Rebecca F. Hamm

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Pennsylvania Hospital

Additional Appointment Titles

• Attending Physician, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
• Attending Physician, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
• Affiliated Faculty , Penn Roybal Center on Behavioral Economics and Health
• Senior Fellow, Penn Implementation Science Center, University of Pennsylvania

Education

• BA (Biology)
  University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
• MD
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2013.
• MSCE
  University of Pennsylvania, 2020.

Post-Graduate Training

• Resident in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2017.
• Fellow in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2017-2020.
• Academic Foundations Program to Advance Clinician Educators (PACE) , University of Pennsylvania, 2021-2023.

Selected Publications

Clark RR, Sliwinski K, Hamm RF, Flores E, Klaiman T: Using Hospital Incident Reports to Measure Safety, Quality, and Equity in Healthcare Communication in Inpatient Maternity Care; AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC. Poster Presentation Jun 2024.

Apple A, Kaur K, Hamm RF, Salva C, Schachter A, Hall S, Sonalkar S, Vinekar K, Chesnokova A: Towards Integration of Outpatient OBGYN Care: A National Survey of Program Directors, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC. Poster Presentation Jun 2024.

Clark RR, Klaiman T, Sliwinski K, Flores E, Hamm RF: Building Capacity to Identify Opportunities to Improve Communication Quality and Equity in Inpatient Maternity Care Using Incident Reports; AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC. Poster Presentation Jun 2024.

Prior AK, Dolin CD, Bender W, Durnwald CP, Hamm RF: Effects of implementing a routine postpartum fasting blood glucose on the completion of the gold standard 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test in gestational diabetics. Am J Perinatol April 2024 Notes: Online ahead of print.

Triebwasser JE, Louis L, Bailey JM, Mitchell-Solomon, Malone AM, Hamm RF, Moniz MH, Stout MJ.: Implementation and clinical impact of a guideline for standardized, evidence-based induction of labor. Am J Perinatol Apr 2024 Notes: Online ahead of print.

Clark R, Klaiman T, Sliwinski K, Louis M, Hamm RF, Flores E. : Using Incident Reports to Diagnose Communication Challenges for Precision Intervention in Learning Health Systems: A Methods Paper. Learning Health Systems April 2024 Notes: Accepted for publication.

Modri S, Sharma M, Quigley E, Hamm RF, O’Hanlon B, Pyle P, Anca R, Hussey A, Trout KK: Code Crimson: A Postpartum Hemorrhage Bundled Intervention Quality Improvement Project. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs Feb 2024 Notes: Accepted for publication.

Callans L, Levine LD, Hamm RF, Kern-Goldberger AR: The Impact of Patient Experiences and Perceptions of Pregnancy Risk on Postpartum Follow Up Patterns; Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 44th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, National Harbor, MD. Poster Presentation Feb 2024.

Bromwich KA, Hamm RF, Levine LD, McCoy JA: Among patients undergoing induction who reach active phase, does prolonged latent phase matter? Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 44th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, National Harbor, MD. Poster Presentation Feb 2024.

Hamm RF, McCoy JA, Clark RR, Parry S, Levine LD: Are racial disparities in cesarean due to differences in labor induction management? Am J Perinatol 10.1055/a-2259-0409, Feb 2024.