Specialist in
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
SARAH OBIČAN, MD
University of South Florida
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2 Tampa General Circle, 6th Floor
(813) 259-0828
EDUCATION:
Medical School:
2002 – 2006 University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Doctor of Medicine
Undergraduate:
1997 – 2001 University of Miami
Miami, FL
Bachelor of Science, Psychobiology major, Chemistry and Religious Studies minors
POST GRADUATE TRAINING:
Fellowship:
2012 – 2015 Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Columbia University,New York, NY
2015 Fetal Echocardiography Training
Dr. Alfred Abuhamad and Dr. Elena Sinkovskaya
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
2010 – 2012 Teratology/ Reproductive toxicology
REPROTOX®, Washington, DC
Residency:
2006 – 2010 Obstetrics and Gynecology
George Washington University, Washington, DC
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2015 – Current Assistant Professor
Medical Director, USF Teratogen Information Service
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2015 – Current Physician
Fetal Care Center of Tampa Bay
Tampa General Hospital,Tampa, FL
2010 – 2012 Assistant Professor, Medical Faculty Associates
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
LEADERSHIP /DIRECTORSHIP:
2019 President Elect
Presidency 2020
Board of Directors
Organization of Teratogen Information Specialists
2018 – Current Director
2019 Human Teratogens Course
CAMLS/ University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
2018 – Current Medical Director
USF Teratogen Information Service
MotherToBaby FL
2018 – Current NAFTNet- North American Fetal Therapy Network
Secondary PI for University of South Florida
2018 – Current Elected Scientific Forum Leader
Ultrasound Scientific Forum
Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine
2018 – Current Associate Editor
Wiley Births Defects Research Journal
2017 – Current Faculty Council Member
University of South Florida
2016 – 2019 Co-Director, Resident Ultrasound Rotation USF
2015 – 2017 Council (Board of Directors)
Teratology Society
2015 – 2017 Board of Directors
Organization of Teratogen Information Specialists
2009 – 2010 Administrative Chief Resident
George Washington University
Washington, DC
2004 – 2005 Professional Liaison
UMSM Department of Community Service
2003 – 2004 Student Director
“Project Medishare,” Primary and Gynecological Care
Haiti
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
4/15/2016 Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee (NDAC) Meeting
Food and Drug Administration
2010 – 2012 Scientific writer
REPROTOX®
Arlington, VA
2001 – 2002 Assistant for Daniel Man, M.D.
Florida
1996 – 2002 Post-Op Care Specialist
Daniel Man M.D.
AWARDS, HONORS, AND MEMBERHSIPS IN HONARARY SOCIETIES:
2019 Attendance awarded by USF Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: AAMC Leadership Course, Washington, DC
2015 F. Clark Fraser New Investigator Award, Teratology Society
2013 Chu C, Obican S. Scottish Obstetrics & Gynaecology Case History Prize for Medical Students (Mentor role)
2010 – Current Kane King Dodek Obstetrical Honor Society
2010 Allan B Weingold Award for Administrative Leadership and Teaching
George Washington University
2008 Baldrige Award George Washington University Hospital
George Washington University
2008 Outstanding Second Year Resident Award
George Washington University
2008 Golden Apple Teaching Award
George Washington University
2001 – 2002 Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society (Pre-Medical Studies) - Vice President
2001 Beta Beta Beta Honor Society (Biological Sciences)
2001 Theta Alpha Kappa Honor Society (Religious Studies)
2000 College Gold Circle Award for Journalism
TEACHING:
University Teaching:
2016 – Current Resident Ultrasound Rotation
Ob/Gyn Residency
USF Morsani College of Medicine
2015 – Current Fetal Echocardiography Module (Ongoing Monthly)
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
USF Morsani College of Medicine
2016 Gastroschisis
Ob/Gyn Residency
USF Morsani College of Medicine
2016 Malignancy in Pregnancy
Gynecology Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center
2016 First Trimester Anatomy Ultrasound
Quarterly Ultrasound Meeting
USF Morsani College of Medicine
2016 Cholestasis and PR interval
Quarterly Research Meeting
USF Morsani College of Medicine
2013 – 2015 Teratology Overview
Medical Student Education
Columbia University
2011 – 2012 “Contraception for the non Ob/Gyn practitioner”
Elective course (4th year medical school)
George Washington School of Medicine
2011 – 2012 “Contraception course” and “Perineal Repair course”
Practice of Medicine (POM)
George Washington School of Medicine
2010 – 2012 Preconception Counseling and Prenatal care
Medical School Education
George Washington School of Medicine
MENTORSHIP
2018 Lindsey Victoria Genetic Counseling Student Thesis Committee
2016 Anjalika Ghandi Quality improvement project: Intrauterine Fetal Demise
Jeannette Green Quality improvement project: Placenta accreta
2013 Cristina Chu Project on Management of placenta accreta
2014 Alyson Small Project on First trimester cardiac axis as a marker
for congenital heart disease
Columbia University
Danielle Heller Project on pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy Columbia University
LECTURES BY INVITATION:
International:
6/2017 Instructor/ Professor
American Austrian Foundation (AAF)
Open Medical Institute
Week long course, Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (4 lectures)
Salzburg, Austria
5/2016 Instructor/ Professor
ISUOG Sponsored International Ultrasound Conference (3 lectures)
Moscow, Russia
National:
6/2019 Speaker
“Interpretation of Data and How Much Weight Is Placed on the Label, Nonclinical and Clinical Information”
Integration of Human and Animal Data to Inform Medication Use in Pregnant Women: From Drug Labeling to Clinical Trials Symposium
Teratology Society and OTIS 2019 Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA
2/2019 Forum Leader and Speaker
Chest “Masses:” The Common and the Uncommon
Ultrasound Scientific Forum
Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Meeting
Las Vegas, NV
2/2019 Speaker
“Cerclage in Twins”
SMFM OB Complications Debates Course
Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Meeting
Las Vegas, NV
4/2018 “Third Trimester Uterine Artery Dopplers Indices and Predictors of Preeclampsia” (Original work)
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
New York, NY
4/2018 Speaker
Management options for a short cervix in twins and higher order multiples
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
New York, NY
2/2018 Speaker
First trimester neuroanatomy
Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Meeting
Dallas, TX
1/2018 Speaker
Opioid Webinar (955 participants)
Origination of Teratogen Information Specialists (OTIS)/Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
4/2017 Teratology Society
Strategic Planning Meeting
Washington, DC
4/2017 Speaker
“Human Teratogens: Environmental Factors Which Cause Birth Defects”
Harvard University Course, course director Lew Holmes, MD
1/2017 Speaker
“Overview of Skeletal Dysplasias”
Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Meeting
Las Vegas, NV
6/2016 Co- Director and Speaker
1. “Embryology and Physiology of the Perinatal Period”
2. “Advances in Placenta Research Symposium” (Co-Director)
3. Mentorship lecture: “From Mentee to Mentor”
Teratology Society Meeting
San Antonio, TX
4/2016 “Fetal Echocardiography”
Grand Rounds
George Washington University
3/2016 Speaker
“Short cervix and intra-amniotic infection”
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
6/2015 Clark F. Frasier New Investigator Award Recipient Presentation of Research
2/2015 “Perinatal Exposure to Medications and Child Outcomes: What Do Patients Want to Know? Pregnancy and lactation in women with autoimmune diseases: Sharing knowledge across disciplines”
University of California San Diego
10/2013 Speaker
“Clinical cases in reproductive environmental health”
Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and Environment
6/2013 Speaker
1. “Maternal and Neonatal Thyroid Screening in Pregnancy and Post-Partum”
2. “How Is Risk Perceived Amongst Patients?”
2013 Teratology Society/OTIS Meeting
Tucson, Arizona
4/2013 Research Presentation
“First Trimester Pregnancy Dating By Fetal Heart Rate- A Simple Formula”
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
6/2012 Speaker
“Vitamin D Deficient Populations”
2012 Teratology Society Meeting
Baltimore, MD
6/2012 Speaker
“Methotrexate in Pregnancy”
2012 Teratology Society Meeting
Baltimore, MD
2/2012 “Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy”
Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD
10/2010 “A Review of Obstetrical Ultrasound: A Clinician’s Perspective”
Radiology Grand Rounds
George Washington University Hospital
3/2009 “PRES and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Setting of Eclampsia”
Morbidity and Mortality Conference
George Washington University Hospital
2/2009 “The Place and Placement of Cerclage,”
Grand Rounds
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD
4/2008 “Management of Severe Preeclampsia”
Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Regional:
Local:
5/2019 “Bad Words and What Do They Mean- What Is A Teratogen?”
Grand Rounds
Department of Pediatrics
University of South Florida
3/2019 “Infections in Pregnancy and the Newborn – Advances and Opportunities”
Grand Rounds
Department of Pediatrics
University of South Florida
7/2018 “Everything You Need to Know About the Cervix’
Ultrasound Quarterly Meeting
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of South Florida
8/2015 “The Risk of a Broken Heart”
Grand Rounds
University of South Florida
Courses
2019 AAMC Leadership Course
Washington, DC
2017 SMFM Coding Course
2016 ACOG Coding Course (MFM)
4/2011 and 4/2012 Human Teratogen Course; Dr. Lewis Holmes
3/2011 ACOG Coding Course (General Ob/Gyn)
2/2011 Nuchal Translucency Credentialing
Jean Spitz, MPH
2/2012 Fetal Echocardiography: Basic Screening to Advance Cardiac Imaging
Lynn Simpson, MD and Lami Yao, MD
2/2012 Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Convergence of Maternal Health and Fetal Wellbeing from a Genomic and Social Policy Scale
Kjersti Aagard, MD and Maged Constatine, MD
2/2012 Infectious Disease in Obstetrics
Brenna Anderson, MD and Jeanne Sheffield, MD
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES AND INNOVATIONS:
Specialty Certification:
Awarded 2015, recertification current 2019
Obstetrics and Gynecology- The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Awarded 2018, recertification current 2019
Maternal-Fetal Medicine - The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professional Licenses:
Awarded 2015 State of Florida Medical Licenses, expires January 2021
Publications
Complete list available here
Skills and Interests
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Croatian
Interests include dance (Flamenco), opera, and travel
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