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Wendy Hansen, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Dr. Hansen is Professor, Special Title Series, in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kentucky. She is a native of Michigan and completed undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. She attended Medical School at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, graduating AOA in 1986. She completed both her Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency (1990) and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship (1992) at the University of North Carolina. She has worked as a faculty member both at the University of North Carolina and the University of Iowa before joining the University of Kentucky in 2004 as Division Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine. In 2008 the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship was accredited and accepted their first MFM Fellow. In 2010, she became Chair of the Department serving two six-year terms. Under her tenure the Department experienced unprecedented clinical growth, enhanced a successful research portfolio, focused on excellence in educational programs and started new Divisions in Urogynecology, Academic Laborists, Midwives and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery. Her research interests include maternal complications of pregnancy, opioid use disorder, and breastfeeding. She has remained very clinically active. She has authored over 45 publications along with multiple chapters, e-publications, and abstracts. She has been recognized for excellence in medical education.
She has been active in Professional Society roles:
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)/ Educational Scholars Development Program; Class of 2003.
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Board of Directors, 2006-2009.
Oral Board Examiner for General Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005-2015
Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, Drexel University College of Medicine. 2013
Editorial Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Green Journal 2018-2022-a 4-year term)
She currently serves as the PI on PCORI- Path Home Clinical Trial, 2019- Present and is working part-time clinically

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