OPQC Faculty
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Obstetric Project Clinicians
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Neonatal Project Clinicians
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Jennifer Bailit, MD, MPH
Dr. Jennifer Bailit is the Executive Director of the Women and Children’s Patient Care Unit at MetroHealth, and an Associate Professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She attended medical school at Tufts School of Medicine, and received her MPH from the University of North Carolina.
Jennifer Bailit, MD, MPH
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Dan Benscoter, DO
Dan Benscoter is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He completed medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, residency at Janet Weis Children's Hospital and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He is the medical director of the pediatric home ventilator program and the Transitional Care Center, an inpatient unit specializing in the care of children dependent on ventilator support and transitioning children and families from hospital care to home care. In addition to working with the OPQC, he focuses on quality improvement work aiming to standardize terminology, equipment and management of children with chronic respiratory failure requiring home mechanical ventilation.
Dan Benscoter, DO
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Michael Krew, MD, MS
Dr. Krew attended medical school at Northwestern University and OBGYN residency at Magee Womens’ Hospital/University of Pittsburgh. After completing his National Health Service Corps practice obligation in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Krew went on to a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at MetroHealth Medical/Case Western Reserve University. He is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. His MS degree is from Northwestern University in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Dr. Krew is the medical director of labor and delivery and associate director of the OBGYN residency at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. He is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northeastern Ohio Medical University. Dr. Krew has been in practice with Aultman Maternal-Fetal Medicine since 1992 and is a native of northeastern Ohio. Click to see his full bio.
Michael Krew, MD, MS
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Moira Crowley, MD
Moira Crowley is a neonatologist in the Division of Neonatology and Perinatal Medicine, Co-Director of the Neonatal Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program and Co-Director of Neonatology Consultative Services at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. She is Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Dr. Crowley is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine. Her special interests include ECMO, congenital diaphragmatic hernia and surgical treatment in newborns. She joined the UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital staff in 2010.
Dr. Crowley completed her undergraduate studies at Boston College, Boston, Mass. She received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass. She completed a residency in pediatrics followed by a fellowship in neonatology/perinatal medicine, both at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. Crowley has published chapters in neonatal medicine textbooks and papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national neonatal medicine meetings. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Moira Crowley, MD
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Michael Marcotte, MD
Dr. Michael Marcotte is a maternal fetal medicine specialist working as the Director of Quality and Safety for Women’s Services at TriHealth. Sixty percent of his time is spent working on system wide efforts optimizing maternal and neonatal outcomes. The rest of his effort is directed towards internal, local, state and national efforts to improve infant survival and maternal health. He has been an obstetric expert working with OPQC since 2008 and a national expert for the March of Dimes since 2013. Dr. Marcotte received is MD at the University of Toledo Medical School, formerly called the Medical College of Ohio. Click to see his full bio.
Michael Marcotte, MD
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Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Dr. Heather C. Kaplan is a neonatologist, health services researcher, and Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Kaplan attended medical school at Northwestern University and received her masters of science in clinical epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been working with the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative since 2007, using quality improvement methods to reduce preterm births and improve outcomes of newborns in Ohio and building collaborative relationships with obstetrical and neonatal care providers across the state. Click to see full bio.
Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
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Richard McClead, MD, MHA
Dr. Richard E. McClead Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Associate Chief Medical Officer Medical at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) in Columbus, Ohio. He received his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and has his Master’s in Healthcare Administration.
Richard McClead, MD, MHA
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Mona Prasad, DO, MPH
Mona Prasad, DO, MPH, is a maternal fetal medicine specialist and clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She is practicing exclusively at the McCampbell Hall STEPP Clinic.
Dr. Prasad completed her Master of Public Health in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. She earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University-Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed residency training at Ohio State. In the course of her training she was selected to be administrative chief resident, selected as the Martilla Renee Jones Award recipient, and received the College of Medicine Resident Teaching Award from the graduating medical school class of 2005.
After completing Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Ohio State, she stayed to join the faculty in the Department of Ob/Gyn. She remains active in research involving Hepatitis C and Pregnancy and Substance Abuse, is medical director of the Substance Abuse Treatment, Education and Prevention Clinic, and enjoys teaching at the medical student and resident levels. She was awarded the Nicholas Teteris, MD, Teaching Award for outstanding faculty teaching in 2011.
Mona and her husband, Matt Nawrocki, find their greatest joy in raising their young daughters, Nora and Neve. Click to see her full bio.
Mona Prasad, DO, MPH
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David McKenna, MD, RDMS
Dr. McKenna is a 1992 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH. He completed his residency in in 1996 in Obstetrics and Gynecology, with the U.S. Air Force at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and Wright State University in Dayton, OH. He received his fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine from 1996-8, at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.
Areas of special interest include the diagnosis and management of preterm labor, preeclampsia, obstetrical and gynecological sonography, neurosonography, prenatal diagnosis, clinical obstetrics and resident education. Since 2010 he has been the Principal investigator at MVH for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine network, which focuses research on improving the outcomes for pregnant women and premature babies. He has been the OPQC obstetrical lead physician at MVH, since the inception of OPQC.
Dr. McKenna is currently a clinical faculty member at Wright State University and serves as Medical Director of The Perinatal Intensive Care Unit at MVH. He also serves on various local and state projects dedicated to improving the outcomes for pregnant women and premature infants, and decreasing disparity in healthcare and infant mortality.
Dr. McKenna and his wife have three children and reside in Beavercreek, OH. Interests include cycling, snowboarding and skiing, the Boston Red Sox, and the University of Notre Dame football.
David McKenna, MD, RDMS
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Scott Wexelblatt, MD
Dr. Scott Wexelblatt is an Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Perinatal Institute; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. He is also the Medical Director of Regional Newborn Services. Dr. Wexelblatt attended medical school at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Scott Wexelblatt, MD
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Melanie Glover, MD
Dr. Glover is originally from Greenville, KY. She received her undergraduate degree in mathematics and biology from Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. She went on to earn her medical degree at the University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine.
Dr. Glover completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and her Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine through Wright State University at Miami Valley Hospital and Wright-Patterson Air Force Medical Center in Dayton, OH. While in fellowship her areas of research included proteomic markers for preterm labor and maternal psycho-social stressors in pregnancy. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and board eligible in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Dr. Glover’s areas of interest include critical care obstetrics, fetal therapy, and psychosocial complications of pregnancy, including substance dependence. She continues to be active in resident education and quality improvement initiatives in women’s health at Miami Valley Hospital.
Dr. Glover and her husband have two children and reside in Bellbrook, OH. Her outside interests include cycling, running, boating, Japanese-style karate, and pursuing fitness activities with her family.
Melanie Glover, MD
Kristin Voos, MD
Kristin Voos holds an appointment as Associate Professor of Neonatology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital-University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. She is the Director of Family Integrated Care in the NICU and the Director of the Perinatal-Neonatal Medicine fellowship program. She completed her undergraduate studies at University of Nebraska, earning a BA in Psychology. She subsequently earned her MD at the University of Kansas Medical Center and completed her residency and fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell in Pediatrics and Neonatology. Dr. Voos chaired an international committee on Patient and Family Centered Care through Academic Pediatric Association Special Interest Group. She has been presented with multiple teaching awards. Dr. Voos has published in the areas of Family-Centered Care and NICU protocols, and has special interest in Quality Improvement and clinician education.
Kristin Voos, MD
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