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Danielle Panelli, MD

Appointed in 2021

Danielle Panelli, MD, is a physician-scientist specializing in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She obtained her BS in Biochemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed her MD at the University of California, San Diego. She is currently enrolled in the Master’s Degree program in Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Stanford. She is investigating the translational link between maternal mental health and pregnancy outcomes with an emphasis on stress and wellness interventions in pregnancy, as well as factors contributing to maternal morbidity.

Primary Mentor: Deirdre Lyell, MD (Maternal-Fetal Medicine), Ciaran Phibbs, PhD (Pediatrics, Neonatal and Developmental Medicine)
Co-Mentors: Katherine Bianco, MD (Maternal-Fetal Medicine), Gary Shaw, PhD (Epidemiology and Population Health), Yasser El-Sayed, MD (Maternal-Fetal Medicine), Ian Gotlib, PhD (Psychology) 

Publications of Research

  1. Panelli DM, Leonard SA, Joudi N, Judy AE, Bianco K, El-Sayed YY, Gilbert W, Main E, Lyell DJ. Contemporary clinical and provider-level factors associated with failed operative vaginal delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2023, in press.

  2. Leonard SL and Panelli DM. Quasi-experimental study designs can inform pandemic effects on nutrition and weight gain in pregnancy. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2022, in press.

  3. Panelli DM, Chan C, Shaw JG, Shankar M, Kimerling R, Frayne SM, Herrero TC, Lyell DJ, Phibbs CS. Clinical factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth in women with active post-traumatic stress disorder. Women’s Health Issues 2022, in press.

  4. Miller HE, Do SC, Cruz GI, Panelli DM, Leonard SA, Girsen AI, Lee CJ, Khandelwal A, Shaw KA, Bianco K. Addressing postpartum contraception practices utilizing a cardio-obstetrics team based approach. AJOG Global 2022, in press.

  5. Panelli DM, Diwan M, Cruz GI, Leonard SA, Chueh J, Gotlib IH, Bianco K. Leukocyte telomere length and stress compared between pregnant and non-pregnant people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brain Behavior and Immunity Health 2022, in press.

  6. Leonard SA, Panelli DM, Gould JB, Gemmill A, Main EK. Validation of ICD-10 CM Diagnosis Codes for Gestational Age at Birth. Epidemiology 2022, in press.

  7. Panelli DM, Sherwin EB, Lee CJ, Leonard SA, Miller SE, Miller HE, Tolani AT, Hoover V, Ansari JR, Khandelwal A, Bianco K. Clinical factors associated with a positive postpartum depression screen in patients with cardiac disease. Current Research in Psychiatry 2022:2(2):25-29. PMID 36570491.

  8. Carland C, Panelli DM, Leonard SA, Bryant E, Sherwin E, Lee C, Levin E, Jimenez S, Tremmel JA, Tsai, Heidenreich PA, Bianco K, Khandelwal A. Association of neighborhood income with clinical outcomes among pregnant patients with cardiac disease. Reproductive Sciences 2022:1-8.

  9. Do SC, Leonard SA, Kan P, Panelli DM, Girsen AI, Lyell DJ, El-Sayed YY, Druzin ML, Herrero TC. Rates of postpartum readmission following discharge on labetalol or nifedipine. Obstetrics & Gynecology 2022;140(4):591-598.

  10. Panelli DM, Leonard SA, Wong RJ, Becker M, Mayo J, Wu E, Girsen AI, Gotlib IH, Aghaeepour N, Druzin ML, Shaw G, Stevenson DK, Bianco K. Leukocyte telomere dynamics across gestation in uncomplicated pregnancies and associations with stress. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2022;22(381).

  11. Panelli DM and Bianco K. Cellular aging and telomere dynamics in pregnancy. Curr Op Obstet Gynecol 2022;34(2):57-61.