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Chair & Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Health
Dr. Moore Simas is Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn, and Professor of Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMassMemorial Health. She is an academic specialist in general Ob/Gyn, physician-scientist, educator, advocate, and leader. She is the founding Obstetric Engagement Liaison of MCPAP for Moms, a first in nation state-wide program that enhances the capacity of front-line providers to address perinatal mental health and substance use disorders. MCPAP for Moms has impacted national policy resulting in 24 additional states or health care systems having or developing similar programs. Dr. Moore Simas is medical director of Lifeline for Moms, a program founded to provide technical assistance for others developing Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs and as a research home to further advance innovations in integrating obstetric and mental health care. She is MPI of the Lifeline for Moms National Network of Access Programs, designed to facilitate peer-learning and sharing of resources with partners and collaborators, across the U.S., and to facilitate quality improvement and program evaluation within and across Programs. Dr. Moore Simas has a federally funded research portfolio and serves her profession nationally as SASGOG’s President Elect, and on AIM’s Perinatal Mental Health and Postpartum Discharge Transitions Safety Bundle Work Groups, ACOG’s Maternal Mental Health Expert Work Group (Co-Chair) and Clinical Practice Guidelines OB Committee, and as an ABOG oral board examiner. Her academic achievements have led to well over 100 peer reviewed publications, and national presentations.
