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Faculty Detail    
Name JOHN C HAUTH
  
Campus Address 176F 1036 Zip 7333
Phone  (205) 934-5621
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  OB/GYN Chair Office  OB/GYN Chair Office Professor Emeritus

Biographical Sketch 
Dr. Hauth is board-certified in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of the Center for Research in Women's Health and Chairman of the Ob-Gyn Department. He has a national/international reputation as a clinical investigator in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and has published extensively on operative obstetrics, preeclampsia and the role of maternal infection in spontaneous preterm labor and delivery. He is an editor of the newest edition of Williams Obstetrics.



Research/Clinical Interest
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Currently, Dr. Hauth is the PI for the UAB Rural Perinatal Emphasis Research Center (PERC) (1 P01 HD33927-01; 5/1/96 - 4/30/01), and for Project III and the Clinical Core within that award. He is the PI for an NIDR/NICHD Periodontal supplement to the PERC award (5 P01 HD33927; 4/1/98 - 3/31/01); and until May 2000 was the PI for the UAB participation in the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (2 U10 HD27869-06; 04/01/96-03/31/01); and, the PI for the NICHD Ob/Gyn Faculty Research Career Development Program (1 K12 HD01258-01A1). Additionally, he is Co-Program Director of the UAB Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) (1 K12 HD01402-01) award. Within the MFM Division and the Center for Research in Women’s Health, Dr. Hauth has trained and mentored many MFM fellows (15) and junior faculty (8) over the past decade. These include (current location) Drs. Dwight Rouse (UAB), Debora Kimberlin (UAB), Carey Winkler (Residency Director, Oregon Health Sciences University), Lynn Groome (Chairman, Ob/Gyn at the University of South Alabama), Debra Guinn (Denver General), and Michael Gardner (Baylor College of Medicine).

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Brumfield CG, Hauth JC, Andrews WW. Puerperal infection after cesarean delivery: Evaluation of a standardized protocol. Am J Obstet Gynecol 182:1147-51, 2000.    
Parker Jr CR, Hauth JC, Goldenberg RL, Copper RL, DuBard M. Umbilical cord serum levels of thrmoboxane B2 term infants of women who participated in a placebo-controlled trial of low-dose aspirin. J Matern-Fetal Med 9:209-15, 2000.   
Guinn DA, Goepfert AR, Christine M, Owen, J, Hauth JC. Extra-amniotic saline, laminaria, or prostaglandin E2 gel for labor indcution with unfavorable cervix: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 96:106-12, 2000.    
Goldenberg RL, Hauth JC, Andrews WW. Intrauterine infection and preterm delivery. N Engl J Med 342:1500-7, 2000.   
Sibai BM, Hauth JC, Caritis S, Lindheimer MD, MacPherson C, Klebanoff M, VanDorsten JP, Landon M, Miodovnik M, Paul R, Meis P, Thurnau G, Dombrowski M, Roberts J, McNellis D. Hypertensive disorders in twin versus singleton gestations. Am J Obstet Gynecol 182:938-42, 2000.   
Morris CD, Jacobson SL, Anand R, Ewell MG, Hauth JC, Curet LB, Catalano PM, Sibai BM, Levine RJ. Nutrient intake and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Evidence from a large prospective cohort. Am J Obstet Gynecol 184:643-51, 2001.   
Levine RJ, Ewell MG, Hauth JC, Curet LB, Catalano PM, Morris CD, Choudhary G, Sibai M. Should the definition of preeclampsia include a rise in diastolic blood pressure of ƒr15 mm Hg to a level <90 mm Hg in association with proteinuria? Am J Obstet Gynecol 183:787-92, 2000.   
Rouse DJ, Owen J, Hauth JC, Criteria for failed labor induction: Prospective evaluation of a standardized protocol. Obstet Gynecol 96:671-7, 2000.   
Sibai BM, Caritis SN, Hauth JC, MacPherson C, VanDorsten JP, Klebanoff M, Landon M, Paul R, Meis PJ, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski MP, Thurnau GR, Moawad AH, Roberts J. Preterm delivery in women with pregestational diabetes mellitus or chronic hypertension relative to women with uncomplicated pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 183:1520-4, 2000.   
Goepfert AR, Goldenberg RL, Andrews WW, Hauth JC, Mercer B, Iams J, Meis P, Moawad A, Thom E, VanDorsten JP, Caritis SN, Thurnau G, Miodovnik M, Dombrowski M, Roberts J, McNellis D. The Preterm Prediction Study: association between cervical interleukin-6 concentration and spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 184:643-51, 2001.