Melissa Rosenstein, MD, MAS
Associate Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Dr. Rosenstein's academic interests include implementation science research in obstetrics, reducing unnecessary cesarean deliveries, improving birth equity in clinical outcomes and patient experience, and expanding access to comprehensive reproductive care and vaginal birth after cesarean. She is the Associate Director of Implementation Science at the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) and works with hospitals across the state of California to improve care and support local capacity.

• Improving the Rate of Delayed Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants: A Quality Improvement Project.
  Hospital pediatrics 2023 Chan S, Duck M, Frometa K, Liebowitz M, Rosenstein MG, Tesfalul M, Cornet MC, Kramer KP
• Data-driven longitudinal characterization of neonatal health and morbidity.
  Science translational medicine 2023 De Francesco D, Reiss JD, Roger J, Tang AS, Chang AL, Becker M, Phongpreecha T, Espinosa C, Morin S, Berson E, Thuraiappah M, Le BL, Ravindra NG, Payrovnaziri SN, Mataraso S, Kim Y, Xue L, Rosenstein …
• Patient Decisions Regarding Fetal Monitoring in the Periviable Period and Perinatal and Maternal Outcomes.
  American journal of perinatology 2022 Swanson K, Kramer K, Jain S, Rogers EE, Rosenstein MG
• External cephalic version: Success rates with and without nitrous oxide.
  European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology 2022 Ha TK, Lamar R, Blat C, Rosenstein MG
• Hospital Quality Improvement Interventions, Statewide Policy Initiatives, and Rates of Cesarean Delivery for Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex Births in California.
  JAMA 2021 Rosenstein MG, Chang SC, Sakowski C, Markow C, Teleki S, Lang L, Logan J, Cape V, Main EK
• Implementation of Evidence-Based Cervical Ripening Protocol: Outcomes and Next Steps.
  AJP reports 2020 Zakama A, Sobhani NC, Lamar R, Rosenstein MG
• Hospital-Level Variation in the Frequency of Cesarean Delivery Among Nulliparous Women Who Undergo Labor Induction.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2020 Main EK, Chang SC, Cheng YW, Rosenstein MG, Lagrew DC
• Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Submassive Pulmonary Embolism in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy.
  JACC. Case reports 2020 Compadre AJ, Kohi M, Lokken RP, Blissett S, Harris IS, Lucero J, Rosenstein MG, Sobhani NC
• Development and validation of a machine-learning model for prediction of shoulder dystocia.
  Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Tsur A, Batsry L, Toussia-Cohen S, Rosenstein MG, Barak O, Brezinov Y, Yoeli-Ullman R, Sivan E, Sirota M, Druzin ML, Stevenson DK, Blumenfeld YJ, Aran D
• Does the 1-step method of gestational diabetes mellitus screening improve pregnancy outcomes?
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2020 Ghaffari N, Gonzalez JM, Rosenstein MG
• Is Preimplantation Genetic Testing Associated with Increased Risk of Abnormal Placentation After Frozen Embryo Transfer?
  American journal of perinatology 2020 Swanson K, Huang D, Kaing A, Blat C, Rosenstein MG, Mok-Lin E, Gras J, Sperling JD
• Phlebitis After Intravenous Iron Sucrose Administration in Postpartum Women.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2020 Ramos JG, Leavitt AD, Rosenstein MG
• Transfer of monoclonal antibodies into breastmilk in neurologic and non-neurologic diseases.
  Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation 2020 LaHue SC, Anderson A, Krysko KM, Rutatangwa A, Dorsey MJ, Hale T, Mahadevan U, Rogers EE, Rosenstein MG, Bove R
• Prolonged second stage of labor and risk of subsequent spontaneous preterm birth.
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2020 Sobhani NC, Cassidy AG, Zlatnik MG, Rosenstein MG
• 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
• Hospital bans on trial of labor after cesarean and antepartum transfer of care.
  Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) 2019 Rosenstein MG, Norrell L, Altshuler A, Grobman WA, Kaimal AJ, Kuppermann M
• Application of Implementation Science to OB/GYN Quality Improvement Efforts.
  Clinical obstetrics and gynecology 2019 Rosenstein MG
• The use of an automated call to elicit and characterize postpartum concerns after hospital discharge.
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2019 Siegel MR, Dudley B, Wheeler M, Ustinov A, Li B, Rosenstein MG
• Reply.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Greenwald SR, Gonzalez JM, Goldstein RG, Rosenstein MG
• The Association of Expanded Access to a Collaborative Midwifery and Laborist Model With Cesarean Delivery Rates.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Rosenstein MG, Nijagal M, Nakagawa S, Gregorich SE, Kuppermann M
• Effect of stage of initial labor dystocia on vaginal birth after cesarean success.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Lewkowitz AK, Nakagawa S, Thiet MP, Rosenstein MG
• Asymptomatic uterine dehiscence in a second-trimester twin pregnancy.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Greenwald SR, Gonzalez JM, Goldstein RG, Rosenstein MG
• Reply: To PMID 24909340.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Rosenstein MG, Caughey AB
• The mortality risk of expectant management compared with delivery stratified by gestational age and race and ethnicity.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Rosenstein MG, Snowden JM, Cheng YW, Caughey AB
• Ultrasound-guided instrumental removal of the retained placenta after vaginal delivery.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Rosenstein MG, Vargas JE, Drey EA
• Does augmentation or induction of labor with oxytocin increase the risk for autism?
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Rosenstein MG, Newman TB, Norton ME
• 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
• Association between vaginal birth after cesarean delivery and primary cesarean delivery rates.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Rosenstein MG, Kuppermann M, Gregorich SE, Cottrell EK, Caughey AB, Cheng YW
• The risk of stillbirth and infant death by each additional week of expectant management stratified by maternal age.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Page JM, Snowden JM, Cheng YW, Doss AE, Rosenstein MG, Caughey AB
• Risk of stillbirth and infant death stratified by gestational age.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Rosenstein MG, Cheng YW, Snowden JM, Nicholson JM, Caughey AB
• 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
• The risk of stillbirth and infant death stratified by gestational age in women with gestational diabetes.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Rosenstein MG, Cheng YW, Snowden JM, Nicholson JM, Doss AE, Caughey AB
• Maternal mortality in Argentina: a closer look at women who die outside of the health system.
  Maternal and child health journal 2007 Rosenstein MG, Romero M, Ramos S
• Thyroid, parathyroid, and salivary gland evaluations in patients exposed to multiple fluoroscopic examinations during tuberculosis therapy: a pilot study.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 1988 Kaplan MM, Boice JD, Ames DB, Rosenstein M
• Characteristics of admissions to private psychiatric hospital inpatient services, United States, 1980.
  Mental health statistical note 1985 Rosenstein M, Steadman H, Milazzo-Sayre L