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Oral Concurrent Sessions

Oral Concurrent Session 6 - Prematurity and Newborn

Friday, January 31, 2025
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM  
Location: Aurora Ballroom CD, Lobby Level
CE: 0

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Azithromycin to prevent stillbirths and infant deaths in Mali: A 2x2 factorial placebo-controlled randomized trial

    Presenting Author: Karen Kotloff, MD – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Submitting Author: Amanda J. Driscoll, N/A – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Fadima Haidara – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Lawrence Moulton – Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Coauthor: Jason Bailey – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Ousmane Samake – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Tiecoura Bocoum – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Jane Juma – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Awa Traore – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Mamadou Diallo – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Collins Okello – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Uma Onwuchekwa – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Mamoudou Kodio – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

    Coauthor: Yuji Chen – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Emily Deichsel – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Matthew Finholt-Daniel – RTI International

    Coauthor: Robert L. Goldenberg, MD – Columbia University School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Fleesie Hubbard – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Rebecca Maguire – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Melissa Page – RTI International

    Coauthor: David Plotner – RTI International

    Coauthor: Milagritos Tapia – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Dilruba Nasrin – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Samba Sow – Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Mali

  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM  
    The effect of metformin in women who received betamethasone on maternal hyperglycemia and neonatal hypoglycemia

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Enav Yefet, MD, PhD – Tzafon Medical Center

    Coauthor: Manal Massalha, MD – Emak Medical Center

    Coauthor: Gil Talmon, MD – Tzafon Medical Center

    Coauthor: Aminet Labay, MD – Tzafon Medical Center

    Coauthor: Marian matanis, MD – Tzafon Medical Center

    Coauthor: Erez Sleman, MD – Tzafon Medical Center

    Coauthor: Rima nassra, MD – Tzafon Medical Center

    Coauthor: Maya Frank Wolf, MD (she/her/hers) – Galilee Medical Center

    Coauthor: Inshirah Sgayer, MD (she/her/hers) – Galilee Medical center

    Coauthor: Lior Lowenstein, MD – Galilee Medical center

    Coauthor: Zohar Nachum, MD, MHA – Emak Medical Center

  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM  
    Fully Quantitative Cervical Remodeling: Race Group Differences Responsibilities and Cautions

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: LeAnn A. Louis, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Hospital

    Coauthor: Sarah M. Dwyer, MS – University of Michigan Hospital

    Coauthor: Methodius G. Tuuli, MBA, MD, MPH – Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Coauthor: Adam K. Lewkowitz, MD, MPH – Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Coauthor: Julie Tumbarello, MA – University of Michigan Hospital

    Coauthor: Emily Dively, BSN, BS – Washington University School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Madeline Felske, MS – University of Michigan Hospital

    Coauthor: Wendy Sparks, BS, CNM, MSN – University of Michigan Hospital

    Coauthor: Anita M. Malone, MD, MPH – University of Michigan Hospital

    Coauthor: Peinan Zhao, PhD – Washington University

    Coauthor: Molly J. Stout, MD, MSCI (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Medical Center

  • 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Neonatal outcomes after Caesarean versus vaginal birth: population-based cohort study of extremely preterm breech singletons

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Yanchen Wang, MPH (he/him/his) – McMaster University

    Coauthor: Pasqualina Santaguida, PhD – McMaster University

    Coauthor: Sameer Parpia, PhD – McMaster University

    Coauthor: Fabiana Bacchini, MSc – Canadian Premature Babies Foundation

    Coauthor: Prakeshkumar S. Shah, MBBS, MD, MSc – University of Toronto

    Coauthor: Kellie Murphy, MD, MSc – University of Toronto

    Coauthor: K. S. Joseph, MBBS, MD, PhD – School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

    Coauthor: Sandesh Shivananda, MBBS, MD, MSc – University of British Columbia

    Coauthor: Sarah D. McDonald, MD, MSc – McMaster University

  • 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM  
    The role of cervical elastography for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth

    Presenting Author: Anne-Sophie Lafortune (she/her/hers) – Université Laval

    Coauthor: Louise Ghesquiere, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université de Lille

    Coauthor: Paul Guerby, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Université de Toulouse

    Coauthor: Marie-Laurence Côté, MD (she/her/hers) – Université Laval

    Coauthor: Genevieve Marcoux – CHU de Québec

    Coauthor: Annie Beaudoin, N/A – CHU de Québec

    Submitting Author: Emmanuel Bujold, MD, MSc – Université Laval

  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Corticosteroids and Neonatal Hypoglycemia among Pregnant Individuals with Diabetes: Effect of Gestational Age at Delivery

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Ruby Lin, MD – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Coauthor: Cande V. Ananth, MPH, PhD – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Coauthor: Todd J. Rosen, MD (he/him/his) – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Pro-inflammatory vaginal cytokines, early PTB, and infectious morbidity in patients with asymptomatic cervical shortening

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Tracy A. Manuck, MD, MSCI (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina

  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Comparison of Polyester Fiber versus Polypropylene Suture Materials in Physical-Exam Indicated Transvaginal Cerclages

    Submitting Author: Daniel J. Martingano, DO, MBA, PhD – St. John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore and William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Coauthor: Amanda F. Francis Oladipo, MD, MSCR (she/her/hers) – Hackensack University Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Marwah Al-Dulaimi, MD (she/her/hers) – St. John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore

    Coauthor: Sandra Kumwong, MS – Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine-Harlem Campus

    Coauthor: Andrea Ouyang, MSc – William Carey University

    Coauthor: Lauren Cue, MD, BA (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University and the Jersey City Medical Center

    Coauthor: Ashley Nguyen, MD – St. John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore

    Coauthor: Shailini Singh, MD – AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center

    Coauthor: Alexander Ulfers, DO – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

    Coauthor: Mark Rebolos, MD – St. John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore

    Coauthor: Kristin Cohen, CNM, DNP – RWJBarnabas Health - Trinitas Regional Medical Center

    Coauthor: Donald Morrish, MD – St. John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore

    Coauthor: Iffath A. Hoskins, MD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Montefiore Medical Center

    Coauthor: Francis X. Martingano, MD – NYU Grossman School of Medicine - NYU Brooklyn

  • 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Antimuscarinic Receptor Blockade Reduces Uterine Muscle Contractions Potentially Providing A Novel Treatment For Preterm Labor

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Anthony G. Visco, MD – NinoMed, LLC

    Coauthor: Zachary Visco, MD – University of North Carolina

    Coauthor: Chad Grotegut, MBA, MD, MPH – Wake Forest University

    Coauthor: Cristina Linde, PhD – Reprocell

    Coauthor: Timothy Westfall, PhD – Reprocell

    Coauthor: Friederike Jayes, PhD – Duke University

  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM  
    Vaginal microbiota as a predictor of preterm birth : a prospective cohort study

    Coauthor: Laura Lesimple, MS – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

    Coauthor: Jessica Rousseau Rousseau, MS – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

    Coauthor: Luce Landraud, MD, PhD – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

    Coauthor: Céline Plainvert, PhD – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

    Coauthor: Nathalie Grall, PhD – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

    Coauthor: Francois Goffinet, MD, PhD – Université Paris Cité, Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Obstetrical Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team (EPOPé)

    Coauthor: Pierre-Yves Ancel, PhD – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

    Coauthor: Christophe Pannetier, PhD – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Laurent Mandelbrot, MD – Hôpital Louis Mourier, APHP, Université Paris Cité

    Coauthor: Asmaa Tazi, MD, PhD – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris