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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor
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Leeman, Lawrence M Professor
Positions
- Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Leeman received his degree from University of California, San Francisco in 1988 and completed residency training in Family Medicine at UNM. He practiced rural Family Medicine at the Zuni/Ramah Indian Health Service Hospital for six years. He subsequently earned a fellowship in Obstetrics. He is board certified in Family Medicine. He directs the Family Medicine Maternal and Child Health service and fellowship and co-medical director of the UNM Hospital Mother-Baby Unit. Dr. Leeman practices the family medicine with a special interest in the care of pregnant women and newborns. He is Medical Director of the Milagro Program that provides prenatal care and maternity care services to women with substance abuse problems. Dr. Leeman is a Professor in the Departments of Family & Community Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is currently the Managing Editor for the nationwide Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) program. Areas of research include rural maternity care, pelvic floor outcomes after childbirth, family planning, and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).
selected publications
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academic article
- The Effect of Perineal Lacerations on Pelvic Floor Function and Anatomy at 6 Months Postpartum in a Prospective Cohort of Nulliparous Women. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.). 43:293-302. 2016
- A randomized controlled trial of nitrous oxide for intrauterine device insertion in nulliparous women. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 135:145-148. 2016
- Sexual function changes during pregnancy. International urogynecology journal. :-. 2016
- The effect of prenatal alcohol co-exposure on neonatal abstinence syndrome in infants born to mothers in opioid maintenance treatment. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 29:783-788. 2016
- Perineal body stretch during labor does not predict perineal laceration, postpartum incontinence, or postpartum sexual function: a cohort study. International urogynecology journal. :-. 2016
- Validity of Self-Reported Drug Use Information Among Pregnant Women. Maternal and child health journal. 20:41-47. 2016
- Induction of labour at 37-38 weeks in women with large fetuses decreases the likelihood of shoulder dystocia; however, overall benefit of early-term delivery has not been demonstrated. Evidence-based medicine. 20:-. 2015
- The impact of Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) training in low-resource countries. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 131:209-215. 2015
- Ethylglucuronide in maternal hair as a biomarker of prenatal alcohol exposure. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.). 49:617-623. 2015
- Planned Home VBAC in the United States, 2004-2009: Outcomes, Maternity Care Practices, and Implications for Shared Decision Making. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.). :-. 2015
- The relationship of 3-D translabial ultrasound anal sphincter complex measurements to postpartum anal and fecal incontinence. International urogynecology journal. :-. 2015
- Nitrous oxide for pain management of first trimester surgical abortion - a randomized controlled pilot study. Contraception. 91:164-166. 2015
- Anal sphincter complex: 2D and 3D endoanal and translabial ultrasound measurement variation in normal postpartum measurements. International urogynecology journal. :-. 2014
- Contribution of the second stage of labour to pelvic floor dysfunction: a prospective cohort comparison of nulliparous women. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 121:1145-53; discussion 1154. 2014
- Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America. 41:317-334. 2014
- Postpartum contraceptive choices among ethnically diverse women in New Mexico. Contraception. 89:512-515. 2014
- Misoprostol for intrauterine device insertion in nulliparous women: a randomized controlled trial. 2014
- Postpartum translabial 2D and 3D ultrasound measurements of the anal sphincter complex in primiparous women delivering by vaginal birth versus Cesarean delivery. International urogynecology journal. 25:329-336. 2014
- The Validity of Phosphatidylethanol in Dried Blood Spots of Newborns for the Identification of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. :-. 2014
- Diminishing availability of trial of labor after cesarean delivery in New Mexico hospitals. Obstetrics and gynecology. 122:242-247. 2013
- Midwives' verbal support of nulliparous women in second-stage labor. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG. 42:311-320. 2013
- The feasibility and cost of neonatal screening for prenatal alcohol exposure by measuring phosphatidylethanol in dried blood spots. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 37:1008-1015. 2013
- Association between intrapartum fetal heart rate patterns and neonatal abstinence syndrome in methadone exposed neonates. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 24:955-959. 2011
- Advanced gestational age increases serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin levels in abstinent pregnant women. Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). 47:683-687.
awards and honors
- Fitz List, 2015