Whole Woman's Health et al v. Jackson et al

Filing 19

MOTION for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law in Support by Alamo Women's Reproductive Services, Alamo City Surgery Center PLLC, Brookside Women's Medical Center PA, Erika Forbes, Frontera Fund, Fund Texas Choice, Allison Gilbert, Houston Women's Clinic, Houston Women's Reproductive Services, Jane's Due Process, Daniel Kanter, Bhavik Kumar, Lilith Fund, Inc., North Texas Equal Access Fund, Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, Planned Parenthood South Texas Surgical Center, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services, Marva Sadler, Southwestern Women's Surgery Center, The Afiya Center, Whole Woman's Health, Whole Women's Health Alliance. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A. Gilbert Declaration, #2 Exhibit B. Kumar Declaration, #3 Exhibit C. Ferrigno Declaration, #4 Exhibit D. Klier Declaration, #5 Exhibit E. Lambrecht Declaration, #6 Exhibit F. Linton Declaration, #7 Exhibit G. Hagstrom Miller Declaration, #8 Exhibit H. Braid Declaration, #9 Exhibit I. Rosenfeld Declaration, #10 Exhibit J. Barraza Declaration, #11 Exhibit K. Sadler Declarationb, #12 Exhibit L. Zamora Declaration, #13 Exhibit M. Jones Declaration, #14 Exhibit N. Rupani Declaration, #15 Exhibit O. Connor Declaration, #16 Exhibit P. Williams Declaration, #17 Exhibit Q. Kanter Declaration, #18 Exhibit R. Forbes Declaration, #19 Exhibit S. Mariappuram Declaration)(Hebert, Christen)

Exhibit A

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AUSTIN DIVISION
WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
AUSTIN REEVE JACKSON, et al.,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO. _______________

DECLARATION OF ALLISON GILBERT, M.D., IN SUPPORT OF
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ALLISON GILBERT, M.D., declares under penalty of perjury that the following
statements are true and correct:
1.

I am the Co-Medical Director of Plaintiff Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center

(“Southwestern”), a licensed ambulatory surgical center in Dallas. I am also a Staff Physician at
Southwestern.
2.

I submit this declaration in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment

to prevent enforcement of Texas Senate Bill 8 (“S.B. 8”). The facts I state here and the opinions I
offer are based on my education, training, and practical experience as an OB/GYN and an
abortion provider; my expertise as a doctor and abortion provider; my personal knowledge; my
review of Southwestern’s business records and information obtained through the course of my
duties at Southwestern; and my research and familiarity with relevant medical literature
recognized as reliable in the medical profession.

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My Background
3.

I am licensed to practice medicine in Texas, Alabama, and Massachusetts, and am

board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. I am a member of the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (“ACOG”), the Society of Family Planning, the Texas Medical
Association, and the Dallas County Medical Association. I provide the full spectrum of
reproductive health care to women and pregnant people, including obstetric care for low-,
medium-, and high-risk pregnancies, and am trained to provide abortion care up to 24 weeks as
dated from the first day of the patient’s last menstrual period (“LMP”).
4.

I graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine with an M.D.

in 2014. I completed my internship in obstetrics and gynecology in 2015 and my residency in
obstetrics and gynecology in 2018, both at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. After
residency, I completed a two-year fellowship in family planning at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. I also graduated from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health with a Master in Public Health degree in 2019. My curriculum vitae, which sets
forth my experience and credentials, is attached as Exhibit 1.
5.

I began working at Southwestern in August of 2020, as a Staff Physician and as

Co-Medical Director. I moved to Texas because I wanted to increase abortion access for
underserved populations in the South.
6.

As Co-Medical Director of Southwestern, I oversee Southwestern’s policies and

procedures, guided by evidence-based medicine, to ensure that we are following current and best
practices. I also review patients’ charts to make sure that Southwestern is following those
procedures, and I review any patient complications in the rare circumstances in which they arise.

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7.

In my role as Co-Medical Director, I work closely with the OB/GYN program

directors at several medical residency programs throughout the state to provide training in
abortion care to OB/GYN and family medicine residents during their clinical rotations at
Southwestern. I occasionally teach residents from other in-state residency programs as well as
medical students and fellows from out-of-state programs. Southwestern has a robust training
program for residents, and I have personally worked with approximately twenty residents over
the last year.
8.

In addition to my management responsibilities, I am also a full-time Staff

Physician at Southwestern. As a Staff Physician, I provide a wide range of gynecological care to
our patients, including but not limited to, abortion care, contraception, pregnancy testing, STI
testing, and diagnosis of ectopic pregnancies. I spend approximately three days a week providing
clinical care at Southwestern and an additional day doing administrative work at the clinic.
Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center
9.

Southwestern operates a licensed ambulatory surgical center in Dallas, Texas. The

clinic provides medication abortion and procedural abortion care, as well as miscarriage
management and contraceptive services.
10.

The clinic typically performs approximately 9,000 abortions on an annual basis. I

personally perform between 2,000 and 3,000 abortions at Southwestern each year.
11.

Southwestern provides both medication and procedural abortions. In a medication

abortion, the patient takes two medications, mifepristone and misoprostol, that together cause a
pregnancy termination in a process similar to a miscarriage.
12.

Procedural abortion is performed using gentle suction, sometimes along with

instruments, to empty the patient’s uterus. After approximately 18 weeks LMP, a procedural

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abortion may involve two separate appointments—along with an additional state-mandated
counseling and ultrasound appointment1—to prepare the cervix for the abortion and then perform
the procedure.
13.

Southwestern provides medication abortion up to 10 weeks LMP and procedural

abortions through 21 weeks and 6 days LMP.
14.

The vast majority of abortion patients at Southwestern are 6 or more weeks LMP.

In 2020, Southwestern performed only 936 abortions for patients up to 5 weeks, 6 days LMP—
only 10% of the 8,623 abortions the clinic provided in total.
S.B. 8 Bans Abortion Before Viability.
15.

I have reviewed the provisions of S.B. 8, which bans abortion once a “fetal

heartbeat” has been detected and establishes civil penalties for physicians who provide and
others who aid or abet the provision of that care. 2 S.B. 8 defines “fetal heartbeat” as “cardiac
activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational
sac.”3
16.

My understanding is that exceptions to S.B. 8 are very narrow. A physician could

provide an abortion after a “fetal heartbeat” is detectable only if there is a medical emergency,
which Texas law defines as “a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or
arising from a pregnancy that, as certified by a physician, places the woman in danger of death or
a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless an abortion is
performed.”4

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Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 171.011-171.016.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 171.204, 171.208.
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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.201(a).
4
Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 171.204(a), 171.205(a), 171.002(3).
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17.

S.B. 8’s use of terminology is confusing and, in many cases, medically inaccurate.

In the field of medicine, physicians measure pregnancy from the first day of a patient’s last
menstrual period (“LMP”). Fertilization of the egg typically occurs at two weeks LMP.
Pregnancy begins one week later, at three weeks LMP, when the fertilized egg implants in the
uterus and lasts until 40 weeks LMP. For the first nine weeks LMP, an embryo develops in the
uterus. It is not until approximately 10 weeks LMP that clinicians recognize the embryo as a
fetus.
18.

In a typically developing embryo, cells that form the basis for development of the

heart later in gestation produce cardiac activity that can be detected with ultrasound. Detection of
this cardiac activity happens very early in pregnancy at approximately 6 weeks, 0 days LMP, and
sometimes sooner.5 At this point in pregnancy, an ultrasound may reveal a fluid-filled sac—or
gestational sac—within the uterus. An ultrasound at this early gestation may also show a dot
within the gestational sac, which represents the developing embryo, and an electrical impulse
that appears as a visual flicker within that dot. No fully developed heart is present at this time.
19.

As a result, S.B. 8 defines “fetal heartbeat” to include not just “heartbeat” in the

medical sense, but also early electrical impulses present before the full development of the
cardiovascular system.
20.

Viability is medically impossible at 6 weeks LMP, the time at which early cardiac

activity is generally detectable and at which S.B. 8 bans abortion. Viability is generally
understood as the point when a fetus has a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival after birth,

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I personally have observed cardiac activity as early as 5 and a half weeks LMP.
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with or without artificial support. This is an individual medical determination that occurs much
later in pregnancy—at approximately 24 weeks LMP—if at all.6
21.

Many patients do not know they are pregnant at 6 weeks LMP and thus seek

abortion care only after cardiac activity is detectable. That is because the commonly known
markers of pregnancy—a missed menstrual period and pregnancy symptoms—are not the same
for all pregnant people.
22.

First, not every pregnant person can rely on a missed menstrual period to

determine whether they are pregnant. In people with an average menstrual cycle (e.g., a period
every 28 days), fertilization begins at 2 weeks LMP, and they miss their period at 4 weeks LMP.
Many people do not experience average menstrual cycles, though. Some people have regular
menstrual cycles but only experience periods every 6 to 8 weeks, or even further apart. Others do
not know when they will experience their next period because they have irregular cycles, which
are caused by a variety of factors, including polyps, fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovary
syndrome, eating disorders, and other anatomical and hormonal reasons. Some people may have
irregular menstrual cycles because they are taking contraceptives or are breastfeeding. As a
result, many people may not suspect they are pregnant until much later than 4 weeks LMP.
23.

Second, many people will not exhibit the commonly known symptoms of

pregnancy. For instance, people may have negative results from over-the-counter pregnancy tests
even when pregnant because these tests often cannot detect a pregnancy at 4 weeks LMP or
earlier. Additionally, symptoms such as nausea or fatigue differ for each pregnant person, and
some people never experience those symptoms. Further complicating early detection of

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Some fetuses are never viable, such as those in ectopic pregnancies and those with certain fetal
diagnoses.
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pregnancy, it is common for pregnant people to experience light bleeding when the fertilized egg
is implanted in the uterus and mistake that bleeding for a menstrual period.
24.

In Texas, physicians are required to perform an ultrasound on a patient before

performing an abortion. Ultrasounds typically cannot detect a pregnancy before 4 weeks LMP.
25.

As a practical matter, S.B. 8 is a near total ban on abortion. It prohibits abortion

care at the earliest moments that a pregnancy may be detected and often before a patient has any
reason to suspect that they may be pregnant.
26.

Even under the best circumstances, if a Texan determines they are pregnant as

soon as they miss their period, they would have roughly two weeks to decide whether to have an
abortion, comply with state-mandated procedures for obtaining an abortion, resolve all financial
and logistical challenges associated with abortion care in Texas, and obtain an abortion.
27.

If S.B. 8 goes into effect, the many pregnant people who do not learn that they are

pregnant until after 6 weeks LMP may never access abortion in Texas.
S.B. 8 Will Be Devastating for Pregnant People in Texas.
28.

Abortion is a common procedure. Approximately one in four women in this

country will have an abortion by the age of forty-five.7 Providers in Texas performed over
50,000 abortions last year,8 and others in the state self-manage their abortions.9

7

Rachel K. Jones & Jenna Jerman, Population Group Abortion Rates and Lifetime Incidence of
Abortion: United States, 2008-2014, 107 Am. J. Pub. Health 1904, 1907 (2017).
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Tex. Health & Human Servs. Comm’n, ITOP Statistics, https://www.hhs.texas.gov/abouthhs/records-statistics/data-statistics/itop-statistics.
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See Liza Fuentes et al., Texas Women’s Decisions and Experiences Regarding Self-Managed
Abortion, 20 BMC Women’s Health 6 (2020).
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29.

Abortion is also one of the safest medical procedures.10 Fewer than 1% of

pregnant people who obtain abortions experience a serious complication.11 And even fewer
abortion patients—only approximately 0.3%—experience a complication that requires
hospitalization.12
30.

Abortion is far safer than pregnancy and childbirth. 13 The risk of death from

carrying a pregnancy to term is approximately 14 times greater than the risk of death associated
with abortion.14 In addition, complications such as blood transfusions, infection, and injury to
other organs are all more likely to occur with a full-term pregnancy than with an abortion.
31.

Pregnant patients have a multitude of reasons for seeking abortion care. For many,

maternal health concerns make abortion desirable and even necessary. Pregnancy, including an
uncomplicated pregnancy, significantly stresses the body, causes physiological and anatomical
changes, and affects every organ system. It can worsen underlying health conditions, such as
diabetes and hypertension. Some people develop additional health conditions simply because
they are pregnant—conditions such as gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension (including
preeclampsia), and hyperemesis gravidarum (severe nausea and vomiting). People whose
pregnancies end in vaginal delivery may experience significant injury and trauma to the pelvic
floor. Those who undergo a caesarean section (C-section) give birth through a major abdominal
surgery that carries risks of infection, hemorrhage, and damage to internal organs.

See, e.g., Comm. on Reprod. Health Servs., Nat’l Acads. of Scis., Eng’g, & Med., The Safety
and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States 10, 59, 79 (2018).
11
Ushma Upadhyay, et al., Incidence of Emergency Department Visits and Complications After
Abortion, 125 Obstetrics & Gynecology 175, 175 (2015).
12
Id.
13
E.G. Raymond & D.A. Grimes, The Comparative Safety of Legal Induced Abortion and
Childbirth in the United States, 119 Obstetrics & Gynecology 215, 215-19 (2012).
14
See id. at 215.
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32.

Others seek abortion because they do not wish or do not have the resources to add

an additional child to their family. Some patients choose to have an abortion because their
pregnancies are the result of rape, incest, or other intimate partner violence. Still other Texans
obtain an abortion because they receive a fetal anomaly diagnosis, which can be severe or even
lethal. These diagnoses are made later in pregnancy—well after 6 weeks LMP.
33.

If S.B. 8 goes into effect, many pregnant Texans who seek abortions will have to

travel out of state to receive healthcare they want and need, adding tremendous cost to a
procedure that is common, safe, and medically appropriate.
S.B. 8 Will Be Devastating for Abortion Providers in Texas.
34.

S.B. 8 is intended to take away my ability as a highly trained OB/GYN to provide

the care to patients which I have been licensed by the State of Texas to provide. I moved to
Texas because I am morally compelled to provide abortion care to patients in need. Not being
able to do the job that I spent years being trained to do is personally devastating. I am deeply
concerned about what S.B. 8 will mean for my chosen profession, for the certifications I worked
so hard to obtain, and for my future as both a doctor and a Texan.
35.

The civil penalties threatened by this ban are severe and will sooner or later

prevent all abortion providers from carrying out our medical and ethical duties. Because S.B. 8
allows almost anyone to sue me, Southwestern, and the staff who work with me, I fear that I will
be subject to multiple frivolous lawsuits that will take time and emotional energy—and prevent
me from providing the care my pregnant patients need. These lawsuits also carry heavy financial
consequences even if they are ultimately unsuccessful. I also understand that the Texas Medical
Board may be able to bring disciplinary action against me for violations of S.B. 8 and the Texas
Nursing Board may be able to take similar actions about Southwestern’s nurses. And most

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importantly, court orders in successful suits under S.B. 8 would prevent me from providing
abortion care in Texas after 6 weeks LMP. It is not clear how long I will be able to provide
abortions for my patients or how long Southwestern will be able to keep its doors open if this ban
goes into effect.
S.B. 8’s Fee-Shifting Provision Will Also Harm Southwestern.
36.

I also understand that another provision of S.B. 8 makes parties and their attorneys

liable to pay defendants’ costs and attorney’s fees in cases challenging Texas laws that restrict or
regulate abortion if they do not succeed on every claim they bring in the case.
37.

To continue providing patients with safe and medically appropriate abortion care,

Southwestern has repeatedly had to challenge laws that restrict or regulate abortion care in Texas.
See e.g., In re Abbot, 954 F.3d 772 (5th Cir. 2020), cert. granted, judgment vacated as moot by
Planned Parenthood Ctr. for Choice v. Abbott, 141 S. Ct. 1261 (2021) (mem.) (COVID abortion
ban); Whole Woman’s Health v. Paxton, 978 F.3d 896 (5th Cir. 2020), reh’rg en banc granted,
vacated by 978 F.3d 974 (5th Cir. 2020) (ban on common method of abortion); and Planned
Parenthood of Greater Tex. Surgical Health Servs. v. Abbott, 748 F.3d 583 (5th Cir. 2014), reh’rg
en banc denied, 769 F.3d 330 (5th Cir. 2014) (decision on admitting-privileges, medication-abortion regulations).
38.

If Southwestern is responsible for defendants’ costs and attorney’s fees, this will

chill our ability to bring cases or present claims to vindicate the rights of ourselves and our patients,
due to fears that if we are not 100% successful, there will be serious financial consequences.

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Exhibit 1

ALLISON LYNNE GILBERT, MD, MPH
8616 Greenville Ave, Ste 101
Dallas, TX 75243
[e-mail]
[phone] (p)
(214) 969-946 (f)
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EDUCATION
July 2018-May 2019

Master of Public Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA

Aug 2010-May 2014

Doctor of Medicine
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, OK

Aug 2006-May 2010

Bachelor of Arts in Biology
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
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POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING
July 2018-June 2020

Family Planning Fellowship
Division of Family Planning,
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

June 2014-June 2018

Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
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CLINICAL WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2020-Present

Co-Medical Director & Staff Physician
Southwestern Women’s Surgical Center
Dallas, TX

July 2018-June 2020

Clinical Fellow
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

July 2018-June 2020

Physician (part-time)
Wellesley Women’s Care
Newton Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
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BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
2020
2020
2020
2018
2018
2015

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)/Basic Life Support (BLS)
Texas Medical License, Active
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Certifying Examination, passed
Massachusetts Medical License, Active
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Qualifying Examination, passed
Alabama Medical License, Active

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HONORS AND AWARDS
2020

Outstanding Medical Student Teaching
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

2018

Chairman’s Award of Excellence
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2018

Best Teaching Chief Resident
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2018

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2017, 2018

The Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Resident Award for Academic Excellence
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2015, 2018

Resident Research Award
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2015, 2016

Resident Teaching Award
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

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RESEARCH INTERESTS
2018-Present

Medication abortion management in the setting of pregnancy of unknown location

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PUBLICATIONS
Goldberg A, Hofer R, Cottrill A, Fulcher I, Fortin J, Dethier D, Gilbert A, Janiak E, Roncari D. Mifepristone and misoprostol abortion for
undesired pregnancy of unknown location. NAF’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting Oral Abstracts. Contraception. 2021; 103 (5): 373-375.
Gilbert A, Barbieri R. When providing contraceptive counseling to women with migraine headaches, how do you identify migraine with
aura? OBG Manag. 2019 October; 31 (10): 10-12.
Gilbert A, Goepfert A, Mazzoni S. Bixby Postpartum LARC Program. UAB Department of OBGYN Evidence-Based Guidelines: Protocols
and Policies. 8 May 2017.
Becker D, Thomas E, Gilbert A, Boone J, Straughn JM, Huh W, Bevis K, Leath C, Alvarez R. Improved outcomes with dose-dense paclitaxelbased neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Gynecologic Oncology. 2016 Jul; 142 (1): 25-29.
Van Arsdale A, Arend R, Mitchell C, Gilbert A, Leath C, Huang G. Evaluation of circulating neutrophils as a biomarker for outcomes in
uterine carcinosarcoma. J Clin Oncol 34, 2016 (suppl; abstr e17121).

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POSTERS
Gilbert A, Clay V, Wang M, Arbuckle J, Boozer M, Harper L. “You can’t get pregnant:” Contraceptive counseling by non-gynecologic
specialties. Poster presented at: Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Annual Clinical Meeting; Las Vegas, NV; Feb 2019.
Becker D, Thomas E, Gilbert A, Boone J, Straughn JM, Huh W, Bevis K, Leath C, Alvarez R. Improved outcomes with dose-dense paclitaxelbased neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Poster presented at: Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Annual Clinical Meeting; San Diego, CA; March 2016.
Bryant C, Gilbert A, Arnold K, Nightengale L. Improving awareness and knowledge of advocacy and impacting outcomes in the local
medical community. Poster presented at: Doctors for America Leadership Conference; Washington, D.C.; March 2014.
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TEACHING AND PRESENTATIONS
2021
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2020
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2019
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2019
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2017
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2016

Family planning Jeopardy! Resident lecture given at: University of Oklahoma, Dept. Ob/Gyn,
Oklahoma City, OK
Providing abortions in a hostile state. Family Planning Division lecture given at: Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Abortion complications and management. Resident lecture given at: University of Oklahoma,
Dept. Ob/Gyn, Oklahoma City, OK
Medical management of early pregnancy loss. Grand Rounds given at: Newton Wellesley
Hospital, Dept. Ob/Gyn, Newton, MA
Contraception for those with medical co-morbidities. Resident lecture given at: Tufts Medical
Center, Boston, MA
Pregnancy options counseling and difficult patient cases. Medical student lecture given at:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Abnormal uterine bleeding. Medical student lecture given at: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Anticoagulation and abortion. Family Planning Division lecture given at: Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA
Pregnancy options counseling and difficult patient cases. Resident lecture given at: University of
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Introduction to OR Culture and Skills, Transitions to the PCE (PWY150). Medical student simulation
given at: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Combination oral contraceptives: Troubleshooting “The Pill.” Gynecology Division lecture (1500
Lecture) given at: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Gynecologic office practice. Resident simulation given at: Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Boston, MA
Vasectomy and updates in male contraception. Family Planning Division lecture given at: Brigham
and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Contraception in women with cardiovascular disease. Cardiology Division lecture given at:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Combination oral contraceptives. Resident lecture given at: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Contraceptive technology. Undergraduate lecture given at: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA
Following declining human chorionic gonadotropin values in pregnancies of unknown location:
When is it safe to stop? Regional journal club given at: Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Natural family planning methods. Family Planning division lecture given at: Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
LARCs, papaya and post-abortion hemorrhage workshop. Resident simulation given at: Brigham
and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Combination oral contraceptives. Resident lecture given at: University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL
Anticoagulation and abortion. Family Planning Division lecture given at: University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Secondary amenorrhea. REI Division lecture given at: University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL
Postoperative PCA management. Resident lecture given at: University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL

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LEADERSHIP
2017-2018

Administrative Chief of Education
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2016-2018

Young Professionals Council
Planned Parenthood Southeast
Birmingham, AL

2016-2018

Resident Coordinator for Immediate Postpartum LARC Program
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2016-2017

Resident Selection Committee Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2015-2016

Philanthropy Committee Co-Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

2016-2017
2015-2016
2015-2016
2014-2015

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
District VII Junior Fellow Secretary and Treasurer
District VII Junior Fellow Advocacy Chair
Alabama Section Junior Fellow Chair
Alabama Section Junior Fellow Vice Chair

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2021-Present
2021-Present
2018-Present
2012-Present

Dallas County Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
Society of Family Planning
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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