Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Dept of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Yale-New Haven Hospital
333 Cedar Street, FMB 308
New Haven, CT 06520-8063
Tel: (203) 785-5682
Fax: (203) 785-3419 christian.pettker@yale.edu
Dr. Pettker graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University (1995) and subsequently gained experience in teaching at Eton College in England under an Annenberg Fellowship. He received his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (2000) and completed his Ob/Gyn residency at New York–Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia University) (2004). Following this, he joined Yale as a fellow in Maternal–Fetal Medicine (2007) and is now on the faculty as an Assistant Professor.
Research
Dr. Pettker’s research interests relate to clinical and outcomes–based research, particularly in labor and delivery. With Dr. Edmund Funai, he has worked on developing and studying the comprehensive patient safety program at Yale, which has demonstrated significant improvements in obstetrical adverse outcome rates. His work continues to focus on patient safety efforts as well as risk/adverse outcome perception in obstetrics.
He also has contributed to the Section’s research in prematurity and preterm birth, particularly with respect to inflammation and infection.
Clinical
Dr. Pettker’s clinical interests include the management of labor and delivery as well as ultrasound, genetics and prenatal diagnosis.
Selected Publications
Pettker CM, Norwitz ER, Buhimschi CS, Raab CA, Thung SF, Copel JA, Kuczynski E, Lockwood CJ, Funai EF. Impact of a comprehensive patient safety strategy on obstetric adverse events. Am J Obstet Gynecol. In press.
Pettker CM, Pocock SB, Smok DP, Lee SM, Devine PC. Transcervical Foley Catheter With and Without Oxytocin for Cervical Ripening: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111:1320–6.
Buhimschi CS, Abdel–Razeq S, Cackovic M, Pettker CM, Dulay AT, Bahtiyar MO, Zambrano E, Martin JR, Norwitz ER, Bhandari V, Buhimschi IA. Fetal heart rate monitoring patterns in women with amniotic fluid proteomic profiles indicative of inflammation. Am J Perinatol 2008;25(6):359–7
Sfakianaki AK, Buhimschi IA, Pettker CM, Magloire LK, Turan OM, Hamar BD, Buhimschi CS. Ultrasonographic evaluation of myometrial thickness in twin pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:530.e1–530.e10.
Dulay AT, Buhimschi IA, Zhao G, Luo G, Abdel–Razeq S, Cackovic VA, Pettker CM, Thung SF, Bahtiyar MO, Bhandari V, Buhimschi CS. Nucleated red blood cells are a direct response to mediators of inflammation in newborns with early–onset neonatal sepsis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008; 198(4): 426.e1–426.e9.
Buhimschi IA, Zambrano E, Pettker CM, Bahtiyar MO, Paidas M, Rosenberg VA, Thung S, Salafia CM, Buhimschi CS. Using proteomic analysis of the human amniotic fluid to identify histological chorioamnionitis. Obstet Gynecol 2008; 111(2 Part 1):403–12.
Hamar BD, Saber S, Cackovic M, Magloire L, Pettker CM, Abdel–Razeq A, Rosenberg VA, Buhimschi IA, and Buhimschi CS. Ultrasound evaluation of the uterine scar after cesarean delivery: A randomized controlled trial of one– and two–layer closure. Obstet Gynecol 2007;110(4):808–13.
Pettker CM, Buhimschi IA, Magloire LK, Sfakianaki AK, Hamar BD, Buhimschi CS. Value of placental microbial evaluation in diagnosing intra–amniotic infection. Obstet Gynecol 2007;109(2):739–49.
