Maternal-Fetal Medication Fellowship
Columbia University
New York, NY
Obstetrics-Gynecology Residency
Albany Medical Center/Albany College of Medicine
Albany, NY
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Areas of Interest
First and second trimester risk assessment
Chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis
Prenatal Ultrasound and ultrasound guided procedures
Multifetal pregnancies
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Racial disparities in obstetric outcomes
Committee Appointments
Member, IHI Committee, Baystate Medical Center
Member, Perinatal Committee, Baystate Medical Center
Member, Obstetric Safety Committee, Baystate Medical Center
Publications
Plevyak MP, Gawade P, Markenson G, Bsat F, Healy A: Failed Labor Induction: The Impact of Body Mass Index on the Cesarean Delivery Rate. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Dallas, January 31, 2008.
Plevyak MP, Gawade P, Markenson G, Bsat F, Healy A, Knee A. The Effect of Pregnancy Weight Gain on Labor Induction Failure. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Diego, January 29, 2009
Netteburg D, Bsat F, Healy A, Markenson G, Plevyak M, Circeo L. The use of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in a patient with H1N1 pneumonia. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, Feb 2011, 24(2):264-6.
Gawade P, Markenson G, Bsat F, Healy A, Pekow P, Plevyak M. Association of gestational weight gain with cesarean delivery rate after labor induction. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, March-April 2011.
Luthra G, Healy A. Preterm Birth and 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate. TheFemalePatient.2012;37(5):44-48. (Audiocast for the above topic as well was posted on TheFemalePatient website.)
Grants
CBR Grant for $24,998 to fund a small pilot study to assess markers of inflammation during pregnancy in a population (n=20) of healthy, singleton pregnant women. This work will be performed in collaboration with Dr. Brian Whitcomb, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
