Penn Medicine Provider
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 15 and up
Penn Maternal Fetal Medicine HUP
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Microbiology

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Massachusetts
  • Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Gerson is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Lauren Anton, PhD, Kristin Klohonatz, PhD, Briana Ferguson, Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD Exposure of the Cervical Epithelium to Gardnerella vaginalis and Vaginal Polyamines Alters Macrophage Immune Responses: Evidence for Cellular Crosstalk at the Host-microbial Interface , Poster Presentation at the Society for Reproductive Investigation's Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC: 2025


Gregory W. Kirschen, MD, PhD; Briana Ferguson; Lauren Anton, PhD; Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD Spermine and Spermidine Attenuate Glutathione Oxidation by Gardnerella vaginalis: Antioxidant Potential of Vaginal Polyamines , Poster Presentation at the Society for Reproductive Investigation's Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC: 2025


Kristin Klohonatz, PhD; Briana Ferguson; Lauren Anton, PhD, Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD Indolelactate Mitigates Anaerobe-induced Inflammation in the Cervical Epithelium: Potential Role for Lactobacillus crispatus-derived Lactate Derivatives in Immune Protection , Poster Presentation at the Society for Reproductive Investigation's Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC: 2025


Lauren Anton, Briana Ferguson, Kristin Klohonatz, Abbie Lustig, Emilie Stylli, Aaron Loder, Kristin D. Gerson Polyamines modify Gardnerella vaginalis-induced alterations in the mucosal transcriptome , Poster Presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine's Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Aurora, CO: 2025


Emilie Stylli, Briana Ferguson, Rita Leite, Rachel Ledyard, Heather H. Burris, Lauren Anton, Kristin D. Gerson The fetal membrane metabolome: arachidonic acid and sex steroid metabolism perturbations associated with preterm rupture , Poster Presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine's Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Aurora, CO: 2025


Emilie Stylli, Kristin Klohonatz, Briana Ferguson, Rita Leite, Rachel Ledyard, Heather H. Burris, Lauren Anton, Kristin D. Gerson Perfluorochemicals paradoxically exert immunosuppressive effects in fetal membranes: implications for preterm premature rupture of membranes , Poster Presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine's Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Aurora, CO: 2025


Gregory Kirschen, Olha Kholod, Briana Ferguson, Britt Goods, Lauren Anton, Kristin D. Gerson Common vaginal microbes modify energy metabolism and oxidative balance: potential implications on reproductive health , Poster Presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine's Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Aurora, CO: 2025


Briana Ferguson, Aaron Loder, Lauren Anton, Kristin D. Gerson Lactobacillus crispatus mitigates Group B Streptococcus-induced inflammation in the cervicovaginal epithelium , Oral Presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine's Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Aurora, CO: 2025


McCoy JA, Burris HH, Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Ravel J, Elovitz MA Cervicovaginal Microbial-Immune State and Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Pregnancy. , Am J Perinatol, Online ahead of print: 2024


Gerson KD, Loder A, Landau Z, Anton Xenobiotic metabolites modify immune responses of the cervicovaginal epithelium: potential mechanisms underlying barrier disruption. , BJOG, 131(5):665-674: 2024