Department / Division:
Obstetrics and Gynecology / Gynecologic Specialties

Address:
DUMC 3040
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-2471

Office Telephone:
919-668-9008

Fax Telephone:
919-668-1789

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1995

• OB/GYN, Duke University Medical Center, 1999

• Bioethics and Health Policy, Johns Hopkins University (Maryland), 2001

• MA, Philosophy, Georgetown University (Washington, DC), 2004

Clinical Interests:
Miscarriage, contraception, general obstetrics, women's health

Research Interests:
Dr. Lyerly's research interests focus on bioethics and health policy, specifically issues regarding women's health (i.e., the ethics of decisions regarding hormone therapy, HIV in women) and reproduction (issues of distributive justice, i.e., for infertility treatment; the ethics of prenatal and preimplantation genetic diagnosis, childbirth practices, and research in reproductive medicine, such as evaluation of interventions on pregnant women, and research using the products of conception; patients' attitudes regarding the disposition of their own cryopreserved embryos, distortions of risk in obstetrics and gynecology) and applications of feminist theory (i.e., analyses of techniques employed in evidence-based medicine, general methodology in case-based ethics).

Representative Publications:
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Risk Research Group, Kukla R, Kuppermann M, Little M, Lyerly AD, Mitchell LM, Armstrong EM, Harris L. Finding autonomy in birth. Bioethics. 2009 Jan;23(1):1-8. (2009) Abstract

Minkoff H, Lyerly AD. "Doctor, what would you do?".  Obstet Gynecol.  2009 May;113(5):1137-9. (2009) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Little MO, Faden RR. The National Children's Study: a golden opportunity to advance the health of pregnant women.  Am J Public Health.  2009 Oct;99(10):1742-5. (2009) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Steinhauser K, Voils C, Namey E, Alexander C, Bankowski B, Cook-Deegan R, Dodson WC, Gates E, Jungheim ES, McGovern PG, Myers ER, Osborn B, Schlaff W, Sugarman J, Tulsky JA, Walmer D, Faden RR, Wallach E. Fertility patients' views about frozen embryo disposition: results of a multi-institutional U.S. survey. Fertil Steril. 2008 Dec 2. (2008) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Little MO, Faden RR. Pregnancy and clinical research. Hastings Cent Rep. 2008 Nov-Dec;38(6):inside back cover. (2008) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Little MO, Faden RR. A critique of the 'fetus as patient'. Am J Bioeth. 2008 Jul;8(7):42-4; discussion W4-6. (2008) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Little MO, Faden R. The second wave: Toward responsible inclusion of pregnant women in research.  Int J Fem Approaches Bioeth.  2008;1(2):5-22. (2008) Abstract

Little MO, Lyerly AD, Mitchell LM, Armstrong EM, Harris LH, Kukla R, Kuppermann M. Mode of delivery: toward responsible inclusion of patient preferences. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct;112(4):913-8. (2008) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Mitchell LM, Armstrong EM, Harris LH, Kukla R, Kuppermann M, Little MO. Risks, values, and decision making surrounding pregnancy.  Obstet Gynecol.  2007 Apr;109(4):979-84. (2007) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Faden RR. Embryonic stem cells. Willingness to donate frozen embryos for stem cell research.  Science.  2007 Jul 6;317(5834):46-7. (2007) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Steinhauser K, Namey E, Tulsky JA, Cook-Deegan R, Sugarman J, Walmer D, Faden R, Wallach E. Factors that affect infertility patients' decisions about disposition of frozen embryos. Fertil Steril. 2006 Jun;85(6):1623-30. (2006) Abstract

Lyerly AD.  Shame, Gender and Birth.  Hypatia.  Winter 2005, in press. (2005)

Kurtzberg J, Lyerly AD, Sugarman J. Untying the Gordian knot: policies, practices, and ethical issues related to banking of umbilical cord blood. J Clin Invest. 2005 Oct;115(10):2592-7. (2005) Abstract

Bankowski BJ, Lyerly AD, Faden RR, Wallach EE. The social implications of embryo cryopreservation. Fertil Steril. 2005 Oct;84(4):823-32. (2005) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Schwartz P. Is the patient always right? Hastings Cent Rep. 2004 Mar-Apr;34(2):13; discussion 13-4. (2004) Abstract

Lyerly AD, Faden RR. HIV and assisted reproductive technology: women and healthcare policy.  Am J Bioeth.  2003 Winter;3(1):41-3. (2003) Abstract

Lyerly, AD, Gates, E, Cefalo, RC, Sugarman, J. Toward the Ethical Evaluation and Use of Maternal-Fetal Surgery. Obstet Gynecol 2001, 98:689-97. (2001)

Lyerly, AD, Anderson, J. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Assisted Reproduction: Reconsidering Evidence, Reframing Ethics. Fertil Steril 2001; 75:843-58. (2001)