Erica Lin Berry DO FACOG

**** ******** **** ****** *****, Texas 75077

513-***-****, adiqp5@r.postjobfree.com

Education and Medical Training

Internship & Residency 07/01/10—06/30/13

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, Maryland

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Doctor of Osteopathy 08/01/05—05/07/09

Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine

Pikeville, Kentucky

Bachelor of Science 08/01/00—05/05/04

Miami University

Oxford, Ohio

Professional Work History

Texas State Medical Board 02/01/2019-Present

Austin, Texas

-Proudly serves the state of Texas by collaborating with lead investigators and legal counsel to provide regular peer review of Texas licensed obgyn physicians in response to complaints and/or litigation proceedings.

-Performs regular, monthly review of obgyn literature and practice guidelines to ensure that all decisions rendered are aligned with evidence-based practice.

Ob Hospitalist Group 07/01/19-Present

-Serves as a full time comprehensive OBGYN hospitalist & site director for a hospitalist program with OBHG, the national leader in providing quality inpatient obstetric & gynecologic care

-Performs the daily management of 7 OB/GYN’s to ensure our team is providing excellent patient care in partnership with hospital administration and private community physicians.

-Provides on-site comprehensive obstetric & gynecologic care on night and weekends in the event that the primary hospitalist team requires additional schedule coverage

MPLT Healthcare 02/01/19-09/01/19

-Collaborated with this Locums company and provided night and weekend on-site obstetric and gynecologic hospitalist care in a high-volume tertiary care facility.

Health Care Service Corporation Medical Director 02/04/19-12/6/19

Richardson, Texas

-Serves on a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to perform medical necessity review of Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas members healthcare claims, and ensures proper utilization review of healthcare resources.

-Successfully collaborated with third party healthcare access organizations, such as OviahealthÔ in the review and careful selection of approximately 400 obstetric diagnoses to initiate enrollment of selected members into BCBS Special Beginnings program.

-Lead OB physician in the BCBS Texas market and collaborates with other obstetricians across the enterprise to provides daily communications with approximately 10 to 20 utilization management nurses to oversee all high-risk pregnancies claims for inpatient care, as well as outpatient home health services.

-Currently collaborating with company-wide obstetricians to review approximately 2,500 ICD-10 codes for inpatient obstetric and gynecologic services, along with current evidence-based guidelines. Our goal is to align evidence-based length of stay in hopes to reduce the risk of hospital-associated morbidity while optimizing cost-effective healthcare outcomes.

-Currently collaborating with Optum/Alere OB home health services company in a review of the cost-effectiveness of home infusion services and pregnancy outcomes. Our goal is to evaluate and confirm that homebound criteria is essential to the goal of reducing the economic and emotional burden of hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnancy.

-Supervises weekly high-risk OB rounds with the utilization management nursing team and reviews each case to ensure that maternal care is being provided at the most appropriate level of care, in accordance with ACOG Levels of Maternal Care designations.

Envision Physician Services OB/GYN Hospitalist 10/01/17-10/15/19

Dallas, Texas

-Collaborated with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide inpatient obstetric, gynecologic, and ER coverage at the only level IV designated maternal care center in north Texas, specializing in high risk antenatal and postpartum care

-Managed the high-risk maternal transport care from outlying underserved communities based on ACOG maternal care level designations

-Led obstetric emergency simulation training to nursing and maternal transport professionals as a certified Emergencies in Clinical Obstetrics instructor

-Collaborated with nursing leadership in the development of a placenta accreta program, and co-authored the placenta accreta patient care checklist to ensure that all current standards of care practices are applied to each patient in a consistent and cost-effective manner

Staff Obstetrician & Gynecologist 07/01/15—07/10/17

Balboa Naval Medical Center

San Diego, California

-Collaborated with a team of 15 obstetricians and 30 subspecialists as a full-time comprehensive OB/GYN, provided inpatient and outpatient care to active duty military members and dependent Tricare beneficiaries

-Mentored and instructed 24 OB/GYN residents, 70 non-categorical interns, 50 medical students, and 20 PA students in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology

-Presented and led the implementation of post-placental IUD insertion protocol to improve contraceptive access, and decrease unplanned pregnancy rates; a priority BUMED initiative

Staff Obstetrician & Gynecologist 07/15/13—06/24/15

United States Naval Hospital Okinawa

Okinawa, Japan

-Served as a comprehensive OB/GYN and provided both inpatient and outpatient care, regular call standing duties

-Hand-selected to forward mobilize to United States Naval Hospital Guam, and provided obgyn coverage during departmental staffing shortage

- Elected and served as the Japanese Intern Program Director, and conducted bi-annual presentations on program status as an executive committee member; prepared and led multiple community initiatives to maintain positive US and Okinawan relationships

-Collaborated with laboratory colleagues and led the initiative to add the ability of urine protein/creatinine ratio panel in the diagnosis of preeclampsia; a more cost-effective and patient approach in contrast to traditional diagnostic techniques.

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology 05/2017

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Bethesda, Maryland

Teaching Fellow of Obstetrics & Gynecology 07/2009

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Bethesda, Maryland

Leadership Experiences

2020-Present: Blood Utilization Committee Co-Chair, Texas Health Frisco

Teams with members of the medical and nursing leadership staff to develop & co-author obstetric massive transfusion protocol in accordance with Joint Commission and Texas AIM initiatives

Collaborates with the blood bank and L&D nursing staff to sponsor quarterly simulations of an obstetric massive transfusion protocol

Provides regular review of inpatient blood transfusions to ensure that hospital blood utilization follows evidence-based guidelines

Collaborates corporate Texas Health Resources to reorganize and update the corporate OB hemorrhage risk assessment calculator within the electronic medical record, and implement staged based OB hemorrhage order sets

2020-Present: OBGYN Department Chair, Texas Health Frisco

Elected by a peer majority vote to lead a new OBGYN department with the implementation of policies and procedures that support and guide the provision of safe, high quality healthcare to patients

Collaborates with our quality assurance department to provide continuous assessment of provider quality of care, quality control programs

Provides ongoing surveillance of the professional performance of all healthcare providers in the department to ensure the safe delivery of healthcare

Teams with L&D nursing staff and hospital leadership to create and implement emergency protocol checklists throughout L&D and mother baby units

2020-Present: Quality Outcomes Patient Safety Committee Member, Texas Health Frisco

Serves on this interdisciplinary committee to provide a forum for departments to present performance improvement projects, patient safety reports

Members of this committee identify opportunities for performance improvement to high-risk processes, and recommend changes to operations by utilizing evidence-based best practice guidelines

2020-Present: Medical Executive Committee Member, Texas Health Frisco

Collaborates with departmental physician leaders throughout the hospital on this governing committee of the medical staff accountable to the Board of Trustees

Member duties include oversight of credentials approval, performance improvement activities, coordinating departmental initiatives, and establishment of policies that promote safe, high-quality healthcare

2016-Present: ALPP Certified Lactation Consultant

Led the Naval Medical Center OB/GYN department to achieve and maintain Baby Friendly Hospital certification status

Mentored nurses, residents and medical students regarding lactation support, and cultivated a culture breastfeeding awareness and increase rates of breastfeeding at time of hospital discharge

Collaborated with lactation consultants to provide comprehensive lactation support to patients in both outpatient and inpatient setting

2016-2017: IMES Sub-Committee Co-Chair, NMCSD

Managed a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals that performed analysis and utilization review of 6,000 formulary line items in the regional consolidation pharmaceutical formularies, increased beneficiary access and reduced Tricare utilization of the high-cost retail network

Led the addition of newly approved contraceptives, Kyleena™ IUD and Ella to hospital formulary, to improve contraceptive access

2015-2017: Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee Member, NMCSD

Managed and monitored the annual review of inpatient and outpatient pharmaceutical stock to ensure safety and efficacy of medications available to patients

Led the annual departmental review and update of all inpatient obstetric and gynecologic patient order sets in preparation for Joint Commission inspection

Collaborated with nursing informatics in the review of 2700 deliveries, and presented findings of a 1.7% postpartum readmission rate, superior to the national rate; and provided a blueprint for improvements in hypertension and antibiotic order sets.

2015-2017: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Focus Group Director, NMCSD

Collaborated with residents and faculty members to review and update the evidence-based perinatal care protocols within the department

Presented current protocols for utilization review to provide both cost-effective and evidence-based care

Monitored the annual review of departmental obstetric emergency checklists with a team of colleagues and residents

2014-2015: Japanese Intern Program Director United States Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan

Managed and mentored six Japanese physicians, provided medical education, supervised their clinical rotations, and ensured their success in applying to US residency programs

Led a team of physician colleagues to prepare the Japanese physicians for US training programs, which led to 100% acceptance rate to first choice programs

Collaborated with fellow medical staff and hospital executive leadership, organized clinical rotations, performed regular review of clinical performance

2013-2015: Ethics Committee Member United States Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan

Served with a team of physician and nursing colleagues, evaluated and ensure that ethical principles in medicine applied to ethically complex clinical situations in order to provide the highest standard of healthcare

Presented a case an annual Grand Rounds regarding the maternal right to refusal of Hepatitis B vaccine to her neonate after birth, in the setting of chronic maternal Hepatitis B infection

2013-2015: Blood Utilization & Tissue Review Committee Member Okinawa, Japan

Served with members of the medical and nursing staff to perform monthly review of all blood products administered within the hospital

Led the implementation of an obstetric massive transfusion protocol based on recent updates in Joint Commission patient safety initiatives, and regularly monitored utilization of the protocol

Planned obstetric emergency simulation exercises in which transfusion services were implemented to ensure cohesive patient care during clinical emergencies

2013-2017: OB/GYN JAG Consultant, US Navy

Collaborated with Judge Advocate General in the regular review of patient medical records related to unanticipated clinical outcomes, and provided recommendations regarding standard of care expectations

Licensure and Certifications

Emergencies in Clinical Obstetrics Instructor, 2017-Present

Texas State Medical License, Active 2017-Present

Board Certified, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG), 2016

Academy of Lactation Policy & Practice Certified Lactation Consultant (ALPP), 2016

Professional Memberships

American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)

Society of OBGYN Hospitalists (SOGH)

Academy of Lactation Policy & Practice (ALPP)

Honors & Awards

Navy Achievement Medal, 2017

Navy Achievement Medal, 2015

Joint Forces Achievement Service Medal, 2013

NCC Resident Research Day Outstanding Case Report Presentation Award, 2012

NCC Resident Research Day Basic Science Research Presentation Award, 2011

ACOG Armed Forces District National Outstanding Poster Award, 2010

Research and Publications

Berry E, Farrell M. The management of borderline ovarian tumors in young nulliparous women. The Foundation for Excellence in Women’s Health. November, 2017.

Berry E, Iqbal S. HELLP syndrome at 17 weeks: a rare and catastrophic phenomenon. Journal of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics, Journal of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics. November, 2014; 3(4):147-150.

Miami University Zoology Department

Student Research Assistant, 2004

Data and results contributed to following publications:

1. Acute vascular responses to isometric handgrip exercise and effects of training in persons medicated for hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2006 Oct;291(4):H1797-802. Epub 2006 Apr 28.

2. Isometric handgrip training improves local flow-mediated dilation in medicated hypertensives. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2006 Nov;98(4):355-62. Epub 2006 Aug 18. Erratum in: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2008 May;103(2):251.

3. Isometric handgrip training does not improve flow-mediated dilation in subjects with normal blood pressure. Clin Sci (Lond). 2007 Jun;112(7):403-9.

Abstracts/Presentations

Berry, EL. Comprehensive Review of OB/GYN Department Postpartum Readmission Rates in 2015-2016. Naval Medical Center San Diego, Obstetrics & Gynecology Focus Group Meeting, September 2016.

Berry, EL. Electrophysiology and Electrosurgical Principles in Clinical Practice. Naval Medical Center San Diego, Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds, March 2016.

Berry EL. The controversial birth plan: patient autonomy versus physician ethical obligation. Ethics Grand Rounds, Okinawa Japan, September 2014.

Berry EL. The female infertility patient; A cased-based learning approach to infertility evaluation & management. Japanese Intern OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Okinawa, Japan, October 2013.

Berry EL. The intrauterine device; a historical perspective and current trends. Chief Resident Grand Rounds, Bethesda, Maryland, March 2013.

Berry EL, Hudson K, Page-Ramsey S. Bafa Bafa: Huh? Revitalizing and old game to create a new generation of culturally sensitive students. APGO Faculty Development Seminar, Maui, Hawaii January 2013.

Johnson EL. HELLP Syndrome at 18 weeks Gestation; A Rare and Catastrophic Phenomenon. Poster Presentation. ACOG Armed Forces District Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2012.

Johnson EL. HELLP Syndrome at 18 weeks Gestation: A Case Report. Resident Research Day Presentation. NCC Uniformed Services Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 17th Annual Robert C. Park Resident Research Day, Bethesda, MD, May 2012.

Johnson EL, Oliver KE, Farley, JH. Associates of Inhibition of Endogenous Ligand Binding to the EGFR and Cervical Cancer Response. Study Presentation. ACOG Armed Forces District Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2011.

Johnson EL, Oliver KE, Farley, JH. Associates of Inhibition of Endogenous Ligand Binding to the EGFR and Cervical Cancer Response. Study Presentation. NCC Uniformed Services Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 16th Annual Robert C. Park Resident Research Day, Bethesda, MD, May 2011.

Johnson EL, Farley JH and Stany MP. Primary Peritoneal Carcinosarcoma of Bowel Mesenteric Origin: A Report of Two Cases. Poster Presentation. ACOG Armed Forces District Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 2010.

Johnson EL, Oliva J, Farley JH and Stany MP. Primary Peritoneal Carcinosarcoma of Bowel Mesenteric Origin: A Report of Two Cases. Case Presentation. NCC Uniformed Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 15th Annual Robert C. Park Resident Research Day, Bethesda, MD, May 2010.

Johnson EL. Pelvimetry Revisited: A Case Report. Case Presentation. Navy Intern Research Day. NCC Uniformed Services Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, September, 2009.

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