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, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 1988

• OB/GYN, University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), 1992

• Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), 1994

Clinical Interests:
High-risk obstetrics, medical complications of pregnancy, pharmacology during pregnancy, thrombophilia and coagulation disorders

Research Interests:
Coagulation disorders during pregnancy
Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Medical Complications of pregnancy
Clinical Obstetrics
Computers

Representative Publications:
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

James AH, Brancazio LR. Prenatal screening for thrombophilia: the background and the approach. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2005;60(1):47-57. (2005) Abstract

James AH, Brancazio LR, Ortel TL. Thrombosis, thrombophilia, and thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2005 Mar;3(3):187-97. (2005) Abstract

Brancazio LR. Effect of gestational age and position on peak expiratory flow rate: a longitudinal study. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Jul;106(1):199. (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

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

Abel DE, Grambow SC, Brancazio LR, Hertzberg BS. Ultrasound assessment of the fetal middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity: A comparison of the near-field versus far-field vessel. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Oct;189(4):986-9. (2003) Abstract

Ndah BV, Stead JA, Brancazio LR, Hummel M, Wenger SL. Prenatal detection of trisomy for the entire long arm of chromosome 7. J Med Genet. 2000 Jul;37(7):551-3. (2000) Abstract

Wenger SL, Cutenese C, Brancazio LR. Detection of pericentric inversion of X chromosome in a male fetus. Am J Med Genet. 1999 Dec 3;87(4):339-41. (1999) Abstract

Brancazio LR, Laifer SA, Schwartz T. Peak expiratory flow rate in normal pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 1997 Mar;89(3):383-6. (1997) Abstract

Brancazio LR, Roperti KA, Stierer R, Laifer SA. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of subcutaneous heparin during the early third trimester of pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Oct;173(4):1240-5. (1995) Abstract

Frazer DG, Smith LD, Brancazio LR, Weber KC. Comparison of lung sounds and gas trapping in the study of airway mechanics. Environ Health Perspect. 1986 Apr;66:25-30. (1986) Abstract