OB Subcommittee

Obstetric Subcommittee

Our goal is to bring together obstetric anesthesiology experts from around the world to improve anesthetic care for patients giving birth.

Our Work

The MPOG Obstetrics Subcommittee was launched to develop quality improvement measures focused on patients giving birth. Measures currently available to MPOG sites include:

Click here for all MPOG Measure Specifications

Obstetric Measures

Upcoming Events

The Obstetric Subcommttee meets three times each year. All meetings are currently held virtually via Zoom. Previous meeting minutes and recordings can be found under Archived Events.

2025 Meeting Dates:

- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Minutes
- Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Minutes
- Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Leadership

Committee Members

The obstetric subcommittee was re-launched in 2019 with the goal of bringing obstetric anesthesiologists together to collaborate on quality improvement (QI) areas as they relate to patients undergoing obstetric anesthesia care. This subcommittee is open to anyone who is interested in participating, however, measure review and votes are limited to obstetric QI champions who practice at institutions actively participating in MPOG.

Sharon Abramovitz, MD

Weill Cornell Medical College

Aymen Alian, MD, MSc, MBBCh

Yale New Haven Hospital

Ami Attali, DO

Henry Ford Detroit

Brittany Burton, MD

University of California – Los Angeles

Arthur Calimaran, MD

Cleveland Clinic

Laurie Chalifoux, MD

Corewell Health

Johanna Cobb, MD

Dartmouth

Traci Coffman, MD

St. Joseph Ann Arbor

Eric Davies, MD

Henry Ford Allegiance Health

Carlos Delgado Upegui, MD

University of Washington

Ghislaine Echevarria, MD

NYU Langone Medical Center

Kim Finch, RN

Henry Ford Detroit

Ronald George, MD

Mt. Sinai

Jackie Goatley, RN

University of Michigan

Josh Goldblatt, RN

Henry Ford Allegiance Health

Antonio Gonzalez-Fiol, MD

Yale New Haven Hospital

Daniel Grutter, DO

Trinity Health

Ashraf Habib, MB BCh

Duke University

Jerri Heiter, RN

Trinity Health

Jenifer Henderson, MD, FACS

St. Joseph Oakland

Rebecca Johnson, RN

University of Michigan

Wandana Joshi, DO

Dartmouth-Hitchcock

Rachel Kacmar, MD

University of Colorado

Tom Klumpner, MD

University of Michigan

Joanna Kountanis, MD

University of Michigan

Lisa Leffert, MD

Yale

Stephanie Lim, MD

University of California – San Francisco

Philip McClarty, MD

University of Michigan Health-West

Christine McKenzie, MD

University of North Carolina

Marie-Louise Meng, MD

Duke University

Rebecca Minehart, MD, MHPE

MGH

Melinda Mitchell, MD

Henry Ford Allegiance

Uma Munnur, MD

Baylor

Wendy Owens, RN

MyMichigan

Arvind Palanisamy, MD, FRCA

Washington University

Carlo Pancaro, MD

University of Michigan

Sharon Reale MD

Brigham and Women’s

Denise Schwerin, RN

Bronson

Kathy Lee Scranton, RN

Trinity Health

Monica Servin, MD

University of Michigan

Shashank S. Shettar, MD FASA

University of Oklahoma

Preet Singh, MD

Washington University, St. Louis

Kathleen Smith, MD

University of North Carolina

David Swastek, MD

St. Joseph Ann Arbor

Mohamed Tiouririne, MD

University of Virginia

Brandon Togioka, MD

OHSU

Rachel Toonstra, RN

Corewell Health

Lawrence Tsen, MD

Brigham and Women’s

Christine Warrick, MD

University of Utah

Robert White, MD

Weill Cornell

Jennifer Woodbury, MD

University of California – San Francisco

Nathan Woody

University of North Carolina

James Xie, MD

Stanford

Josh Younger, MD

Henry Ford

Sonal Zambare, MD

Baylor

Forum

MPOG uses Basecamp Forum to share ideas, gather feedback, and track progress of projects.

Click here for Basecamp

If you are interested in joining the obstetric forum, contact us.

Obstetric Subcommittee

Our Work

The MPOG Obstetrics Subcommittee was launched to develop quality improvement measures focused on patients giving birth. Measures currently available to MPOG sites include:

Obstetric Measures

ABX 01-OB

BP 04-OB

GA 01-OB

GA 02-OB​

GA 03-OB

TEMP 05-OB

Upcoming Events

Leadership

Brandon Togioka, MD

Wandana Joshi, DO

Kate Buehler, MS, RN, CPPS

Committee Members

Sharon Abramovitz, MD

Aymen Alian, MD, MSc, MBBCh

Ami Attali, DO

Brittany Burton, MD

Arthur Calimaran, MD

Laurie Chalifoux, MD

Johanna Cobb, MD

Traci Coffman, MD

Eric Davies, MD

Carlos Delgado Upegui, MD

Ghislaine Echevarria, MD

Kim Finch, RN

Ronald George, MD

Jackie Goatley, RN

Josh Goldblatt, RN

Antonio Gonzalez-Fiol, MD

Daniel Grutter, DO

Ashraf Habib, MB BCh

Jerri Heiter, RN

Jenifer Henderson, MD, FACS

Rebecca Johnson, RN

Wandana Joshi, DO

Rachel Kacmar, MD

Tom Klumpner, MD

Joanna Kountanis, MD

Lisa Leffert, MD

Stephanie Lim, MD

Philip McClarty, MD

Christine McKenzie, MD

Marie-Louise Meng, MD

Rebecca Minehart, MD, MHPE

Melinda Mitchell, MD

Uma Munnur, MD

Wendy Owens, RN

Arvind Palanisamy, MD, FRCA

Carlo Pancaro, MD

Sharon Reale MD

Denise Schwerin, RN

Kathy Lee Scranton, RN

Monica Servin, MD

Shashank S. Shettar, MD FASA

Preet Singh, MD

Kathleen Smith, MD

David Swastek, MD

Mohamed Tiouririne, MD

Brandon Togioka, MD

Rachel Toonstra, RN

Lawrence Tsen, MD

Christine Warrick, MD

Robert White, MD

Jennifer Woodbury, MD

Nathan Woody

James Xie, MD

Josh Younger, MD

Sonal Zambare, MD

Forum

For any inquiries please email us at

support@mpog.zendesk.com

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