Amos Grunebaum
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Amos Grunebaum (born January 27, 1950) is one of the top US obstetricians and gynecologists. His subspecialty is in maternal-fetal medicine.
[edit] Early life
Dr. Grunebaum was born on January 27, 1950 in Tirat Carmel. In 1953 his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where his father Freddie was born and grew up. From 1956 to 1960, Dr. Grunebaum attended the Westerwaldschule in Cologne, Germany, then entered Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium[1] in Cologne in 1960 and attended medical school at the University of Cologne in Germany from 1968 to 1975.
From 1978 to 1982 he did his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Downstate Medical Center, and the Kings County Hospital Center[2] in Brooklyn, New York, and in 1984 he completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the same institution.
In 1994 Dr.Grunebaum appeared in his first Hollywood movie, The Paper by Ron Howard, where he played an obstetrician.
Dr. Grunebaum is presently the Director of Obstetrics and the Chief of Labor and Delivery at the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center which is part of the Weill Cornell Medical College and the New York Presbyterian Medical Center. Until 2005 he was also the Director of the WebMD Fertility Center and in charge of the WebMD TTC (Trying To Conceive) message board.
His BabyMed website[3] is one of the most popular websites for fertility and pregnancy with many million hits per month. Dr. Grunebaum also formulated the best-selling FertilAid Supplements[4] and co-wrote a book with Dr. Ruth Westheimer called "Dr. Ruth's Guide to Sex During Pregnancy". His professional website can be found at ObMD.com.[5]
[edit] References
- Mandruzzato G, Antsaklis A, Botet F, Chervenak FA, Figueras F, Grunebaum A, Puerto B, Skupski D et al. (2008). "Intrauterine restriction (IUGR)". Journal of perinatal medicine 36 (4): 277–81. doi:10.1515/JPM.2008.050. PMID 18598115.
- Grünebaum A, Chervenak F, Skupski D (2008). "Population-based standardization (PBS) of institutional cesarean delivery rates". Journal of perinatal medicine 36 (2): 110–4. doi:10.1515/JPM.2008.026. PMID 18211257.
- Grunebaum A (2007). "Error reduction and quality assurance in obstetrics". Clinics in perinatology 34 (3): 489–502. doi:10.1016/j.clp.2007.03.017. PMID 17765496.
- Grunebaum A, Chervenak FA (2004). "The baby or the bathwater: which one should be discarded?". Journal of perinatal medicine 32 (4): 306–7. doi:10.1515/JPM.2004.056. PMID 15346813..
- Birnbach DJ, Matut J, Stein DJ, Campagnuolo J, Drimbarean C, Grunebaum A, Kuroda MM, Thys DM (2001). "The effect of intrathecal analgesia on the success of external cephalic version". Anesthesia and analgesia 93 (2): 410–3, 4th contents page. PMID 11473871.
- Stein DJ, Birnbach DJ, Danzer BI, Kuroda MM, Grunebaum A, Thys DM (1997). "Acupressure versus intravenous metoclopramide to prevent nausea and vomiting during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section". Anesthesia and analgesia 84 (2): 342–5. PMID 9024025.
- Birnbach DJ, Stein DJ, Grunebaum A, Danzer BI, Thys DM (1997). "Cocaine screening of parturients without prenatal care: an evaluation of a rapid screening assay". Anesthesia and analgesia 84 (1): 76–9. doi:10.1213/00000539-199701000-00014. PMID 8989003.
- Sackoff J, Kline J, Kinney A, Grunebaum A (1992). "Cocaine use in obstetric patients underreported". American journal of public health 82 (7): 1043. doi:10.2105/AJPH.82.7.1043. PMC 1694066. PMID 1609909. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1694066.
- Grunebaum A, Minkoff H, Blake D (1987). "Pregnancy among obstetricians: a comparison of births before, during, and after residency". American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 157 (1): 79–83. PMID 3605271.
- Grunebaum AN, Minkoff H (1987). "Twin gestation and perinatal follow-up in a woman with severe chronic renal failure managed without dialysis. A case report". The Journal of reproductive medicine 32 (6): 463–5. PMID 3612637.
- Minkoff H, Grunebaum A, Feldman J, Cummings M, McCormack WM (1987). "Relationship of vaginal pH and Papanicolaou smear results to vaginal flora and pregnancy outcome". International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 25 (1): 17–23. doi:10.1016/0020-7292(87)90179-2. PMID 2883041..
- Grunebaum AN, Minkoff H, Schwarz RH, Schiffman G (1986). "Pneumococcal polysaccharide antibody levels in patients with term and preterm pregnancies". Obstetrics and gynecology 68 (4): 483–7. PMID 3748496..
- Delke I, Minkoff H, Grunebaum A (1985). "Effect of Lamaze childbirth preparation on maternal plasma beta-endorphin immunoreactivity in active labor". American journal of perinatology 2 (4): 317–9. doi:10.1055/s-2007-999979. PMID 2932121..
- Minkoff H, Grunebaum A, McCormack WM, Schwarz RH (1985). "Relationship of vaginitis to the sex of conceptuses". Obstetrics and gynecology 66 (2): 239–40. PMID 3895073..
- Minkoff H, Schaffer RM, Delke I, Grunebaum AN (1985). "Diagnosis of intracranial hemorrhage in utero after a maternal seizure". Obstetrics and gynecology 65 (3 Suppl): 22S–24S. PMID 3883270.
- Minkoff H, Grunebaum AN, Schwarz RH, Feldman J, Cummings M, Crombleholme W, Clark L, Pringle G et al. (1984). "Risk factors for prematurity and premature rupture of membranes: a prospective study of the vaginal flora in pregnancy". American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 150 (8): 965–72. PMID 6391179..
- Grunebaum AN, Minkoff H, Schwarz RH, Schiffman G (1983). "The relationship of maternal antibody levels to post-cesarean section endometritis". American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 147 (8): 919–22. PMID 6650628.
- Grunebaum AN, Sedlis A, Sillman F, Fruchter R, Stanek A, Boyce J (1983). "Association of human papillomavirus infection with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia". Obstetrics and gynecology 62 (4): 448–55. PMID 6310463.
- Grunebaum AN, Sedlis A (1982). "Adenomatoid tumor of the uterus simulating interstitial pregnancy". Obstetrics and gynecology 59 (6 Suppl): 87S–8S. PMID 7088436.
- Siegler AM, Grunebaum A (1980). "The 100th anniversary of tubal sterilization". Fertility and sterility 34 (6): 610–3. PMID 7004916.
