Residency
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL

Medical School
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Graduate School
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Undergraduate
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Research
     
        CREST 2017

•  Patient Education Tool About Leiomyoma (PETAL) Study
  P.Raj, D.P.Matthew, N.O.Sonn, J.Sung, A.Tsambarlis, P.White, L.Yang . A randomized controlled trial investigating patient knowledge of uterine fibroids as well as patient satisfaction with counseling. The study compares standard counseling with multimedia counseling using the DrawMD OBGYN iPad application to determine  if there is a difference in patient satisfaction and knowledge about fibroids with either form of counseling.

• The Effect of a Best-Practice Alert On The Rate of Postcesarean Thromboembolism Prophylaxis. N.O.Sonn, D.P.Matthew, P.Raj, J.Sung, A.Tsambarlis, L.Yang, P.White
  A quality improvement study that aims to increase venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients status post cesarean delivery.

• Provider Barriers To HPV Vaccination: An Educational Intervention, Part 2
  D.P.Matthew, V.C.Nanagas, N.O.Sonn, P.Raj, J.Sung, A.Tsambarlis, L.Yang, B.Boyd, P.White
  An educational intervention for health care providers in various disciplines to better understand provider barriers to providing HPV vaccinations for patients.

• Cesarean Delivery Rate Before and After The 2008 NICHD Standardized Electronic Fetal Monitoring Guidelines J.Sung, P.Raj, N.O.Sonn, D.P.Matthew, A.Tsambarlis, N.Sprawka A retrospective chart review comparing the primary cesarean delivery rate before and after the publication and implementation of the NICHD fetal heart rate classification in order to determine the impact of the new guidelines and if they changed the cesarean delivery rate.

Ongoing Research

• A Comparison of Patient Urinary Symptoms and Their Subsequent Urine Cultures
  T.J.Dune, R.Blackwell, J.Wetterlin, P.Raj, J.Sung, E.Gunnar, L.Brubaker.  An evaluation of patient urinary tract infection symptoms and how symptoms correlate with urine culture results

Oral Presentations:

• Women Get It Right: The My Pelvic Organ Prolapse Perception (MYPOPP) Study
  T.J.Dune, P.Raj, R.Blackwell, C.M.Fitzgerald, C.Brincat, E.R.Mueller, L.Brubaker
  To compare patient pelvic organ prolapse estimation and perceptions with objective pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) measures. To correlate clinical variables associated with a woman’s POP estimation. Oral presentation at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Clinical Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015

Poster Presentations

• Women Get It Right: The My Pelvic Organ Prolapse Perception (MYPOPP) Study
  T.J.Dune, P.Raj, R.Blackwell, C.M.Fitzgerald, C.Brincat, E.R.Mueller, L.Brubaker
  To compare patient pelvic organ prolapse estimation and perceptions with objective pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) measures. To correlate clinical variables associated with a woman’s POP estimation. Poster presentated at the International Urogynecological Association Annual Clinical Meeting; Nice, France, June 2015
• Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perineal Lacerations in a Diverse Urban Hospital Population
  A.Williams, J.Sung, P.Raj, C.M.Fitzgerald, C.Brincat . A diverse group of women in an urban healthcare setting were included, and while perineal lacerations are noted, they did not persist in multivariate logistic regression. Poster presented at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Clinical Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015
• Provider Barriers to HPV Vaccination: An Educational Intervention, Part 1
  D.P.Matthew, V.C.Nanagas, N.O.Sonn, P.Raj, J.Sung, L.Yang, B.Boyd, P.White
  This online educational intervention significantly improved provider comfort and confidence level in recommending HPV vaccination for their patients and knowledge of contraindications.
  Poster presented at Loyola University St. Albert’s Research Day; Maywood, Illinois, October 2014