CURRICULUM VITAE

2006

NAME: Jason H. Collins, M. D.
BIRTHDATE: November 3, 1953
BIRTHPLACE: New Orleans, Louisiana
MARRIED: Candace C. Collins, M. D.
CHILDREN: Caroline R. Collins, Catherine M. Collins, Jason Haydel Collins, III
EDUCATION:

Undergraduate:

  • Tulane University 1971 to 1975

    • Graduate:

  • Tulane University Medical Center 1975- 1980


    • Post Graduate:
  • Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York

  • Internship 1980-1981

  • Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA

  • OB/GYN Residency 1981 - 1984
    • LICENSURE: Louisiana, 1987 L#015771
    HONORS:

    P.H. Jones Memorial Scholarship, Louisiana State Medical Society, 1976-1980

    1976, Rudolph Matas Medical History Prize Paper
    SOCIETIES:

    Louisiana State Medical Society, 1985-Present
    HOSPITALS: Active Staff, Northshore Medical Center, Slidell, Louisiana
    HOSPITAL
    COMMITTIES:

  • SMH- Women's Center Operations Committee Chairman 1988-1989
  • SMH- Women's Regional Center Co- Director, 1985, 1986, 1987
  • SMH- Laser Advisory Committee, 1986- 1987
  • SMH- Pharmacy & Therapeutics, 1986 -1988
  • SMH- Blood and Tissue Use Committee, 1988, 1989, Chairman
  • SMH- Library Committee, 1987-1988
  • SMH- Quality Assurance Committee, 1988, 1989
  • Northshore Medical Center, OB/GYN, 1990 Chairman
  • Northshore Medical Center, OB/GYN, 1998 Chairman
  • Northshore Medical Center, OB/GYN, 2000 Medical Staff President
  • Northshore Medical Center, Aortic Bypass IRB Chairman
    • PROFESSIONAL
    COMMITTEES:

    Medical Advisory Board
    Multimedia Medical Systems, 1994-1996

    Medical Advisory Board
    Infomed Inc (Telemed Syst), 2000-present

    Coordinating Council on Telemedicine and Distant
    Education , State of Louisiana, Office of the Govenor 1998

    MEDICAL
    PUBLICATIONS:

  • Sudden Paralysis in Pregnancy Due to Spinal Cord Vascular Accidents, Journal of the Louisiana (Author) State Medical Society, January 1986, Pg. 44-48

  • Infective Endocarditis Presenting with a Pneumothorax in a Patient 32 weeks Pregnant, Journal of the Louisiana State (Author) Medical Society, May 1985, Pg. 60-63

  • Severe Uterine Hemorrhage from Blastomycosis of the Endometrium, (Co-Author) journal of Reproductive Medicine. March 1987, Pg. 247-249

  • Nuchal Cord, a Definition and a Study Associating Placental Location and Nuchal Cord Incidence, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, July 1991.

  • Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Transdermal Estradiol System, Jason H. Collins, M.D. (Co-Author) Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, March 1989, Vo. 20.

  • The Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Lumbar Bone Density in Pre-Menopausal Women, (Co-Author), Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA , Journal Louisiana State Medical Society, VO. 140, September, 1989, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

  • Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Abnormalities: A Triple Knot and Torsion of the Umbilical Cord, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J. Obstet Gyn, July 1993, Vol. 169, Pg. 103-104.

  • Two Cases of Multiple Umbilical Cord Abnormalities: Resulting in Stillbirth: Prenatal Observation With Ultrasonography and Fetal Heart Rates, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J Obstet Gyn, January 1993, Vol. 168, Pg. 125-128.

  • Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Torsion With Subsequent Premature Labor and Delivery of a 31 week Infant With Mild Nonimmune Hydrops. Am J Obstet Gyn Vol. 172, No. 3, Pg. 1048-49.

  • Nuchal Cords: Timing of Prenatal Diagnosis and Duration, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J. Obstet Gyn, 1995: 173:168

  • Nuchal Cord Type A and B, Jason H. Collins, M. D., Am J. Obstet Gyn, 1997, 176: Pg 94.

  • Dynamics of Cardiovascular responses to repeated partial umbilical cord compression in late-gestation sheep fetus. J H Collins M.D. co-author American Journal of Physiology 1997 H323-7.11.
  • Changes in ACTH and cortisol responsivness following repeated partial umbilical cord occlusions in the late gestaton ovine fetus. J H Collins M.D. co-author Endocrinology 1997
    • PUBLICATIONS:

    Telemedicine - Multimedia System Delivers Obstetrics Into the Digital Age, May 1996, Pg. 23-28.

    OBG Management - How To Be In Two Places At Once: Multimedia OB, May 1996, Pg. 42.

    OB GYN News - Ob. Offers Remote Bedside Manner, Vol. 31, No. 11, June, 1996, Pg. 34.

    Computers & Medicine - Telemedical OB Delivers Results, Easing Anxieties - Vol. 25, Number 9, Pg. 3.

    Global Telemedicine Report - Telemedicine For Prenatal Care, July 1995, Pg. 1, 5-6.

    M. D. News - Telemedicine: The Evolution of Medicine, Feb. 1997.
    LETTERS:

    An Association Between Placental Location and Nuchal Cord Occurrence. Am J. of OB/Gyn, Vol. 167, No. 2, Pg. 570-571, Aug. 1992.

    First Report: Prenatal Diagnosis of a True Knot. Am J of OB/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 6, Part 1, Dec. 1991.

    First Report: Prenatal Diagnosis of Long Cord. Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 6 Part 1, Dec. 1991.

    The Short Umbilical Cord. Am J of OB/Gyn, Jan. 1992.

    Giacomello's Observation and Nuchal Cords. Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 6, Pg. 1895, Dec. 1991.

    Fetal Hiccups and the Umbilical Ring. Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 165, No. 4, Pg. 1161, Oct. 1991.

    A Photographic Look at Umbilical Cord Vessel Variation, Am J of Ob/Gyn, Vol. 172, No. 2, Pg. 718-719 1996

    Umbilical cord compression, persistent pulmonary hypertension, and placental villous hypervascularity. Am J of Ob/Gyn,Vol.177,No.5,Pg. 1276-77 1997

    Umbilical cord accidents-Time of death. Amer J of Ob/Gyn,Vol 177, No.6, Pg. 1566-67 1997

    Umbilical cord accident-Time of death cont'd. Amer J of Ob/Gyn, Vol 179, No.1, Pg.275 1998

    Food Poisoning in Pregnancy Leading to Stillbirth. The  Female Patient. July; 2002
    MEDICAL
    PRESENTATIONS:

    Prenatal Diagnosis of Umbilical Cord Complications and Their Management, 160 Cases, District VII, ACOG, Nov. 13, 1991, Puerta La Varta, Mexico.

    Silent Risk, Issues about the human umbilical cord Presented to the Tulane Obstetric and Gynecologic Society,1997 New Orleans ,LA

    Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Study Group on the Placenta/Paper Presentation
    The Human Umbilical Cord
    October, 1999 London, UK

    National Institute of Health Maternal Child Div.
    Planning a National Agenda for Stillbirth Research
    Presentation: Human Studies on Umbilical Cord Accidents
    March 26,2001 , Washington , D.C.

    Silent Risk Issues about the Human Umbilical Cord
    Grand Rounds / Dept OB/GYN
    Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
    Tallahassee, FL   May 2003

    Silent Risk Issues about the Human Umbilical Cord,
    FHR Patterns due to Umbilical Cord Compression

    1. : Advanced Regional Fetal Heart Monitoring

    Conference; Lourdes Hospital – Peducah ,KY

    Umbilical Cord Accidents
    Grand Rounds,
    Mercy Hospital/Unity Hospital
    Coon Rapids, MN  January 2003

    Umbilical Cord Accidents
    Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Grand Rounds, Women’s Hospital
    Baton Rouge, LA  April 2003

    Umbilical Cord Accidents
    Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Grand Rounds, Baylor Med Ctr
    Dallas, TX , September 2003

    Umbilical Cord Accidents
    Grand Rounds , Seton Hospital
    Austin TX, October 2003

    Umbilical  Cord Accidents
    Grand Rounds, Iowa Health Ctr
    DesMoines  IA, March 2004

    Umbilical Cord Accidents
    Savanah Perinatal Group
    Savanah GA, May 2004

    Umbilical Cord Accidents
    Grand Rounds, St Alexius Hospital
    Bismark ND, June 2004
    PRESENTATIONS:

    AIC Conferences                                   
    “Build and Deploy a Telemedicine Infrastructure"
    December 6-7, 1995, San Francisco, CA,

    Obstetrical Multimedia Telemedicine
    Global Business Research
    June 19-21, 1996, Chicago, Ill,

    “Telemedicine 2000”.
    Obstetrical Multimedia Telemedicine  
    Global Business Research
    August 22-23, 1996, Chicago, ILL,
    “Telehomecare”    

    Fourth Annual Telemedicine 2000
    February 19-20, 1998
    Orlando ,FL   “Home Fetal Monitoring”

    Technology  2000/ NASA Technology Transfer
    Composite Obstetrical Forceps
    Miami ,FL  November 1999

    NASA Medical Technology  Summit
    Composite Obstetrical Forceps
    Pasedena, California  February 2003

    Fetal and Neonatal Physiology Society
    Oral Presentation #39-33rd Annual Meet
    Pregnancy after Stillbirth and Home Fetal
    Heart Rate Monitoring via the Internet
    Cambridge, England  2006

                                                    
    POSTERS:

    Umbilical Cord Anomalies:  Fetal Hiccup as a Barometer, Amsterdam, 5-12/15-1992, III European Congress of Perinatal Medicine.

    Ultrasound Measurement and Characterization of the Umbilical Cord, Ontario, Canada 8-25/28-1992, Society for Fetal Physiology, Oxford, England.

    Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Torsion.  Society for Fetal Physiology, Oxford, England - London, May 1993.

    Prenatal Diagnosis of Umbilical Cord Abnormalities, 400 cases, Southern Medical Association, 1993, New Orleans.

    Prenatal Observation of Umbilical Cord Torsion, Southern Medical Association, 1993, New Orleans.
                                          
    Nuchal cord TypeA and Type B. Society for Fetal Physiology 1997 ; Rome, Italy

    Umbilical Cord Accidents-Time of death.  Society for Fetal Physiology 1998, UCLA Conference Center  LA,CA 

    Umbilical Cord Accidents-Time of Death . The Fetus As a Patient  XV International Congress  1999,Cornell Univ Med Ctr NY,NY

    Stillbirth Associated Umbilical Cord Accident and Subsequent Pregnancy: P17---1st Asian Pacific Congress in Maternal Fetal Medicine , Hong Kong 2005
    STUDIES:

    Ongoing:  The Perinatal Umbilical Cord Project 1987 - Present, >1,500 cases studied.

    Corometrics Corporation -Completed study:  Home non-stress test for infants/using telemetry prenatally diagnosed with nuchal cord entanglement.

    Utah Medical Corporation - Completed study:  Adapters to fetal monitoring with air tocometers.  (Hewitt Pack-Corometrics).

    Prospective Evaluation of 25 patients preferring, Premarin vs Estraderm Ciba Geigy:  CMRI Clinical Studies #1.

    Ciba Geigy, Estraderm vs Premarin CMRI Clinical Studies, Study #2.

    Prospective Evaluation of 30 Amenorrheic Females and Cholesterol Level/Pvt Study.

    Relationship of Microbial Metabolism to Myeloperoxidase-mediated Chemiluminescence and Bacteriocidal Action.  Abstract 1977, Amer Soc for Microbiology.

    ACTH and Cortisol (F) Responses To Repeated Partial Umbilical Cord Occlusions (UCOs) In The Late Gestation Sheep Fetus, N. Unno, D. A. Giussani, J. H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz, et al. Abstract  1995, Society For Gynecologic Investigation.

    Fetal Metabolic Responses to Repeated, Partial (50%)Umbilical Cord Compression (UCC)

    In Sheep, N. Unno, D.A. Giussani, J.H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz et al.  Abstract 1996, Society for Gynecologic Investigation.

    Cardiovascular Responses To Repeated, Partial Umbilical Cord Occlusions (UCO) In The Chronically-Instrumented Sheep Fetus, D.A. Giussani, N. Unno, J. H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz, et al. Abstract 1995, Society for Gynecologic Investigation.

    Spectral Analysis Of The Ovine Fetal Electrocardiogram (ECOG) During Repeated Partial Umbilical Cord Occlusions (UCOs), N. Unno, D.A. Giussani, J.H. Collins, P.W. Nathanielsz, et al.  Abstract 1995, Society for Gynecologic Investigation

    BOOKS: Silent Risk Issues about the Human Umbilical Cord 1997
    MANUSCRIPTS: UCA -2002 [ web based 1999 – lecture 2004 ]
    INVENTIONS:

    Collins' Umbilical Clamp-Patented #1
    Collins' Umbilical Clamp-Patented #2
    Collins' Laser Speculum-Patented #1
    Collins' Laser Speculum-Patented #2
    Collins’ Fiber Optic Fetal Monitor Garment Collins’ 

    Instrumented Forceps – NASA Tech Transfer Space Act Agreement/Completed

    Ultrasound Imaging, NASA Collins’ Digital Enhancement of Black and White Tech Transfer Space Act Agreement, Completed      

    SOCIAL
    ORGANIZATIONS:

    Boston Club
    New Orleans, LA
    COMPANIES: Pregnancy Institute (501C-3)
    Medical Research Corp.
    President

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