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Sarah Obican, MD

Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Education

  • MD, Medicine, University of Miami, 2006

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs

  • Women & Children's Health

Awards/Honors

  • F.Clark Fraser (New Investigator Award - 2015)
  • Chu C,Obican S,Scottish Obstetrics & Gynaecology Case History Prize (Medical Students (Mentor Role) - 2013)
  • Allan B Weingold Award (Administrative Leadership & Teaching - 2010)
  • OutstandingSecond Year (Resident Award - 2008)
  • Baldrige Award (George Washington University Hospital - 2008)
  • Golden Apple (Teaching Award - 2008)
  • College Gold Circle Award (Journalism - 2000)

Recent Publications

  • Louis-Jacques AF, Obican S, Nguyen T, Odibo A. Prenatal diagnosis of aortopulmonary window associated with aberrant subclavian artery. Cardiology in the Young. : 1-3, 2017.
  • Levin HI, Sciscione A, Ananth CV, Drassinower D, Obican SG, Wapner RJ. Activity restriction and risk of preterm delivery(). The Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine. : 1-5, 2017.
  • Drassinower D, Friedman AM, Običan SG, Levin H, Gyamfi-Bannerman C. Prolonged latency of preterm prelabour rupture of membranes and neurodevelopmental outcomes: a secondary analysis. BJOG : An international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. , 2016.
  • Drassinower D, Friedman AM, Običan SG, Levin H, Gyamfi-Bannerman C. Prolonged latency of preterm premature rupture of membranes and risk of neonatal sepsis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 214(6) : 743.e1-6, 2016.
  • Drassinower D, Friedman AM, Običan SG, Levin H, Gyamfi-Bannerman C. Prolonged latency of preterm premature rupture of membranes and risk of cerebral palsy (.). The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 29(17) : 2748-52, 2016.
  • Obican SG, Khodak-Gelman S, Elmi A, Larsen JW, Friedman AM. First trimester dating by fetal heart rate assessment: a comparison with crown-rump length measurement. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 28(1) : 68-70, 2015.
  • Brohl AS, Li L, Andikyan V, Običan SG, Cioffi A, Hao K, Dudley JT, Ascher-Walsh C, Kasarskis A, Maki RG. Age-stratified risk of unexpected uterine sarcoma following surgery for presumed benign leiomyoma. The oncologist. 20(4) : 433-9, 2015.
  • Drassinower D, Friedman AM, Levin H, Običan SG, Gyamfi-Bannerman C. Does magnesium exposure affect neonatal resuscitation? American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 213(3) : 424.e1-5, 2015.
  • Običan S, Brock C, Berkowitz R, Wapner RJ. Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction. Clinical obstetrics and gynecology. 58(3) : 574-84, 2015.
  • Običan SG, Small A, Smith D, Levin H, Drassinower D, Gyamfi-Bannerman C. Mode of delivery at periviability and early childhood neurodevelopment. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 213(4) : 578.e1-4, 2015.
  • Brock CO, Brohl AS, Običan SG. Incidence, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome. Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews. 105(3) : 201-8, 2015.
  • Drassinower D, Običan SG, Siddiq Z, Heller D, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Friedman AM. Does the clinical presentation of a prior preterm birth predict risk in a subsequent pregnancy? American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 213(5) : 686.e1-7, 2015.
  • Običan SG, Cleary KL. Pulmonary arterial hypertension in pregnancy. Seminars in perinatology. 38(5) : 289-94, 2014.
  • Uriu-Adams JY, Obican SG, Keen CL. Vitamin D and maternal and child health: overview and implications for dietary requirements. Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews. 99(1) : 24-44, 2013.
  • Hyoun SC, Običan SG, Scialli AR. Teratogen update: methotrexate. Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology. 94(4) : 187-207, 2012.
  • Obican SG, Jahnke GD, Soldin OP, Scialli AR. Teratology public affairs committee position paper: iodine deficiency in pregnancy. Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology. 94(9) : 677-82, 2012.
  • Li Q, Hankin J, Wilsnack SC, Abel EL, Kirby RS, Keith LG, Obican SG. Detection of alcohol use in the second trimester among low-income pregnant women in the prenatal care settings in Jefferson County, Alabama. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 36(8) : 1449-55, 2012.
  • Običan S, Scialli AR. Teratogenic exposures. American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics. 157C(3) : 150-69, 2011.
  • Obican SG, Finnell RH, Mills JL, Shaw GM, Scialli AR. Folic acid in early pregnancy: a public health success story. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 24(11) : 4167-74, 2010.
  • Običan SG, Odibo L, Tuuli MG, Rodriguez A, Odibo A Third trimester uterine artery Doppler indices as predictors of preeclampsia and neonatal small for gestational age. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 33(20) : 3484-3489, 2020.
  • Sipe BH, Običan SG, Henderson-Jackson E, Riddle ND, Makanji R, Gonzalez RJ, Brohl AS A Case of Retroperitoneal Synovial Sarcoma in Pregnancy Treated with Antepartum Doxorubicin plus Ifosfamide Chemotherapy Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2021, 2021.
  • Alwan S, Conover EA, Harris-Sagaribay L, Lamm SH, Lavigne SV, Lusskin SI, Obican SG, Romeo AN, Scialli AR, Wisner KL. Paracetamol use in pregnancy — caution over causal inference from available data Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 18(190), 2022.
  • Katherine Pressman & Sarah Običan Congenital Anomalies in Women with Obesity Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports. , 2023.