Residency
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL

Medical School
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, IL

Undergraduate
Washington University St. Louis
St. Louis, Mo

Research
     
         Current:

• SPRAY: Surgical Pain Control with Ropivacaine by Atomized Delivery: A randomized controlled trial looking at using atomized intraperitoneal ropivacaine as an adjuvant to muscle relaxants and narcotics at the time of robotic pelvic surgery to decrease post-operative pain.

          Completed:

• Study of Obstetric Malpractice Cases with Poor Neonatal Outcome from a Neonatologist Perspective: Assessed the most common causes for obstetric malpractice allegations from a neonatal perspective.
  
  
• Changing Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Access at a Faith-Based Institution: A historical cohort study comparing patients aged 25 years or less who received immediate postpartum DMPA versus women who did not receive the medication. Logistic regression was used to analyze associations between patient characteristics and repeat pregnancy within 1 year.