Nahia Jean Amoura1

Nahia Jean Amoura

983255 Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE 68198-3255 USA

(402) 559-4405

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of OB/GYN, College of Medicine, University

of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), 7/09-present

Associate Professor (Courtesy appointment),Health Promotion, Social &

Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, UNMC, 7/09-present

Assistant Professor, Department of OB/GYN, College of Medicine, University of

Nebraska Medical Center, 7/02-8/02, 1/04-6/09

Assistant Professor (Courtesy appointment), Health Promotion, Social &

Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, UNMC, 1/04-6/09

Instructor, Department of OB/GYN, University of Nebraska Medical Center,

9/99-6/02

Education

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

9/2002-11/2003, Master of Science (with Distinction): Reproductive and

Sexual Health Research

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

8/1991-5/1995, Doctor of Medicine

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE

6/1987-12/1991, Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude):Spanish

Postgraduate Training

Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 6/1995-6/1999

University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Continuing Education Training

AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Development Seminar, 7/08

Marketing of Medicines: Critical Skills for Clinicians, UCSF, 11/07

Transgender Healthcare Symposium, WPATH, 9/07

Bioethics Intensive Course,Kennedy Institute of Ethics, 6/07

APGO/Solvay Educational Scholars Program, completed 3/07

Nebraska Medical Center Physicians’ Development Leadership Series, Levels 1-2,

2005-06

University of Michigan Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, 7/2005

Berlex Foundation Junior Faculty Development Workshop, 5/2001

APGO Faculty Development Seminar, 2000, 2001, 2006

Medical Licensure and Certification

State of Nebraska, #21172, expires 10/2012

State of Michigan, # 4301066327, expires 1/2013

American Board of Obstetrics andGynecology
Board certified, 12/2001

Recertified: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2002-present

Consulting Positions

Medical Director, Nebraska Reproductive Health Program, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 2007-present

Founding member, Ethics Review Committee, Marie Stopes International, 2011-present

Reviewer, International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2007-present

Consultant and Alternate Member, Schulman Associates Institutional Review Board, 2009-2011

Instructor, Fellowship Program in International Family Planning, University of

Michigan, 2007-2009

Reviewer, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5th ed, Beckmann et al, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009

Consulting reviewer, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Practice Guidelines

for ObstetricAnesthesia, 2007

Grant Support

Family Planning Title X service grant

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

$330,000/year

7/1/07-6/30/10

PI: Jean Amoura, MD, MSc

Educational Grant: Inter-rater reliability in scoring computerized OSCE

UNMC College of Medicine

$5,000

4/2006-4/2008

PI: Jean Amoura, MD, MSc

Educational Grant to attend APGO Faculty Development Seminar

UNMC College of Medicine

$2000

4/2000-4/2001

PI: Jean Amoura, MD

Honors and Awards

Academic Appointment

APGO/CREOG National Faculty Award, 2005

APGO Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000

Graduate School

Reproductive and Sexual Health Student Research Prize, 2003

Residency

Administrative Chief Resident

Residency Advisory Council

APGO/Parke-Davis Scholar

Berlex award for outstanding junior teaching resident

Resident representative on Hospital Ethics Committee

Scholarship to participate in Michigan Ethics Resource Network intensive

course

Medical school

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), national medical honorary

University of Nebraska Award for Outstanding Proficiency

in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Regents’ Scholarship

Professional Memberships

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals

Committee Assignments

University of Nebraska Institutional Review Board

Member, 11/2004-present

Vice-Chair, 1/2006-present

Nebraska Medical Center Medical Ethics Committee

Member, 2005-2010

Chair, 3/2007-2010

Chair, Subcommittee on Relations with Industry, 6-12/2006

UNMC Scholastic Evaluation Committee, 2006-present

University of Nebraska Chancellor’s Commission on Gender Equity, 2004-2011

UNMC Dean’s Committee on Vendor Relations, 2007-2008

UNMC IT Scholars Advisory Board, 2007-09

State of Nebraska Working Group on Unintended Pregnancy, 2005-7

UNMC Department of OB/GYN Education Committee, 2004-8, 2009-present

Chair, Subcommittee on Resident Research, 2005

UNMC Minority Health Grant Review Committee, 2005

UNMC Ad-hoc Committee for LCME Education Program, 2004

University of Nebraska Clerkship Director’s Committee, 1999-2005

University of Nebraska Dean’s Curriculum Committee, 2000-02

Community Service

Member, Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs, 2008-9

Member, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union, Nebraska Chapter, 2010-2012

Bibliography

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Schonfeld T, Brown JS, Amoura NJ, Gordon B. Protecting patient privacy redux: response to open peer commentaries on “’you don’t know me, but…’: access to patient data and subject recruitment in human subjects research.” Am J Bioeth 2012; 12(1):W1-2.

Schonfeld T, Brown JS, Amoura NJ, Gordon B. “You don’t know me, but…”: access to patient data and subject recruitment in human subjects research. Am J Bioeth 2011; 11(11):31-8.

Schonfeld T, Brown JS, Amoura NJ, Gordon B. Ideal vs real: revisiting contraceptive guidelines. IRB 2010; 32(6):13-6.

Schonfeld T, Amoura NJ, Stoner J, Gordon B. Women and Contraception in Research: A Pilot Study, Journal of Women’s Health2009;18(4): 507-512.

Schonfeld TL, Amoura NJ, Kratochvil CJ. iPLEDGE Allegiance to the Pill: Evaluation of Year 1 of a Birth Defect Prevention and Monitoring System. J Law Med Ethics 2009; 37(1): 104-17.

Schonfeld T, Amoura J, Brown J, Gordon B. Money Matters. American Journal of Bioethics 2007; 7(2): 86.

Hester M, Schonfeld T, Amoura J. Gatekeeping and Personal Values: Misuses of Professional Roles. American Journal of Bioethics 2007; 7(6): 1-2.

Bruner M, Amoura J. Statewide availability of EC in Nebraska. Published abstract. Contraception 2007; 76(2): 168.

Invited Presentations

Amoura J, Schonfeld TS, Schmid K, Brown JS, Gordon, BG. Pregnancy testing policy. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of PRIM&R, 11/09.

Amoura J, Little MO, Lyerly AD, Kukla R, Schonfeld T. “Reproducing” risk: Ethical issues in research involving women. Panel presentation, Annual Meeting of PRIM&R, 11/08.

Amoura J. Contraception and OB/GYN Residencies. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of APGO/CREOG, 3/08.

Schonfeld T, Amoura J, Gionola G. Conflict and Conscience. Workshop, Association of Professional and Practical Ethics Annual Meeting, 2/08.

Amoura J, Schonfeld T, Brown J, Gordon B. Ethical issues in subject recruitment. Panel presentation for Annual Meeting of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, 12/07.

Schonfeld T, Gordon B, Brown J, Amoura J. A Taxonomy of Benefit in Pediatric Research. Presented at American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, 10/07.

Bruner M, Amoura J. Statewide availability of EC in Nebraska. Poster presentation Annual Meeting of Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, 9/07.

Amoura J. Assessing a Competency Assessment: Reliability in an Online OSCE. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of APGO/CREOG Educational Scholars Program, 3/07.

Amoura J, Patterson S. Teaching and Temperament. Workshop facilitator at American Association for Higher Education Annual Meeting, March 2002

Amoura J. Technology and justice in health information distribution. Oral presentation at Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Section of International Association of Bioethics Fifth World Congress, September 2000

Amoura J. Student gender and performance on OB/GYN clerkship. Oral presentation at Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics Annual Meeting, March 2000

Amoura J. Physician gender in obstetrics and gynecology: a new definition of women’s work? Oral presentation at The Second Biennial Feminism and Rhetoric Conference. Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing, University of Minnesota, October 1999

Amoura J. Labor trends in the field of OB/GYN. Oral presentation at the University of Michigan Women’s Studies Department Feminists at Work Conference; published in the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender’s Working Paper Series, October 1998

Community Presentations

Female Genital Cutting. Invited presentation to Good Samaritan Hospital medical staff, Kearney, NE, August 2011

History of Contraception. Metropolitan Community College, 3/2009 and 1/2010.

Essentials of Preventive Women’s Health Care. Invited speaker for Olson Center Women’s Health Week, May 5010

Contraception: New Methods, New Uses. Invited speaker for Olson Center Women’s Health Watch, April 2007

Ethical issues in research on special or vulnerable populations: Women, Pregnant Women, and Fetuses, Invited speaker for UNMC Annual Clinical Research Symposium, January 2006, 2007

Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, and You: Who’s at Risk and What You Can Do About It. Invited presentation for Olson Center Women’s Wellness Conference, October 2005

Contraception and Adolescents. Invited speaker for Nebraska chapter of American Association of Pediatrics, April 2004, June 2011

Teaching Activities

International Teaching

Consulting Instructor, International Family Planning Fellowship Program, Accra, Ghana

  • Seminars on Study Design, Research Ethics, Teaching Methods and Feedback, Reproductive Health as Public Health, Leading a Journal Club for senior OB/GYN faculty from University of Accra, 11/07
  • Clinical teaching on contraception and uterine evacuation for faculty, fellows, and students of University of Accra, 1/2009

Continuing Education for OB/GYN faculty at Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan, 12/2005

  • Cervical cancer
  • Management of the pelvic mass
  • Infertility
  • Labor abnormalities

Course organizer, International Obstetrics, Dominican Republic, 2/2007

  • Led four M4 students in course on obstetrics and international maternal health to the Dominican Republic, 2/2007
  • Manual Vacuum Aspirator use, lecture and clinical training for residents and medical students, Cabral Hospital, Dominican Republic, 2/2007

National Teaching

Invited faculty for Advanced Research Ethics Seminar, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research Annual Meeting

Ethical issues in recruitment, 11/2007

Reproducing risk: women in research, 11/2008

Regional Teaching

Invited speaker, Contraceptive Counseling: Making Decisions with Your Clients, Nebraska Reproductive Health Program, NE DHHS, York, NE, 10/2010

Contraception: From Basic Skills to Advanced Problem-Solving

Invited speaker, Family Planning: A Comprehensive Update, Nebraska Reproductive Health Program, NE DHHS, Lincoln, NE, 10/2009

History of Contraception

Contraception Counseling and Best Practice

Invited speaker, Nebraska Reproductive Health Program Clinical Update, Kearney, NE, 4/2008

Contraception Update

Pap testing and HPV: Title X policy and best practice

Local Teaching

Co-organizer and Instructor, M4 seminar (twice/yr), 2009-present

  • Reproductive Ethics

Guest faculty, UNMC Annual Clinical Research Symposium, 2006-2010

  • Ethical issues in research on special or vulnerable populations: Women, Pregnant Women, and Fetuses

Lecturer for 3rd year Medical Student Clerkship

  • Preterm Labor
  • Multiple Gestation
  • Abnormal Fetal Presentations
  • Amenorrhea
  • Abnormal Puberty
  • Case Studies in Contraception

Instructor for 2nd year Medical Students’ Genitourinary Core

Lecturer

  • Introduction to Obstetrics
  • Normal Reproduction and Infertility
  • Family Planning Methods
  • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

OB/GYN Clerkship Director for 3rd year Medical Students, 1999-2002, 2004-5

  • Coordinated clinical OB/GYN unit for all third-year medical students (130/year), including lectures, scheduling, and formal evaluation to Dean’s office
  • Created and updated website for OB/GYN education at UNMC
  • Led department change to consensus grading system
  • Developed, evaluated and updated 20 OSCE cases for required clerkship
  • Served on Clerkship Directors’ Committee

Integrated Clinic Experience (ICE) course small group facilitator (2-hour sessions 3-4 times per month), 2004-2007

  • M1 and M2 classes

Integrated Clinical Experience Instructor for 1st year Medical Students

  • Reproductive Rights panel participant
  • Pelvic exam skills course

Faculty Advisor and Mentor for 4th year Medical Students

  • Director, International Obstetrics elective in Dominican Republic, 2/2007
  • Advisor for students entering OB/GYN
  • Restructured and coordinated M4 electives
  • Co-instructor, Women’s Health M4 elective

Resident Instruction

Organized cadaver lab with Dept of Anatomy for anatomy and

surgical skills review (quarterly ½-day lab)

Teaching attending, OB/GYN Continuity Clinic

Obstetrics service attending (9 weeks/year)

Lectures for OB/GYN residents:

  • Infertility
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
  • Contraceptive Management
  • Pregnancy Loss
  • Abortion
  • Ethics in OB/GYN
  • Study design and statistics for OB/GYN

Lecture for Emergency Department residents:

  • Normal and abnormal delivery

Research project advisor

Lectures for hospital personnel

  • Obstetric emergencies
  • Obstetric anesthesia
  • Pregnancy loss and termination
  • Contraception
  • Ethics of drug screening in pregnancy

Co-organizer and instructor for Philosophy of Public Health course, 2002,

2004, 2007

  • Individual risk and risk assessment
  • Global maternal mortality
  • Individual choice and public health

Dissertation committee member, Amber Donnelly, PhD student. Parental

acceptance of HPV vaccine.

Continuing Education Presentations

Research Ethics for the Clinician. Grand Rounds, Department of OB/GYN, October 2011.

Contraception for the Medically Complicated Patient. Grand Rounds, Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC, December 2009.

History of Contraception. Grand Rounds, Department of OB/GYN, August 2009.

Fellowship Program in International Family Planning, Senior Faculty Development Course, University of Michigan, November 2007:

Research Ethics

Issues in Reproductive Health

Teaching Methodologies: Giving Effective Feedback

Supervising Research and Study Design

Leading a Journal Club

Cops or Caregivers? The Unintended Consequences of Pregnancy Drug Testing. SchwartzCenter Rounds, UNMC, August 2007

Focus on Global Health: Dominican Republic. Grand Rounds presentation for Department of OB/GYN, University of Nebraska, April 2007

Motivating the Millennials. Grand Rounds presentation for Department of OB/GYN, University of Nebraska, April 2006

Men and Reproductive Health. Grand Rounds presentation for Department of OB/GYN, University of Nebraska, September 2004

Intrauterine Device: a controversial history and optimistic future. Grand Rounds presentation for Department of OB/GYN, University of Nebraska, April 2002

Abortion: Past and Present. Grand Rounds presentation for Department of OB/GYN, University of Nebraska, April 2001

Labor analgesia by obstetricians: paracervical and pudendal blocks. Grand Rounds presentation for Department of Anesthesia, University of Nebraska, May 2000

Immigrant reproductive health. Grand Rounds presentation for Department of OB/GYN, University of Nebraska, February 2000