Associate Professor
Oregon Health & Science University
Karen J. Gibbins, MD, MSCI, is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Assistant Division Director and Outpatient Clinic Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Gibbins first became interested in stillbirth research and excellence in clinical care during MFM fellowship at the University of Utah. During her NICHD Women’s Reproductive Health Research Scholar grant, she focused on prediction of preventable stillbirths. She also experienced her own stillbirth in 2018. Now, she develops and studies novel predictive models including biomarkers of adverse obstetric outcomes due to placental insufficiency with the goal of reducing preventable stillbirth. She also works to improve decision support for recently bereaved parents and is an expert in parent and family centered care both during stillbirth and in pregnancy after loss.
