Kartik Venkatesh, MD, PHD

Associate Professor

OB/GYN

Kartik Venkatesh

Academic contact

395 W 12th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210-1267

Kartik.Venkatesh@osumc.edu

Academic information

  • Department: OB/GYN
  • Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Research interests

  • Diabetes in pregnancy Reproductive infectious diseases Perinatal epidemiology Clinical predictive models in obstetrics Disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes

About

Biography

In addition to patient care, I have just as much passion and drive when it comes to research. As the director of our Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Epidemiology Program, which includes building public health research and programs to serve mothers and infants affected by high-risk pregnancies. I also direct collaborations with public stakeholders to improve outcomes for mothers and infants using evidence-based public health interventions. I have authored more than 150 scientific manuscripts focused on diabetes in pregnancy, adverse pregnancy outcomes and perinatal infectious diseases. I am the principal investigator of three federally funded studies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ECHO Ohio prospective longitudinal cohort examining the impact of maternal cardiometabolic health on long-term child neurodevelopment (UG3); the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ACHIEVE RCT studying the impact of continuous glucose monitoring, mobile applications and addressing social needs on glycemic control for Medicaid-insured pregnant individuals with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (R01); and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) DECIDE, a comparative effectiveness, patient-centered RCT, defining whether metformin is non-inferior to insulin for prevention of adverse pregnancy outcomes and safe through 2 years postpartum among >1,500 individuals with gestational diabetes and their exposed infants at 20 U.S. centers (large grant).

Credentials

Education

Fellowship - Maternal and Fetal Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
7/1/2017 - 6/30/2020
Residency - Obstetrics & Gynecology
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
6/1/2013 - 6/30/2017
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
8/1/2006 - 5/31/2013

Certifications

  • American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology-Maternal & Fetal Medicine
    4/8/2022
  • American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    1/22/2019

Research

Research interests

  • Diabetes in pregnancy Reproductive infectious diseases Perinatal epidemiology Clinical predictive models in obstetrics Disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes

Awards and honors

  • Quilligan Scholar, The Pregnancy Foundation and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • Young Investigator Award, Perinatal Research Society, 2019

Professional activities

  • Board Examiner, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG)
  • Editorial Board, Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Chair, Pregnancy and Diabetes Guidelines, World Health Organization (WHO)

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