SIMMONS, MD, LaVone E
Acting Instructor and Fellow
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Specialties:
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Women's Health Care:
• Prevention of preterm birth • Maternal disease |
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Licensure:
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• Washington, 2004
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Certification:
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• Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2010
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| Joined UW Medicine: |
7/1/11
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Education:
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• 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) |
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Research Interests:
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• Preterm birth
• Global Health • Pre-eclampsia
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| Professional Organizations: |
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Junior Fellow
• Washington State Obstetrical Society
• Washington State Medical Association
• National Physician Alliance
• Alpha Omega Alpha
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Selected Publications:
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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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