Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy and Postpartum Task Force

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death in California.

Task Force Writing Group

This Task Force will create a Toolkit intended as a resource for raising awareness of this issue as well as the signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease in pregnant and postpartum women. The primary audience for this Toolkit are generalists who provide maternity care to women (OB/GYNs, Labor & Delivery and Postpartum Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Family Medicine Physicians), with special emphasis on what to look for in prenatal and postpartum clinic encounters in addition to intrapartum care.  The Toolkit will also serve as a resource for emergency and critical care physicians as well as pediatric cardiology specialists.

Task Force Reviewer Group

The Reviewer Group members will be engaged in substantive review of the outline to get input on topics for inclusion, as well as review the near-final draft of the Toolkit.  These individuals will be acknowledged for their contribution but will not regularly attend writing group meetings (in person /conference calls) nor take on major writing assignments.

Chair

  • Afshan Hameed, MD, Medical Director OB, Medical Director Quality and Safety, UC Irvine School of Medicine
  • Christine Morton, PhD, Research Sociologist/Program Manager, CMQCC

Committee Members

Deirdre Anglin
MD, MPH
LA County/USC Medical Center
Julie Arafeh
MSN, RN
Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education
Obstetric Simulation Specialist
Alisa Becket  
Leona Dang-Kilduff
RN, MS, CDE
RPPC Mid-Coastal Region
Elyse Foster
MD
UCSF
Afshan Hameed
MD
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Medical Director OB, Medical Director Quality and Safety
Abha Khandelwal
MD
Stanford School of Medicine
Elizabeth Lawton
MHS
California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
Health Researcher
Elliott Main
MD
CMQCC
Medical Director and Executive Committee Chair
Christine Morton
PhD
CMQCC
Research Sociologist | Program Manager
Barbara Murphy
MS, RN
Stanford University
Director of Perinatal Programs
Leona Shields
PHN, RN, NP, MFT
California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
Nurse Consultant III Supervisor Program and Policy Section
Monica Sood
MD
Walnut Creek Kaiser Permanente
MFM
Maryam Tarsa
MD, MAS
UC San Diego
Associate Clinical Professor
Lisa Townsend Sister to Sister
Program Director
Janet Trial
RN, CNM, EdD
Miller Children's Long Beach Hospital
Julie Vasher
DNP, RNC-OB, CNS-BC, C-EFM