Ronald J. Wapner

Research interests

Publications

• Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Serious Maternal Morbidity and Mortality From Obstetric Complications

  JAMA · 2022 · 10.1001/jama.2022.1190

• Current use of noninvasive prenatal testing in Europe, Australia and the USA: A graphical presentation

  Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica · 2020 · 10.1111/aogs.13841

• Coronavirus disease 2019 infection among asymptomatic and symptomatic pregnant women: two weeks of confirmed presentations to an affiliated pair of New York City hospitals

  American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM · 2020 · 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2020.100118

• Whole-exome sequencing in the evaluation of fetal structural anomalies: a prospective cohort study

  The Lancet · 2019 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32042-7

• Non-invasive prenatal sequencing for multiple Mendelian monogenic disorders using circulating cell-free fetal DNA

  Nature Medicine · 2019 · 10.1038/s41591-018-0334-x

• Prenatal diagnosis by chromosomal microarray analysis

  Fertility and Sterility · 2018 · 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.01.005

• Racial Disparities in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Psychosocial Stress

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2018 · 10.1097/aog.0000000000002441

• Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism or Hypothyroxinemia in Pregnancy

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2017 · 10.1056/nejmoa1606205

• Promises, pitfalls and practicalities of prenatal whole exome sequencing

  Prenatal Diagnosis · 2017 · 10.1002/pd.5102

• Predictive Accuracy of Serial Transvaginal Cervical Lengths and Quantitative Vaginal Fetal Fibronectin Levels for Spontaneous Preterm Birth Among Nulliparous Women

  JAMA · 2017 · 10.1001/jama.2017.1373

• Defining the diverse spectrum of inversions, complex structural variation, and chromothripsis in the morbid human genome

  Genome biology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1158-6

• Preterm neonatal morbidity and mortality by gestational age: a contemporary cohort

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2016.01.004

• Adjunctive Azithromycin Prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2016 · 10.1056/nejmoa1602044

• Leukocyte Telomere Length in Newborns: Implications for the Role of Telomeres in Human Disease

  PEDIATRICS · 2016 · 10.1542/peds.2015-3927

• Modeled Fetal Risk of Genetic Diseases Identified by Expanded Carrier Screening

  JAMA · 2016 · 10.1001/jama.2016.11139

• Expanded Carrier Screening in Reproductive Medicine—Points to Consider

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2015 · 10.1097/aog.0000000000000666

• Racial/ethnic standards for fetal growth: the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.08.032

• A description of the methods of the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: monitoring mothers-to-be (nuMoM2b)

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.019

• Morbidly Adherent Placenta Treatments and Outcomes

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2015 · 10.1097/aog.0000000000000680

• Cell-free DNA Analysis for Noninvasive Examination of Trisomy

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1407349

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Obstetric Care

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2015 · 10.1097/aog.0000000000000735

• The mechanical role of the cervix in pregnancy

  Journal of Biomechanics · 2015 · 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.02.065

• Fetoplacental mosaicism: potential implications for false-positive and false-negative noninvasive prenatal screening results

  Genetics in Medicine · 2014 · 10.1038/gim.2014.3

• Expanding the scope of noninvasive prenatal testing: detection of fetal microdeletion syndromes

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2014 · 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.11.041

• Frequency of and Factors Associated With Severe Maternal Morbidity

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2014 · 10.1097/aog.0000000000000173

• Mild Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Long-Term Child Health

  Diabetes Care · 2014 · 10.2337/dc14-2159

• The Human Phenotype Ontology project: linking molecular biology and disease through phenotype data

  Nucleic Acids Research · 2013 · 10.1093/nar/gkt1026

• Use of prenatal chromosomal microarray: prospective cohort study and systematic review and meta-analysis

  Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2013 · 10.1002/uog.12464

• Pregnancy Outcomes With Weight Gain Above or Below the 2009 Institute of Medicine Guidelines

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2013 · 10.1097/aog.0b013e31828aea03

• Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis

  BMJ · 2013 · 10.1136/bmj.f6564

• Karyotype versus Microarray Testing for Genetic Abnormalities after Stillbirth

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 10.1056/nejmoa1201569

• Women’s experiences receiving abnormal prenatal chromosomal microarray testing results

  Genetics in Medicine · 2012 · 10.1038/gim.2012.113

• Chromosomal Microarray versus Karyotyping for Prenatal Diagnosis

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1203382

• Vitamins C and E to Prevent Complications of Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2010 · 10.1056/nejmoa0908056

• The Frequency and Complication Rates of Hysterectomy Accompanying Cesarean Delivery

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2009 · 10.1097/aog.0b013e3181ad9442

• Timing of Elective Repeat Cesarean Delivery at Term and Neonatal Outcomes

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 10.1056/nejmoa0803267

• A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Treatment for Mild Gestational Diabetes

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0902430

• A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Magnesium Sulfate for the Prevention of Cerebral Palsy

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2008 · 10.1056/nejmoa0801187

• Development of a Nomogram for Prediction of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2007 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000259312.36053.02

• Long-Term Outcomes after Repeat Doses of Antenatal Corticosteroids

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 10.1056/nejmoa071453

• Comparison of Maternal and Infant Outcomes From Primary Cesarean Delivery During the Second Compared With First Stage of Labor

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2007 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000257121.56126.fe

• Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2007 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000259316.04136.30

• Fetal Injury Associated With Cesarean Delivery

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2006 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000237116.72011.f3

• Decision-to-Incision Times and Maternal and Infant Outcomes

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2006 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000224693.07785.14

• Trial of Labor or Repeat Cesarean Delivery in Women With Morbid Obesity and Previous Cesarean Delivery

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2006 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000223871.69852.31

• Single versus weekly courses of antenatal corticosteroids: Evaluation of safety and efficacy

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2006 · 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.087

• Maternal Morbidity Associated With Multiple Repeat Cesarean Deliveries

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1097/01.aog.0000219750.79480.84

• Risk of Uterine Rupture With a Trial of Labor in Women With Multiple and Single Prior Cesarean Delivery

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2006 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000224694.32531.f3

• The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Factors affecting the success of trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2005 · 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.05.066

• The Relationship of the Factor V Leiden Mutation and Pregnancy Outcomes for Mother and Fetus

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2005 · 10.1097/01.aog.0000173986.32528.ca

• Association of extreme first-trimester free human chorionic gonadotropin-β, pregnancy-associated plasma protein A, and nuchal translucency with intrauterine growth restriction and other adverse pregnancy outcomes

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2004 · 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.068

• The maternal-fetal medicine units cesarean registry: chorioamnionitis at term and its duration—relationship to outcomes

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2004 · 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.003

• Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated with a Trial of Labor after Prior Cesarean Delivery

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa040405

• First-Trimester Screening for Trisomies 21 and 18

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 10.1056/nejmoa025273

• Asthma morbidity during pregnancy can be predicted by severity classification

  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2003 · 10.1067/mai.2003.1516

• Prevention of Recurrent Preterm Delivery by 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa035140

• Fetal gender and aneuploidy detection using fetal cells in maternal blood: analysis of NIFTY I data

  Prenatal Diagnosis · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.347

• Failure of Metronidazole to Prevent Preterm Delivery among Pregnant Women with Asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis Infection

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 10.1056/nejmoa003329

• Improvement in outcomes of multifetal pregnancy reduction with increased experience

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1067/mob.2001.108074

• Metronidazole to Prevent Preterm Delivery in Pregnant Women with Asymptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 10.1056/nejm200002243420802

• Selective termination for structural, chromosomal, and mendelian anomalies: International experience

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1999 · 10.1016/s0002-9378(99)70321-2

• Cervical ultrasonography compared with manual examination as a predictor of preterm delivery

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1997 · 10.1016/s0002-9378(97)70259-x

• Efficacy of second-trimester selective termination for fetal abnormalities: International collaborative experience among the world's largest centers

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9378(94)70083-4

• A Randomized Comparison of Transcervical and Transabdominal Chorionic-Villus Sampling

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1992 · 10.1056/nejm199208273270903

• The Safety and Efficacy of Chorionic Villus Sampling for Early Prenatal Diagnosis of Cytogenetic Abnormalities

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1989 · 10.1056/nejm198903093201001

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