Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd
About Dr. Moore Simas
Dr. Moore Simas is the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Professor of Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health.
Dr. Moore Simas is an academic specialist in general Ob/Gyn, physician-scientist, educator, advocate, and leader. She is the founding Obstetric Engagement Liaison of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms. This first nationwide program enhances the capacity of obstetric care clinicians to address perinatal mental health and substance use disorders. MCPAP for Moms has impacted national policy and is the model on which other programs have been developed, including those funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). There currently exists 31 Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs – 29 state or regional, and 2 national programs – developed through a variety of funding mechanisms.
Dr. Moore Simas has a long-standing federally funded research portfolio through CDC, NIH, PCORI, ACOG, Perigee and other foundations, and is an author on over 150 peer-reviewed publications. She partners with and advises professional, advocacy, and governmental organizations to advance the equitable care of all pregnant and postpartum individuals. She serves her profession nationally as the Society of Academic Specialists in General Ob/Gyn’s (SASGOG) President, on ACOG’s Maternal Mental Health Expert Work Group (Co-Chair) and Clinical Practice Guidelines OB Committee, and as an American Board of Ob/Gyn (ABOG) oral examiner. She has served on the Alliance in Innovation in Maternal Health’s (AIM) Perinatal Mental Health Conditions (PMHC) and Postpartum Discharge Transitions (PPDT) Safety Bundle Work Groups, developed the PMHC Change Package with the Institute of Healthcare Innovations (IHI) as lead faculty, and will be leading her state’s perinatal quality collaborative (PQC) in implementing the AIM PMHC bundle.
Pelin Batur, MD
Meet Dr. Batur
Pelin Batur, MD, has been at the Cleveland Clinic since 1998; she works in the Department of Subspecialty Care for Women’s Health, within the Ob/Gyn Institute. She is a Professor of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Biology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Her practice is a referral resource for women with complex hormonal needs. Her areas of expertise include menopause, medically complex contraception (including menstrual migraine and menstrually associated neurologic conditions), osteoporosis, and sexual health. She has been integral to the creation of several programs within the Ob/Gyn Institute, including the Sexual Health Program, Complex Contraception Clinic, and currently the physician lead for the newly launched Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center. She also serves as the hormone liaison for multidisciplinary programs in partnership with the Cancer Institute, including the Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer as well the Young Onset Colorectal Cancer Programs.
She is actively involved in the education of medical trainees, staff physicians, and nurses and has held several educational and editorial leadership positions throughout her career. She lectures internationally to general medicine, endocrinology and gynecology specialists, and works closely with multiple national medical organizations to advance women’s healthcare and education.
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