Beth Leong Pineles, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Beth Pineles, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research focuses on exercise during pregnancy, especially in pregnancies at high risk for preterm delivery who are often advised not to exercise. She completed fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and residency at the University of Maryland.

Pineles BL, Goodman KE, Pineles L: In-hospital mortality in a cohort of hospitalized pregnant and nonpregnant patients with COVID-19. Ann Internal Med 174(8):1186-1188, Aug 2021.

Pineles BL, Stephens A, M. Narendran L, Tigner A, Leidlein C, Pedroza C, Mendez-Figueroa H, Sibai BM: The relationship between delivery and the PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio in COVID-19: a cohort study. BJOG 129(3):493-499, Feb 2021.

Pineles B, Mani A, Sura L, Rossignol C, Weiss MD, Goetzl L: Neuronal exosome proteins: novel biomarkers for predicting neonatal response to therapeutic hypothermia. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 107(1): 60-64, Jan 2022.

Pineles BL, Alamo IC, Farooq N, Green J, Blackwell SC, Sibai BM, Parchem JG: Racial-ethnic disparities and pregnancy outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 infection in a universally-tested cohort in Houston, Texas. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 254:329-330, Nov 2020.

Pineles BL, Harris AD, Goodman KE.: Adverse Maternal and Delivery Outcomes in Children and Very Young (Age ≤13 Years) US Adolescents Compared With Older Adolescents and Adults. JAMA 328: 1766-1768, Nov 2022.

Firoz T, Pineles B, Navrange N, Grimshaw A, Oladapo O, Chou D.: Non-communicable diseases and maternal health: a scoping review. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 22: 787, Oct 2022.

Pineles BL, Sibai BM, Sentilhes L.: Is conservative management of placenta accreta spectrum disorders practical in the United States? Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM Sep 2022.

Pineles BL, Coselli J, Ghorayeb T, Fishel Bartal M, Zvavanjanja RC, Blackwell SC, Papanna R, Sibai BM.: Leaving the Placenta In Situ in Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorders: A Single-Center Case Series. Am J Perinatol Sep 2022.

Pineles BL, Mendez-Figueroa H, Chauhan SP.: Diagnosis of fetal growth restriction in a cohort of small-for-gestational-age neonates at term: neonatal and maternal outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 4(5): 100672, Sept 2022.

Pineles BL, Stephens A, Narendran LM, Tigner MA, Leidlein C, Pedroza C, Mendez-Figueroa H, Sibai BM.: The relationship between delivery and the PaO(2) /FiO(2) ratio in COVID-19: a cohort study. BJOG 129(3): 493-499, Feb 2022.