Interdisciplinary Rheumatology Rheumatology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology

Section 1: Introduction

1.       Pregnancy Planning with Chronic Disease (Jamie L. Morgan, MD)

Section 2: Pre-Pregnancy Considerations

2A. Contraception (Nicole Luche, MD; Tejumola M. Adegoke, MD MPH; Mehret Birru Talabi, MD PhD)

2B. Family Planning (Courtney C. Baker, MD, MPH; Jennifer Reeves, MD, MPH)

2C. Fertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology (Caroline H. Siegel, MD, MS; Lisa R. Sammaritano, MD)

Section 3: Pregnancy

3A. Physiologic and Hormonal Changes of Pregnancy (Maria Mejia, BS; J. Seth Hawkins, MD, MBA)

3B. Immune Responses During Human Reproduction and Life Cycle (Thanh V. Luu, DO; Joanne Kwak-Kim, MD, MPH)

3C. Trimester Considerations (Sarah E. Miller, MD; Nicole A. Smith, MD, MPH)

3D. Labor and Delivery (Anne M. Ambia, MD)

3E. Postpartum Care (Robert B. Martin, MD)

Section 4: Disease-Specific Considerations

4A. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Pregnancy (Allison Gurney-McMaster, MD; Kathryn Dao, MD)

4B. Rheumatoid Arthritis (Laura Tarter, MD)

4C. Vasculitis (Catherine Sims, MD)

4D. Neonatal Lupus (Cristina Sorrento, MD; Peter M. Izmirly, MD)

4E. Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Medha Barbhaiya, MD, MPH; Doruk Erkan MD, MPH)

Section 5: Medication Considerations

5A. Overview of Medication Safety for Treating Rheumatic Diseases During Pregnancy (Rashmi Dhital, MD; Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH)

5B. Management of Rheumatologic Diseases During Lactation (Hema Kondakindi, MD; Bonnie L. Bermas, MD)

Section 6: Menopause

6A. Menopause (R. Hal Scofield, MD)

Section 7: Preventative Care

7A. Cervical Dysplasia and Cancer in Rheumatic Diseases (Valérie Hayes-Martel MD; Évelyne Vinet, MD, PhD; Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH)

7B. Vaccination in Pregnant Women and Newborns Exposed to Maternal Immunosuppressive Medications (Genna Braverman, MD, MS; Anne R. Bass, MD)

7C. Bone Health in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases (Sarah F. Keller, MD; Marcy B. Bolster, MD)

Section 8: Pediatrics

8A. Sexual and Reproductive Health Topics Specific to Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical Care (Melissa Schechter, MD; Amber Truehart, MD, MS; Cuoghi Edens, MD)

Section 9: Transgender Medicine

9A. Gender-Affirming Care in Patients with Rheumatologic Disease (Jason Jarin, MD)

Section 10: Law and ethics

10A. The Impact of Abortion Policy on Rheumatology Practice (Greer Donley, JD)

Biography

Megan M. Lockwood, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University and director of the Lupus Program at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.  Dr. Lockwood attended Portland State University and earned her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed residency in internal medicine at University of California, San Francisco.  Dr. Lockwood completed her rheumatology fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Dr. Lockwood's clinical and research interests are in systemic lupus erythematosus, pregnancy in rheumatic disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, and osteoporosis.

Jamie L. Morgan, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Dr. Morgan received undergraduate degrees in Biology and Spanish Literature from Swarthmore College. She attended medical school at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and completed residency and MFM fellowship training at Parkland/UT Southwestern. Her academic and research efforts focus on obstetrical quality and safety, maternal disease states in pregnancy, and optimization of postpartum care.

Dr. Morgan currently serves as the Maternal Medical Director for UT Southwestern’s William P. Clements University Hospital and as the Deputy Medical Director for TexasAIM (Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health), a state program that facilitates implementation of maternal quality improvement bundles to reduce preventable maternal morbidity.

Bonnie L. Bermas, MD is the Dr. Morris Ziff Distinguished Professor in Rheumatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.  Dr. Bermas attended Princeton University and received her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.  She completed her internal medicine training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and her rheumatology fellowship at both the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC. 

Dr. Bermas has focused her career on the management of rheumatic diseases during pregnancy and lactation.   As a clinician educator, she has written and lectured extensively in this area and is a member of the American College of Rheumatology core writing team for the Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases Guidelines.