CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Jason H. Collins, M.D., MSCR
BIRTHDATE: November 3, 1953
BIRTHPLACE: New Orleans, Louisiana
MARRIED: Candace C. Collins, M. D.
CHILDREN: Caroline R. Collins, Catherine M. Collins, Jason Haydel Collins, III
EDUCATION: Undergraduate:
Tulane University 1971 to 1975
Graduate:
Tulane University Medical Center 1975- 1980
Post Graduate:
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York
Internship 1980-1981
Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
OB/GYN Residency 1981 – 1984
Masters of Clinical Research – 2011 Tulane Medical Ctr
LICENSURE: Louisiana, 1987 L#015771
HONORS: P.H. Jones Memorial Scholarship, Louisiana State Medical Society, 1976-1980
1976, Rudolph Matas Medical History Prize Paper
2015 City Business Health Care Heroes
SOCIETIES:
Louisiana State Medical Society, 1985-2000
New Orleans Obstetrical Gynecologic Society
St. Tammany Parish Medical Society, 1985- 2000
Southern Medical Association, 1985-2000
HOSPITAL
COMMITTIES:
SMH- Women’s Center Operations Committee Chairman 1988-1989
SMH- Women’s Regional Center Co- Director, 1985, 1986, 1987
SMH- Laser Advisory Committee, 1986- 1987
SMH- Pharmacy & Therapeutics, 1986 -1988
SMH- Blood and Tissue Use Committee, 1988, 1989, Chairman
SMH- Library Committee, 1987-1988
SMH- Quality Assurance Committee, 1988, 1989
Northshore Medical Center, OB/GYN, 1990 Chairman
Northshore Medical Center, OB/GYN, 1998 Chairman
Northshore Medical Center, 2000 Medical Staff President
Northshore Medical Center, OB/GYN, 2007 Chairman
Northshore Medical Center, OB/GYN, 2008 Chairman
PROFESSIONAL
COMMITTEES: Medical Advisory Board
Multimedia Medical Systems, 1994-1996
Coordinating Council on Telemedicine and Distant
Education, State of Louisiana, Office of the Govenor
1998
MEDICAL
PUBLICATIONS:
Sudden Paralysis in Pregnancy Due to Spinal Cord Vascular Accidents, Journal of the Louisiana (Author) State Medical Society, January 1986, Pg. 44-48
Infective Endocarditis Presenting with a Pneumothorax in a Patient 32 weeks Pregnant, Journal of the Louisiana State (Author) Medical Society, May 1985, Pg. 60-63
Severe Uterine Hemorrhage from Blastomycosis of the Endometrium, (Co-Author) journal of Reproductive Medicine. March 1987, Pg. 247-249
Nuchal Cord, a Definition and a Study Associating Placental Location and Nuchal Cord Incidence, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, July 1991.
Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Transdermal Estradiol System, Jason H. Collins, M.D. (Co-Author) Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, March 1989, Vo. 20.
The Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Lumbar Bone Density in Pre-Menopausal Women, (Co-Author), Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Journal Louisiana State Medical Society, VO. 140, September, 1989, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Abnormalities: A Triple Knot and Torsion of the Umbilical Cord, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J. Obstet Gyn, July 1993, Vol. 169, Pg. 103-104.
Two Cases of Multiple Umbilical Cord Abnormalities: Resulting in Stillbirth: Prenatal Observation With Ultrasonography and Fetal Heart Rates, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J Obstet Gyn, January 1993, Vol. 168, Pg. 125-128.
Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Torsion With Subsequent Premature Labor and Delivery of a 31 week Infant With Mild Nonimmune Hydrops. Am J Obstet Gyn Vol. 172, No. 3, Pg. 1048-49.
Nuchal Cords: Timing of Prenatal Diagnosis and Duration, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J. Obstet Gyn, 1995: 173:168
Nuchal Cord Type A and B, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J. Obstet Gyn, 1997, 176: Pg 94.
Dynamics of Cardiovascular responses to repeated partial umbilical cord compression in late-gestation sheep fetus.J H Collins M.D. co-author American Journal of Physiology 1997 H323-7.11.
Changes in ACTH and cortisol responsivness following repeated partial umbilical cord occlusions in the late gestaton ovine fetus. J H Collins M.D. co-author Endocrinology 1997
The Human Umbilical Cord. J H Collins MD. Seminars in Perinatology 2002 ;Vol 26, Pg.79-82 (NICHD workshop on Stillbirth )
Umbilical Cord Accidents. J H Collins MD, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012, 12 (Suppl 1) A7 http/www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/12/S1/A7.
Umbilical Cord Accidents and Litigation. J H Collins MD, MSCR. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.siny.2014.08.008
PUBLICATIONS: Telemedicine - Multimedia System Delivers Obstetrics Into the Digital Age, May 1996, Pg. 23-28.
OBG Management - How To Be In Two Places At Once: Multimedia OB, May 1996, Pg. 42.
OB GYN News - Ob. Offers Remote Bedside Manner, Vol. 31, No. 11, June, 1996, Pg. 34.
Computers & Medicine - Telemedical OB Delivers Results, Easing Anxieties - Vol. 25, Number 9, Pg. 3.
Global Telemedicine Report - Telemedicine For Prenatal Care, July 1995, Pg. 1, 5-6.
MD. News - Telemedicine: The Evolution of Medicine, Feb. 1997.
TeleHealth World – Vol 1, #1, 2008 - Telehealth and Troubled Pregnancies.
LETTERS:
An Association Between Placental Location and Nuchal Cord Occurrence. Am J. of OB/Gyn, Vol. 167, No. 2, Pg. 570-571, Aug. 1992.
First Report: Prenatal Diagnosis of a True Knot. Am J of OB/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 6, Part 1, Dec. 1991.
First Report: Prenatal Diagnosis of Long Cord. Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 6 Part 1, Dec. 1991.
The Short Umbilical Cord. Am J of OB/Gyn, Jan. 1992.
Giacomello’s Observation and Nuchal Cords. Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 6, Pg. 1895, Dec. 1991.
Fetal Hiccups and the Umbilical Ring. Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 4, Pg. 1161, Oct. 1991.
A photographic look at Umbilical Cord Vessel Variation, Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 172, No. 2, Pg. 718-***-****
Umbilical cord compression, persistent pulmonary hypertension,and placental villous hypervascularity.Am J of Ob/Gyn,Vol.177,No.5,Pg. 127*-**-****
Umbilical cord accidents-Time of death.Am J of Ob/Gyn,Vol 177,No.6,Pg. 156*-**-****
Umbilical cord accident-Time of death cont’d. Am J of Ob/Gyn,Vol 179,No.1,Pg.275 1998
Food Poisoning in Pregnancy Leading to Stillbirth. The Female Patient. July; 2002
MEDICAL
PRESENTATIONS:
Prenatal Diagnosis of Umbilical Cord Complications and Their Management, 160 Cases, District VII, ACOG, Nov. 13, 1991, Puerta La Varta, Mexico.
Silent Risk, Issues About the Human Umbilical Cord Presented to the Tulane Obstetric and Gynecologic Society,1997 New Orleans,LA
Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Study Group on the Placenta / Paper Presentation
The Human Umbilical Cord
October, 1999 London, UK
Silent Risk Issues about the Human Umbilical Cord
Grand Rounds / Dept OB/GYN
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Tallahassee, FL May 2003
Silent Risk Issues about the Human Umbilical Cord,
FHR Patterns due to Umbilical Cord Compression
2002: Advanced Regional Fetal Heart Monitoring
Conference; Lourdes Hospital – Peducah, KY
Umbilical Cord Accidents
Grand Rounds,
Mercy Hospital/Unity Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN January 2003
Umbilical Cord Accidents
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Grand Rounds, Women’s Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA April 2003
Umbilical Cord Accidents
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Grand Rounds, Baylor Med Ctr
Dallas, TX, September 2003
Umbilical Cord Accidents
Grand Rounds, Seton Hospital
Austin TX, October 2003
Umbilical Cord Accidents
Grand Rounds, Iowa Health Ctr
DesMoines IA, March 2004
Umbilical Cord Accidents
Savanah Perinatal Group
Savanah GA, May 2004
Umbilical Cord Accidents
Grand Rounds, St Alexius Hospital
Bismark ND, June 2004
PRESENTATIONS:
AIC Conferences
December 6-7, 1995, San Francisco, CA, “Build and Deploy a Telemedicine Infrastructure”.
Obstetrical Multimedia Telemedicine
Global Business Research
June 19-21, 1996, Chicago, Ill,
“Telemedicine 2000”.
Obstetrical Multimedia Telemedicine
Global Business Research
August 22-23, 1996, Chicago, ILL,
“Telehomecare”
Fourth Annual Telemedecine 2000
February 19-20, 1998
Orlando,FL “Home Fetal Monitoring”
Technology 2000/ NASA Technology Transfer
Composite Obstetrical Forceps
Miami,FL November 1999
NASA Medical Technology Summit
Composite Obstetrical Forceps
Pasedena, California February 2003
POSTERS:
Umbilical Cord Anomalies: Fetal Hiccup as a Barometer, Amsterdam, 5-12/15-92, III European Congress of Perinatal Medicine.
Ultrasound Measurement and Characterization of the Umbilical Cord, Ontario, Canada 8-25/28-92, Society for Fetal Physiology, Oxford, England.
Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Torsion. Society for Fetal Physiology, Oxford, England - London, May 1993.
Prenatal Diagnosis of Umbilical Cord Abnormalities, 400 cases, Southern Medical Association, 1993, New Orleans.
Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Torsion, Southern Medical Association, 1993, New Orleans.
Nuchal cord Type A and Type B. Society for Fetal Physiology 1997, Rome,Italy
Umbilical Cord Accidents-Time of death. Society for Fetal
Physiology 1998, UCLA Conference Center LA,CA
Umbilical Cord Accidents-Time of Death . The Fetus As a Patient XV International Congress 1999,Cornell Univ Med Ctr NY,NY
Stillbirth Associated Umbilical Cord Accident and Subsequent Pregnancy. APCMFM 2005 P17 pg 28 Hong Kong, China
Home Fetal Monitoring via the Internet, FPNS 2006, Cambridge, UK
Home Fetal Monitoring via the Internet, FPNS 2007 Sindai,Japan
STUDIES:
Ongoing: The Perinatal Umbilical Cord Project PPUCP) 1987 - Present, 1,000 cases studied.
Corometrics Corporation -Completed study: Home non-stress test for infants/using telemetry prenatally diagnosed with nuchal cord entanglement.
Utah Medical Corporation - Completed study: Adapters to fetal monitoring with air tocometers. (Hewitt Pack-Corometrics).
Prospective Evaluation of 25 patients preferring, Premarin vs Estraderm Ciba Geigy: CMRI Clinical Studies #1.
Ciba Geigy, Estraderm vs Premarin CMRI Clinical Studies, Study #2.
Prospective Evaluation of 30 Amenorrheic Females and Cholesterol Level/Pvt Study.
Relationship of Microbial Metabolism to Myeloperoxidase-mediated Chemiluminescence and Bacteriocidal Action. Abstract 1977, Amer Soc for Microbiology.
ACTH and Cortisol (F) Responses To Repeated Partial Umbilical Cord Occlusions (UCOs) In The Late Gestation Sheep Fetus, N. Unno, D. A. Giussani, J. H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz, et al. Abstract 1995, Society For Gynecologic Investigation.
Fetal Metabolic Responses to Repeated, Partial (50%)
Umbilical Cord Compression (UCC) In Sheep, N. Unno, D.A. Giussani, J.H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz et al. Abstract 1996, Society for Gynecologic Investigation.
Cardiovascular Responses To Repeated, Partial Umbilical Cord Occlusions (UCO) In The Chronically-Instrumented Sheep Fetus, D.A. Giussani, N. Unno, J. H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz, et al. Abstract 1995, Society for Gynecologic Investigation.
Spectral Analysis Of The Ovine Fetal Electrocardiogram (ECOG) During Repeated Partial Umbilical Cord Occlusions (UCOs), N. Unno, D.A. Giussani, J.H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz, et al. Abstract 1995, Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Forums https://medstro.com/groups/nejm-group-open-forum/discussions/112 NEJM Ask the Author & Experts: A NICE Delivery--The Cross-Atlantic Divide over Treatment Intensity in Childbirth – June 3-7 2015
Innermost Learning Conference September 9 2015
Umbilical Cord Accidents 2015
https://vimeo.com/140048537
BOOKS Silent Risk Issues about the Human Umbilical Cord
2014, 2nd edt. (Amazon.com)
They Were Still Born Edit. Jan Atlas 2010 (Amazon.com)
Manuscripts UCA -2002 web based 1999 – lecture 2004-update-2010 ]
INVENTIONS: Collins’ Umbilical Clamp-Patented #1
Collins’ Umbilical Clamp-Patented #2
Collins’ Laser Speculum-Patented #1
Collins’ Laser Speculum-Patented #2
Collins’ Diagnostic Speculum Patented #1
Collins’ Fiber Optic Fetal Monitor Garment
Collins Instrumented Forceps - NASA Tech Transfer Space Act Agreement/Completed
Collins’ Digital Enhancement of Black and White Ultrasound Imaging, NASA Tech Transfer Space Act Agreement, Completed.
SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONS: Boston Club
New Orleans, LA
COMPANIES:
Pregnancy Institute (501C-3)
Medical Research Corp.
President 1996-
Medical Positions: Medical Director 2011-2014
Angola Penitentiary. Louisiana