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MD/MPH, Stanford University
BA, Tufts University

Pronouns: he/him/his

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	Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
	Perinatal Neonatal Quality Improvement Network

ORCID : 0000-0001-8453-2327

BMC Research

Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network (PNQIN)
03/01/2023 - 06/30/2025 (PI)
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health / DPH

Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts - Specialized Health and Safety Projects Provided by Organizations INTF3070HH4300522050
12/20/2021 - 06/30/2022 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Ronald E. Iverson Jr., MD, MPH
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health / DPH HHS CDC

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Peralta A, Drainoni ML, Declercq ER, Belanoff CM, Radoff K, Bearse E, Iverson RE. Development and testing of a decision aid to achieve shared decision-making for routine labor induction. Birth. 2023 Sep; 50(3):636-645.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene
Radoff, Kari
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 36825853

Iverson R, Bocchino R, Schapero M, White K. The association of hourly second-stage documentation with cesarean delivery and maternal blood loss. J Mat Fet Med & Neo Med. 2022. View Publication
Fowler M, Pokuaa I, Delgado S, Hendessi P, Memmo E, Iverson R, White K, Noel N. Implementation of Same-Day Discharge in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery in a Safety-Net Hospital. Indian J Surg. 2022. View Publication

Hill E, Chinkam S, Cardenas L, Iverson RE. Labour after caesarean counselling documentation: a quality improvement intervention on labour and delivery. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 10; 10(4).View Related Profiles.

Cardenas, Lilia
Iverson, Ronald
Chinkam, Somphit

PMID: 34716182; PMCID: PMC8559118; DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001232;

Ulrich M, Memmo EP, Cruz A, Heinz A, Iverson RE. Implementation of a Universal Screening Process for Substance Use in Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 04 01; 137(4):695-701. PMID: 33706353

Singh R, Houghton M, Melvin P, Wachman EM, Diop H, Iverson R, Picarillo A, Rhein L, Gupta M. Predictors of pharmacologic therapy for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: a retrospective analysis of a statewide database. J Perinatol. 2021 06; 41(6):1381-1388.View Related Profiles.

Wachman, Elisha
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 33608626

Peeler M, Gupta M, Melvin P, Bryant AS, Diop H, Iverson R, Callaghan K, Wachman EM, Singh R, Houghton M, Greenfield SF, Schiff DM. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal and Infant Outcomes Among Opioid-Exposed Mother-Infant Dyads in Massachusetts (2017-2019). Am J Public Health. 2020 12; 110(12):1828-1836.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Wachman, Elisha
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 33058701; PMCID: PMC7661985; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305888;

Wang MJ, Schapero M, Iverson R, Yarrington CD. Obstetric Hemorrhage Risk Associated with Novel COVID-19 Diagnosis from a Single-Institution Cohort in the United States. Am J Perinatol. 2020 12; 37(14):1411-1416.View Related Profiles.

Yarrington, Christina
Wang, Michelle
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 32992351

Declercq E, Belanoff C, Iverson R. Maternal perceptions of the experience of attempted labor induction and medically elective inductions: analysis of survey results from listening to mothers in California. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Aug 12; 20(1):458.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 32787802; PMCID: PMC7425604; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03137-x;

Cheng ER, Carroll AE, Iverson RE, Declercq ER. Communications Between Pregnant Women and Maternity Care Clinicians. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 05 01; 3(5):e206636.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 32459352; PMCID: PMC7254181; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6636;

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McCloskey L, Quinn E, Ameli O, Heeren T, Craig M, Lee-Parritz A, Iverson R, Jack B, Bernstein JA. Interrupting the Pathway from Gestational Diabetes Mellitus to Type 2 Diabetes: The Role of Primary Care. Womens Health Issues. 2019 Nov - Dec; 29(6):480-488.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
Jack, Brian
Bernstein, Judith
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 31562051

Handal-Orefice RC, Friedman AM, Chouinard SM, Eke AC, Feinberg B, Politch J, Iverson RE, Yarrington CD. Oral or Vaginal Misoprostol for Labor Induction and Cesarean Delivery Risk. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 07; 134(1):10-16.View Related Profiles.

Yarrington, Christina
Politch, Joseph
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 31188317; PMCID: PMC9234943; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003274;

McCloskey L, Sherman ML, St John M, Siegel H, Whyte J, Iverson R, Lee-Parritz A, Bernstein J. Navigating a 'Perfect Storm' on the Path to Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus After Gestational Diabetes: Lessons from Patient and Provider Narratives. Matern Child Health J. 2019 May; 23(5):603-612.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
Bernstein, Judith
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 30949932

Bernstein J, Lee-Parritz A, Quinn E, Ameli O, Craig M, Heeren T, Iverson R, Jack B, McCloskey L. After Gestational Diabetes: Impact of Pregnancy Interval on Recurrence and Type 2 Diabetes. Biores Open Access. 2019; 8(1):59-64.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
Jack, Brian
Bernstein, Judith
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 30923644; PMCID: PMC6437620; DOI: 10.1089/biores.2018.0043;

Bernstein J, Quinn E, Ameli O, Craig M, Heeren T, Iverson R, Jack B, Lee-Parritz A, Mccloskey L. Onset of T2DM after gestational diabetes: What the prevention paradox tells us about risk. Prev Med. 2018 08; 113:1-6.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
Jack, Brian
Bernstein, Judith
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 29746972; PMCID: PMC5988996; DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.05.005;

Iverson, RE, Gillis J, Canelli. OK to Proceed? In: Lewis K, Canelli R, Ortega R, editors. Safety Bundles. BU Press. Boston, MA. 2018; 181-185.
Iverson RE, DeCherney AH, Laufer M. Congenital Anomalies of the Uterus. 2018.
Iverson RE, DeCherney AH, Laufer M. Surgical Management of Congenital Anomalies of the Uterus. 2018.

Mirzakhani H, Carey VJ, McElrath TF, Laranjo N, O'Connor G, Iverson RE, Lee-Parritz A, Strunk RC, Bacharier LB, Macones GA, Zeiger RS, Schatz M, Hollis BW, Litonjua AA, Weiss ST. The Association of Maternal Asthma and Early Pregnancy Vitamin D with Risk of Preeclampsia: An Observation From Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART). J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Mar - Apr; 6(2):600-608.e2.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
O'Connor, George
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 28923490; PMCID: PMC5843492; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.07.018;

Bernstein JA, Quinn E, Ameli O, Craig M, Heeren T, Lee-Parritz A, Iverson R, Jack B, McCloskey L. Follow-up after gestational diabetes: a fixable gap in women's preventive healthcare. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2017; 5(1):e000445.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
Jack, Brian
Bernstein, Judith
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 28948028; PMCID: PMC5595177; DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2017-000445;

Mirzakhani H, Litonjua AA, McElrath TF, O'Connor G, Lee-Parritz A, Iverson R, Macones G, Strunk RC, Bacharier LB, Zeiger R, Hollis BW, Handy DE, Sharma A, Laranjo N, Carey V, Qiu W, Santolini M, Liu S, Chhabra D, Enquobahrie DA, Williams MA, Loscalzo J, Weiss ST. Early pregnancy vitamin D status and risk of preeclampsia. J Clin Invest. 2016 Dec 01; 126(12):4702-4715.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
O'Connor, George
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 27841759; PMCID: PMC5127689; DOI: 10.1172/JCI89031;

Bernstein JA, McCloskey L, Gebel CM, Iverson RE, Lee-Parritz A. Lost opportunities to prevent early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus after a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2016; 4(1):e000250.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
Bernstein, Judith
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 27347422; PMCID: PMC4916637; DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000250;

Litonjua AA, Carey VJ, Laranjo N, Harshfield BJ, McElrath TF, O'Connor GT, Sandel M, Iverson RE, Lee-Paritz A, Strunk RC, Bacharier LB, Macones GA, Zeiger RS, Schatz M, Hollis BW, Hornsby E, Hawrylowicz C, Wu AC, Weiss ST. Effect of Prenatal Supplementation With Vitamin D on Asthma or Recurrent Wheezing in Offspring by Age 3 Years: The VDAART Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2016 Jan 26; 315(4):362-70.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
O'Connor, George
Sandel, Megan
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 26813209; PMCID: PMC7479967; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.18589;

Bell S, Iverson R. Prenatal care for incarcerated women. 2016.

Cheng ER, Declercq ER, Belanoff C, Stotland NE, Iverson RE. Labor and Delivery Experiences of Mothers with Suspected Large Babies. Matern Child Health J. 2015 Dec; 19(12):2578-86.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 26140835; PMCID: PMC4644447; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1776-0;

Declercq E, MacDorman M, Osterman M, Belanoff C, Iverson R. Prepregnancy Obesity and Primary Cesareans among Otherwise Low-Risk Mothers in 38 U.S. States in 2012. Birth. 2015 Dec; 42(4):309-18.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 26489891; PMCID: PMC4750476; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12201;

Cheng ER, Declercq ER, Belanoff C, Iverson RE, McCloskey L. Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Likelihood of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery. Birth. 2015 Sep; 42(3):249-53.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 26088760; PMCID: PMC4618667; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12174;

McCloskey L, Bernstein J, Winter M, Iverson R, Lee-Parritz A. Follow-up of gestational diabetes mellitus in an urban safety net hospital: missed opportunities to launch preventive care for women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Apr; 23(4):327-34.View Related Profiles.

Lee-Parritz, Aviva
Bernstein, Judith
McCloskey, Lois
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 24707899; PMCID: PMC3991991; DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4628;

Mottl-Santiago J, Fox CS, Pecci CC, Iverson R. Multidisciplinary collaborative development of a plain-language prenatal education book. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2013 May-Jun; 58(3):271-7.View Related Profiles.

Pecci, Christine
Mottl-Santiago, Julie
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 23647968; DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12059;

Iverson RE Jr, DeCherney AH, Laufer MR. Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of congenital anomalies of the uterus. UpToDate. 2012. View Publication
Iverson RE Jr, DeCherney AH, Laufer MR. Surgical management of congenital uterine anomalies. 2012. View Publication

Iverson RE, Heffner LJ. Patient safety series: obstetric safety improvement and its reflection in reserved claims. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Nov; 205(5):398-401.View Related Profiles.

Heffner, Linda
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 21531371; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.03.032;

Iverson RE, Chelmow D, Strohbehn K, Waldman L, Evantash EG, Aronson MP. Myomectomy fever: testing the dogma. Fertil Steril. 1999 Jul; 72(1):104-8. PMID: 10428156

Iverson RE, Chelmow D, Strohbehn K, Waldman L, Evantash EG. Relative morbidity of abdominal hysterectomy and myomectomy for management of uterine leiomyomas. Obstet Gynecol. 1996 Sep; 88(3):415-9. PMID: 8752251

Iverson RE, DeCherney AH. Gynecologic Surgery. In: Mann WJ, Stovall T, editors. Congenital Anomalies of the Uterus. Churchill Livingston Inc. New York, NY. 1996; 385-398.
Iverson RE, editor. Public health issues and emergency response to hazardous releases. Proceedings of the Current Issues in Environmental Health Policy Conference. 1995.
Cadossi R, Iverson R, Hentz VR, et al. Effect of low frequency, low energy pulsing electromagnetic field on mice undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 1988; 1:57-62.
Smit P, Iverson R, Burke P. Acute Care Surgery and Trauma: Evidenced Based Practice. In: Cohn SM, Dolich MO, Inaba K, editors. Commentary on Evidenced Based Approach to Pregnant Trauma Patient. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 276-7.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 11 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2018

Bar chart showing 11 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2018

Year	Publications
1988	1
1995	1
1996	1
2012	2
2016	1
2018	3
2022	2

Media Mentions

Standardizing the Decision-to-Incision Process Improves Fetal Outcomes After C-Sections

HealthCity 6/22/2023

Non-medical Intervention During Labor May Lead to Better Maternal Outcomes

HealthCity 4/12/2022

New intervention decreases cesarean rate and improves maternal blood loss

Medical Xpress 3/23/2022

Rates of Maternal Mistreatment in the US are High Across the Board – Especially for Women of Color

Boston Globe 9/13/2019

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