Amy P. Murtha, MD

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Locations

• Duke Fetal Diagnostic Center -- Durham
• Duke OB/GYN

Services

• Gynecology
• Perinatal Care

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

• M.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1992

• OB/GYN, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1992-1996

• Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1996-1998

Clinical Interests:
High-risk obstetrics, pre-term labor, infections, preterm premature rupture of membranes

Research Interests:
Progesterone and preterm birth prevention
Preterm premature rupture of membranes
Serum markers of infection
Apoptosis in fetal membranes

Representative Publications:
Murtha AP, Greig PC, Jimmerson CE Roitman-Johnson B, Allen J, Herbert WNP. "Maternal serum interleukin -6 concentrations in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes and evidence of infection." Amer J Obstet Gynecol 1996. (1996)

Murtha AP, Greig PC, Jimmerson CE, Herbert WN. Maternal serum interleukin-6 concentration as a marker for impending preterm delivery. Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Feb;91(2):161-4. (1998) 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

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

Mills AA, Yonish B, Feng L, Schomberg DW, Heine RP, Murtha AP. Characterization of progesterone receptor isoform expression in fetal membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Oct;195(4):998-1003. (2006) Abstract

Murtha AP, Kaplan AL, Paglia MJ, Mills BB, Feldstein ML, Ruff GL. Evaluation of a novel technique for wound closure using a barbed suture. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 May;117(6):1769-80. (2006) Abstract

Brancazio LR, Murtha AP, Heine RP. Prevention of recurrent preterm delivery by 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. N Engl J Med. 2003 Sep 11;349(11):1087-8; author reply 1087-8. (2003) Abstract

Murtha AP, Boggess KA, Jimmerson CE, Greig PC, Herbert WN. Umbilical venous D-dimer concentrations with and without labor. Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Aug;92(2):184-6. (1998) Abstract

Ruma MS, Moise KJ Jr, Kim E, Murtha AP, Prutsman WJ, Hassan SS, Lubarsky SL. Combined plasmapheresis and intravenous immune globulin for the treatment of severe maternal red cell alloimmunization. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Feb;196(2):138.e1-6. (2007) Abstract

Offenbacher S, Boggess KA, Murtha AP, Jared HL, Lieff S, McKaig RG, Mauriello SM, Moss KL, Beck JD. Progressive periodontal disease and risk of very preterm delivery. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan;107(1):29-36. (2006) Abstract

Murtha AP, Greig PC, Jimmerson CE, Roitman-Johnson B, Allen J, Herbert WN. Maternal serum interleukin-6 concentrations in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes and evidence of infection. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1996 Oct;175(4 Pt 1):966-9. (1996) Abstract

Boggess KA, Beck JD, Murtha AP, Moss K, Offenbacher S. Maternal periodontal disease in early pregnancy and risk for a small-for-gestational-age infant. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 May;194(5):1316-22. (2006) Abstract