OB-GYN Resident Research Studies

2023 Resident Research Day

OB-GYN Resident Research Studies

All residents present a research project on a designated resident research day at the end of their third year of residency. This is attended by a large number of faculty and nearly all residents. The graduating senior class also invites a Visiting Professor for a lecture presentation. Clinics and elective surgeries are not scheduled for this day. Each resident has a faculty mentor who assists and advises the resident in the conduct and presentation of this project. Residents submit written proposals for research, with an identified mentor, by the end of the PGY-2. There is a six-week elective rotation block in the PGY-2, which may be used as research time, or the resident may conduct his or her research during other times of the year.


2026 Resident Research Projects

Are you ready for it? A survey of postpartum sexual health education and return to sexual activity

Resident: Danielle Coleman, DO, MS
Primary Mentor: Catherine Callinan, MD
Jeanelle Sheeder, PhD

A video-based educational intervention to improve understanding of IOL for Spanish-speakers

Resident: Carolina Gomez Grimaldi, MD
Primary Mentor: Katlynn Adkins, MD
Additional Collaborators: Nicole Larrea, MD, MPH

Navigating the Abortion Aversion Complex in a Safety Net Hospital: How Denver Health Established Abortion Services

Resident: Elyse Katz, MD, MS
Primary Mentor: Spencer McClelland, MD, FACOG
Additional Collaborators: Nancy Fang MD, MS, Payton Moody MS3, Alex Ling, MS3

Latency Period from Diagnosis of Reverse End-Diastolic Flow in Fetal Growth Restriction to Delivery

Resident: Ann Mackey, MD
Primary Mentors: Leilah Zahedi-Spung, MD
Additional Collaborators: Roop Sahi, MD; Negar Ahmadian; Bahram Salmanian, MD

Patient Identified Barriers to Follow-Up for Pregnancy of Unknown Location

Resident: Kayla Menendez, MD
Primary Mentor: Cara Clure, MD
Additional Collaborators: Keisha Indenbaum-Bates, DNP, Neha Ali, MD

Application of modified person-centered counseling and satisfaction scales to investigate experiences of individuals with chronic pelvic pain

Resident: Elizabeth Miller, MD
Primary Mentor: Megan Orlando, MD
Rebecca Cohen, MD, MPH, Gabrielle Whitmore, MD, MBS, Jenny Tam, MD

Assessing the relationship between fetal growth restriction and placenta accreta spectrum.

Resident: Yamini Patibandla, MD, MPH
Primary Mentor: Lauren Sayres, MD
Additional Collaborators: Alexzandra Adler, MD, Jeanelle Sheeder, PhD, David Mirsky, MD, Mariana Meyers, MD, Bahram Salmanian, MD

Uptake of fertility preservation in adolescents and young adults with a history of ovarian germ cell and sex cord stromal tumors

Resident: Kamilah Tebeau, MD, MSc
Primary Mentor: Leslie Appiah, MD
Additional Collaborators: Guluzar Turan, MD, Cheng-Chang Wu, MS, Tamara Doubra Anoruse Thomas, MS3, Rebecca Altshuler, BS, Jill Alldredge, MD, Marisa Moroney, MD

Effect of universal repeat syphilis screening on timing of diagnosis, treatment, and follow up of syphilis in pregnancy in a region with rising syphilis rates

Resident: Tijana Temelkovska, MD
Primary Mentor: Kelly Bogaert, MD, MSc
Hanna Mass, MS3, Nicole Larrea, MD, MPH

 

Contact Info

Christine Raffaelli
Residency Coordinator
12631 East 17th Avenue
Room 4007, B198-6
Aurora, CO 80045

Phone: (303) 724-2052
Fax: (303) 724-2055

 

Joshua Caraballo
Medical Student and Residency Program Coordinator
12631 East 17th Avenue
Room 4007, B198-1
Aurora, CO 80045

Phone: (303) 724-2052
Fax: (303) 724-2055

 

Contact Info

Christine Raffaelli
Residency Coordinator
12631 East 17th Avenue
Room 4007, B198-6
Aurora, CO 80045

Phone: (303) 724-2052
Fax: (303) 724-2055

 


Joshua Caraballo
Medical Student and Residency Program Coordinator
12631 East 17th Avenue
Room 4007, B198-1
Aurora, CO 80045

Phone: (303) 724-2052
Fax: (303) 724-2055

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