Dominika Seidman, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
Dr. Seidman has joint fellowship training in family planning and reproductive infectious disease with a focus on HIV. She is the former interim medical director of the Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC, now HIVE) at San Francisco General Hospital and lead perinatal consultant at the Clinician Consultation Center at UCSF, a national consultation service for providers regarding HIV care. She continues to work closely with HIVE through research and clinical care. She is currently a K-12 scholar at UCSF through the Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Program. Her interests include the intersection of HIV/STI care and prevention and family planning.
Areas of interest:
- Integration of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention into family planning care
- PrEP for women
- Contraception and risk of HIV acquisition
- Family planning & pregnancy care in women living with HIV
- Family planning & pregnancy care in women in serodifferent relationships
- Family planning care for sex workers
Education and training:
- University of California, San Francisco, Fellowship in Family Planning
- University of California, San Francisco, Reproductive Infectious Disease Fellowship
- University of California, San Francisco, Masters of Clinical Research
- Northwestern University, Obstetrics & Gynecology Internship and Residency
- Harvard University, Medical Doctorate
In the News
- Giving birth can be transformative. Having an abortion can be transformative too (op-ed) | Salon
- Abortion clinics around the country are continuing to offer services, which providers call essential and time sensitive | Route Fifty
- Women need to learn about PrEP, panel says | The Body
- Some of the Americans who need PrEP the most face the greatest barriers to getting it | NAM aidsmap
- Study looks at use of PrEP during pregnancy and breastfeeding | NAM aidsmap
Publications:
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In-hospital Substance Use Policies: An Opportunity to Advance Equity, Reduce Stigma, and Offer Evidence-based Addiction Care. J Addict Med. 2023 Jan-Feb 01; 17(1):10-12. Martin M, Snyder HR, Otway G, Holpit L, Day LW, Seidman D. PMID: 35914181; PMCID: PMC9897266.
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Reimagining Preexposure Prophylaxis Provision for Women in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 07 06; 74(12):2243-2248. Seidman D, Logan R, Weber S, Gandhi A, Blackstock O. PMID: 35482659; PMCID: PMC9890470.
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Premature and early menopause among US women with or at risk for HIV. Menopause. 2022 06 01; 29(6):741-747. Bullington BW, Edmonds A, Ramirez C, Rahangdale L, Neal-Perry G, Konkle-Parker D, Weiss DJ, Moran C, Golub ET, Cejtin H, Seidman D, Kassaye S, Wilson TE, Sharma A, Adimora AA, Knittel AK. PMID: 35324546; PMCID: PMC9177513.
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Congenital syphilis prevention in the context of methamphetamine use and homelessness. Am J Addict. 2022 05; 31(3):210-218. Plotzker RE, Burghardt NO, Murphy RD, McLean R, Jacobson K, Tang EC, Seidman D. PMID: 35340101; PMCID: PMC9507168.
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The Association Between HIV Status, Estradiol, and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Among Premenopausal Women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2022 02; 31(2):183-193. Coburn SB, Dionne-Odom J, Alcaide ML, Moran CA, Rahangdale L, Golub ET, Massad LS, Seidman D, Michel KG, Minkoff H, Murphy K, Brown TT, Visvanathan K, Lau B, Althoff KN. PMID: 35041528; PMCID: PMC8864429.
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Lessons Learned from Longer Acting Reversible Contraception Applied to Longer Acting HIV Prevention Technologies. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2021 10; 18(5):483-488. Logan R, Seidman D. PMID: 34528183; PMCID: PMC8442650.
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Associations between HIV, antiretroviral therapy and preterm birth in the US Women's Interagency HIV Study, 1995-2018: a prospective cohort. HIV Med. 2022 04; 23(4):406-416. Venkatesh KK, Edmonds A, Westreich D, Dionne-Odom J, Weiss DJ, Sheth AN, Cejtin H, Seidman D, Kassaye S, Minkoff H, Atrio J, Rahangdale L, Adimora AA. PMID: 34514711; PMCID: PMC9507163.
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Trends in Bacterial Vaginosis Prevalence in a Cohort of U.S. Women with and at Risk for HIV. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2022 05; 31(5):726-732. Massad LS, Daubert EM, Evans CT, Minkoff H, Kassaye S, Dionne-Odom J, Seidman D, Murphy K, Alcaide ML, Adimora AA, Sheth AN, Golub ET, French AL, Weber KM. PMID: 34449258; PMCID: PMC9133967.
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Homelessness in pregnancy: perinatal outcomes. J Perinatol. 2021 12; 41(12):2742-2748. St Martin BS, Spiegel AM, Sie L, Leonard SA, Seidman D, Girsen AI, Shaw GM, El-Sayed YY. PMID: 34404925; PMCID: PMC9507167.
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"Far More than Just a Prescription": Focus Groups With U.S. Family Planning Providers and Staff About Integrating PrEP for HIV Prevention Into Their Work. Womens Health Issues. 2021 May-Jun; 31(3):294-300. Razon N, Razon N, Rodriguez A, Carlson K, Witt J, Logan R, Chambers B, Weber S, Seidman D. PMID: 33839000.
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Obesity is associated with lower bacterial vaginosis prevalence in menopausal but not pre-menopausal women in a retrospective analysis of the Women's Interagency HIV Study. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0248136. Daubert E, Weber KM, French AL, Seidman D, Michel K, Gustafson D, Murphy K, Muzny CA, Alcaide M, Sheth A, Adimora AA, Spear GT. PMID: 33684141; PMCID: PMC7939367.
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Offering routine trichomonas vaginalis testing to patients presenting for abortion at an urban hospital-based clinic. Contraception. 2021 06; 103(6):423-425. Cheeks ML, Schwartz R, Oleson EC, Cohen S, Drey EA, Seidman D. PMID: 33539801.
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Patient-Led Decision-Making for HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2021 02; 18(1):48-56. Sewell WC, Solleveld P, Seidman D, Dehlendorf C, Marcus JL, Krakower DS. PMID: 33417201; PMCID: PMC8086908.
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Factors associated with syphilis seroprevalence in women with and at-risk for HIV infection in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (1994-2015). Sex Transm Infect. 2022 02; 98(1):4-10. Aaron KJ, Brill I, Causey-Pruitt Z, Murphy K, Augenbraun M, Kassaye S, Milam JE, Seidman D, French AL, Gange SJ, Adimora AA, Sheth AN, Fischl MA, Van Der Pol B, Marrazzo J, Kempf MC, Dionne-Odom J. PMID: 33408096; PMCID: PMC9099234.
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Associations between HIV, antiretroviral therapy, and preterm birth in the women’s interagency HIV study, 1994-2018. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020 Dec 1; 223(6):961-962. Venkatesh VK, Edmonds EA, Westreich WD, Dionne-Odom DJ, Weiss WD, Sheth SA, Cejtin CH, Seidman SD, Kassaye KS, Minkoff MH, Atrio AJ, Rahangdale RL, Adimora AA. .View in: Publisher Site Mentions:
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Reproductive tract immune cells from pregnant women or those using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate show no excess susceptibility to HIV-1: Results of an ex vivo fusion assay. Contraception. 2021 01; 103(1):44-47. Seidman D, Cavrois M, Hilton JF, Roan NR, Averbach S, Takeda M, Chang E, Raman N, Greenblatt R, Shacklett BL, Smith-McCune K. PMID: 33007299; PMCID: PMC7736211.
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Examining adherence barriers among women with HIV to tailor outreach for long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy. BMC Womens Health. 2020 07 25; 20(1):152. Benning L, Mantsios A, Kerrigan D, Coleman JS, Golub E, Blackstock O, Konkle-Parker D, Philbin M, Sheth A, Adimora AA, Cohen MH, Seidman D, Milam J, Kassaye SG, Taylor T, Murray M. PMID: 32711509; PMCID: PMC7382076.
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Patterns and Trajectories of Anal Intercourse Practice Over the Life Course Among US Women at Risk of HIV. J Sex Med. 2020 09; 17(9):1629-1642. Owen BN, Baggaley RF, Maheu-Giroux M, Elmes J, Adimora AA, Ramirez C, Edmonds A, Sosanya K, Taylor T, Plankey M, Cederbaum J, Seidman D, Weber KM, Golub ET, Sheth AN, Bolivar H, Konkle-Parker D, Boily MC. PMID: 32703707; PMCID: PMC9559060.
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Differential Effects of the Hormonal and Copper Intrauterine Device on the Endometrial Transcriptome. Sci Rep. 2020 04 23; 10(1):6888. Smith-McCune K, Thomas R, Averbach S, Seidman D, Takeda M, Houshdaran S, Giudice LC. PMID: 32327684; PMCID: PMC7181869.
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Female genital tract shedding of HIV-1 is rare in women with suppressed HIV-1 in plasma. AIDS. 2020 01 01; 34(1):39-46. Nelson JAE, De Paris K, Ramirez C, Edmonds A, Mollan KR, Bay CP, Compliment K, Herold BC, Anastos K, Minkoff H, Kassaye S, Seidman DL, French AL, Golub ET, Sheth AN, Ochsenbauer C, Swanstrom R, Eron JJ, Adimora AA. PMID: 31483374; PMCID: PMC6910230.
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Effects of the levonorgestrel-containing intrauterine device, copper intrauterine device, and levonorgestrel-containing oral contraceptive on susceptibility of immune cells from cervix, endometrium and blood to HIV-1 fusion measured ex vivo. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0221181. Cavrois M, Hilton JF, Roan NR, Takeda M, Seidman D, Averbach S, Chang E, Raman N, Greenblatt R, Shacklett BL, Smith-McCune K. PMID: 31437197; PMCID: PMC6705759.
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P728 Correlates of syphilis in women living with and without HIV in the US women’s interagency HIV study (WIHS). Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2019 Jul 1; 95(Suppl 1):a315. Aaron AK, Brill BI, Causey CZ, Murphy MK, Augenbraun AM, Kassaye KS, Milam MJ, Seidman SD, French FA, Gange GS, Adimora AA, Sheth SA, Fischl FM, Kempf KM, Marrazzo MJ, Van Der Pol VB, Dionne-Odom DJ. .View in: Publisher Site Mentions:
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Menstrual cycle-dependent alterations in glycosylation: a roadmap for defining biomarkers of favorable and unfavorable mucus. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 May; 36(5):847-855. Reynoso-Prieto M, Takeda M, Prakobphol A, Seidman D, Averbach S, Fisher S, Smith-McCune K. PMID: 31073726; PMCID: PMC6541694.
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Brief Report: PrEP Eligibility Among At-Risk Women in the Southern United States: Associated Factors, Awareness, and Acceptability. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 04 15; 80(5):527-532. Patel AS, Goparaju L, Sales JM, Mehta CC, Blackstock OJ, Seidman D, Ofotokun I, Kempf MC, Fischl MA, Golub ET, Adimora AA, French AL, DeHovitz J, Wingood G, Kassaye S, Sheth AN. PMID: 30649036; PMCID: PMC6519058.
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Do Adolescent Women's Contraceptive Preferences Predict Method Use and Satisfaction? A Survey of Northern California Family Planning Clients. J Adolesc Health. 2019 05; 64(5):640-647. Walker AW, Stern L, Cipres D, Rodriguez A, Alvarez J, Seidman D. PMID: 30612809; PMCID: PMC6538030.
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Housing status and abortion outcomes at a public hospital in San Francisco. Contraception. 2018 Oct 1; 98(4):344. Orlando OM, Newmann NS, Drey DE, Anderson AN, Shapiro SB, Borne BD, Seidman SD. .View in: Publisher Site Mentions:
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Ensuring our research reflects our values: The role of family planning research in advancing reproductive autonomy. Contraception. 2018 07; 98(1):4-7. Dehlendorf C, Reed R, Fox E, Seidman D, Hall C, Steinauer J. PMID: 29545022; PMCID: PMC6033836.
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Family planning providers' role in offering PrEP to women. Contraception. 2018 06; 97(6):467-470. Seidman D, Weber S, Carlson K, Witt J. PMID: 29408284; PMCID: PMC6010195.
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Optimizing Delivery of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis for Women in the United States. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2018 01; 32(1):16-23. Aaron E, Blum C, Seidman D, Hoyt MJ, Simone J, Sullivan M, Smith DK. PMID: 29323558; PMCID: PMC5756936.
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HIV target cells in the female reproductive tract: effects of hormonal or intrauterine contraception and pregnancy. Contraception. 2017 Oct 1; 96(4):302. Seidman SD, Cavrois CM, Hilton HJ, Averbach AS, Rodriguez RA, Takeda TM, Smith-McCune SK. .View in: Publisher Site Mentions:
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HIV-affected couples and individuals who desire children should be offered options for safer conception. J Int AIDS Soc. 2017 07 26; 20(1):22155. Pollock LC, Weber S, Kaida A, Matthews LT, Seidman DL. PMID: 28741333; PMCID: PMC5577738.
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Safer Conception and Contraceptive Counseling By Providers of Men Living With HIV in San Francisco. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2017 Nov - Dec; 28(6):964-970. Orlando M, Weber S, Martinez R, Cohan D, Seidman D. PMID: 28709752.
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Is pericoital or peri-insemination preexposure prophylaxis effective human immunodeficiency prevention for vaginal exposures? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 08; 217(2):230-231. Seidman DL, Weber S, Grant RM. PMID: 28479285.
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Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV-1 Prevention. N Engl J Med. 2017 03 09; 376(10):995. Seidman D, Weber S, Aaron E. PMID: 28273024.
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Offering pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention to pregnant and postpartum women: a clinical approach. J Int AIDS Soc. 2017 03 08; 20(Suppl 1):21295. Seidman DL, Weber S, Cohan D. PMID: 28361503; PMCID: PMC5577744.
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Implications of intrapartum azithromycin on neonatal microbiota. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 03; 17(3):253-254. Mei J, Harter K, Danhaive O, Seidman D, Vargas J. PMID: 28244378.
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Smoking, HIV, and risk of pregnancy loss. AIDS. 2017 02 20; 31(4):553-560. Westreich D, Cates J, Cohen M, Weber KM, Seidman D, Cropsey K, Wright R, Milam J, Young MA, Mehta CC, Gustafson DR, Golub ET, Fischl MA, Adimora AA. PMID: 27902507; PMCID: PMC5263172.
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Young Women's Health-Promoting Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability to Sexually Transmitted Infections. J Adolesc Health. 2017 May; 60(5):556-562. Cipres D, Rodriguez A, Alvarez J, Stern L, Steinauer J, Seidman D. PMID: 28161525; PMCID: PMC5401799.
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Effects of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate on the immune microenvironment of the human cervix and endometrium: implications for HIV susceptibility. Mucosal Immunol. 2017 09; 10(5):1270-1278. Smith-McCune KK, Hilton JF, Shanmugasundaram U, Critchfield JW, Greenblatt RM, Seidman D, Averbach S, Giudice LC, Shacklett BL. PMID: 28051087; PMCID: PMC5496803.
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Women's concerns regarding sexually transmitted infection compared with unwanted pregnancy. Contraception. 2016 Oct 1; 94(4):391. Cipres CD, Steinauer SJ, Rodriguez RA, Alvarez AJ, Stern SL, Seidman SD. .View in: Publisher Site Mentions:
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Contraceptive use and pregnancy intentions among transgender men presenting to a clinic for sex workers and their families in San Francisco. Contraception. 2017 Feb; 95(2):186-189. Cipres D, Seidman D, Cloniger C, Nova C, O'Shea A, Obedin-Maliver J. PMID: 27621044.
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Re: Prior uterine evacuation of pregnancy as independent risk factor for preterm birth: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 01; 216(1):87. Averbach SH, Seidman D, Steinauer J, Darney P. PMID: 27596618.
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Effects of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device on the immune microenvironment of the human cervix and�endometrium. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 08; 76(2):137-48. Shanmugasundaram U, Hilton JF, Critchfield JW, Greenblatt RM, Giudice LC, Averbach S, Seidman D, Shacklett BL, Smith-McCune K. PMID: 27401588; PMCID: PMC5316474.
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Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis during the preconception, antepartum and postpartum periods at two United States medical centers. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Nov; 215(5):632.e1-632.e7. Seidman DL, Weber S, Timoney MT, Oza KK, Mullins E, Cohan DL, Wright RL. PMID: 27448959.
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Integrating Preexposure Prophylaxis for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Into Women's Health Care in the United States. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 07; 128(1):37-43. Seidman D, Weber S. PMID: 27275793.
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Emerging Technologies to Prevent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women. Semin Reprod Med. 2016 May; 34(3):159-67. Seidman D, Hemmerling A, Smith-McCune K. PMID: 26956691.
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Integrase inhibitors in late pregnancy and rapid HIV viral load reduction. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Mar; 214(3):385.e1-7. Rahangdale L, Cates J, Potter J, Badell ML, Seidman D, Miller ES, Coleman JS, Lazenby GB, Levison J, Short WR, Yawetz S, Ciaranello A, Livingston E, Duthely L, Rimawi BH, Anderson JR, Stringer EM, HOPES (HIV OB Pregnancy Education Study) Group. PMID: 26928154; PMCID: PMC4995881.
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Intravaginal practices among HIV-negative female sex workers along the US-Mexico border and their implications for emerging HIV prevention interventions. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2016 May; 133(2):212-6. Seidman D, Rusch M, Abramovitz D, Stockman JK, Martinez G, Rangel G, Vera A, Ulibarri MD, Strathdee SA. PMID: 26874868; PMCID: PMC4842145.
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United States family planning providers' knowledge of and attitudes towards preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: a national survey. Contraception. 2016 05; 93(5):463-9. Seidman D, Carlson K, Weber S, Witt J, Kelly PJ. PMID: 26772906.
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21: Integrase strand transfer inhibitors given to HIV-infected women late in pregnancy decrease HIV viral load more quickly than other antiretroviral therapy (ART). American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2016 Jan 1; 214(1):s16. Rahangdale RL, Cates CJ, Potter PJ, Badell BM, Seidman SD, Miller ME, Coleman CJ, Lazenby LG, Levison LJ, Short SW, Yawetz YS, Ciaranello CA, Livingston LE, Duthely DL, Rimawi RB, Anderson AJ, Stringer SE. .View in: Publisher Site Mentions:
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Family planning providers' knowledge of and attitudes toward preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: a national survey. Contraception. 2015 Oct 1; 92(4):411. Seidman SD, Carlson CK, Weber WS, Newmann NS, Witt WJ. .View in: Publisher Site Mentions:
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Interpretation, communication, and mechanisms of associations between injectable contraception and HIV risk. Lancet HIV. 2015 Sep; 2(9):e365-6. Seidman D, Averbach S, Smith-McCune K, Darney P. PMID: 26423545.
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A clinical approach to elimination of perinatal HIV transmission in resource-rich settings. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Dec; 131(3):309-10. Seidman D, Ruel T, Rahangdale L, Mittal P, Pecci C, Weber S, Goldschmidt R, Cohan D, Levison J. PMID: 26381200.
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The FACTS about women and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Lancet HIV. 2015 Jun; 2(6):e228. Seidman D, Weber S, Aaron E, Cohan D, Grant R. PMID: 26423194.
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Changes in care associated with the introduction of a postpartum hemorrhage patient safety program. Am J Perinatol. 2013 Nov; 30(10):833-8. Lappen JR, Seidman D, Burke C, Goetz K, Grobman WA. PMID: 23359234.
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Linezolid-induced lingua villosa nigra. Am J Med. 2008 Jun; 121(6):e1. Refaat M, Hyle E, Malhotra R, Seidman D, Dey B. PMID: 18501207.
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