Specialty ~
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Awards ~
1991 - Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence
1992 - ACOG/Mead Johnson Focus on Patient Education Award (for Peer Health Educators Pre-colposcopy Education Program)
1992 - Invited speaker at Graduation, University of Virginia School of Medicine
1995 - Invited speaker at Baccalaureate, University of Virginia School of Medicine 
1997 - Bernard Weiss Memorial Lecturer, University of Utah 
1998 - Fellow of the American College Health Association
2000 - Basic Sciences Teaching Award, University of Virginia School of Medicine
2001 - Women in Medicine Leadership Award, University of Virginia School of Medicine
2001 - Basic Sciences Teaching Award, University of Virginia School of Medicine
2001 - Humanism in Medicine Award, University of Virginia School of Medicine/Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
2001 - Colposcopy Recognition Award, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
2002 - University of Virginia School of Medicine Nominee for Humanism in Medicine Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges
2002 - Faculty Marshal for Commencement Ceremonies, School of Medicine
2003 - University of Virginia School of Medicine Nominee for Humanism in Medicine Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges
2004 - University of Virginia School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Teaching
2004 - Inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society
2005 - Elected to the University of Virginia School of Medicine Academy of Distinguished Educators
2005 - Elected to the Lantern Society for Women in Education, University of Virginia
2006 - Speaker for Baccalaureate, University of Virginia School of Medicine
2006 - Faculty Marshal for Commencement Ceremonies, School of Medicine 
2006 - Speaker for Convocation, University of Virginia School of Medicine
2006 - David C. Harrison Distinguished Educator (The UVa School of Medicine’s highest award - for outstanding lifetime achievement in medical education) 
2007 - Faculty Marshal for Commencement Ceremonies, School of Medicine
2007 - Speaker for Convocation, University of Virginia School of Medicine
2008 - Faculty Marshal for Commencement Ceremonies, School of Medicine
2010 - Speaker for Gateway Dinner, University of Virginia School of Medicine
2011 - Elected to the Raven Society, UVa’s oldest and most prestigious honor society
2011 - Speaker for Gateway Dinner, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Education ~
1972 -  A.B. Brown University, Providence, RI 
1976 -  M.D. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Residency ~
1980 -  Internship and Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology 
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Fellowship ~
1981 - Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Emotional Aspects of Women’s Health Care)
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Certification ~
1982 -  Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1999 - Present (Annually) Annual Board Recertification (voluntary) awarded

Research ~
Human papillomavirus infection in women
Medical education
New design for vaginal speculum

Principal Investigator (Sept. 1998-2004): Study of Pilot Manufacturing Lot of HPV 16 Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine in the Prevention of HPV 16 Infection in 18-to-23-Year-Old Females; Sponsor: Merck & Co., Inc.
Principal Investigator (Sept. 2000-2004): A Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study of Quadrivalent HPV VLP Vaccine in 16 to 23 Year Old Women; Sponsor: Merck & Co., Inc.
Principal Investigator (March 2004-2011): A phase II, double-blind, randomized, controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals’ HPV-16/18 VLP ASO4 vaccine compared to hepatitis A vaccine as control in prevention of persistent HPV-16 or HPV-18 cervical infection and cervical neoplasia, administered intramuscularly according to a 0, 1, 6 month schedule in healthy females 15-25 years of age.
Principal Investigator (June 2004-June 2005): Study of Women’s Attitudes Towards the Pelvic Exam‖ (with Kerrian Mross, M.D., Danielle Chase, Dayna Perkowski)
Principal Investigator (July 2009 – 2011): A Phase IIIb open-label, multi-centre immunization study to evaluate the safety of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals HPV-16/18 L1 VLP ASO4 vaccine administered intramuscularly according to a 0, 1, 6-month schedule in female