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Noelle Bowdler, MD

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology-General Obstetrics and Gynecology

Current Positions

  • Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology - General Obstetrics and Gynecology

Education

  • BA with High Honors (Psychology), Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
  • MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Research Interests

  • Chronic endometritis - risk factors, clinical presentation and management
  • Evaluation of cardiac function in a mouse model with a high incidence of fetal demise
  • Evaluation of maternal cardiac function and fetal parameters in a mouse model
  • Incidence of endometritis with manual removal of the placenta
  • Surgical site infections after hysterectomy
  • Beta-lactam antibiotic allergy testing to facilitate guideline directed antibiotic prophylaxis
  • Skin-to-skin contact in the operating room and breastfeeding outcomes

Licenses & Certifications

  • Board certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • American Board of OB/GYN, recertification
  • American Board of OB/GYN, certification

Selected Publications

  • Costello S, Santillan D, Awelewa T, Bowdler N. Influence of Race and Ethnicity on Meeting Intention to Exclusively Breast Milk Feed at Postpartum Hospital Discharge. Breastfeed Med. 2025 Mar 26. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2024.0392. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40135281.
  • Costello S, Santillan D, Awelewa T, and Bowdler N. Race and ethnicity and meeting intentions to exclusively breast milk feed at postpartum hospital discharge
  • Slehria T, Gebska MA, and Bowdler N. Integration of obstetrical and gynecological history during cardiovascular disease risk assessment
  • Costello S, Santillan D, Shelby A, Bowdler N. Skin-to-Skin Contact and Breastfeeding After Planned Cesarean Birth Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Breastfeed Med. 2024 Mar;19(3):166-176. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2023.0195. Epub 2024 Feb 27. PMID: 38416483; PMCID: PMC10951620.
  • McDanel D, Godfrey K, Percival K, Bowdler NC, Santillan D, and Dowden AM. Evaluating Penicillin Allergy In Obstetric Patients To Optimize Guideline Directed Group B Streptococcus Prophylaxis. Accepted for poster presentation at the 2024 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting. Washington DC.
  • Costello S, Shelby A, Santillan D, Bowdler N. Skin-to-Skin Contact and breastfeeding after cesarean birth at UIHC, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Coyne, L (Bowdler N, mentor). Acute cardiovascular disease in pregnancy. SASGOG Pearls of Exxcellence. Posted August, 2022.
  • Costello S, Santillan D, Bowdler N. Skin-to skin contact and exclusive breastfeeding after cesarean birth at UIHC, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 September.
  • Cowman W, Scroggins SM, Hamilton WS, Karras AE, Bowdler NC, Devor EJ, Santillan MK, Santillan DA. Association between plasma leptin and cesarean section after induction of labor: a case control study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Jan 14;22(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-04372-6. PMID: 35031012; PMCID: PMC8759283. https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-021-04372-6
  • Libell, E. M., Bowdler, N. C., Stephan, C. M., Zimmerman, M. B., Gedlinske, A. M. & Mathews, K. D. (2021). The Outcomes and Experience of Pregnancy in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type R9. Muscle & nerve. DOI: 10.1002/mus.27184. PMID: 33501999.

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