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Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

Ad hoc member. FDA advisory committee, National Examiner, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oral Boards, Maternal Fetal Medicine Subspecialty Exams, National Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, National Member, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Member, Precision Medicine Core Committee, University of Pennsylvania, Local Member, Preterm Research Priority Setting Group, collaborative group sponsored by GAPPS, Gates Foundation, and March of Dimes, National Member, SMFM Research committee, National Member, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, National Member, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, National Standing Member, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National

Hospital Privileges:

• Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Description of Research Expertise:

Inflammation-induced preterm preterm; in vivo mouse model; mice survival surgery

Selected Publications:

Levine LD, Downes KL, Romero JA, Pappas H, Elovitz MA: Quantitative fetal fibronectin and cervical length in symptomatic women: results from a prospective blinded cohort study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 32(22):3792-3800. : 2019.

Tulina NM, Brown AG, Barila GO, Elovitz MA.: The Absence of TLR4 Prevents Fetal Brain Injury in the Setting of Intrauterine Inflammation. Reprod Sci 26(8):1082-1093. : 2019.

Burris HH, Wright CJ, Kirpalani H, Collins JW, Lorch SA, Elovitz MA, Hwang SS: The promise and pitfalls of precision medicine to resolve black-white racial disparities in preterm birth Pediatric Research (In press). : 2019.

Anton L, DeVine A, Polyak E, Olarerin-George A, Brown AG, Falk MJ, Elovitz MA.: HIF-1α Stabilization Increases miR-210 Eliciting First Trimester Extravillous Trophoblast Mitochondrial Dysfunction. Front Physiology 10 (699): 2019.

Russell MW, Moldenhauer JS, Rychik J, Burnham NB, Zullo E, Parry SI, Simmons RA, Elovitz MA, Nicolson SC, Linn RL, Johnson MP, Yu S, Sampson MG, Hakonarson H, Gaynor JW.: Damaging Variants in Proangiogenic Genes Impair Growth in Fetuses with Cardiac Defects. Journal Pediatrics Epub ahead of print : 2019.

Elovitz, MA, Gajer P, Riis V, Brown A, Humphrys M, Holm J, Ravel J: Cervicovaginal microbiota and local immune response modulate the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery Nature Communications 10:1305 : 2019.

Burris HH, Lorch SA, Kirpalani H, Pursley DM, Elovitz MA, Clougherty JE.: Racial disparities in preterm birth in USA: a biosensor of physical and social environmental exposures. Arch Dis Child. [Epub ahead of print] : 2019.

Heather H. Burris, Amy G. Brown, Valerie Riis, Michal A. Elovitz: Spontaneous preterm birth risk and cervicovaginal immune response vary by residential neighborhood among African Americans Poster presentation, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Las Vegas, NV : 2019.

Monteagudo-Sánchez A, Sánchez-Delgado M, Mora JRH, Santamaría NT, Gratacós E, Esteller M, de Heredia ML, Nunes V, Choux C, Fauque P, de Nanclares GP, Anton L, Elovitz MA, Iglesias-Platas I, Monk D.: Differences in expression rather than methylation at placenta-specific imprinted loci is associated with intrauterine growth restriction. Clin Epigenetics 11(1):35 : 2019.

Kristin D. Gerson, Michal A. Elovitz, Jacques Ravel, Anna Modest, Heather H. Burris: Are cervicovaginal microbial communities early in pregnancy associated with a mid-trimester short cervix? Poster presentation, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Las Vegas, NV : 2019.

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Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology website

Maternal Fetal Medicine website