Professor in Obstetrics & Gynecology
St Luke's University Health Network, Oregon Health & Science University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Jorge E. Tolosa MD, MSCE Is a Professor in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Past Chair of the Research Committee of the SMFM. Past Chair of the Steering Committee of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research of NIH-NICHD. Has served as a consultant for WHO and collaborated with the CDC in the US. Has worked for more than 20 years in international collaborative research and teaching, supporting academic exchange between University centers in the US and other countries, in maternal, perinatal and reproductive health. Lead for the Global Network for Perinatal & Reproductive Health, in Colombia, Thailand, India, Zimbabwe, The Philippines; Co-Director of FUNDARED-MATERNA (www.fundaredmaterna.org) in Colombia, has co-led the establishment of a basic training course in basic ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology together with ISUOG, directed to residents and other health care providers in Ob/Gyn, Family Medicine and taught for the first time in Spanish. Currently is Co-PI of a large epidemiological research project to strengthen capabilities in research in the "Departamento" (State) of La Guajira in Colombia. Home of the largest indigenous community (The Wayuu) in the country and neighboring country of Venezuela. This region reports the highest numbers of maternal deaths in the country. The project is funded by the Colombian Government (Minciencias), and FUNDARED-MATERNA, Universidad de Los Andes; in Collaboration with Universidad de La Guajira, Fundacion GRICIO and ALZAK Foundation, working with the local public health authorities- "Secretarias de Salud", and the Ministry of Health, together with St. Luke's University Health Network and Oregon Health & Science University in the US. Project focused on use of artificial intelligence techniques to characterize and quantify extreme maternal morbidity, perinatal and maternal mortality. Use of rapid tests to diagnose and then treat Syphilis and HIV; study a correlation between low birthweight and maternal anemia.
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Friday, February 10, 2023
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM