University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division
Vice Chair, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, University of Minnesota

Board Certifications
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Sees Patients At
-University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
-Fairview Maternal-Fetal Medicine Centers

Clinical Interests
Perinatal infections (CMV, Toxoplasmosis, Parovirus)
Preterm premature rupture of membrane and intrauuterine growth restriction

Education
Medical School
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Site of Residency
University of California San Francisco Children’s Hospital (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Site of Fellowship
University of California San Francisco Children’s Hospital (Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

Awards and Honors
Mpls. St. Paul Magazine Top Doctors 2008
2004, Pitkin Award, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Selected Recent Publications
Articles -
Weisenfeld HC, Hillier SL, Krohn MA, Amortegui AJ, Heine RP, Landers DV, Sweet RL.  Lower genital tract infection and endometritis:  insight into subclinical pelvic inflammatory disease.  Obstet Gynecol 2002;100(3):456-463.

Simhan HN, Landers DV. Infection, Inflammation, Neurologic Injury in the preterm neonate. Curr Prob Obstet Gynecol Fertil 2002; 25(5):169-84.

Gupta P, Collins KB, Ratner D, Watkins S. Naus GJ, Landers DV, Patterson BK.  Memory CD4 (+) T cells are the earliest detectable human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-2)-infected cells in the female genital mucosal tissue during HIV-1 transmission in an organ culture system.  J Virology 2002;76(19):9868-9876.

Wiesenfeld HC, Hillier SL, Krohn MA, Landers DV, Sweet RL.  Bacterial vaginosis is a strong predictor of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Clin Inf Dis. 2003:36(5):663-8, 2003.

Cosentino LA, Landers DV, Hillier SL.  Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by strand displacement amplification and relevance of the amplification control for use with vaginal swab specimens.  J Clin Microbiology 2003:41(8):3592-6.

Yudin MH, Landers DV, Meyn L, Hillier SL.  Clinical and cervical cytokine response to treatment with oral or vaginal metronidazole for bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy: a randomized trial. Obstet Gynecol 2003:102(3):527-34.

Simhan HN, Caritis SN, Krohn MA, Martinez de Tejada B, Landers DV, Hillier SL.  Decreased cervical proinflammatory cytokines permit subsequent upper genital tract infection during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003:189(2):560-7.

Yudin MH, Prosen TL, Landers DV. Multiple-marker screening in human immunodeficiency virus-positive pregnancy women: Screen positivity rates with the triple and quad screens. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003:189(4):973-6.

Landers DV, Wiesenfeld HC, Heine RP, Krohn MA, Hillier SL. Predictive value of the clinical diagnosis of lower genital tract infections in women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004:190(4):1004-10.

Anderson BL, Simhan HN, Landers DV. Improving universal prenatal screening for human immunodeficiency virus. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2004; 12(3-4):115-20.

Jeyabalan A, Larkin RW, Landers DV. Vaginal breech deliveries selected using computed tomographic pelvimetry may be associated with fewer adverse outcomes.J Mat Fetal & Neonatal Med. 2005; 17(6):381-5.

Oyen ML, Cook R, Stylianopoulos T, Barocas V, Calvin S, Landers DV. Uniaxial and biaxial mechanical behavior of human amnion. J Mat Res. In Press.

Oyen ML, Calvin S, Landers DV. Premature rupture of the fetal membranes: Is the amnion the major determinant? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006; 195(2):510-515.

Simhan HN, Anderson BL, Krohn MA, Heine PR, Martinez de Tejada B, Landers DV, Hillier SL. Host immune consequences of asyptomatic Trichomonas Vaginalis infectio in pregnancy. Am J Obstst Gynecol 2007; 196(10): 3174-80.

Books –
Landers DV, Sweet RL.  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.  Springer-Verlag, New York, 1997.

Abstracts –
Yudin MH, Landers DV, Hillier SL. Cytokine profiles in response to bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy before and after treatment with oral or vaginal metronidazole. IDSOG, Annual Meeting, August 8-10, 2002.

Jeyabalan A, Larkin R, Landers DV. Vaginal breech deliveries selected using computed tomographic pelvimetry are associated with fewer adverse outcomes. Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. Annual Meeting, February 2-7, 2004.