Maurice L. Druzin

Clinical Focus

• Obstetrics
• Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Administrative Appointments

• MQIP Hemorrhage Task Force Committee Meeting, CMQCC (2008 - present)
• Pregnancy Related Mortality Review, CMQCC (2007 - present)
• California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, CMQCC (2007 - present)
• Co-Director, Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital (1997 - present)
• Director, OBGYN Residency Training Program (2001 - present)

Honors and Awards

• APGO/Ortho-McNeil Faculty Development Award, APGO (2007)
• APGO/Martin L. Stone, MD Fund, Advancement of Medical Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, APGO (2005)
• The Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for Advising Medical Students, Stanford University (2009)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Kathleen Brookfield,  Shilpa Chetty,  Elizabeth Langen,  Sarah Osmundson

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Obstetrics and Gynecology

Current Research Interests

Antepartum and intrapartum fetal monitoring
Prenatal diagnosis
Medical complications of pregnancy, particularly: SLE, hypertension, diabetes, malignancy

A. Medical Complications of Pregnancy Especially:
1. Pregnancies complicated by S.L.E. and the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
2. Recurrent Fetal Loss
3. Diabetes and Pregnancy
4. Prematurity
5. Hypertension

B. Antepartum Fetal Evaluation and Intrapartum Fetal Evaluation by Means of Electronic Fetal Monitoring.

Clinical Trials

• Comparison of ampicillin / sulbactam vs. ampicillin / gentamicin for treatment of intrapartum chorioamnionitis: a randomized controlled trial Recruiting
• Progesterone for Maintenance Tocolysis: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial Recruiting
• Prophylactic Enoxaparin dosing for prevention of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy – a prospective randomized trial No longer recruiting

Publications

• The use of vibro-acoustic stimulation during the abnormal/equivocal biophysical profile Druzin ML,, Inglis SR, Wagner WE, Kogut E.. Obstet Gynecol.
• Obstetric life support. Puck AL, Oakeson AM, Morales-Clark A, Druzin M. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2012; 26 (2): 126-35
• Decreased circulating soluble Tie2 levels in preeclampsia may result from inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling. Sung JF, Fan X, Dhal S, Dwyer BK, Jafari A, El-Sayed YY, Druzin ML, Nayak NR. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011; 96 (7): E1148-52
• Noninvasive monitoring of placenta-specific transgene expression by bioluminescence imaging. Fan X, Ren P, Dhal S, Bejerano G, Goodman SB, Druzin ML, Gambhir SS, Nayak NR. PLoS One. 2011; 6 (1): e16348
• Serum relaxin levels and kidney function in late pregnancy with or without preeclampsia. Lafayette RA, Hladunewich MA, Derby G, Blouch K, Druzin ML, Myers BD. Clin Nephrol. 2011; 75 (3): 226-32