Pregnancy Complications: A Case-Based Approach

This unique book, designed to support obstetrician-gynecologists, midwives, and family medicine specialists caring for obstetric patients, will guide clinicians to a clear understanding of the ways to recognize, manage, and importantly prevent obstetrical complications. Utilising clinical vignettes combined with comprehensive, authoritative discussions from experienced clinicians, this book is an essential resource to support practice and preparation for various certification type of examinations. Following the same effective approach as other titles in this series, Acute and Emergency Care Gynecology: A Case-Based Approach, Office Gynecology: A Case-Based Approach and Surgical Gynecology: A Case-Based Approach, this book is the perfect guide to navigate common and rare obstetrical complications.

About the Author

Dr Peter F. Schnatz is an Internist and ObGyn. He is the Associate Chairman and Residency Director in ObGyn at Reading Hospital and is a Professor at Drexel University. He is a Past President of the Menopause Society and the Philadelphia ObGyn Society. He is Vice Chair for SASGOG's Pearls Publications Committee.

Dr D. Yvette LaCoursiere is a Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She was a scholar in the Women's Reproductive Health Research Program. In addition, she served as the UC San Diego's Residency Director, ABOG Specialty Boards Examiner, and reviewer/moderator for CREOG-APGO, SASGOG and ACOG Conferences. She worked on the SASGOG Presidential Task Force and the Board of Directors and currently participates on the SASGOG-Green Journal Editorial Fellow Task Force.

Dr Christopher M. Morosky is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He serves as the Vice Chair for Education and Generalist Division Director for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCONN HEALTH. He is the immediate past co-chair of the Connecticut Perinatal Quality Collaborative and recently finished his service on the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Undergraduate Medical Education Committee. Dr. Morosky is the past chair of the SASGOG Resident Reporter Committee.

Dr Jonathan Schaffir is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ohio State University. He currently serves as Vice Chair for Education for the department. He is a past board member of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics and currently serves on its Undergraduate Medical Education Committee. He is a Specialty Certifying Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a previous member of SASGOG's Pearls Publications Committee. He is co-editor of the journal Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr Vanessa Torbenson is a Consultant and Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Mayo Clinic where she works as an OB Hospitalist. She is the current residency program director. She is past president of the Society of ObGyn Hospitalists and is a current member of ACOG's committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines-OB.

Dr David Chelmow is the Leo J Dunn Professor and Chair of ObGyn at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was the inaugural president of the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology and is past president of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology and the Council of University Chairs in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a current member of the US Preventive Services Task Force. He has previously served as chair of the Women's Preventive Services Initiative Multidisciplinary Steering Committee and ACOG's Committee on Practice Bulletins – Gynecology.