The Effect of Implicit Bias on the OB/GYN Residency Application Process.

Medical students from racially minoritized backgrounds receive negative evaluations more frequently, possibly from implicit bias. To determine if a preference for White applicants over Asian and Black applicants exists among resident and attending reviewers of obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) residency applications. In 2021, we sampled academic OB/GYN physicians from 6 academic institutions to randomly receive questionnaire form A or B, each containing 4 contrived Electronic Residency Application Service profiles stratified by United States Medical Licensing Examination scores; institutions attended; and strength of recommendation letters into top-, mid-, and low-tiers.

Characteristics and outcomes of socioeconomically disadvantaged pregnant individuals with adult congenital heart disease presenting to a Cardio-Obstetrics Program.

Background: Outcomes of individuals with adult congenital heart disease who are socioeconomically disadvantaged and cared for in cardio-obstetrical programs, are lacking.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics, maternal pregnancy outcomes, and contraceptive uptake in individuals with adult congenital heart disease in an urban cardio-obstetrical program.

Study Design: Retrospective data were collected for individuals with adult congenital heart disease seen in the Maternal Fetal Medicine-Cardiology Joint Program at Montefiore Health System between 2015 and 2021 and compared using modified World Health Organization class I, II vs the modified World Health Organization class ≥II/III.

Incidence and characteristics of stillbirths before and during the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and characteristics of stillbirths during the initial wave of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and whether or not this differed from the incidence and characteristics of stillbirths that occurred in the pre-pandemic period.

Study Design: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study of pregnant individuals who delivered stillbirths during two different time periods: March-September in 2017, 2018, and 2019 (pre-COVID-19 pandemic period) and March-September 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic period).

Results: No difference in the rate of stillbirths was found between the two time periods.

Maternal Outcomes in Women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy versus Age and Race-Matched Peers in an Urban US Community.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is idiopathic systolic congestive heart failure around pregnancy. Comparisons with matched controls are lacking. We investigated maternal characteristics and outcomes up to 12 months in a cohort admitted to Montefiore Health System in Bronx, New York 1999−2015 (n = 53 cases and n = 92 age and race-matched controls, >80% Black or Hispanic/Latina).