Heather A Reed
- Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology - (Clinical Scholar Track)
- (520) 626-7414
- Arizona Health Sciences Center, Rm. 8319E
- Tucson, AZ 85724
- hreed@arizona.edu
Biography
Dr. Heather Reed is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of OB/GYN. She also serves as the Assistant Program Director for the OB/GYN Residency program, and Director of the OB/GYN Clerkship. She has an interest in teaching, curriculum development, curriculum assessment, and technology solutions.
She developed several rubrics for the Department of OB/GYN (learning plan rubric, service improvement plan rubrics, presentation rubrics, reflection rubric, clinical write-up rubric, screening tool rubric, mortibility and mortality rubric, analysis of medical error, and system-based approach rubric, and the fish-bone diagram) which were recognized by the Graduate Medical Education Office. Soon thereafter, she was hired as the Graduate Medical Education Curriculum Assessment Specialist (2010-2013).
She recently completed two faculty development programs, the APGO Academic Scholars and Leaders Program (2014/2015) and the AMES/OMSE Teaching Scholars Program (2013/2014). She presented two posters at the 2015 CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting entitled “Does the Feedback Passport Influence Students’ Perception of Feedback During Their OBGYN Clerkship?” and “The Impact of a Front-Loaded Curriculum on Student Preparedenss for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship.” Her abstract on "Does the Feedback Passport Influence Students' Perception of Feedback During Their Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship was published in The American College of Obstetrics & Gynecologists, October 2015.
She has procured two grants. The first grant awarded was for $43,000 for the Improving Safety Measures and Patient Care. The second grant awarded was for $5,000 for OB Simulations: Post-Partum Hemorrhage.
Dr. Reed has had several scholar invitations to teach. She runs the OB Orientation to incoming interns in the Department of Family Medicine Residency Program South Campus and University Campus. She also teaches Bleeding in Pregnancy during the Life Cycle Block. Additionally, she is an invited teacher with the ASTEC simulation lab and their work with educating first responders.
Degrees
- M.D. Doctor of Medicine
- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- B.A. Elementary Education
- Miami Univserity, Oxford, Ohio, USA
- n/a
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2009 - Ongoing)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (1999 - 2001)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1999)
- Learning Unlimited Schools (1996 - 1998)
- Learning Unlimited Schools (1995 - 1996)
- Baltimore City Public Schools (1992 - 1995)
Awards
- Excellence in Medical Student Education
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Summer 2021
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Summer 2009
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Summer 2008
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Summer 2007
- Vernon and Virginia Furrow Teaching Award
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2020
- APGO Excellence in Teaching Award
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Summer 2015
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Summer 2014
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Summer 2013
- Very Important Physician
- University of Arizona Health Network, Spring 2014
- CREOG Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Summer 2010
- Bayer Teaching Award
- Summer 2007
- CREOG Academic Excellence of the Year Award
- Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Summer 2007
- Teacher of the Year
- Hawk Ridge Elementary School, Summer 2001
- Hawk Ridge Elementary School, Summer 2000
Licensure & Certification
- Arizona Medical License #42232, Arizona Medical Board (2009)
- Board Certified Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2012)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2023-24 Courses
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Gynecological Oncology
OBG 840B (Fall 2023) -
Perinatal Medicine
OBG 840V (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Perinatal Medicine
OBG 840V (Fall 2022)
2020-21 Courses
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Gynecological Oncology
OBG 840B (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
OBG 899 (Fall 2020) -
Perinatal Medicine
OBG 840V (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Gynecological Oncology
OBG 840B (Spring 2020) -
Ob & Gyn Clerkship
OBG 813C (Spring 2020) -
Gynecological Oncology
OBG 840B (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
OBG 899 (Fall 2019) -
Obstetrics+Gynecology
OBG 891A (Fall 2019) -
Perinatal Medicine
OBG 840V (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Gynecological Oncology
OBG 840B (Spring 2019) -
Ob & Gyn Clerkship
OBG 813C (Spring 2019) -
Obstetrics+Gynecology
OBG 891A (Spring 2019)
2017-18 Courses
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Benign Gyn & Pelvic Floor Med
OBG 837B (Spring 2018) -
Ob & Gyn Clerkship
OBG 813C (Spring 2018) -
Perinatal Medicine
OBG 840V (Spring 2018) -
Benign Gyn & Pelvic Floor Med
OBG 837B (Fall 2017) -
Gynecological Oncology
OBG 840B (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
OBG 899 (Fall 2017) -
Intro to Rsrch in Obgyn
OBG 800C (Fall 2017) -
Ob & Gyn Clerkship
OBG 813C (Fall 2017) -
Obstetrics+Gynecology
OBG 891A (Fall 2017) -
Perinatal Medicine
OBG 840V (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Perinatal Medicine
OBG 840V (Spring 2017) -
Intro to Rsrch in Obgyn
OBG 800C (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Intro to Rsrch in Obgyn
OBG 800C (Spring 2016) -
Ob & Gyn Clerkship
OBG 813C (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Reed, H. A. (2023). Topical negative pressure wound therapy to prevent wound complications following caesarean delivery in high-risk obstetric patients: A randomised controlled trial. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol . 2023 Aug;63(4):516-520., 63(4), 516-520.
- Reed, H. A. (2019). A systematic approach to chronic abnormal uterine bleeding.. The Journal of family practice, 68(2), 82;84;86;92.More infoThe care you provide to women of childbearing age who are bleeding gets an assist from an established classification system of 9 causes and a range of therapies.
- Ward, D., Robert Kursinski, E., Otarola, A., Stovern, M., McGhee, J., Young, A., Hainsworth, J., Hagen, J., Sisk, W., & Reed, H. (2019). Retrieval of water vapor using ground-based observations from a prototype ATOMMS active centimeter- and millimeter-wavelength occultation instrument. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(3). doi:10.5194/amt-12-1955-2019More infoA fundamental goal of satellite weather and climate observations is profiling the atmosphere with in situ-like precision and resolution with absolute accuracy and unbiased, all-weather, global coverage. While GPS radio occultation (RO) has perhaps come closest in terms of profiling the gas state from orbit, it does not provide sufficient information to simultaneously profile water vapor and temperature. We have been developing the Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS) RO system that probes the 22 and 183 GHz water vapor absorption lines to simultaneously profile temperature and water vapor from the lower troposphere to the mesopause. Using an ATOMMS instrument prototype between two mountaintops, we have demonstrated its ability to penetrate through water vapor, clouds and rain up to optical depths of 17 (7 orders of magnitude reduction in signal power) and still isolate the vapor absorption line spectrum to retrieve water vapor with a random uncertainty of less than 1 %. This demonstration represents a key step toward an orbiting ATOMMS system for weather, climate and constraining processes. ATOMMS water vapor retrievals from orbit will not be biased by climatological or first-guess constraints and will be capable of capturing nearly the full range of variability through the atmosphere and around the globe, in both clear and cloudy conditions, and will therefore greatly improve our understanding and analysis of water vapor. This information can be used to improve weather and climate models through constraints on and refinement of processes affecting and affected by water vapor.
- Reed, H. A. (2017). Cervical Funneling: Potential Pitfall of Point-of-Care Pelvic Ultrasound.. Cureus, 9(9), 1649.
- Situ-LaCasse, E., Reed, H. A., Adhikari, S., Shareef, F., Amini, R., & Stolz, L. A. (2017). Cervical Funneling: Potential Pitfall of Point-of-Care Pelvic Ultrasound. Cureus. doi:10.7759/cureus.1649More infoThough point-of-care ultrasound applications continue to expand, there are findings that are not within the scope of emergency ultrasound. It is important for emergency physicians to be aware of incidental findings that can be identified on comprehensive ultrasounds performed by other imaging departments in order to fully understand the limitations of bedside ultrasound. In this case, a gravid patient presented to the emergency department with pelvic cramping and vaginal bleeding. Point-of-care transabdominal pelvic ultrasound examination was performed and demonstrated cervical funneling. In the appropriate patient, cervical insufficiency due to cervical funneling may be an indication for cerclage in a pregnant patient.
- Reed, H. A., Spear-Ellinwood, K. C., & De Leon, S. B. (2015). The Effect of a Front-Loaded Curriculum on Student Preparedness for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 126, 595-605.More infoI participated in data analysis, collaborated on the poster presentation and in the revision of the manuscript.
Presentations
- Pettit, J. M., Cagno, C. K., & Reed, H. A. (2015, July). FM Intern Orientation to Labor and Delivery. UAFMRP Intern Orientation. BUMC-T, Maternal Outpatient Room.More infoSimulation orientation of cervical exams, AROM, estimation of blood loss with postpartum hemorrhage, normal delivery
Poster Presentations
- Reed, H. A., & Spear Ellinwood, K. (2015, March). How does the use of the Feedback Passport, a standardized structured skill-based feedback tool, influence students perception of the quality and amount of feedback received during their thierd year OBGYN clerkship. 2015 CREOG/APGO Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas: CREOG & APGO.
- Reed, H. A., & Spear Ellinwood, K. (2015, March). The impact of a front-loaded curriculum on student preparedness for the obstetrics and gynecology clerkship. 2015 CREOG/APGO Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas: CREOG & APGO.
