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Geeta K. Swamy, MD

Department / Division:
Obstetrics and Gynecology / Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3967
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 684-2471

Office Telephone:
(919) 681-5220

Fax Telephone:
(919) 681-7861

Training:
  • M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1997

Residency:
  • OB/GYN, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2001

Fellowship:
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 2004

Clinical Interests:
Preterm birth, fetal growth, maternal complications of pregnancy

Research Interests:
health disparities in pregnancy outcomes including preterm birth, low birthweight, and maternal medical conditions

Representative Publications:
Pollak KI, Oncken CA, Lipkus IM, Peterson BL, Swamy GK, Pletsch PK, Lyna P, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Fish LJ, Myers ER. Challenges and solutions for recruiting pregnant smokers into a nicotine replacement therapy trial. Nicotine Tob Res. 2006 Aug;8(4):547-54. (2006) Abstract

Ellestad SC, Zimmerman SA, Thornburg C, Mitchell TE, Swamy GK, James AH. Severe factor V deficiency presenting with intracranial haemorrhage during gestation. Haemophilia. 2007 Jul;13(4):432-4. (2007) Abstract

Murtha AP, Sinclair T, Hauser ER, Swamy GK, Herbert WN, Heine RP. Maternal serum cytokines in preterm premature rupture of membranes. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jan;109(1):121-7. (2007) Abstract

Swamy GK, Simhan HN, Gammill HS, Heine RP. Clinical utility of fetal fibronectin for predicting preterm birth. J Reprod Med. 2005 Nov;50(11):851-6. (2005) Abstract

Murtha AP, Nieves A, Hauser ER, Swamy GK, Yonish BA, Sinclair TR, Heine RP. Association of maternal IL-1 receptor antagonist intron 2 gene polymorphism and preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Nov;195(5):1249-53. (2006) Abstract

James AH, Jamison MG, Biswas MS, Brancazio LR, Swamy GK, Myers ER. Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: a United States population-based study. Circulation. 2006 Mar 28;113(12):1564-71. (2006) Abstract

Pletsch PK, Pollak KI, Peterson BL, Park J, Oncken CA, Swamy GK, Lyna P. Olfactory and gustatory sensory changes to tobacco smoke in pregnant smokers. Res Nurs Health. 2008 Feb;31(1):31-41. (2008) Abstract

Ellestad SC, Swamy GK, Sinclair T, James AH, Heine RP, Murtha AP. Preterm premature rupture of membrane management--inpatient versus outpatient: a retrospective review. Am J Perinatol. 2008 Jan;25(1):69-73. (2008) Abstract

Pollak KI, Oncken CA, Lipkus IM, Lyna P, Swamy GK, Pletsch PK, Peterson BL, Heine RP, Brouwer RJ, Fish L, Myers ER. Nicotine replacement and behavioral therapy for smoking cessation in pregnancy. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Oct;33(4):297-305. (2007) Abstract

Swamy GK, Ostbye T, Skjaerven R. Association of preterm birth with long-term survival, reproduction, and next-generation preterm birth. JAMA. 2008 Mar 26;299(12):1429-36. (2008) Abstract