Raj (Swati) Shree, MD | Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Sites of Practice:

Maternal and Infant Care Clinic, UWMC

UW Medicine MFM at Arlington

UW Medicine MFM at Yakima

University of Washington Medical Center

Labor & Delivery Services:

UW Medical Center

Languages:

English, Hindi

Faculty Information

Biography

Personal Interests:

Dancing, traveling, and meeting new people.

What do you like about working at UW Medicine?

The University of Washington's collaborative and innovative spirit are truly a unique place to provide patient care and pursue cutting-edge research that has the potential to directly impact patients and outcomes. Partnerships with world-experts from various fields provides not only exceptional clinical care with individual personalization, but also the opportunity to explore novel areas of research.

What are your favorite things about living in the Seattle area?

Access to the great outdoors in any which direction you go!

Board Certification:

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015

Licensure:

Washington, 2014

Education & Training:

Fellowship, Maternal Fetal Medicine

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2017

Residency, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

2014

St. Louis University

St. Louis, Missouri

2010

Honors:

Ann C. and David A. Eschenbach Endowed Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology

2019-2022

Resident Teaching Award, Ob/Gyn Residency, Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh

2012-2014

Dean's List Scholar, University of Toronto

2002-2006

Memberships:

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Society for Reproductive Investigation

Contact

Non-Clinical Administrative Contact:

mfmadmin@uw.edu

Phone:

(206) 543-3729

Mailing Address:

1959 NE Pacific Street

Box 356460

Seattle, WA 98195

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Maternal-fetal microchimerism

Disease modulation in pregnancy

Infectious disease

Patient safety and quality

Global maternal morbidity and mortality

Ultrasound

Reproductive origins of disease

Maternal-fetal communication

Clinical Interests:

Maternal Fetal Medicine:

Maternal medical diseases in pregnancy

Prematurity prevention

Diabetes

Preeclampsia

Publications

PubMed:

PubMed Bibliography

Publications:

Smith PD, Mount MP, Shree R, Callaghan S, Slack RS, Anisman H, Vincent I, Wang X, Mao Z, Park DS. Calpain regulated p35/cdk5 plays a central role in dopaminergic neuron death through modulation of the transcription factor myocyte enhancer factor 2. J. Neuroscience. 2006 Jan 11;26(2):440-7. PMID 16407541.

Shree R, Simhan H. Interpregnancy Interval and Anti-inflammatory Cervical Cytokines among Women with Previous Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Am J Perinatol. 2015 Jun;32(7):689-94. PMID 25486289.

Shree R, Park SY, Beigi RH, Dunn SL, Krans EE. Surgical Site Infection following Cesarean Delivery: Patient, Provider, and Procedure-Specific Risk Factors. Am J Perinatol. 2016 Jan;33(2):157-64. PMCID: PMC5064434.

Shree R, Caughey AB, Chandrasekaran S. Short interpregnancy interval increases the risk of preterm premature rupture of membranes and early delivery. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2018 Nov;31(22):3014-3020. PMCID: PMC5984161.

Shree R, Ma KK, Er LS, Delaney M. Management of a pregnancy sensitized with anti-In b with monocyte monolayer assay and maternal blood donation. Immunohematology. 2018 Mar;34(1):7-10. PMID 29608321.

Gammill HS, Chettier R, Brewer A, Roberts JM, Shree R, Tsigas E, Ward K. Cardiomyopathy and Preeclampsia: Shared Genetics? Circulation. 2018. Nov;138(21):2359-2366. PMID 30021846.

Shree R, Harrington WE, Kanaan SB, Forsyth A, Cousin E, Lopez A, Nelson, JL, Gammill HS. Fetal microchimerism by mode of delivery: a prospective cohort study. BJOG. 2019 Jan;126(1):24-31. PMCID: PMC6294652.