Investigators
Afshan Hameed, MD, FACOG, FACC, Principal Investigator
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Hameed is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist and Cardiologist at UCI. Her background and training combining her focuses as an Internist, Cardiologist, and Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist will serve the purposes of cardiovascular risk assessment for pregnant and postpartum women. She serves on the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review Advisory Committee (PAMR) to identify gaps in care at the provider and patient level and to outline quality improvement opportunities. Dr. Hameed chairs the cardiovascular disease in pregnancy and postpartum task force at the CMQCC which developed the provider toolkit.
Contact: ahameed@hs.uci.edu
Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, PhD, MPH, Co-Investigator
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Thiel de Bocanegra is an Associate Professor, health services research, Professor with Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCI. She has 20+ years of experience in health service research and program evaluation as well as development and measurement of health indicators. Dr. Thiel de Bocanegra is member of the national task force that submitted the Developmental Contraceptive Use Measures to the National Quality Forum.
Contact: hthiel@hs.uci.edu
Cornelia Graves, MD, Co-Investigator
University of Tennessee
Dr. Graves is Director of Obstetrical Critical Care, Director of the Maternal section of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the Division Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Assistant Dean for Diversity. She is the lead co-investigator at the University of Tennessee sub-site.
Maryam Tarsa, MD, Co-Investigator
University of California, San Diego
Dr. Tarsa is a Specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine and a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Perinatologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She is the lead co-investigator at the UC San Diego sub-site.
Anna Grodzinsky, MD, Co-Investigator
St. Luke’s Hospital Kansas City
Dr. Grodzinsky is an Associate Professor of medicine in the University of Missouri- Kansas City. She is a non-invasive cardiologist based at Saint Luke’s North Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the lead co-investigator at the St. Luke’s Hospital sub-site.
Diana Wolfe, MD, Co-Investigator
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Wolfe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine. She is Associate Program Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program. She is the lead co-investigator at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine sub-site.
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