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Bio for Ira Bernstein, M.D.

Ira Bernstein, M.D.

Senior Associate, Dean for Research, College of Medicine
John Van Sicklen Maeck Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Contact Information

E-mail: Ira.Bernstein@uvm.edu
Office Location: Obstetrics & Gynecology, MFU-Smith, Rm 419

Website

Bernstein Lab

Education

B.S. - Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. (1978)
M.D. - University of Vermont College of Medicine (1983)
Residency:
George Washington University Hospital (1987)
Fellowship:
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Maternal Fetal Medicine (1990)

Research Interests

Research Interests: fetal growth, fetal growth abnormalities, pre-eclampsia, maternal physiology
Clinical Interests: ultrasound imaging, fetal echocardiography, doppler ultrasound

Awards and Honors

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

University of Vermont College of Medicine Distinguished Academic Achievement Award 2002

Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Research Excellence Award 2008

National Institute of Health, Pregnancy and Neonatology Study Section Chair 2009-11

National Institute of Health, NICHD Scientific Vision Workshop planner on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2010-11

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy 2011- 2012

Publications

Bernstein IM, Meyer MC, Osol G, Ward K. Intolerance to Volume Expansion: A Theorized Mechanism for the Development of Preeclampsia. Obstet Gynecol 1998;92:306-8

Bernstein IM, Shapiro R, Whitsel A, Schonberg A. Relationship of Plasma Volume to Sympathetic Tone in Nulliparous Women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003;188:938-42

Bernstein IM, Thibault A, Mongeon J, Badger GJ. The Effect of Pregnancy on Arterial Compliance. Obstet Gynecol 2005;105:621-5

Bernstein IM Damron DM, Schonberg A, Shapiro R. The Relationship of Plasma Volume, Sympathetic Tone and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Young Healthy Nonpregnant Women. Reprod Science 2009;16:980-5

Hale S, Choate M, Schonberg A, Shapiro R, Badger G, Bernstein IM Pulse Pressure and Arterial Compliance Prior to Pregnancy and the Development of Preeclampsia Reprod Sci 2010;17(9):871-7