Amos Grunebaum

Amos Grunebaum (January 27, 1950 - present) is one of the top US obstetricians and gynecologists.Fact|article|date=June 2007 His subspecialty is in maternal-fetal medicine, which is also known as "high-risk pregnancy".

Early life

Dr. Grunebaum was born on January 27, 1950 in Haifa, Israel. In 1953 his family moved to Cologne, Germany. From 1956 to 1960, Dr. Grunebaum attended the Westerwaldschule in Cologne, Germany, then entered Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium [ [http://www.fwg-forum.de/ Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium] ] in Cologne in 1960 and attended medical school at the University of Cologne in Germany from 1968 to 1975.

From 1978 to 1982 he did his residency in Obstetrics and gynaecology at the Downstate Medical Center, and the Kings County Hospital Medical Center [ [http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/hhc/html/facilities/kings.shtml HHC - Kings County Hospital Center ] ] in Brooklyn, New York, and in 1984 he completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the same institution.

In 1994 Dr.Grunebaum appeared in his only Hollywood movie, The Paper by Ron Howard, where he played an obstetrician.

Dr. Grunebaum is presently the Director of Obstetrics and the Chief of Labor and Delivery at the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center which is part of the Weill Cornell Medical College and the New York Presbyterian Medical Center. Until 2005 he was also the Director of the WebMD Fertility Center and in charge of the WebMD TTC (Trying To Conceive) message board.

His BabyMed website [ [http://www.babymed.com/ BabyMed] ] is one of the most popular websites for fertility and pregnancy with many million hits per months. Dr. Grunebaum also formulated the best-selling FertilAid Supplements [ [http://www.fertilaid.com/ FertilAid Supplements] ] and co-wrote a book with Dr. Ruth Westheimer called "Dr. Ruth's Guide to Sex During Pregnancy".

References

*Grunebaum A, Chervenak FA. The baby or the bathwater: which one should be discarded? J Perinat Med. 2004;32(4) PMID 15346813.
*Birnbach DJ, Matut J, Stein DJ, Campagnuolo J, Drimbarean C, Grunebaum A, Kuroda MM, Thys DM. The effect of intrathecal analgesia on the success of external cephalic version. Anesth Analg. 2001 Aug;93(2):410-3, 4th contents page. PMID 11473871
*Stein DJ, Birnbach DJ, Danzer BI, Kuroda MM, Grunebaum A, Thys DM. Acupressure versus intravenous metoclopramide to prevent nausea and vomiting during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section. Anesth Analg. 1997 Feb;84(2):342-5. PMID 9024025
*Birnbach DJ, Stein DJ, Grunebaum A, Danzer BI, Thys DM. Cocaine screening of parturients without prenatal care: an evaluation of a rapid screening assay. Anesth Analg. 1997 Jan;84(1):76-9. PMID 8989003
*Sackoff J, Kline J, Kinney A, Grunebaum A. Cocaine use in obstetric patients underreported. Am J Public Health. 1992 Jul;82(7):1043. PMID 1609909
*Grunebaum A, Minkoff H, Blake D. Pregnancy among obstetricians: a comparison of births before, during, and after residency. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1987 Jul;157(1):79-83. PMID 3605271
*Grunebaum AN, Minkoff H. Twin gestation and perinatal follow-up in a woman with severe chronic renal failure managed without dialysis. A case report. J Reprod Med. 1987 Jun;32(6):463-5. PMID 3612637
*Minkoff H, Grunebaum A, Feldman J, Cummings M, McCormack WM. Relationship of vaginal pH and Papanicolaou smear results to vaginal flora and pregnancy outcome. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1987 Feb;25(1):17-23. PMID 2883041.
*Grunebaum AN, Minkoff H, Schwarz RH, Schiffman G. Pneumococcal polysaccharide antibody levels in patients with term and preterm pregnancies. Obstet Gynecol. 1986 Oct;68(4):483-7. PMID 3748496.
*Delke I, Minkoff H, Grunebaum A. Effect of Lamaze childbirth preparation on maternal plasma beta-endorphin immunoreactivity in active labor. Am J Perinatol. 1985 Oct;2(4):317-9. PMID 2932121.
*Minkoff H, Grunebaum A, McCormack WM, Schwarz RH. Relationship of vaginitis to the sex of conceptuses. Obstet Gynecol. 1985 Aug;66(2):239-40. PMID 3895073.
*Minkoff H, Schaffer RM, Delke I, Grunebaum AN. Diagnosis of intracranial hemorrhage in utero after a maternal seizure. Obstet Gynecol. 1985 Mar;65 (3 Suppl):22S-24S. PMID 3883270
*Minkoff H, Grunebaum AN, Schwarz RH, Feldman J, Cummings M, Crombleholme W, Clark L, Pringle G, McCormack WM. Risk factors for prematurity and premature rupture of membranes: a prospective study of the vaginal flora in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1984 Dec 15;150(8):965-72. PMID 6391179.
*Grunebaum AN, Minkoff H, Schwarz RH, Schiffman G. The relationship of maternal antibody levels to post-cesarean section endometritis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1983 Dec 15;147(8):919-22. PMID 6650628
*Grunebaum AN, Sedlis A, Sillman F, Fruchter R, Stanek A, Boyce J. Association of human papillomavirus infection with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Obstet Gynecol. 1983 Oct;62(4):448-55. PMID 6310463
*Grunebaum AN, Sedlis A. Adenomatoid tumor of the uterus simulating interstitial pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 1982 Jun;59 (6 Suppl):87S-8S. PMID 7088436
*Siegler AM, Grunebaum A. The 100th anniversary of tubal sterilization. Fertil Steril. 1980 Dec;34(6):610-3. PMID 7004916