Cassandra Heiselman, DO, MPH, FACOG

Grant Work:

• LINCATS Pilot Program Award 2023: “Pregnancy Expectations Among Stigmatized Populations: Life experiences, Vulnerabilities, and Community”. Role: Primary Investigator. 
• 5R01HD097188-03: Rethinking Electronic Fetal Monitoring to Improve Perinatal Outcomes and Reduce Frequency of Operative Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries. Role: Co-investigatory 
• IMPAACT: Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Antimicrobials (and ARVs) to Treat Syphilis in Pregnant People Living with HIV. Role: Co-investigator 
• R21DA049827-02S1: Urgent Competitive Revision: The Stony Brook COVID-19 Pregnancy Experiences (SB-COPE) Study: Effects of stress and social determinants of health on maternal physical and mental health morbidities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Role: Collaborator 
• Office of The Vice President for Research & The Institute for Engineering-Driven Medicine, Stony Brook University: The COPE Study (COVID-19 Pregnancy Experiences) -- Experiences of women pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated health impacts. Role: Collaborator
• 1RO1DA047336-01A1: Opioids and Maternal Brain-Behavior Adaptation During Early Postpartum. Role: Collaborator 
   

Publications:
Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• Apostolis, CA; Heiselman, C: Sacral Osteomyelitis After Laparoscopic Sacral Colpopexy Performed After a Recent Dental Extraction: A Case Report. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2014 Nov-Dec; 20(6): e5-7. 
• Eapen, Sarah; Heiselman, Cassandra; Murphy, Christie: Myocardial Ischemia Following Intracavernous Injection. AMSRJ. 2015; 1(2): 245-250.  
• Kantorwaska, Agata; Heiselman, Cassandra; Halpern, Tara; Akerman, Meredith; Elsayad, Ashley; Muscat, Jolene; Sicuranza, Genevieve; Vintzileos, Anthony; Heo, Hye: Identification of Factors Associated with Delayed Treatment of Obstetric Hypertensive Emergencies. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020;223:250.e1-11.  
• Preis H, Mahaffey B, Heiselman C, Lobel M. Pandemic-related pregnancy stress and anxiety among women pregnant during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. 2020;2(3, Supplement):100155 
• Heiselman, Cassandra J., Nicole Iovino, and Kimberly M. Herrera. A case report of co-infection with rhinovirus and SARS-CoV-2 in pregnancy. Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine 9.1 (2020), 20200028. https://doi.org/10.1515/crpm-2020-0028 Web. 
• Preis H, Mahaffey B, Heiselman C, Lobel M. Vulnerability and resilience to pandemic-related stress among U.S. women pregnant at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Soc Sci Med. 2020;266:113348. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113348 
• Herrera, Kimberly; Milone, Gina; Davis, Jay A; Persad, Malini;  Dinglas, Cherl; Heiselman, Cassandra; Buckley, Ayisha; Garretto, Diana; Pastore, Lisa M. Psychological measures of patient’s decision-making for prenatal genetic testing. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Nov 18;1-7. doi:10.1080/14767058.2020.1847074 
• Preis H, Mahaffey B, Pati S, Heiselman C, Lobel M. Adverse perinatal outcomes predicted by prenatal maternal stress among U.S. women at the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Volume 55, Issue 3, March 2021, Pages 179–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab005 
• Fuchs A, Harris L, Huber A, Heiligenstein M, Heiselman C, Herrera K, Garretto D. "A case of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection with negative nasopharyngeal PCR in pregnancy" Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine, vol. 10, no. 1, May 2021. https://doi.org/10.1515/crpm-2020-0075 
• Yang L, Ajirak M, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Unsupervised Detection of Anomalies in Fetal Heart Rate Tracings using Phase Space Reconstruction. Proc Eur Signal Process Conf EUSIPCO. 2021 Aug;2021:1321-1325. doi: 10.23919/eusipco54536.2021.9616264. Epub 2021 Dec 8. PMID: 35233348; PMCID: PMC8884191. 
• Preis, H., Djurić, P.M., Ajirak, M., Mane, V., Garry, D.J., Garretto, D., Herrera, K., Heiselman, C., & Lobel, M. (2021) Missingness patterns in a comprehensive instrument identifying psychosocial vulnerability and substance use in antenatal care. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. PMID 34787528. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.2004302  
• Abuzeid, O, Heiligenstein, M, Noureddine, L, Heiselman, C, Bernasko, J. Acute Glycogenic Hepatopathy in pregnancy: A case report and literature review. Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine. June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/crpm-2021-0065 
• Preis H, Mahaffey B, Heiselman C, Lobel M. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on birth satisfaction in a prospective cohort of 2,341 U.S. women. Women Birth. Sept 2022;35(5):458-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2021.10.004. PMID 34736888. 2021 Oct 9; S1871-5192(21)00176-1. 
• Preis H, Djurić PM, Ajirak M, Chen T, Mane V, Garry DJ, Heiselman C, Chappelle J, Lobel M. Applying machine learning methods to psychosocial screening data to improve identification of prenatal depression: Implications for clinical practice and research. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2022 Oct;25(5):965-973. doi: 10.1007/s00737-022-01259-z. Epub 2022 Aug 20. PMID: 35986793; PMCID: PMC9709634.
• Feng G, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djuric P. Cardiotocography Analysis by Empirical Dynamic Modeling and Gaussian Processes. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 12 January 2023. section Biosensors and Biomolecular Electronics. Volume 10–2022. PMID: 36714626 PMCID: PMC9877465 https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.1057807

Conference Paper Publications:

• Feng G, Quirk JG, Heiselman C, Djurić PM. Estimation of Consecutively Missed Samples in Fetal Heart Rate Recordings. Proc Eur Signal Process Conf EUSIPCO. 2020;2020:1080-1084. doi:10.23919/eusipco47968.2020.9287490. Epub 2020 Dec 18. PMID: 33604248; PMCID: PMC7887835. 
• Yang L, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Identification of uterine contractions by an ensemble of gaussian processes. Proc IEEE Int Conf Acoust Speech Signal Process. 2021 Jun;2021:10.1109/icassp39728.2021.9414041. doi:10.1109/icassp39728.2021.9414041. Epub 2021 May 13. PMID: 34712103; PMCID: PMC8547336. 
• Yang L, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Class-imbalanced classifiers using ensembles of gaussian processes and gaussian process latent variable models. Proc IEEE International Conference Acoustic Speech Signal Process. 2021 Jun;2021:10.1109/icassp39728.2021.9414754. doi:10.1109/icassp39728.2021.9414754. Epub 2021 May 13. PMID: 34712104; PMCID: PMC8547341. 
• Yang L, Ajirak M, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Unsupervised Detection of Anomalies in Fetal Heart Rate Tracings using Phase Space Reconstruction. Proc Eur Signal Process Conf EUSIPCO. 2021 Aug;2021:1321-1325. doi: 10.23919/eusipco54536.2021.9616264. Epub 2021 Dec 8. PMID: 35233348; PMCID: PMC8884191. 
• Ajirak M, Heiselman C, Fuchs A, Heiligenstein M, Herrera K, Garretto D, Djurić PM. Bayesian Nonparametric Dimensionality Reduction of Categorical Data for Predicting Severity of COVID-19 in Pregnant Women. Proc Eur Signal Process Conf EUSIPCO. 2021 Aug;2021:1980-1984. doi: 10.23919/eusipco54536.2021.9616021. Epub 2021 Dec 8. PMID: 35291722; PMCID: PMC8920026. 
• Ajirak M, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Boost Ensemble Learning for Classification of CTG SIGNALS. InICASSP 2022-2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2022 May 23 (pp. 1316-1320). IEEE.  
• Chen T, Feng G, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Improving Phase-Rectified Signal Averaging for Fetal Heart Rate Analysis. InICASSP 2022-2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2022 May 23 (pp. 1326-1330). IEEE.  
• Yang L, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Unsupervised Clustering and Analysis of Contraction-Dependent Fetal Heart Rate Segments. InICASSP 2022-2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2022 May 23 (pp. 1331-1335). IEEE.  
• Chen T, Feng G, Heiselman C, Quirk JG, Djurić PM. Fetal heart rate analysis from a multi-task learning perspective with gaussian processes. 31st European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2023) 
   

Book Chapters:

• Feng, Guanchao; Quirk, J. Gerald Quirk; Heiselman, Cassandra; Djuric, Petar M: Fetal Heart Rate Analysis with Gaussian Processes. Innovative Technologies and Signal Processing in Perinatal Medicine. Volume 2. Editor Danilo Pani. Springer Cham. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32625-7 (Hardcover ISBN published 19 August 2023) 
• Heiselman, Cassandra; Bacak, Stephen J: Management of Postterm Pregnancy. Perifacts #16145. July 2017
• Lavin, Justin P; Hasan, Ayesha; Heiselman, Cassandra: Endometritis and Other Postpartum Infections. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2019.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2018. 
• Lavin, Justin P; Hasan, Ayesha; Heiselman, Cassandra: Endometritis and Other Postpartum Infections. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2020.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2019. 
• Lavin, Justin P; Heiselman, Cassandra; Lende, Michelle; Endometritis and Other Postpartum Infections: The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2021. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2020.  

Presentations: 

• Castro J, Heiselman DE, Chen A, Heiselman CJ, Friedman N: Incidence of seizures in comatose cardiac arrest survivors undergoing induced hypothermia therapy-a retrospective analysis.  Poster presentation, Scientific Sessions 2006, American Heart Association, Chicago, IL, November 12, 2006.  
• Castro J, Friedman N, Chen A, Heiselman D, Heiselman C:  Induced Hypothermia Therapy for Survivors of In-and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest – A Retrospective Review. Poster presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, Feb 18, 2007.   
• Castro J, Friedman N, Chen A, Heiselman D, Heiselman C: Seizures in Comatose Arrest Survivors Receiving Therapeutic Hypothermia. Oral presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, Feb 18, 2007.   
• Castro J, Friedman N, Chen A, Heiselman D, Heiselman C: Use of Routine Blood Cultures in Protocols for Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest. Poster presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, Feb 18, 2007.   
• Castro C, Heiselman C, Chen A, Friedman N, Heiselman D: Use of Routine Blood Cultures in Protocols for Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest. Poster presentation.  17th Annual NEOUCOM Residency Research Day, Akron, OH, May 9, 2007. 
• Wuescher C, Heiselman, C; Lee J, Delahanty M; Haller N: Impact of Clostridium Difficile Colitis on Rehabilitation Outcomes. Poster presentation. 18th Annual NEOUCOM Residency Research Day, Akron, OH, April 23, 2008. 
• Abdelfatah, M; Heiselman, C; Dumford, D; Murphy, C; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) with B-cell lymphoma, a rare lethal cause for fever of unknown origin.  24th Annual NEOUCOM Residency Research Day. April 25, 2014 
• Shah, K; Heiselman, C; Smelcer, P: Consultation Communication: Hospital Culture and Perspectives. Poster presentation. Annual AIPNO Conference, Cleveland, OH, October 2016. 
• Heiselman, C; Smelcer, P; Shah, K; Cottrell, C; Lavin, JP: Inpatient Consultation Communication: Hospital Culture and Perspectives. ePoster presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2017 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 2017. 
• Heiselman, C; Smelcer, P; Shah, K; Cottrell, C; Lavin, JP: Communication Among Inpatient Consultants: Is a Change in Culture Needed?. Oral presentation. 2017 Cleveland Clinic Akron General Scientific Session, Akron, OH, May 31, 2017. 
• Kantorowska, A; Heiselman, C; Halpern, T; Akerman, M; Elsayad, A; Muscat, J; Sicuranza, G; Vintzileos, A; Heo, H: Identifying Barriers that Delay Treatment of Obstetric Hypertensive Emergency. Poster Presentation. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 39th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 2019. 
• Dinglas, C; Umesh, V; Heiselman, C; Garretto, D; Herrera, K. “Do maternal and neonatal outcomes vary based on indications since the introduction of late preterm antenatal steroids?”. Oral presentation. 13th Annual Women in Medicine Stony Brook Research Day, Stony Brook, NY, March 6, 2019. 
• Davis, J; Heiselman, C; Hoffmann, E; Dinglas, C; Akerman, M; Elsayah, A; Adams, R; Vintzileos, A; Heo, H. “Does 1st Trimester Hemoglobin A1c Predict Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes?”. Poster presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 2019. 
• Heiselman, C; Dinglas, C; Davis, J: “Cell Free DNA Screening: Basics and Beyond”. Film Festival presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 2019. 
• Dinglas, C; Davis, J; Heiselman, C; Chavez, M; Vintzileos: “Selective laser ablation followed by a delayed Solomon technique for twin-twin transfusion syndrome may improve dual survival”. Poster presentation. International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology - 29th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Berlin, Germany, October 2019.  
• Heiselman, C; Pastore, LM; Milone, G; Davis, J; Dinglas, C; Persad, M; Garretto, D; Herrera, K: How do distress levels affect women’s decision-making for invasive prenatal genetic testing? Poster Presentation. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Grapevine, TX, February 2020.  
• Fuchs, A; Heiselman, C; Davis, J; Overbey, J; Rosenn, B: Do fibroids change in size during pregnancy? Poster Presentation. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Grapevine, TX, February 2020.  
• Davis, J; Heiselman, C; Cochrane, E; Staszewski, C; Gruttadauria, M; Fuchs, A; Fung, J; Dayton, S; Garry, D; Herrera, K; Garretto, D: Comparison of Opioid Maintenance Therapy (OMT) on Prenatal and Postnatal Growth Effects. Poster Presentation. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Grapevine, TX, February 2020.  
• Lende, M; Heiselman, C; Knebusch, M; Cottrell, C; Bacak, S: Postpartum Diabetes Screening in an Urban Resident Clinic. Poster Presentation. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Grapevine, TX, February 2020.  
• Davis, J; Heiselman, C; Peresleni, T; Baker, D; Garry, D: Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are Potential Markers for Preterm Birth (PTB). Poster Presentation. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Grapevine, TX, February 2020. 
• Heiselman, C; Fuchs, A; Davis, J: “Opioid Use in Pregnancy: Breaking Through the Stigma”. Film Festival presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, April 2020.  
• Davis, J; Heiselman, C; Cochrane, E; Staszewski, C; Gruttadauria, M; Fuchs, A; Fung, J; Dayton, S; Garry, D; Herrera, K; Garretto, D: “Opioid Maintenance Therapy (OMT) Outcomes on Maternal Weight Gain”. Poster presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, April 2020.  
• Freeman, E; Heiselman, C; Knebusch, M; Cottrell, C; Bacak, S: “Intention Versus Uptake: LARC Among Postpartum Women in a Federally Qualified Health Clinic”. Poster presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, April 2020.  
• Heiselman, C; Pastore, LM; Milone, G; Davis, J; Dinglas, C; Persad, M; Garretto, D; Herrera, K: How do distress levels affect women’s decision-making for invasive prenatal genetic testing? Oral presentation. 14th Annual Women in Medicine Stony Brook Research Day, Stony Brook, NY, March 11, 2019. (accepted) 
• Fuchs, A; Heiselman, C; Davis, J; Overbey, J; Rosenn, B: Do fibroids change in size during pregnancy? Oral presentation. 14th Annual Women in Medicine Stony Brook Research Day, Stony Brook, NY, March 11, 2019. (accepted) 
• Freeman, E; Heiselman, C; Knebusch, M; Cottrell, C; Bacak, S: “Intention Versus Uptake: Long-acting reversible contraception among postpartum women in a federally qualified health center”. Oral presentation. Cleveland Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Research Day. May 2020.  **Award: 2nd Place Resident Research**
• Henninger, C; Heiselman, C; George, E; Bacak, S: A Novel Approach to Suture Placement in Robotic-Assisted Transabdominal Cerclage. Poster presentation. CAOG Annual Meeting, October 2020. 
• Kohli HK, Heiselman C, Heiligenstein M, Fuchs A, Garretto D, Herrera K. Patient Satisfaction with Obstetrics and Gynecology Telemedicine Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster Presentation. 48th Annual Latinx Medical Student Association Northeast Conference. January 2021.  
• Heiselman C, Fuchs A, Abuzeid O, Heiligenstein M, Iovino N, Huber A, Gorman M, Sha S, Herrera K, Garretto D, Noureddine L, Choi J, Garry D. Opioid Maintenance Therapy Prescription by Obstetricians and Postpartum Visit Compliance. Poster Presentation. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 41th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Virtual. January 2021. 
• Fuchs A, Heiselman C, Peralta L, Gorman M, Umesh V, Abuzeid O, Garretto D, Herrera K, Hussain A, Garry D. Fetal Abdominal Circumference as an Early Marker in Prediction of Small for Gestational Age Newborns. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 41st Annual Pregnancy Meeting. Virtual. January 2021  
• Abdelnour R, Heiselman C, Freeman E, George E, Kovach S, Chien E. Access to Tdap Vaccine in Outpatient Offices and Immunization Uptake during Pregnancy. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 41st Annual Pregnancy Meeting. Virtual. January 2021  
• Heiselman C, Fuchs A, Abuzeid O, Gorman M, Iovino N Sha S, Garretto D. Risk Factors Associated with Severe Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Requiring Morphine. Poster Presentation. American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Virtual 2021 Meeting. April 2021.  **Award: Abstract Honorable Mention**
• Fuchs A, Heiselman C, Peralta L, Umesh V, Gorman M, Herrera K, Abuzeid O, Choi J, Garretto D, Garry D. Prediction of Cesarean Delivery by Umbilical Artery Dopplers in Growth Restricted Fetuses. Poster presentation. AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine) 2021 Annual Convention. April 2021. 
• Heiselman C, Fuchs A, Abuzeid O, Huber A, Heiligenstein M, Herrera K. Risk Factors for Preterm Delivery in Women on Opioid Maintenance Therapy (OMT). Poster Presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, April 2021 
• Abuzeid O, Heiselman C, Fuchs A, Herrera K, Garry D, Abuzeid M. Obstetric Outcomes of Singleton Live Birth After Hysteroscopic Division of Complete Uterine Septum. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, April 2021. 
• Heiselman C, Fuchs A, Abuzeid O, Heiligenstein M, Iovino N, Huber A, Gorman M, Sha S, Herrera K, Garretto D, Noureddine L, Choi J, Garry D. Opioid Maintenance Therapy Prescription by Obstetricians and Postpartum Visit Compliance. Poster Presentation. New York Obstetrical Society Residents and Fellows Research Day. April 13, 2021. 
• Preis, H, Heiselman, C, Mahaffey, B, Lobel, M. Birth satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic among 2,339 women in the U.S. Oral presentation. New York Perinatal Society 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting. April 21, 2021 
• Kohli HK, Heiselman C, Heiligenstein M, Fuchs A, Garretto D, Herrera K. Patient Satisfaction with Obstetrics and Gynecology Telemedicine Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Oral presentation. New York Perinatal Society 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting. April 21, 2021 
• Fuchs A, Heiselman C, Peralta L, Gorman M, Umesh V, Abuzeid O, Garretto D, Herrera K, Hussain A, Garry D. Prediction of Small for Gestational Age Newborns and Their Mode of Delivery Using Fetal Abdominal Circumference and Umbilical Artery Dopplers in the Growth Restricted Fetus. Oral presentation. New York Perinatal Society 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting. April 21, 2021