Kurt T. Barnhart

William Shippen, Jr. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Additional Appointment Titles

• Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners
• Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Director, Reproductive Research Unit, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Member, Biomedical Graduate Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Associate Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Director, Women’s Health Clinical Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania
• Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania
• Adjunct Faculty , Wistar

Education

• B.S (Biology)
  Tufts University, 1984.
• M.D.
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1988.
• M.S.C.E (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
  University of Pennsylvania, 1998.

Post-Graduate Training

• Intern and Resident, Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1992.
• Rockefeller Foundation Social Science Research Fellow Placement: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile, 1992-1993.
• Fellowship, Reproductive Endocrinology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993-1995.

Selected Publications

Kassi J Bollig, Kurt T Barnhart, Enrique F. Schisterman, Erica Boiman Johnstone, C Matthew Peterson, James M Hotaling, Ginny Ryan, Bradley J Van Voorhis, Douglas T Carrell, Pauline Mendola, James L Mills, Michael O Harhay, Jarcy Zee, Sunni L Mumford: The Association of Female and Male Preconception Dyslipidemia with Live Birth in Couples Seeking Fertility Treatment. Journal Clinical Endocrinol Metab online ahead of print: dgae427, June 2024.

Kurt T BArnhart, Kassie J Bollig, Suneeta Senapati, Peter Takacs, Jared C Robins, Daniel J Haisenleder, Lynn A Beer, Ricardo F Savaris, Nathanael C Koelper, David W Speicher, Jesse Chittams, Jingxuan Bao, Zixuan Wen, Yanbo Feng, Mansu Kim, Sunni Mumford, Li Shen, Phyllis Gimotty : Multiplexed serum biomarkers to discriminate nonviable and ectopic pregnancy. Fertility and Sterily S0015-0282(24): 000262-0, April 26 2024.

Kassie J Bollig, Suneeta Senapati, Peter Takacs, Jared C. Robins, Daniel J. Haisenleder, Lynn A. Beer, David W. Speicher, Nathanael C. Koelper, Kurt T. Barnhart: Evaluation of novel biomarkers for early pregnancy outcome prediction. Biological Reproduction 110(3): 548-557, March 2024.

Jessica R Walter, Kurt T Barnhart, Nathanael C Koelper, Nanette F Santoro, Heping Zhang, Tracey R Thomas, Hao Huang, Heidi S. Harvie, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Reproductive medicine Network: Cost-effectiveness analysis of expectant vs active management for treatment of persistent pregnancies of unknown location. American Journal Obstetrics and Gynecology 24(S0002-9378): 00471-X, March 2024.

Iris T Lee, Suneeta Senapati, Courtney Schreiber, Nathanael Koelper, Peter Takacs, Kurt T Barnhart: Application of a Multiplex Platform to Identify Novel Biomarkers for Pregnancy Location and Viability. Reproductive Sciences. Epub 2023 Aug 22, 30(12): 3641-3647, December 2023.

Barnhart KT: The hero and the villain: participation in clinical trials and the crime of fabrication. Fertility and Sterility Epub 2023 May 25, 120(6): 1160, December 2023.

Barnhart KT: Scientific integrity within Fertility and Sterility formation of the Research Integrity Committee. Fertility and Sterility. Epub 2023 Oct 3, 120(5): 931, November 2023.

Lynn A Beer, Xiangfan Yin, Jianyi Ding, Suneeta Senapati, Mary D Sammel, Kurt T Barnhart, Qin Liu, David W Speicher, Aaron R Goldman: Identification and verification of plasma protein biomarkers that accurately identify an ectopic pregnancy. Clin Proteomics 20(1): 37, September 2023.

Andrea h Roe, Nathanael Koelper, Arden McAllister, Kurt T. Barnhart, Courtney A. Schreiber, Denis Hadjiliadis: Cervical mucus quality in females with and without cystic fibrosis. J Cystic Fibrosis. Epub 2023 Mar 23, 22(5): 804-05, September 2023.

Alvero R, Norman RJ, Barnhart KT.: Reproduction as the foundation for a healthy society. Fertility & Sterility. Epub 2023 May 9, 120(3 pt 1): 399, September 2023.