protective endometrial sampling. International Congress of Antimicrobial and
Chemotherapy, Chicago, IL, 1982.
3. Rosene K: Protein S Deficiency in Pregnancy, McDonald Society, London, England, April,
1991.
4. Rosene, K: Primary Hyperaldosteronism and Pregnancy, Society of Obstetric Medicine, San
Diego, CA, March, 1992.
5. Powrie RO, Rosene KA: A-a Gradient in Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy, Society of
Obstetric Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, October, 1992.
6. Eveloff SE, Bergeron J, Burke ME, Rosene KA: Predictors of Neonatal Morbidity and
Mortality in Pregnancies Complicated by Critical Illness, October, 1992.
7. Star J, Rosene K, Carpenter MW, Larson L, Ferland J, DiLeone G, Kestin A: Platelet
Activation in Pregnancy, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Atlanta, GA, January, 1995.
8. Powrie R, Larson L, Rosene-Montella K: Effect on maternal position on oxygenation and
alveolar-arterial gradient in pregnancy. Society of Obstetric Medicine meeting,
Breckenridge, CO, January, 1996.
9. Kweder S, Powrie RO, Montgomery K, Rosene-Montella K: Conditions triggering internal
medical consultation in pregnancy. Society of Obstetric Medicine meeting, Breckenridge,
CO, January, 1996.
10. Powrie R, Larson L, Rosene Montella K: Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient in acute
pulmonary embolism in pregnancy. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Hawaii, January,
1996.
11. Star J, Rosene K, Carpenter MW, Ferland J, Ray V, DiLeone G, Larson L, Kestin A:
Platelet activation in diabetic pregnancy. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Hawaii,
January, 1996.
12. Lombardi A, Smith J, Kweder S, Powrie R, Rosene-Montella K: Cerebral venous
thrombosis in pregnancy. American College of Physicians, Rhode Island Chapter, Rhode
Island Regional Meeting. Warwick, RI, March, 199
13. Carson MP, Powrie RO, Rosene-Montella K: Sinus Tachycardia in Pregnancy: A normal
finding. Post Presentation. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Miami Beach, FL, February,
1997.
14. Powrie R, Larson L, Rosene Montella K, et al: The poor utility of alveolar-arterial gradient
as a diagnostic test for acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy. Society of Obstetric
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Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1997.
15. Kweder S, Powrie R, Rosene Montella K: Teaching residents to do medical consultations
on pregnant women. Society of Obstetric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1997.
16. Carson MP, Rosene Montella K: Controversies in the diagnosis and management of
resistance to activated protein C in pregnancy. Society of Obstetric Medicine, Philadelphia,
PA, March, 1997.
17. Kweder SL, Powrie RO, Rosene Montella K: Teaching residents to do medical consultation
on pregnant women. Ninth Biennial Teaching Internal Medicine Symposium, Chicago, IL,
September, 1997.
18. Carson M, Powrie, R, Rosene Montella K: Sinus tachycardia in pregnancy - a normal
finding. 18th Annual Meeting, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Miami Beach, FL,
February, 1998.
19. Carson MP, Powrie RO, Rosene Montella K: Reevaluation of the normal heart rate in
pregnancy. Society of Obstetric Medicine Toronto Meeting, June 4, 1998.
20. Powrie R, Kweder S, Larson L, Rosene-Montella K: A Curriculum in Obstetric Medicine-
1998 Update. Society of Obstetric Medicine Toronto Meeting, June 4, 1998.
21. Khurana R, Powrie R, Rosene-Montella K: How knowledgeable are internists at managing
medical problems in pregnancy? Society of Obstetric Medicine Toronto Meeting, June 4,
1998.
22. Khurana R, Powrie R, Rosene Montella K: Are internists qualified to care for pregnant
women with medical problems? Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco,
January 1999.
23. Gibson P, Rosene-Montella K: An unusual presentation of HIV in pregnancy. Society of
Obstetric Medicine, October 22, 1999. Providence, RI.
24. Zlotnick C, Powrie RO, Joyner E, Nygaard S, Rosene-Montella K: Do medical residents
screen for domestic violence in women they see in a consultative setting? Society of
Obstetric Medicine, October 22, 1999. Providence, RI.
25. Graham, D. Powrie R, Rosene-Montella, K: Immunologic Risk Factors for Preeclampsia.
International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP) Paris, France.
July, 2000.
26. Gibson P, Powrie R, Star J, Rosene-Montella,K: Herbal and alternative medicine use during
pregnancy - A cross-sectional survey. Accepted for presentation American College of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chicago, IL, May 2001.
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27. Gibson P, Powrie R, Peipert J, Rosene-Montella K. Prevalence of Syncope and Recurrent
Presyncope During Pregnancy. Accepted for presentation American College of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Chicago, IL, May 2001.
28. W. Sia, R. Powrie, M. Phipps, P. Spencer, L. Larson, K Rosene-Montella. The prevalence
of deep vein thrombosis in women undergoing cesarean sections. Society of Obstetric
Medicine. Toronto, Canada. June, 2002.
29. C. Blackburn, R Powrie, M Phipps, CJ Sung, S Weitzen, K Rosene-Montella. Urinary
Protein to creatinine ratio is a clinically useful test in pregnancy. North American Society of
Obstetric Medicine, Vancouver, BC.
30. W Sia, R Powrie, A Cooper, L Larson, M Phipps, P Spencer, N Suave, K Rosene-Montella.
How common is deep vein thrombosis after cesarean delivery? North American Society of
Obstetric Medicine, Vancouver, BC.
31. Bourjeily G, Khalil H, Habr F, Miller M, Rosene-Montella K: ―Multidetector-row
computed tomography in the detection of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy.‖ American
College of Chest Physicians, Chest 2007, Chicago, IL, October 24, 2007.
32. Bourjeily G, Habr F, Miller M, Connors K, Rosene-Montella K: ―Symptoms of sleep
disordered breathing, BMI and pregnancy outcomes‖. American College of Chest
Physicians, Chest 2007, Chicago, IL, October 23, 2007.
33. Rosene-Montella, K: ―Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pregnancy‖, 1st International Meeting on
Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy, Valencia, Spain, February 27, 2010.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
1. Medical Emergencies, Toxic Shock Syndrome, University of Washington and Virginia
Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, June 1985.
2. Medical Topics for OB-GYN Practitioners, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,
October 1986.
3. Office GYN for Primary Care MDs, University of Washington & Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle WA:
Thyroid disease in Pregnancy, 1986
Panel on Medical Topics in Pregnancy, 1986
4. Perinatal Critical Care, University of Washington, Sun Valley, ID:
Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy, 1987, 1988
Thyroid Disorders in Pregnancy, 1987
Treatment of Chronic Hypertension During Pregnancy, 1987
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5. Office GYN for Primary Care MDs, University of Washington & Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle WA:
Thyroid disease in Pregnancy, 1987
Panel on Medical Topics in Pregnancy, 1987
6. Medical Legal Aspects of Toxic Shock Syndrome, WA. Bar Association, 1987.
7. Office GYN for Primary Care MDs, University of Washington & Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle WA:
Thyroid disease in Pregnancy, 1988
Panel on Medical Topics in Pregnancy, 1988
8. Medical Emergencies, Toxic Shock Syndrome, University of Washington and Virginia
Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, May 1988.
9. Medical Topics for OB-GYN Practitioners, University of Washington, Seattle October,
1988.
10. Office GYN for Primary Care MDs, University of Washington & Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle WA:
Thyroid disease in Pregnancy, 1989
Panel on Medical Topics in Pregnancy, 1989
11. Co-Director, Women's Health Groups in General Internal Medicine, Society of General
Internal: Medicine Workshop on Women's Health Groups, Washington, DC, May 1990.
12. Medical Complications of Pregnancy: New Strategies, Hypertension in Pregnancy, 12th
Annual American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology/Nursing Affiliate American
College of Obstetrics & Gynecology Joint Conference, Newport, RI, October 1990.
13. Co-Director, Workshops in Medical Complications of Pregnancy, American College of
Physicians, New Orleans, LA, April 1991.
14. Rheumatologic Disorders in Pregnancy, American College of Physicians Postgraduate
Course, Medical Complications of Pregnancy Course, Chicago, IL, May 1991.
15. Director, Society of General Internal Medicine Medical Problems in Pregnancy
Workshop, Seattle, WA, May 1991.
16. Co-Director, Medical Complications of Pregnancy, American College of Physicians, San
Diego, CA, March 1992.
17. Thromboembolic Disease and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndromes, American College
of Physicians, San Diego, CA, March 1992.
18. Society of General Internal Medicine, Director, Workshop in Curriculum Development in
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Obstetric Medicine, Seattle, WA 1992.
19. Co-Director, Workshops in Medical Complications of Pregnancy Thromboembolic
Disease/Rhematologic Disorders, American College of Physicians, Washington, DC,
April 1993.
20. Course Director - American College of Physicians Post Graduate Course: Medical
Problems during Pregnancy, Newport, RI, October, 1993.
21. Co-Director, Workshops in Medical Complications of Pregnancy, American College of
Physicians, Miami FL, April 1994.
22. Co-Director, Workshop in Obstetric Medicine in Primary Care, Society of General
Internal Medicine, Washington DC, April 1994.
23. Cardiac Arrhythmias and Thromboembolic Disease, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians,
Atlanta, GA, January, 1995.
24. Co-Director, Workshops in Medical Complications of Pregnancy, American College of
Physicians, Atlanta GA, March 1995.
25. Rheumatologic Disease and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndromes workshop, American
College of Physicians, Medical Disorders During Pregnancy conference, Breckenridge,
CO, January 1996.
26. Congenital and Acquired Hypercoagulable States and the Antiphospholipid Antibody
Syndrome, American College of Physicians, Medical Disorders During Pregnancy
conference, Breckenridge, CO, January 1996.
27. Co-Director, Medical Complications of Pregnancy Workshop. American College of
Physicians, San Francisco, CA, April 1996.
28. Co-Director, Medical Complications of Pregnancy Workshop. American College of
Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, March 1997.
29. Medical Problems in the Obstetric Patient. RI Chapter of American College of
Physicians, Meet the Professor series, Warwick, RI 1997.
30. Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy. The Heart of a Woman, Pre-course, 20th Annual Meeting,
Society of General Internal Medicine, Washington, DC, May 1997.
31. What Internists Need to Know About Caring for Pregnant Women. Harvard University,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Grand Rounds, Boston, MA, March 1998.
32. How You Too Can Teach Residents To Care For Pregnant Women With Medical
Problems. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April
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1998.
33. Director, Society of Obstetric Medicine Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 1998.
34. The Wheezing Gravida, presented at the Update on Medical Problems of Pregnancy,
American College of Physicians, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 1998.
35. Pregnancy and Cardiac Malfunction, presented at the Update on Medical Problems of
Pregnancy, American College of Physicians, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 1998.
36. A Curriculum in Obstetric Medicine-1998 Update. Society of Obstetric Medicine Toronto
Meeting, June 4, 1998.
37. Managing Medical Problems in Pregnancy. New England Region Society of General
Internal Medicine Meeting, Sturbridge, MA, December 11, 1998.
38. Co-Director, Workshops in Medical Complications of Pregnancy, American College of
Physicians, New Orleans, LA, April 1999.
39. Keynote speaker: 15th Annual Conference on Succeeding in Women’s Health
conference. Presented by The Snowmass Institute. AThe salient trends and critical issues
in women’s health & medicine@. Charlotte, NC, May 1999.
40. Co-Director, Beginner and Advanced Workshops in Medical Complications of
Pregnancy, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, April 2000.
41. Moderator. Panel Discussion on Medical Problems in Pregnancy. American College of
Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, April 2000.
42. Meet the Professor Session. Infectious diseases of particular concern in pregnancy and
postpartum patients. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, April 2000.
43. Meet the Professor Session. Prescribing for pregnant patients. American College of
Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, April 2000.
44. Guest Speaker: Preeclampsia: New Developments/Eclampsia: Current Understanding@
Division of Renal Diseases - Grand Rounds, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, April
2000.
45. Guest Speaker: Thrombosis and Hypercoagulable States in Pregnancy@ Department of
Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL. May 2000.
46. Moderator. Scientific Sessions/Abstracts - Obstetric Medicine Update, McDonald Club,
London, England. July 2000.
47. Panelist. Cost vs. Care: The Dilemma for American Medicine@, Department of Medical
Karen Rosene Montella, M.D.
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Education, Brown University, Providence, RI. November 2000.
48. Co-Director, Workshops in Medical Complications of Pregnancy, American College of
Physicians, Atlanta, GA. April 2001.
49. Director, Panel on update in Obstetric Medicine, ACP, Atlanta, Ga. April 2001.
50. Co-Director, Workshop on Medical Problems in Pregnancy, Philadelphia, PA, April,
2002.
51. Director, International Debate on Thrombophilia in Pregnancy Prophylaxis, International
Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy Toronto, Canada, June 2002.
52. Director, Workshops in Medical Complications of Pregnancy, American College of
Physicians, San Diego, CA April 2003.
53. Lupus Nephritis and Preeclampsia, Can they be distinguished? North American Society
for Hypertension in Pregnancy and NASOM, Vancouver, BC, July 23-26, 2004.
54. Presenter, Clinical Update: ―Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy‖, American College of
Obstetricians & Gynecologists and American College of Physicians, August 19, 2004,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
55. Chair, Workshop on ―Screening and management of adverse pregnancy outcome and
inherited thrombophia,‖ ISOM Programme, Vienna, November, 14 – 15, 2004.
56. Course Director, ―Medical Problems in Pregnancy,‖ American College of Physicians
annual session, San Francisco, CA, April 14 – 16, 2005.
57. Presenter, ―Anticoagulation in Pregnancy,‖ American Society of Echocadiography's 16th
Annual Scientific Session, Boston, MA, June 18, 2005.
58. Presenter, ―Managing Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Pregnancy and Peri-partum –
honing specific strategies‖, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine 26th
Annual Meeting,
Miami Beach, FL, February 1, 2006.
59. Course Director, ―Medical Complications of Pregnancy‖. American College of Physicians
Annual Session, Philadelphia, PA, April 6, 2006.
60. Peter Garner Memorial Lecture, Keynote Speaker ―Obstetric Medicine: Where we are
and where we need to go to reduce maternal mortality‖, International Society of Obstetric
Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2, 2006.
61. Course Director, "Pregnant and Nursing Patients: What the Internist Needs to Know",
American College of Physicians Annual Session 2007, San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007.
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62. Keynote Lecture: ―The Management of Postpartum Depression‖, The MacDonald UK
Obstetric Medicine Society 31st Meeting, The King’s Manor, Exhibition Square,
University of York, York, London, May 18, 2007.
63. Visiting Professor: ―Medical Disorder in Pregnancy‖, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto,
Ontario, November 17, 2007.
64. Presenter: ―Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy‖, Grand Rounds, Women’s College
Hospital, Toronto, Canada, November 16, 2007.
65. Presenter: ―Thromboprophylaxis in Pregnancy‖, MFM/Hematology Fellows Symposium,
Toronto, Canada, November 17, 2007.
66. Keynote Case Presentation: ―Pregnancy and a Prior Thrombosis‖, Medical Disorders in
Pregnancy Post Graduate course, Victoria College at the University of Toronto, Toronto,
Canada, November 17, 2007.
67. Presenter: ―The Pregnant Cardiac Patient and the Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician‖,
The Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Obstetric Medicine Scientific Forum, Dallas,
TX, January 30, 2008.
68. Presenter: ―Venous Thromboembolism and Thrombophilias in Pregnancy‖, Grand
Rounds, Prentice Women’s Hospital, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of
Medicine, Chicago, IL, Friday, April 18, 2008.
69. Opening address/Welcome, ISOM Meeting, OMNI Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC,
September 21, 2008.
70. Maternal Mortality in the Developing World: A Plan for Action; ISOM Meeting, OMNI
Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, September 21, 2008.
71. Presenter: ―Venous Thromboembolism and Pulmonary Vascular Complications in
Pregnancy - Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism During Pregnancy,‖ American
College of Chest Physicians conference, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia,
PA; October 28, 2008.
72. Presenter: ―Cardiopulmonary Arrest,‖ Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Medical
Disorders of Pregnancy Scientific Forum, San Diego, CA; January 28, 2009.
73. Meet the Professor Session: ―Medical Problems in Pregnancy‖, ACP Annual Scientific
Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Friday, April 23, 2010.
74. Invited presentation, ―Thromboembolism in Pregnancy Guidelines‖, 5th
Annual
International Society of Obstetric Medicine Scientific Meeting, Sebel Albert Park Hotel,
Melbourne, Australia, October 1, 2010.
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75. Invited presentation: Grand Rounds, ―Thrombosis and Thrombophilia in Pregnancy‖,
Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA, March l6, 2011.
76. Moderator, Keynote Opening Panel: The Impact of Health Care Reform on Women’s
Health at The World Congress 2nd
Annual Leadership Summit on The Business of
Women’s Health, Hyatt Regency Boston, Boston, MA, April 27, 2011.
77. Co-speaker, Keynote Closing Brunch: Building Collaboration: Promoting Cooperation
Between a Patient’s Providers and Specialists in the Treatment and Management of Her
Care; The World Congress 2nd
Annual Leadership Summit on The Business of Women’s
Health, Hyatt Regency Boston, Boston, MA, April 29, 2011.
78. Faculty member, American Society of Hypertension Twenty-Seventh Annual Scientific
Meeting; Hilton, New York, New York City, May 19th
– 22nd
, 2012.
79. Chair of the Plenary Session, International Society of Obstetric Medicine, 6th
International
Scientific Meeting, Keble College, Oxford, United Kingdom, July 7th
and 8th
, 2012.
LOCAL PRESENTATIONS
1. Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy, Grand Rounds, Rhode Island Hospital,
Providence, RI, January, 1990.
2. Medical Complications of Pregnancy, Today in Health (Radio Show), March, 1990.
3. Treatment of Hypertension in Pregnancy, The Rhode Island Medical Society, Newport,
RI, May, 1990.
4. Hypertension in Pregnancy, South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI, November, 1990.
5. Asthma in Pregnancy, Grand Rounds, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, November, 1990.
6. Thromboembolism in Pregnancy, Grand Rounds, Miriam Hospital, November, 1990.
7. Women's Health, Women's Lives, Commencement Forums, Brown University,
Providence, RI, May, 1991.
8. Smart and Healthy, Women's Health Symposium, Lincoln School, Providence, RI,
January, 1993.
9. Women's Health Initiative, Guest Speaker, TCI Cable TV, Providence, RI, September,
1993.
10. Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy, RI Medical Society and RI Section of American
College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Newport, RI, May, 1993.
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11. Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy, Grand Rounds, The Miriam Hospital,
Providence, RI, March, 1994.
12. Medical Topics in Pregnancy for the Practicing Internist, The Miriam Hospital,
Providence, RI , April, 1994.
13. Medical Emergencies in Pregnancy, OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Women & Infants
Hospital, Providence, RI, May, 1994.
14. Hemoglobinopathies and Medical Emergencies, OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Women &
Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, June, 1994.
15. Endocrine Disorders in Primary Care, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI,
September, 1994.
16. Women & Heart Disease, 1994 Cross-Training in Women's Wellness, Women & Infants
Hospital, Providence, RI, October, 1994.
17. The Pregnant Heart, The Second Annual Rhode Island Hospital Nursing Cardiology
Symposium, Nursing Professional Development Department, Heart Topics of the 90's,
Warwick, RI, February 16, 1995.
18. Hypertension in Pregnancy, Rhode Island Hospital, Renal Grand Rounds, Providence, RI,
March, 1995.
19. Prevention and Treatment of Thrombosis in Pregnancy. Brown University School of
Medicine & Rhode Island Hospital 1996 Thrombosis Forum, Providence, RI, September,
1996.
20. Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy. RIH Medical Grand Rounds. Providence, RI. November,
1998.
21. Thrombosis, hypercoagulable states, and low molecular weight heparin in pregnancy.
Rhode Island Hospital Division of General Internal Medicine and Women’s Health
Associates Conference. October 15, 1999. Providence, RI.
22. Thrombosis Update, Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital.
Update in Thrombosis and Hypercoagulable States in Pregnancy. Providence, RI, October
21, 1999.
23. Asthma in Pregnancy, American Academy of Family Practice, Rhode Island Chapter.
Providence, Rhode Island November, 2000.
24. Thrombophilia in Pregnancy a Prophylaxis Study Medicine Grand Rounds, Rhode Island
Hospital, Providence, RI, November 2001.
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25. Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, Newport, RI, Common Medical Illnesses in
Pregnancy, May 4, 2002.
26. Department of Medicine (Site Visit Presentation) to North Shore Long Island Jewish
Health System at Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, May 5, 2006.
27. Panelist at Rhode Island M&M’s entitled ―Post Partum Scleroderma Renal Crisis‖ on
October 3, 2006.
28. Panelist for the discussion entitled ―On race, gender, and sexual orientation‖ for Stephen
Smith’s Healthy Policy Class, BC007 Cost vs. Care: Dilemma for American Medicine at
Brown University on October 31, 2006.
29. Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow Conference lecture entitled ―Venous Thromboembolism
and Thrombophilias in Pregnancy", Women & Infants Hospital, November 17, 2006.
30. OB Medicine Conference lecture entitled ―Thromboprophylaxis in Pregnancy‖, Women
& Infants Hospital, November 9, 2007.
31. Departments of Pathology and Obstetric Medicine lecture entitled ―Screening for
hypothyroidism in pregnancy: Is it worthwhile?,‖ Women & Infants’ Hospital, March 18,
2009.
32. OB Medicine Conference lecture entitled ―Medical Problems in Pregnancy‖, Women &
Infants Hospital, August 12, 2010.
33. Department of Medicine Monthly Nursing Continuing Education Series presentation
entitled ―Pulmonary Edema in Pregnancy‖, Women & Infants’ Hospital, September 20,
2010.
34. Co-chaired the Inaugural Women’s Health Quality Conference, Providence Marriott
Orms, Providence, RI, October 14, 2010.
35. Invited Panelist at the Women’s Health Quality Conference, Panel entitled ―Better
Questions for Physical Health—Pregnancy as a Window to Future Health‖, Providence
Marriott Orms, Providence, RI, October 14, 2010.
36. Invited presentation, ―Medical Problems in Pregnancy: Venous Thromboembolism and
Thrombophilias in Pregnancy,‖ as part of the Department of Medicine’s Monthly Nursing
Continuing Education Series, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, October 20,
2010.
37. Invited presentation, Women’s Health Council of RI, ―Smoking Prevention. Smoking
Cessation.‖, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, RI, June 21, 2011.
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38. Invited presentation, Women’s Health Council of RI, 2nd
Annual Quality Conference,
Bridging Physical and Behavioral Medicine, Providence, Marriott Orms, Providence, RI,
November 10, 2011.
GRANTS
1. Chicago Lung Association. Fellowship grant for study of occupational lung disease, 1975,
$10,000, Principal Investigator.
2. March of Dimes Grant: Adolescent Pregnancy, 1981, $5,000, Principal Investigator.
3. Rhode Island Hospital Primary Care Residency Training Grant, Department of Health and
Human Health Services, 5D28PE11095, 1990-1993, Faculty.
4. Intranasal calcitonin Post Menopausal Osteoporosis Prevention Trial, Principal Investigator,
RG-83630-116, Rhone Poulenc Rorer Corp, 1992-1993, $192,000.
5. Women's Health Initiative, NIH, Co Investigator, 1993 - 2015, $8.1 million
6. Legislative Grant for the Study of Women's Health Curriculum, Rhode Island Legislative
Grants, 1994-95, $22,000, Principal Investigator.
7. Rhode Island Hospital Developmental Grant Program. Platelet Activation in Normal and
Complicated Pregnancies, Principal Investigator, 12/94 - 11/95, $25,000.
8. Legislative Grant for the Study of Women's Health Curriculum, Rhode Island Legislative
Grants, 1995-96, $22,000, Principal Investigator.
9. Legislative Grant for the Study of Women's Health Curriculum, Rhode Island
Legislative Grants, 1996-97, $15,000, Principal Investigator.
10. Legislative Grant for the Study of Women's Health Curriculum, Rhode Island
Legislative Grants, 1998-99, $15,000, Principal Investigator.
11. Legislative Grant for the Study of Women's Health Curriculum, Rhode Island
Legislative Grants, 1999-2000, $15,000, Principal Investigator.
12. Prospective Randomized Trial of Unfractionated Heparin Versus Low Molecular Weight
Heparin for Thromboprophylaxis in Pregnancy. Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, 1998 - 2000. Co-
Investigator, Center Director for Rhode Island site.
13. Rhode Island State Legislative Grant for Development of Women’s Health Curriculum,
2000-2001, $15,000, Principal Investigator.
14. Safety of withholding Heparin in pregnant women with a history of venous
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thromboembolism. Heart and Lung Association of Canada and Pharmacia: Protocol No.
NA2857, November 16, 2000-present, Investigator.
15. TIPPS (Thrombophilia in Pregnancy Prophylaxis Study): A randomised control trial of
prophylactic low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) in high risk pregnant thrombophilic
women. Protocol No: 524E-CVD-9101-004, January 16, 2004-Present, Co-Investigator.
United States PI/Coordinating Center.
16. A Model Statewide Trial to Detect and Treat Maternal Hypothyroidism, in Pregnancy – A
model community-based trial in Rhode Island aimed at avoiding or minimizing morbidity
from overt maternal hypothyroidism by systematic detection and treatment, beginning at the
first prenatal visit. Protocol No: 1R18DP001148-01. Centers for Disease Control,
September 30, 2007 – September 29, 2010, $1,349,904, Co-Investigator.
17. Pivotal PE Procurement – A multi-site international trial that will attempt to identify serum
biomarkers that may be predictive of preeclampsia. Protocol No: PE-2-08-D. Beckman
Coulter, Inc., $475,000, October 1, 2008 – October 1, 2010. Principal Investigator.
18. Quality Women’s Integrated & Comprehensive Care (QWIC Care). 3 year grant totaling
$23,108,604 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Principal Investigator.
Grant Submitted 1/31/12.
UNIVERSITY/HOSPITAL TEACHING ROLES
Course Program Role
# Students (S)
# Residents (R)
# Fellows (F)
Per Session
Hours
Per
Session
Session
Per Year
Academic
Years
Obstetric Medicine Teaching 4R 4-8 * 1992 –
Present
Consult Service Attend Physician 2F Present
Resident Morning Report
Faculty Attendee 4R
2F
1 * 1992 -
Present
Resident Curriculum
Lecture
Faculty Attendee 4R
2F
1 * 1992 –
Present
Medical Consultation
Attending Rounds
Faculty Attendee 4R 4-8 * 1992 –
Present
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Course Program Role
# Students (S)
# Residents (R)
# Fellows (F)
Per Session
Hours
Per
Session
Session
Per Year
Academic
Years
2F
High Risk Rounds Faculty Attendee 6R
4F
1 * 1992 –
Present
Obstetric Medicine
Teaching Conference
Lecturer 4R
2F
1 12 1994 –
Present
Obstetric Medicine
Research Conference
Faculty Attendee 4R
2F
1-2 52 1998 –
Present
Resident Core
Curriculum
Lecturer 25 R
7 F
1 1 1995 –
Present
Women’s Primary Care
Conference
Teaching
Attending
Physician
2S
8R
2F
10 NPs
1 4 1995 –
Present
Thrombosis Update Faculty 44 MDs
10 RNs
7 Pharmacists
9 other
1 1 2000
BC7/Cost vs. Care: The
Dilemma for American
Medicine
Panel Member 2.5 S 1.5 1 2001
*3-4 months per year, Monday-Friday (or Sunday-Saturday) meet with residents and fellows.
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TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Off-Campus Hospital
1992-1997 Director, Obstetric and Consultative Medicine Fellowship
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Formally train internists in medical complications of pregnancy via patient
interaction and lectures.
Teaching rounds designed to teach medical complications of pregnancy.
Five sessions per week; 6-8 hours per session (direct contact).
Two Obstetric Medicine Fellows per year.
1992 Lecturer, Introduction to Physical Diagnosis
(BioMed 373-4)
Instruction on physical examination of the respiratory system using
personal demonstration and audiovisual aids developed for the course.
Two sessions per year; 1.5 hours per session (direct contact: 3 hours/year and
preparation: 4 hours/year).
Sixteen to twenty-four students per year.
1992- 2011 Director, Medical Consultation Service
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Formally train Brown University Internal Medicine residents.
Formally train Brown University Medical students.
Formally train national and international visiting residents.
Patient interaction, lectures.
1997-2000 Director, Medical Consultation Service
Butler Hospital
Formally train Brown University Internal Medicine residents.
Formally train Brown University Medical students.
Patient interaction lectures.
1997-2000 Supervisor, Obstetric Medicine Curriculum Development
Co-develop curriculum for teaching Obstetric Medicine to Internal Medicine
residents, locally, nationally and internationally.
Curriculum implemented across U.S.A.
Copyrighted.
Content includes teaching handouts, cases, lectures.
1998-2011 Faculty, Medical Consultation in Obstetrics and Gynecology
(Course #340)
Clinical elective for medical students.
Introduce medical consultation to Ob/Gyn students via patient interaction and
lectures.
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Activities include written and oral presentation of cases, review of
physical examination, assessment of medical problems, and
determination of medical management.
Work rounds.
Two lectures per week.
Obstetric medicine fellows participate during rounds each day.
Internal medicine residents participate during rounds each day.
1994-1995 Mentor, Women in Medicine Mentor Program
Share perspective as a woman in medicine with women medical
students.
Formal and informal discussion.
Shadow in the clinical setting.
Exposure to teaching rounds.
Exposure to morning report.
Exposure to teaching conferences.
Exposure to women’s primary care.