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

Address:
DUMC 3967
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-668-7430 (Consultations)
919-684-2471 (Returning Patients)

Office Telephone:
919-681-5220

Fax Telephone:
919-681-7861 (Administration), 919-681-1397 (Clinical Records, Prescriptions)

• MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1993

• OB/GYN, UNC Hospitals, 1997

• Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1997-2000

Clinical Interests:
High-risk obstetrics, bleeding disorders, thrombophilia and other coagulation disorders, heart disease in pregnancy

Research Interests:
Hemostasis and thrombosis related to maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy.

Representative Publications:
James AH, Brancazio LR, Price T. Aspirin and Reproductive Outcomes. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2008 Jan;63(1):49-57. (2008) Abstract

James AH. Prevention and management of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy. Am J Med. 2007 Oct;120(10 Suppl 2):S26-34. (2007) Abstract

James AH, Jamison MG. Bleeding events and other complications during pregnancy and childbirth in women with von Willebrand disease. J Thromb Haemost. 2007 Jun;5(6):1165-9. (2007) Abstract

James AH, Grotegut CA, Brancazio LR, Brown H. Thromboembolism in pregnancy: recurrence and its prevention. Semin Perinatol. 2007 Jun;31(3):167-75. (2007) 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

Dowling NF, Beckman MG, Manco-Johnson M, Hassell K, Philipp CS, Michaels LA, Moll S, Heit JA, Penner J, Kulkarni R, Pipe S, Bockenstedt P, Andersen J, Crudder S, James AH, Zimmerman S, Ortel TL. The U.S. Thrombosis and Hemostasis Centers pilot sites program. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2007 Feb;23(1):1-7. (2007) Abstract

Allen TK, George RB, Olufolabi AJ, James AH, Muir HA, Habib AS. The management of Cesarean delivery in a parturient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria complicated by severe preeclampsia. Can J Anaesth. 2007 Aug;54(8):646-51. (2007) Abstract

James AH. Von Willebrand disease. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2006 Feb;61(2):136-45. (2006) Abstract

James AH, Jamison MG, Brancazio LR, Myers ER. Venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period: incidence, risk factors, and mortality. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 May;194(5):1311-5. (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

James AH, Brancazio LR, Gehrig TR, Wang A, Ortel TL. Low-molecular-weight heparin for thromboprophylaxis in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2006 Sep;19(9):543-9. (2006) Abstract

James AH, Abel DE, Brancazio LR. Anticoagulants in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2006 Jan;61(1):59-69; quiz 70-72. (2006) Abstract

Casele H, Haney EI, James A, Rosene-Montella K, Carson M. Bone density changes in women who receive thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Oct;195(4):1109-13. (2006) Abstract

James AH. More than menorrhagia: a review of the obstetric and gynaecological manifestations of bleeding disorders. Haemophilia. 2005 Jul;11(4):295-307. (2005) Abstract

James AH, Tapson VF, Goldhaber SZ. Thrombosis during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Jul;193(1):216-9. (2005) Abstract

James AH, Bushnell CD, Jamison MG, Myers ER. Incidence and risk factors for stroke in pregnancy and the puerperium. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Sep;106(3):509-16. (2005) Abstract

James AH, Brancazio LR. Prenatal Screening for Thrombophilia: The Background and the Approach. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2005 Feb 3;60(1):47-57. (2005) Abstract

Heit JA, Kobbervig CE, James AH, Petterson TM, Bailey KR, Melton LJ 3rd. Trends in the incidence of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy or postpartum: a 30-year population-based study. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Nov 15;143(10):697-706. (2005) Abstract

James AH, Lukes AS, Brancazio LR, Thames E, Ortel TL. Use of a new platelet function analyzer to detect von Willebrand disease in women with menorrhagia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Aug;191(2):449-55. (2004) Abstract

James A, Matchar DB, Myers ER. Testing for von Willebrand disease in women with menorrhagia: a systematic review. Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Aug;104(2):381-8. (2004) Abstract

Ellestad SC, Shelton S, James AH. Prenatal diagnosis of a trauma-related fetal epidural hematoma. Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Dec;104(6):1298-300. (2004) Abstract

McMahon MJ, James AH. Combined deficiency of factors II, VII, IX, and X (Borgschulte-Grigsby deficiency) in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2001 May;97(5 Pt 2):808-9. (2001) Abstract

Ortel TL, James AH, Thames EH, Moore KD, Greenberg CS. Assessment of primary hemostasis by PFA-100 analysis in a tertiary care center. Thromb Haemost. 2000 Jul;84(1):93-7. (2000) Abstract