Contemporary Topics in Cardio-Obstetrics / Contemporary Cardiology (PDF)

cardiovascular disease and pregnancy and she will be one of the principal investigators of the HOPE registry - a multicentre US based pregnancy registry. She is the senior author on the Expert Panel: Use of Cardiac Biomarkers during Pregnancy. She also serves on the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee . As a result of her efforts in improving cardiology care for women she has received several awards including: the American Heart Association Physician of the Year for Cape Cod and Islands, two Partners in Excellence awards, placed on the Honor role of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Committee on Women in Medicine as well receiving the Massachusetts Medical Society Women's Health Research Award.

Dr. Melinda Davis is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Michigan. She holds a joint appointment with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the Cardiology Director of the University of Michigan Cardio-Obstetrics Program. She serves on the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardio-Obstetrics Workgroup and has experience on the Michigan Maternal Mortality Review Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services and the ACC Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee. Her clinical and research interests focus on pregnancy-related cardiovascular disease, including peripartum cardiomyopathy and pregnancy-associated heart failure. Dr. Davis is dedicated to medical education and serves as the Fellowship Program Director for Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Katherine Economy is Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School and is in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the Co-Director of the Program for Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her clinical and research interests focus on pregnancy-related cardiovascular disease obstetric outcomes in patients with heart disease, intrapartum management and reproductive decision making. Additional research and clinical interests are in cancer in pregnancy. She has long been involved in medical education and has served as a member of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship committee and on the Milestone Committee for the ACGME. She is the Fellowship Program Director for the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship and the Combined Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine and Genetics at Brigham and Women's Hospital.