Research & Scholarly Activity

We have an unusually robust resident research program that is designed to initiate resident involvement in the development of a research project starting in their 1st year and helping them through all the steps and potential pitfalls of a research project to culminate in the 3rd year with presentation of their research to the department at the annual Resident Research Day. In addition to individual mentoring, we incorporate a research curriculum into our didactic sessions including statistics, study design, scientific writing, and literature interpretation. The majority of our residents present their research at national or international meetings and many graduate with publications to their name.

2024

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Sarah Horvath, MD – Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Penn State Health

Research Presentations

• Patricia Coughenour, MD – “One Key Question” and the Impact of Missed Opportunities on Family Planning in the Outpatient Setting
• Savannah Kaszubinski, MD – A Qualitative Investigation of Facilitators and Barriers for Completing Postpartum Sterilization Procedures on Labor and Delivery
• Lila Marshall, MD – Investigating the Appropriateness of an Endometrial Stripe Thickness Threshold for Risk Stratification of Endometrial Cancer
• Danielle Martin, MD- Comparing Inflammatory Marker Levels in Pregnancies Affected by Preeclampsia to Those Unaffected: A Cohort Analysis of the Prospectively Generated ECHO Dataset
• Leanne Ondreicka, MD – Improving Continuity of Care in the Ob-Gyn Resident Clinic with a Resident Specific Scheduler
• Aladeyemi Osho, MD – Bridging the Gap: Utilizing Experimental Learning-Based Simulation to Foster Collaboration Between OB-GYN Residents and Rochester Community Organizations
• Pavithra Vijayakumar, MD – The Effect of Abortion Hostility on Adolescent Pregnancy Outcomes: Insights from the PRAMS Database and Scoping Review
• Kathyrn Voss, MD – Ovulation Induced Frozen Embryo Transfer Regimens in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

2023

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Judette Louis MD, MPH – Chair, College of Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of South Florida Health

Research Presentations

• Yanling Dong, MD – Increasing Prevalence of Hypertensive Morbidity During COVID Pandemic in Finger Lakes Region
• Victoria Ly, MD – One Abnormal Value on the 3-Hour Glucose Tolerance Test and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
• Joanna Lin, MD – Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Alter Management Choice for Early Pregnancy Failure or Pregnancy Termination?
• Devin Williams, MD, MPH – A Case Series of Ultrasound Guided Uterine Aspiration for the Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy
• Alexis Platek, MD, MS – Change in Abortion Trends at URMC in the Post-Dobbs Era
• Emily Hart, DO – Short Interval Pregnancy in Monroe County: A Retrospective Analysis of Sociodemographic and Geographical Characteristics
• Michelle Vu, MD – The Lived Experiences of Infertility in Asian Americans: A Qualitative Study

2022

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Elizabeth Howell, MD, MPP - Harrison McCrea Dickson President’s Distinguished Professor; Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania

Research Presentations

• Madeline Coulter, MD – There’s No Place Like Home: Same-Day Discharge after Colpocleisis is Safe for Our Medically Frail Patients
• Jordana Gilman, MD, MPH – PROMIS Score Changes in Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence Treated with Pessary Versus Surgery
• Rebecca Hartman, MD – Is the ROSE (“Reach Out, Stay Strong, Essentials for New Mothers”) Psychoeducational Preventive Intervention Associated with Improved In-Hospital Stress Among Antepartum Patients Admitted to a High-risk Obstetrics Unit?
• Hallie Nelson, MD – Contraceptive Congruence: Acknowledging Pregnancy Ambivalence By Applying a Novel Measure of Contraceptive Use to a National Population
• Sara Spielman, MD – Decision Regret or Satisfaction Following Sterilization Procedure at the Time of Preterm Birth
• Sarah Thappa, DO – Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA): Analysis of a Multisite General United States Population
• Logan Todhunter, DO- Insights into Postpartum Readmission for Poor Blood Pressure Control: An Assessment of Risk Profile
• Chloe Williams, MD – Pregnancy Testing and Contraceptive Care for Inpatient Women of Reproductive Age with Medical Co-Morbidities

2021

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP - Commissioner of Public Health, Monroe County, University of Rochester-Advancing Population Health in Monroe County

Research Presentations

• Alyssa Adkins, MD - Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes: Outcomes with Expectant Management until 35 versus 36 weeks
• Adam Evans, MD - Overnight Melatonin Concentration and Sleep Quality are Associated with Clinical Features of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Emily Leubner, MD - Immediate Postplacental IUD Placement: Expulsion and Associated Risk Factors
• Miriam McQuade, MD - Delayed Abortion Care Among Women Who Use Drugs
• Alexandra Morell, MD - Characterization and comparison of pelvic mass risk assessment by gynecologists and PCP’s to ROMA.
• Lauren Paraison, MD - Peer audit of racial representation in contemporary obstetric guidelines
• Margaret Schoeniger, MD - ExperiencesofWomenatCrisisPregnancyCentersinWesternNewYork
• Kaylee Underkofler, MD - Characterization of patients with isolated tumor cells and micrometastasis on sentinel lymph node biopsy performed for endometrial cancer staging

2020

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Marcela Del Carmen, MD, MPH -  Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital- Finding Aequanimitas in Academic Medicine Today

Research Presentations

• Tiffany Abreu, MD - A Qualitative Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Community-Based Research Track in an Academic OBGYN Residency Program
• Alexandra Blackman, MD - The utility of additional ovarian cancer biomarkers to the dual marker combination of HE4 and CA125 for the detection of cancer
• Katelyn Carey, MD - Association Between Preconception Weight Changes During Ovulation Induction and Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with PCOS
• Cheryl Chu, MD - Multiples again? Recurrence risk and risk factors for monozygotic live birth in over 65000 in-vitro fertilization cycles
• Victoria Quimpo Moretti, MD - A Qualitative Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Community-Based Research Track in an Academic OBGYN Residency Program
• Katherine Rogg, MD - The Prediction of Spontaneous Preterm Birth Using 3-Dimensional Cervical Length Measurement
• Alexandra Samborski, MD - The combination of HE4 and CA125 is superior to either marker alone for monitoring women with ovarian cancer
• Elizabeth Willman, MD - Is Earlier Better? A Novel Approach to Early Postpartum Depression Screening Utilizing MyChart

2019

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Carolyn Sufrin, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University - Reproductive Justice and Incarcerated Women: Understanding the Nexus of Reproductive Health, Mass Incarceration, and Social Justice

Research Presentations

• Jillian Dodge, D.O. - Inpatient assessment of contraceptive use in medically complex women
• Matthew Gevelinger, M.D. - Evaluation of Sacral Nerve Stimulator Revision and Explantation in a Single Center, Multidisciplinary Study
• Katrina Heyrana, M.D., Ph.D. - Does strict adherence to ACOG criteria for prevention of the primary Cesarean section lead to lower institution-specific Cesarean delivery rates?
• Danielle Krueger, M.D. - Are cesarean delivery rates increased among low-risk, nulliparous women undergoing elective induction of labor compared to awaiting spontaneous labor prior to 40 weeks gestation?
• Rachel O’Connell, M.D. - Near-histologic resolution images of cervical dysplasia obtained with Gabor domain optical coherence microscopy
• Arti Taggar, M.D., M.P.H. - Virtual Reality and Gaming in Non-Surgical Medical Education: A Pilot Trial of The Steroid Pathway Game.
• Elizabeth Whinston, M.D., Ph.D. - Effectiveness of Computed Tomography Guided Pudendal Nerve Block in the Treatment of Pudendal Neuralgia

2018

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Nanette Santoro, M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine - Follow the Patient: The Many Ways That Obesity Affects Female Reproduction

Research Presentations

• Katherine Congelosi, M.D. - Depression and contraceptive choice in the postpartum period
• Alecia Fields, D.O. - Implementing a social determinants of health curriculum into OBGYN residency
• Laura Hanks, M.D. - Healthy motherhood: Teenage pregnancy prevention in the US affiliated Pacific Island of Pohnpei, Micronesia
• Olivia Higgins, M.D. - Laparoscopic sacrospinous ligament transection for treatment of pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome
• Alexis Pilato, M.D. - Knowledge, behaviors, and reproductive hormones related to phthalate exposure among women seeking fertility care. 
• Rachelle St Onge, M.D. - ADAPT: A novel on-line simulation game that promotes knowledge of maternal and fetal physiology among medical students
• Marika Toscano, M.D. - Handheld point-of-care ultrasound for gynecologic pathology: a pilot study for low resource settings
• Phoebe Whalen, M.D. - Impact of direct abdominal trauma on pregnancy outcome

2017

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Angel Foster, D.Phil., M.D., A.M., University of Ottawa - Abortion in humanitarian settings: Challenges and opportunities for expanding safe services

Research Presentations

• Jennifer Black, M.D. - Comparative safety and efficacy of cervical preparation methods
  in dilation and evacuation
• Sheila Flaum, D.O. - Barriers and outcomes associated with failure to execute desired postpartum sterilization
• Jennifer Leone, M.D. - Does term labor induction increase risk of cesarean section for nulliparous women?
• Haley Meyer, M.D. - Pelvic floor dysfunction after total cystectomy for bladder cancer
• Jessica Mitchell, M.D. - The differential analysis of serum HE4 levels in epithelial ovarian cancer and other malignant tumors
• Laura Pekman, M.D. - Mode of membrane rupture in pregnancies with idiopathic polyhydramnios
• Mary Towner, M.D. - Validity assessment of a novel gynecologic surgical model: The GySMo project
• Ferdous Zannat, M.D. - Risk factors for repeat laparoscopy for patients with chronic abdominopelvic pain and endometriosis

2016

Annual Jerome H. Rudolph Memorial Lecturer

Aaron B. Caughey, M.D., Ph.D., OHSU School of Medicine - Periviable Pregnancies: Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Research Presentations

• Elizabeth Bard, M.D. - Women’s representation in government as a predictor of women’s health outcomes
• Lauren Coyle, M.D. - The express study: Immediate postpartum breast pump use and infant formula supplementation at one month
• Beatriz Folch Torres-Aguiar, M.D. - The rise of female sterilization vs LARC among women in Latin America: A closer look at Colombia  
• Ethan Gable, M.D. (presented in 2015) - Counseling practices and social outcomes in pregnancies conceived with assisted reproductive technologies 
• Whitney Hanan, M.D. - A precursor survey to the scheduled prophylactic antiemetics for reduction of emesis with doxycycline (SPARED) trial
• Stefanie Hollenbach, M.D., M.S. - Evaluating quantity of antenatal transplacental cell exchange: the EQUATE study
• Tessa Reisinger, M.D. - Geographic disparities in access to abortion services in western New York
• Daniel Terk, M.D. - Adherence to recommended cervical cancer screening based on HPV vaccination status