Stacie Geller, PhD
Director, Center for Research on Women and Gender
G William Arends Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology
Center for Research on Women and Gender
BIRCWH Mentor
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Dr. Stacie Geller is the G William Arends Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is a local, national, and international leader in addressing maternal health for over 25 years. She has extensive experience working in maternal health focused on factors associated with maternal morbidity and mortality and has developed an innovative model for early identification of high-risk pregnant women. Using this model, Dr. Geller has done extensive work in IL to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality. Her work has been adopted by the CDC and ACOG and recommended as a best practice for in-depth hospital review across the U.S. Dr. Geller has worked with IDPH to develop the Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity review processes and committees. She is a founding member of both of the state’s MMRCs and co-chairs the SMM review committee. Dr. Geller is involved in a number of policy and program initiatives to improve maternal health care. Some of this work is focused on housing insecurity during pregnancy and postpartum. Currently, Dr. Geller is the Co-PI of a PCORI grant to address racial disparities in prenatal and postpartum care for Black women in Chicago. She is currently engaged in working with Emergency Departments in Illinois to improve their care of pregnant and postpartum patients.