Kristin D. Gerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact information
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 2 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 2 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.A.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2004.
MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2014.
Ph.D. (Cancer Biology)
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2014.
Permanent linkB.A.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2004.
MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2014.
Ph.D. (Cancer Biology)
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2014.
Selected Publications
McCabe M, Srinivas SK, Gerson KD, Hirshberg A: Remote monitoring of pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19. Oral presentation at the 41st Annual Pregnancy Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Jan 2021 *held virtually due to COVID-19.Gerson KD, Gimie Y, Anton L, Elovitz MA: Microbial metabolites compromise epithelial barrier integrity: potential mechanisms by which non-optimal cervicovaginal microbiota lead to preterm birth. Oral presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation. Vancouver, BC, Mar 2020 *Conference canceled due to COVID-19.
Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Burris HH, Elovitz MA: Gardnerella vaginalis is associated with increased tryptophan metabolism in the cervicovaginal space: a potential role for microbial metabolites in spontaneous preterm birth. Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, BC, Mar 2020 *Conference canceled due to COVID-19.
Anton L, Saylany A, Brown A, Gerson KD, Elovitz MA: Gardnerella vaginalis and Mobiluncus mulieris alter vaginal epithelial cell function through immune-mediated mechanisms. Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, BC, Mar 2020 *Conference canceled due to COVID-19.
Gerson KD, Gimie Y, Anton L, Elovitz MA: Gardnerella Vaginalis promotes features of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the cervicovaginal space: novel pathways underlying premature cervical remodeling in spontaneous preterm birth. Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, BC, Mar 2020 *Conference canceled due to COVID-19.
Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Burris HH, Elovitz MA: Cervicovaginal microbiota and immune output: potential determinants of spontaneous preterm birth in black women. Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, BC, Mar 2020 * Conference canceled due to COVID-19.
Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Burris HH, Elovitz MA: Cervicovaginal microbiota and immune output: potential determinants of spontaneous preterm birth in black women. Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, BC, Mar 2020 * Conference canceled due to COVID-19.
Anton L, Gimie Y, Brown A, Gerson KD, Elovitz MA: Gardnerella vaginalis but not Lactobacillus crispatus disrupts cervical and vaginal epithelial cell function: elucidating cervicovaginal host-microbiome interactions. Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, BC, Mar 2020 *Conference canceled due to COVID-19.
Zhu KH, Young BC, Shamshirsaz AA, Espinoza J, Sanz Cortes M, Donepudi RV, Modest AM, Gerson KD, Belfort MA, Nassr AA: Outcomes of Prenatally Diagnosed Spontaneous Chorioamniotic Membrane Separation in Singleton Pregnancies: A Systematic Review of Case Series and Case Reports. Prenat Diagn 40(11):1366-1374, Oct 2020.
Gerson KD*, Haviland MJ*, Neo D, Hecht JL, Baccarelli AA, Brennan KJM, Dereix AE, Ralston SJ, Hacker MR, Burris HH. *Authors contributed equally to this work : Pregnancy-associated changes in cervical non-coding RNA expression. Epigenomics 12(12):1013-1025, Jun 2020.