Faculty
John Fischer, MD
Professor and Department Head
Urogynecologist (FPMRS)
Division Director, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Bio
Dr. April Batcheller founded CCRM Minneapolis with Dr. William Schoolcraft in 2015. She is board-certified in both reproductive endocrinology and infertility and obstetrics and gynecology.
Dr. Batcheller currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and as the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Site Director for the University of Minnesota’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program.
Dr. Batcheller is a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Investigation, the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technologies. She has published research articles in basic science and clinical medicine, and presents her research nationally. Dr. Batcheller was also named a 2018 Minnesota Monthly Magazine Top Doctor and a 2019 Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine Rising Star
Research Summary
Interested in:
Epigenetic effects of the environment on preimplantation embryo
Clinical Summary
Board Certifications:
reproductive endocrinology and infertility; obstetrics and gynecology
Clinical interests:
in vitro fertilization; fertility preservation; improving outcomes for patients with diminished ovarian reserve
Education
Service Summary
Reproductive Medicine, Women's Health
Clinical Summary
Clinics
Women's Health Specialists Clinic
Clinical Interests
Pregnancy care, Women's health care, Contraceptive Counseling, and International/immigrant health issues
Clinical Summary
Clinical Interests
Office procedures; Provision of Obstetric care and Wellness.
Bio
Steve Calvin is a board-certified OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician. He has more than 40 years of experience in caring for mothers and babies with the entire range of pregnancy concerns. This includes three years as a National Health Service Corp physician in Tucson AZ. He has been an adjunct faculty member of the UMN Dept of OB/GYN since 1989 and has served as Assistant Residency Director, Co-Director of the original UMN Riverside Service and has won the Faculty teaching award. As founder and medical director of the Minnesota Birth Center he strongly supports pregnancy care for low-risk mothers that is provided by nurse midwives in birth centers and hospitals. He believes that health care reform should start where we all did – with pregnancy and birth and that all mothers deserve comprehensive team-based care for a single package price.
He is currently in year three of an appointed four-year term on the US HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant
and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM).
Research Summary
Basic science research on supine hypotension, preeclampsia, the biomechanics of fetal membranes and the isolation of pluripotent stem cells in term cord blood. He is also involved in research on pregnancy care delivery systems and payment mechanisms. Currently he is cultivating relationships with faculty at the UMN School of Veterinary Medicine who are interested in biomechanics studies of the causes of perineal prolapse in pregnant sows.
Teaching Summary
Has been actively involved in all aspects of teaching in the department over three decades. Most recently involved in medical student teaching of pelvic examination skills.
Clinical Summary
The integration of primary midwifery care into healthcare systems, including care provided in accredited birth centers with collaborative relationships with physicians and hospitals.
Education
Clinical Summary
Clinical Interests
While Dr. Coultrip has broad experience in general obstetrics, her focus is fetal ultrasound and complicated pregnancies.
Clinical Experience Statement
“I strive to improve the health of the mother and fetus by providing compassionate, evidence-based and patient-centered care. It is a privilege to practice in a center that serves such a culturally, ethnically and socially diverse population.”
Bio
Prior to coming to the University of Minnesota, Dr. Cross received her MD with honors from the Pritzker School in Medicine at the University of Chicago. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. She worked as an attending physician for one year before completing her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, after which remained at Yale as an Assistant Professor. Recently, Dr. Cross has served as the leader of the System Response for Pregnancy/OB as part of the M Health Fairview Incident Command Center COVID. Her work has involved over 30 lectures and interviews on COVID-19 in pregnancy including being a reference for Dr. Michael Osterholm and appearing in National Geographic and Forbes Magazine.
Research Summary
Dr. Cross' research interests include: Periviability, Mode of Delivery, Clinical Obstetrics
Contact
Address
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 395
Minneapolis, MN 55455