EDUCATION:

M.D., 1977: University of Bucharest, Romania

Surgical Specialties Internships, 1976-1979: Bucharest Hospitals

Ob/Gyn Residency, 1980-1981: Filantropia Hospital, Bucharest

Pathology Residency, 1986-1987: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York

Ob/Gyn Residency, 1987-1989 (PGY 1 - PGY 2): Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL

Ob/Gyn Residency, 1989-1991 (PGY 3 – PGY 4): Temple University, Philadelphia

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship, 2000-2003: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

MPH, 2001-2003: The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston

PUBLICATIONS (selected):

Vidaeff AC, Ramin SM, Gilstrap LC. Antenatal corticosteroids in women with preterm premature rupture of the membranes. Clinics in Perinatology 2001; 28:797-805

Vidaeff AC, Mastrobattista JM. Controversies in the use of antenatal steroids for fetal maturation. Seminars in Perinatology 2001; 25:385-396

Vidaeff AC, Doyle NM, Gilstrap LC. Antenatal corticosteroids for fetal maturation in women at risk for preterm delivery. Clinics in Perinatology 2003; 30:825-840

Vidaeff AC, Yeomans ER, Ramin SM. Gestational diabetes: a field of controversy. Obstet Gynecol Surv 2003;58:759-769

Vidaeff AC, Ross PJ, Livingston CK, Parks DH. Gigantomastia complicating mirror syndrome in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 2003;101:1139-1142

Vidaeff AC, Ramin SM, Gilstrap LC, Alcorn JL. In vitro quantification of dexamethasone-induced SP-B expression in human lung cells. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2004;15:155-159

Vidaeff AC, Ramin SM, Gilstrap LC III, Alcorn JL. Characterization of corticosteroid redosing in an in vitro cell line model. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004;191:1403-1408

Vidaeff AC, Lewell ES. In utero exposure to environmental estrogens and male reproductive health: a systematic review of biological and epidemiologic evidence. Reprod Toxicol 2005;20:5-20

Vidaeff AC, Delu AN, Silva JB, Yeomans ER. Monoamniotic twin pregnancy discordant for body stalk anomaly. J Ultrasound Med 2005;24:1739-1744

Vidaeff AC, Carroll MA, Ramin SM. Acute hypertensive emergencies in pregnancy. Crit Care Med 2005;33:S307-S312

Vidaeff AC. Breech delivery before and after the Term Breech Trial. Clin Obstet Gynecol 2006;49:198-210

Vidaeff AC, Ramin SM, Gilstrap LC, Bishop KD, Alcorn JL. Impact of progesterone on cytokine-stimulated nuclear factor-kappa B signaling. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2007;20:23-28

Vidaeff AC, Szmuk P, Mastrobattista JM, Rowe TF, Ghelber O. More or less CHAOS. Case report and literature review suggesting the existence of a distinct subset of congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS). Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007;30:114-117

Vidaeff AC, Ramin SM. Potential biochemical events associated with initiation of labor. Curr Med Chem 2008;15:614-619

Vidaeff AC, Yeomans ER, Ramin SM. Pregnancy in women with renal disease. Part I: General principles. Am J Perinatol 2008;25:385-397

Vidaeff AC, Yeomans ER, Ramin SM. Pregnancy in women with renal disease. Part II: Specific underlying renal conditions. Am J Perinatol 2008;25:399-405

PRESENTATIONS - national (selected):

Presenter – "Mirror Syndrome in Singleton Pregnancy", American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 45th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2001

Presenter – "In Vitro Quantification of Dexamethasone-Induced SP-B Expression in Human Lung Cells", Plenary Session, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 23rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 2003

Presenter – "In Vitro Characterization of Corticosteroid Redosing (The "Rescue Approach"), Oral Concurrent Session 2, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 24th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2004

Presenter – "Impact of progesterone on cytokine-stimulated NF-κB signaling", Oral Concurrent Session 2, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 26th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, February 2006

Presenter – “Fetal trisomy 21 and the risk of preeclampsia”, Papers on Current Clinical and Basic Investigation Session, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 56th Annual Clinical Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2008

PRESENTATIONS - international (selected)

Invited speaker; "Hormonal Replacement Therapy - Unfulfilled Promises" Ob/Gyn National Conference: Bucharest, Romania, 2000

Invited speaker; topic "Time-course of corticosteroid induction of surfactant protein-B gene expression", 35th International Meeting of the Society for the Study of Pathophysiology of Pregnancy, Alexandria, Egypt, October 2003

Invited speaker; topic "Is antiinfectious treatment the magic bullet in the prevention of preterm labor?", World Conference on Antiinfectives, Nürnberg, Germany, September 2004

Invited speaker; topic "The use of corticosteroids in patients with Preeclampsia" 37th International Meeting of the Society for the Study of Pathophysiology of Pregnancy, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2005

Invited speaker; Plenary Lecture “Corticosteroids in fetal maturation: what we know & what we don’t” , 39th International Congress on Pathophysiology of Pregnancy, Singapore, November 2007

Presenter – “Impact of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate on cytokine-stimulated nuclear factor-kappa B signaling” 33rd FEBS Congress, Athens, Greece, July 2008