Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Rita Driggers is an expert in the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He researched medicine at University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He has 18 awards "Top Doctors:Washington DC Area", "Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore", "Teaching Scholars Program", "Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology", "Outstanding Poster Presentation Award", "Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation", "Chairmans Award (Best Scientific Paper from a Teaching Hospital)", "National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education", "Founders Award (Best Scientific Paper on a Basic Science Subject in Honor of John W. Simpson, COL, MC, USA, Ret)", "Navy Commendation Medal", "Outstanding Case Report Award", "Global War on Terrorism Service Medal", "Navy Achievement Medal", "Navy Overseas Service Ribbon", "Army Achievement Medal", "National Defense Service Medal", "Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society" and "Fellow (FACOG)". Doctor Rita W. Driggers, MD is a published physician. He published 32 publications, including: 'Delaying surgery for thyroid cancer in pregnancy. A case report.'

Publications

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• Preterm induction of labor: predictors of vaginal delivery and labor curves.
• Is 40 the new 30?: Pregnancy outcomes by degree of weight gain among obesity subclasses.
• Spontaneous preterm birth in african-american and caucasian women receiving 17α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate.
• Risk of Cesarean in Obese Nulliparous Women With Unfavorable Cervix: Elective Induction vs. Expectant Management at Term.
• Obstetric Complications, Neonatal Morbidity, and Indications for Cesarean Delivery by Maternal Age.
• Timing and consequences of early term and late term deliveries.
• Intravenous Epoprostenol for Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension during Pregnancy.
• Racial Disparities in Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in HIV-1 Positive Mothers.
• Primary cesarean delivery in the United States.
• Fetal biometry: does patient ethnicity matter?
• Accuracy of Clinically Estimated Fetal Weight in Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity.
• Evaluation of the impact of resident work hour Restrictions on resident outpatient clinical experience.
• Asymmetric Large for Gestational Age Newborns in Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetes Mellitus: Is Maternal Obesity a Culprit?
• Spontaneous labor curves in women with Pregnancies complicated by diabetes.
• The impact of pre-Pregnancy body mass index on the risk of gestational diabetes.
• The 12(th) Meeting Of The Diabetes In Pregnancy Study Group Of North America (Dpsg-Na): Introduction And Overview.
• The effect of the night float rotation on annual in-training examination performance.
• To ECC or not to ECC: the question remains.
• Postpartum urinary retention.
• An amniotic fluid index < or =5 cm within 7 days of delivery in the third trimester is not Associated with decreasing umbilical arterial pH and base excess.
• Fetal anatomic and functional echocardiography: a 5-year review.
• Large fetal sacrococcygeal teratomas: could early delivery improve outcome?
• Case report: moderate hemolytic Disease of the newborn due to anti-G.
• Delaying surgery for thyroid cancer in Pregnancy. A case report.
• Isolated bilateral anophthalmia in a girl With an apparently balanced de novo translocation: 46,XX,t(3;11)(q27;p11.2).
• Case 4: obstetrical. Pulmonary sequestration.
• Non-mosaic trisomy 20 presenting at 21 weeks'' Gestation as a thoraco-abdominal mass.
• Early second trimester prenatal diagnosis of Neu-Laxova Syndrome.
• Pathogenesis of acardiac twinning: clues from an almost acardiac twin.
• Lipoprotein heterogeneity at birth: influence of Gestational age and race on lipoprotein subclasses and Lp (a) lipoprotein.
• Cephalopelvic disproportion is associated with an altered uterine conTraction shape in the active phase of labor.

Schools

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• University of Tennessee Memphis College of Medicine amp Surgery

Procedures Preformed

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• C-Section
• Sympathectomy
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
• Vaginal Delivery and VBAC

Conditions Treated

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• Breech Position
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Ectopic Pregnancy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• Obstetrics
• Gynecology

Accepted Insurances

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• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• HealthKeepers HMO
• KeyCare PPO
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Choice Advantage
• Blue Choice Network POS
• Blue Preferred PPO
• CareFirst Maryland POS
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Southern Health PPO
• Coventry Health Care of Delaware PPO
• Coventry Health Care of Virginia HMO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• GEHA
• Choice Care PPO
• Kaiser Permanente
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• One Net PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Top Doctors:Washington DC Area
• Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore
• Teaching Scholars Program
• Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Outstanding Poster Presentation Award
• Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
• Chairman’s Award (Best Scientific Paper from a Teaching Hospital)
• National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education
• Founder’s Award (Best Scientific Paper on a Basic Science Subject in Honor of John W. Simpson, COL, MC, USA, Ret)
• Navy Commendation Medal
• Outstanding Case Report Award
• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
• Navy Achievement Medal
• Navy Overseas Service Ribbon
• Army Achievement Medal
• National Defense Service Medal
• Alpha Omega Alpha – National Medical Honor Society
• Fellow (FACOG)

Education

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• National Capital Consortium
• University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Sibley Memorial Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital

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