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SIMMONS, MD, LaVone E

Acting Instructor and Fellow

Specialties:
Women's Health Care:
• Prevention of preterm birth
• Maternal disease
Licensure:
• Washington, 2004
Certification:
• Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2010
Joined UW Medicine:
7/1/11
Education:
• MD degree
  (University of Vermont College of Medicine, 2004)
• Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  (University of Washington, 2008)
• Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  (University of Washington, 2014)
Research Interests:
• Preterm birth
• Global Health
• Pre-eclampsia
Professional Organizations:
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  Junior Fellow
• Washington State Obstetrical Society
• Washington State Medical Association
• National Physician Alliance
• Alpha Omega Alpha
Selected Publications:
Simmons LE, Riker RR, Fraser GL, PRato BS. Assessing sedation in ventilated ICU patients with the bispectral index and the sedation-agitation scale. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:1499-1504.
 
Riker RR, Fraser GL, Simmons LE, Wilkins ML. Validating the Sedation-Agitation Scale with the Bispectral Index and Visual Analog Scale in Adult ICU Patients after Cardiac Surgery. Intensive Care Med 2001; 27:853-858.
 
Simmons LE, Rubens CE, Darmstadt GL, Gravett MG. Preventing preterm birth and neonatal mortality: exploring the epidemiology, causes, and interventions. Semin Perinatol 2010 Dec; 34(6): 408-15.
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Contact Information

Clinic Appts
206-598-4070
Academic Phone
206-543-3714
Office
UW Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Box Number
356460