Jennifer Kerns, MD, MPH
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology Columbia University 2008
• M.D. Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2004
• M.S. Medicine University of California, Berkeley 2002
• M.P.H. School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley 2002

Websites

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• Profile at bixbycenter.ucsf.edu (bixbycenter.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• Decision making in complicated pregnancies, NIH, 2011-2015

Publications (49)

Top publication keywords:
Congenital AbnormalitiesFetal DeathPregnancy Trimester, SecondPostnatal CareAbortion, TherapeuticPregnancy ComplicationsDilatation and CurettageAbortion, InducedUterine HemorrhagePregnancyFamily Planning ServicesAbortion, SpontaneousAbortion, EugenicGriefAttitude of Health Personnel

• Hormone-related side effects in new users of a levonorgestrel 52-mg intrauterine device.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2024 Kerns JL, Keder LM, Cwiak CA, Westhoff CL, Creinin MD
• Regional differences in maternal-fetal medicine fellows' attitudes toward abortion-related training during fellowship.
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2024 Cheng C, Byrne JJ, Hernandez BS, Michalek JE, Kerns JL, Ramsey PS, Premkumar A
• Prenatal and postpartum care during the COVID-19 pandemic: An increase in barriers from early to mid-pandemic in the United States.
  Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) 2023 Diamond-Smith N, Logan R, Adler A, Gutierrez S, Marshall C, Kerns JL
• Informal Caregiving Among Faculty at a Large Academic Health Sciences University in the United States: an Opportunity for Policy Changes.
  Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 2023 Rennels C, Murthy SG, Handley MA, Morris MD, Alldredge BK, Dahiya P, Jagsi R, Kerns JL, Mangurian C
• Society of Family Planning Clinical Recommendation: Management of hemorrhage at the time of abortion.
  Contraception 2023 Kerns JL, Brown K, Nippita S, Steinauer J

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• Levonorgestrel 52-mg Intrauterine Device Efficacy and Safety After More Than 8 Years of Use.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2023 Chen BA, Kimble T, Harris LH, Kerns JL, Olariu AI, Creinin MD
• Contraceptive care in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A social media survey of contraceptive access, telehealth use and telehealth quality.
  Contraception 2023 Merz-Herrala AA, Kerns JL, Logan R, Gutierrez S, Marshall C, Diamond-Smith N
• Quality of prenatal and postpartum telehealth visits during COVID-19 and preferences for future care.
  AJOG global reports 2022 Marshall C, Gutierrez S, Hecht H, Logan R, Kerns J, Diamond-Smith N
• Traveling to California from out of state to receive abortion services at a hospital-based clinic: A qualitative study of people's experiences.
  Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives 2022 McNamara B, Joudeh L, Corbetta-Rastelli C, Orlando M, Kerns JL
• Agency in Contraceptive Decision-Making in Patient Care: a Psychometric Measure.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Harper CC, Rao L, Muñoz I, Stern L, Kerns JL, Parra M, Chambers BD, Rocca CH
• Continuation rates of two different-sized copper intrauterine devices among nulliparous women: Interim 12-month results of a single-blind, randomised, multicentre trial.
  EClinicalMedicine 2022 Hubacher D, Schreiber CA, Turok DK, Jensen JT, Creinin MD, Nanda K, White KO, Dayananda I, Teal SB, Chen PL, Chen BA, Goldberg AB, Kerns JL, Dart C, Nelson AL, Thomas MA, Archer DF, Brown JE, Castaño …
• Abortion Stigma and Its Relationship with Grief, Post-traumatic Stress, and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life After Abortion for Fetal Anomalies.
  Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 2022 Kerns J, Cheeks M, Cassidy A, Pearlson G, Mengesha B
• Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccination Likelihood Among Reproductive-Aged Women in the United States.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2022 Gutierrez S, Logan R, Marshall C, Kerns J, Diamond-Smith N
• COVID-19's impact on contraception experiences: Exacerbation of structural inequities in women's health.
  Contraception 2021 Diamond-Smith N, Logan R, Marshall C, Corbetta-Rastelli C, Gutierrez S, Adler A, Kerns J
• Miscarriage Treatment-Related Morbidities and Adverse Events in Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and Office-Based Settings.
  Journal of patient safety 2020 Roberts SCM, Beam N, Liu G, Upadhyay UD, Leslie DL, Ba D, Kerns JL
• A randomized controlled trial of methylergonovine prophylaxis after dilation and evacuation abortion.
  Contraception 2020 Kerns JL, Pearlson G, Mengesha B, Harter K, Jackson RA, Drey EA
• Society of Family Planning clinical recommendations: Contraceptive counseling for transgender and gender diverse people who were female sex assigned at birth.
  Contraception 2020 Bonnington A, Dianat S, Kerns J, Hastings J, Hawkins M, De Haan G, Obedin-Maliver J
• "A Résumé for the Baby": Biosocial Precarity and Care of Substance-Using, Pregnant Women in San Francisco.
  Culture, medicine and psychiatry 2020 Premkumar A, Kerns J, Huchko MJ
• Second-trimester abortion attitudes and practices among maternal-fetal medicine and family planning subspecialists.
  BMC women's health 2020 Kerns JL, Turk JK, Corbetta-Rastelli CM, Rosenstein MG, Caughey AB, Steinauer JE
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Hemorrhage After Dilation and Evacuation Abortion for Fetal Death.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2019 Kerns JL, Ti A, Aksel S, Lederle L, Sokoloff A, Steinauer J
• How does Fetal Autopsy after Pregnancy Loss or Termination for Anomalies and other Complications Change Recurrence Risk?
  AJP reports 2019 Cassidy A, Herrick C, Norton ME, Ursell PC, Vargas J, Kerns JL
• Association of Facility Type With Procedural-Related Morbidities and Adverse Events Among Patients Undergoing Induced Abortions.
  JAMA 2018 Roberts SCM, Upadhyay UD, Liu G, Kerns JL, Ba D, Beam N, Leslie DL
• Decision satisfaction among women choosing a method of pregnancy termination in the setting of fetal anomalies and other pregnancy complications: A qualitative study.
  Patient education and counseling 2018 Kerns JL, Light A, Dalton V, McNamara B, Steinauer J, Kuppermann M
• Effects of Legislation Regulating Abortion in Arizona.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2018 Williams SG, Roberts S, Kerns JL
• A qualitative study of digoxin injection before dilation and evacuation.
  Contraception 2018 McNamara B, Russo J, Chaiken S, Jacobson J, Kerns J
• Effect of counseling quality on anxiety, grief, and coping after second-trimester abortion for pregnancy complications.
  Contraception 2018 Kerns JL, Mengesha B, McNamara BC, Cassidy A, Pearlson G, Kuppermann M
• Estimated versus measured blood loss during dilation and evacuation: an observational study.
  Contraception 2018 Serapio ET, Pearlson GA, Drey EA, Kerns JL
• The Experience of Genetic Counselors Working with Patients Facing the Decision of Pregnancy Termination after 24 Weeks Gestation.
  Journal of genetic counseling 2017 Graziani RNA, Nemzer L, Kerns J
• Distance Traveled for an Abortion and Source of Care After Abortion.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Upadhyay UD, Johns NE, Meckstroth KR, Kerns JL
• Correlation of Prenatal Diagnosis and Pathology Findings Following Dilation and Evacuation for Fetal Anomalies.
  Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 2016 Boecking CA, Drey EA, Kerns JL, Finkbeiner WE
• Medication Errors Despite Using Electronic Health Records: The Value of a Clinical Pharmacist Service in Reducing Discharge-Related Medication Errors.
  Quality management in health care 2016 Alex S, Adenew AB, Arundel C, Maron DD, Kerns JC
• Obesity as a Risk Factor for Complications After Second-Trimester Abortion by Dilation and Evacuation.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Lederle L, Steinauer JE, Montgomery A, Aksel S, Drey EA, Kerns JL
• Induction of fetal demise before pregnancy termination: practices of family planning providers.
  Contraception 2015 Denny CC, Baron MB, Lederle L, Drey EA, Kerns JL
• Thiamin deficiency in people with obesity.
  Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) 2015 Kerns JC, Arundel C, Chawla LS
• Grief after second-trimester termination for fetal anomaly: a qualitative study.
  Contraception 2014 Maguire M, Light A, Kuppermann M, Dalton VK, Steinauer JE, Kerns JL
• Reproductive and gynecologic health after uterine artery embolization for postabortion hemorrhage.
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2014 Rowen TS, Steinauer J, Drey EA, Light A, Conrad M, Kerns JL
• Transgender men who experienced pregnancy after female-to-male gender transitioning.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Light AD, Obedin-Maliver J, Sevelius JM, Kerns JL
• Dilation and evacuation training in maternal-fetal medicine fellowships.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Rosenstein MG, Turk JK, Caughey AB, Steinauer JE, Kerns JL
• Barriers to D&E practice among family planning subspecialists.
  Contraception 2013 Turk JK, Steinauer JE, Landy U, Kerns JL
• Maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists' provision of second-trimester termination services.
  American journal of perinatology 2012 Kerns JL, Steinauer JE, Rosenstein MG, Turk JK, Caughey AB, D'Alton M
• Women's decision making regarding choice of second trimester termination method for pregnancy complications.
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2011 Kerns J, Vanjani R, Freedman L, Meckstroth K, Drey EA, Steinauer J
• Managing chlamydia infections in young men: results from an audit of a public men's clinic in New York City.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2011 Jones HE, Pressman EJ, Bell DL, Kerns JL, Lykes ST, Garth J, Westhoff CL
• Implementation of expedited partner therapy among women with chlamydia infection at an urban family planning clinic.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2011 Kerns JL, Jones HE, Pressman EJ, Fratarelli LA, Garth J, Westhoff CL
• Characteristics of women who undergo second-trimester abortion in the setting of a fetal anomaly.
  Contraception 2011 Kerns JL, Swanson M, Pena S, Wu D, Shaffer BL, Tran SH, Steinauer JE
• Vaginal ring contraception.
  Contraception 2010 Kerns J, Darney P
• Oral contraceptives: side effects and depression in adolescent girls.
  Contraception 2007 O'Connell K, Davis AR, Kerns J
• Partner influence on early discontinuation of the pill in a predominantly Hispanic population.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2003 Kerns J, Westhoff C, Morroni C, Murphy PA
• Bleeding patterns after immediate vs. conventional oral contraceptive initiation: a randomized, controlled trial.
  Fertility and sterility 2003 Westhoff C, Morroni C, Kerns J, Murphy PA
• Quick start: novel oral contraceptive initiation method.
  Contraception 2002 Westhoff C, Kerns J, Morroni C, Cushman LF, Tiezzi L, Murphy PA