KAREN ROSENE MONTELLA, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae
Business Address: Department of Medicine
Women and Infants Hospital
Providence, R.I. 02905
Business Telephone: 401-***-**** ext. 1923
Fax 401-***-****
E-mail: *********************@*****.***
EDUCATION
Undergraduate University of Pennsylvania
Major Biology
Degree BA, 1972
Honors Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Medical School Northwestern University
310 East Superior
Chicago, IL 60611
Degree MD, 1977
Honors Medicine
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Residency University of Washington
Spokane Internal Medicine
West 101 8th Ave, TAF-C9
Spokane, WA 99220
1977-1980
Chief Residency University of Washington
Spokane Internal Medicine
1979-1980
Fellowship Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Departments of OB-GYN and Consultative
Medicine
University of Washington Med. Ctr.
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195
1980-1982
POSTGRADUATE HONORS AND AWARDS
Karen Rosene Montella,
M.D.
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July 2006 Center for Excellence Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Brown University School of Medicine/Women & Infants Hospital
National Center of Excellence in Women s Health
August 2006 Overseas Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND BOARD CERTIFICATION
National Board of Medical Examiners 1978
American Board of Internal Medicine (#76797) 1980
State of Rhode Island Medical License (#MD07601) 1989
State of Massachusetts Medical License (#151871) 1996
State of New Hampshire (#10372) 1998
State of Vermont (#042-*******) 1999ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1982-1989Co-Director - Medical High Risk Pregnancy Clinic, University of Washington.
1987-1989Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and OB/GYN - University of
Washington.
1989-1995Assistant Professor of Medicine and OB/GYN - Brown University
.
1995-2002Associate Professor of Medicine and OB/GYN - Brown University
1990-1992Director - Program in Women's Internal Medicine, Brown University
1992-1997Director - Program in Obstetric and Consultative Medicine, Dept of Medicine,
Brown University School of Medicine
1992-1997Director - Fellowship in Obstetric Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, Brown
University School of Medicine. Established only Fellowship in North America to
train internists in Medical Problems in Pregnancy.
1996 Master of Arts adeundem, Brown University School of Medicine,
honorary
alumna
2002-PresentProfessor of Medicine and OB/GYN Brown Medical School
2009-PresentDirector, Division of Obstetric Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of
Brown University
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
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1982-1989Medical Director - Center for Women's Health
Division Chief, Women's Internal Medicine, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle,
WA. Developed an integrated Women s Health Center, recruited internal
medicine, gynecology, behavioral health and child care providers. Supervised all
aspects of development, planning and implementation of project and physical
plant.
1982-1989Medical Co-Director High Risk Pregnancy Clinic, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA.
1982-1988Tenured Staff Physician - Section of General Internal Medicine, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
1989-1995Associate Physician - Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island
Hospital and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence,
RI.
1989-PresentChief - Medical Consultation Service, Women & Infants Hospital.
Established medical consultative service to provide internal medicine consultation
to sick pregnant women and train medicine residents in obstetric medicine.
1989-2002Medical Director - Employee Health, Women & Infants Hospital
.
1991-2006Medical Director - Infection Control, Women & Infants Hospital.
1992-1997Director - Division of Obstetric & Consultative Medicine, Department of
Medicine Women & Infants Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.
1993-PresentCorporator - Women & Infants Hospital Board of Trustees
.
1996-1997 Associate Chief of Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital
.
1996-2000Board of Trustees - Butler Hospital
.
1996-2000Medical Director - Employee Health, Butler Hospital.
1996-2000Chief of Medicine - Butler Hospital
.
10/1/89- StaffPhysician Rhode Island Hospital, Lifespan, Providence, RI
Present
11/1/95Staff PhysicianThe Miriam Hospital, Lifespan, Providence, RI
4/2008
1997-PresentChief of Medicine - Women & Infants Hospital.
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Developed a Department within the women s hospital to address the critical needs
of women, especially sick pregnant women. Includes oversight of inpatient and
ambulatory Internal Medicine, Obstetric Medicine, Women s Digestive
Disorders, GI, Pulmonary and Women s Behavioral Health. Developed faculty
practices that see 20,000 patients annually, an endoscopy suite exclusively for
women, pulmonary function lab, echocardiography program and a day hospital
for post partum depression. Responsible for managing all budgets, strategic
initiatives, quality improvement, credentialing, research, teaching and clinical
activities.
1998-2005Director of Clinical Programming - Care New England Wellness Center
1999-2000 Executive Chief of Medicine - Butler Hospital
2007-Present Research Administration Infrastructure Task Force, Women & Infants Hospital
2007-Present Women s Health Council, Lifespan
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
1989 Washington State Governor's Commission on Women's Health.
1990 Reviewer, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
1990-1992 *Secretary-Treasurer, North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
1991-Present Director, American College of Physicians Workshops and Meet the Professor
Sessions, Medical Problems in Pregnancy
1991 Reviewer, American Journal of Obstetric & Gynecology
1991 Reviewer, American Review of Respiratory Diseases
1992-1996 *Vice President, North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
1992 Reviewer, American Review of Respiratory Disease
1995 - Fellow, American College of Physicians
Present
1997 - 1999 *President, North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
1997 Guest Editor, The Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures - Office Gynecology (W.B.
Saunders Co.)
1998 Editor, Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient (American College of Physicians-
American Society of Internal Medicine)
1998 Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine
1998 Reviewer, American College of Physicians
1998 Reviewer, American Board of Internal Medicine
1998 Question Writer ABIM exam- Medical Problems in Pregnancy- American Board
of Internal Medicine
1998 Guest editors, The Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures. W.B. Saunders Company.
Appleby and Rosene-Montella..
1999 Question Writer ABIM exam- Medical Problems in Pregnancy- American Board
of Internal Medicine
1999 Judge, Oral Session of 19th Annual SMFM Meeting, San Francisco, CA
1999-2000 Associate Editor for Women s Health, American College of Physicians-American
Society of Internal Medicine PIER (Physician s Information and Education
Resource) Project. (an online resource)
1999-2003 Special Government Employee, Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) advisory committee. Pregnancy Labeling Subcommittee of the
Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. Food & Drug Administration.
This advisory committee will be responsible for recommending the changes for
pregnancy labeling for all FDA approved drugs.
st
2000 Edited, Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient, 1 edition. (700 pgs) ACP-ASIM.
Richard V. Lee, M.D., Karen Rosene-Montella, M.D.
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2000 PIER (Physician s Information and Education Resource)
Associate Editor for Women s Health
American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.
Developed all pregnancy related content.
2000-2002 Deputy Editor, PIER (Physician s Information and Education Resource)
ACP-ASIM ongoing extension of above project with expanded role to include
editorial responsibility for all specialties.
2003-2005 Editor, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2005 2006 North American Representative, Executive Committee, International Society of
Obstetric Medicine
nd
2006 2008 Editor, Medical Care of the Pregnant Patient, 2 Edition.
American College of Physicians
2006 2008 Editor, Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy: Clinical and Research Aspects.
The Humana Press, Inc.
2006 President, International Society of Obstetric Medicine
Present
2007 Co-Editor-in-Chief, Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy
Present The Royal Society of Medicine
10/2007 Invitee-member, Gender, Sex & Health (GSH) Peer Review Committee,
Present Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Ottawa, Canada.
12/2007 Reviewer, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Present
2008 Reviewer, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
2008 Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine
2008 Advisory Board Member for The First International Congress on Cardiac
Present Problems in Pregnancy, Valencia, Spain, February, 2010.
2009 Reviewer, American Journal of Cardiology
2009 Reviewer, Lupus
2009 Reviewer, Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
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April, 2010 - Member, Board of Trustees, Crossroads RI, 160
Broad Street, Providence,
Present RI, 02903.
Visiting Professorships:
1. McMaster University, Toronto, Canada - Debate on Prophylaxis of
Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy.
2. University of Ottawa, Ottawa Ontario Medical Problems in Pregnancy.
(1998)
3. Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard), Obstetric Medicine
Curriculum. (1999)
4. Rush College Medical Center, Medical Problems in Pregnancy (2000)
5. University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (2003)
6. University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
November (2007)
CONSULTANT POSITIONS
1986-1989Northwest Medical Legal Consultant
for Toxic Shock Syndrome.
1988-1989American College of Physicians Spokesperson for Health Scope Film Series
.
1990 Consultant to KOMO TV on Women's Health Issues.
1993-1995University of Washington
- Programs in Women's Health
1994-1998Legislative Advisory
Commission on Women's Health, State of RI
1995-1996Violence Against Women Task Force - State of R.I
.
1998-2002Consultant
to FDA on Pregnancy Labeling
2002-2004
State of RI Department of Health Advisory Committee of the Office of Women's
Health
HOSPITAL COMMITTEES
Diabetes Center Planning Committee- Rhode Island Hospital1989-1990
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Pharmacy and Therapeutics - Women & Infants Hospital1989-1995
Ambulatory Care Committee- Women & Infants Hospital1989-1995
Women's Health - Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1994Women & Infants & Rhode Island Hospitals
Finance Committee -
RIH Medical Foundation, Inc. 1991-1992
Planning Committee - Women & Infants Hospital Board of Trustees1991-present
Committee Community Hospital Referrals -Rhode Island Hospital1992
Code Committee, Co-Chair - Women & Infants Hospital1992- 1995
Planning Subcommittee - Women & Infants Board of Trustees1992-present
*Critical Care Committee,
Chair - Women & Infants Hospital1992-2002
Infection Control Committee, Chair - Women & Infants Hospital1994- 2002
Acute Monitoring Service, Co-Chair - Women & Infants Hospital1994- 2002
Acute Monitoring Service Review Group Committee Women & Infants Hospital2005-2009
Executive Committee
Women & Infants Hospital1996-present
JCAHO Task Force1995 - 2000
Medical Director, Infection Control, Butler Hospital 1996 - 2000
Infection Control Committee, Chair, Butler Hospital 1996 - 1998
PAS Quality Improvement Committee, Butler Hospital1996 - 1998
Emergency Medical Response Committee, Butler Hospital19961998
Graduate Medical Education Committee1996 - 1998
CNE Physicians Integration Council, Care New England19982000
Patient Care Evaluation Committee, Women & Infants1999 - PresentBoard of Trustees
Bioterrorism Readiness Task Force, Women & Infants Hospital20018
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CARE New England Strategic Facility Plan Steering Committee,
2001
Women & Infants Hospital
Patient and Family Advisory Council,
Women & Infants Hospital9/2006-9/2009
Clinical and Academic Program Strategy Group (
CAPS), 10/2006-Present
Women & Infants Hospital
Women s Health Council Co-Chair, Lifespan 12/2007-Present
CNE Physician Advisory Committee1/2008-Present
Search Committee -
Associate Vice President, Business Development, 2/2009-
PresentWomen & Infants Hospital
Search Committee Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, 3/2009-PresentWomen & Infants Hospital
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Search Committee - Maternal Fetal Medicine Attending,
Dept. of OB/GYN, 1991Women & Infants Hospital/Brown Univ
.
Advisory Committee to the
Brown University School of Medicine1992-present
Women's Health Initiative
Search Committee -
Director of Medical Education, Dept. of OB/GYN, 1992Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University
Search Committee - Coagulationist/Hematology,
Dept. of Medicine, 1992Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Search Committee -
Physician-in-Charge, OB/GYN Emergency Services, 1992
Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University
Search Committee Chair - Obstetric Internist, Dept. of Medicine, 1993
Women & Infants Hospital/Brown University
Brown University/Women & Infants Hospital Research & Education1997 - 2002
Committee - Trustee Appointed
Brown University Planning Committee for Center for Research2000 - 2002
and Education in Women s Health
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Brown University Teaching Scholar Task Force2003
Search Committee -
Brown University Chair of Emergency Medicine2005-2006
Brown University Committee on Medical Faculty Appointments (CMFA) 9/2006-6/2009
Search Committee - Chair,
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007-2008Brown University
Search Committee -
Clinical Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, 20082009Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Member,
Department of Medicine Promotions Committee, The Warren 7/2008-presentAlpert Medical School of Brown University
Steering Committee, Office of Research on Women s Health and the
3/2009-presentNational Institutes of Health, Moving into the Future New Dimensions
and Strategies for Women s Health Research for the NIH ; Brown
University and Women & Infants Hospital
Search Advisory Committee Chair, Department of Medicine, 8/2009-
presentThe Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES
American Medical Women s Association 1986-present
Society of General Internal Medicine 1987-2005
American College of Physicians, Fellow 1988-present
Rhode Island Medical Society 1989-present
Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 1989-present
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, Secretary/Treasurer 1990-1992
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, Vice President 1992-1994
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, President-elect 1995-1997
*Society of Obstetric Medicine, President 1997-2002
North American Society of Obstetric Medicine
Executive Committee 2002-present
International Society of Obstetric Medicine
North American Rep to Exec Board 2003-6/2006
President 7/2006-present
American College of Physician Executives 3/2006-present
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PUBLICATIONS LIST
ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
41. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. The role of obstetric medicine in
holistic
care; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; March, 2009; 2(1):1.
42. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Reply to: First issue of Obstetric
Medicine;
Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; March, 2009; 2(1):44.
43. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, Obstetric Medicine: Bridging
the
Gap; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; June, 2009; 2(2):45.
44. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, Training in Obstetric
Medicine: A
Global Issue; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; September, 2009; 2(3):91.
45. Lambert-Messerlian GM, Palomaki GE, Neveux LM, Chien E, Friedman A, Rosene-
Montella K, Hayes M, Canick JA: Early onset preeclampsia and second trimester serum
markers, Prenatal Diagnosis, December, 2009; 29(12):1109-1117.
46. Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C, Rosene-Montella K. Editorial, The Undervalued Case Report;
Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; December, 2009; 2(4):133.
47. Bourjeily G, Paidas M, Khalil H, Rosene Montella K, Rodger M: Pulmonary Embolism in
Pregnancy. The Lancet, February, 2010; 375: 500-512.
48. Rosene-Montella K, Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C. Editorial, The growing importance of
medical problems in pregnancy; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; March,
2010; 3(1):1.
49. Rosene-Montella K, Lowe S, Nelson-Piercy C. Editorial, Elections, health reform, and
rationing; Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy; June, 2010; 3(2):47.
OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
1. Medical Emergencies, Toxic Shock Syndrome, University of Washington and Virginia
Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, June 1985.
2. Medical Topics for OB-GYN Practitioners, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,
October 1986.
3. Office GYN for Primary Care MDs, University of Washington & Virginia Mason
M
Copyright, 1999.
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS