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Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, FACOG

Chair of Dept Ob/Gyn; Professor of Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Pop & Quant Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMassMemorial Health
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Dr. Moore Simas is Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn, and Professor of Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMassMemorial Health. She is an academic specialist in general Ob/Gyn, physician-scientist, and educator. She is the founding Engagement Director of MCPAP for Moms, a first in nation state-wide program that enhances the capacity of front-line providers to address perinatal mental health and substance use disorders. MCPAP for Moms has impacted national policy resulting in HRSA-awards to 7 states, with additional states and health care systems through different funding mechanisms, having or developing similar programs. Dr. Moore Simas is medical director of Lifeline for Moms, a program founded to provide technical assistance for others developing Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs and as a research home to further advance innovations in integrating obstetric and mental health care. She is MPI of the Lifeline4Moms Network, designed to facilitate peer-learning and sharing of resources across Access Programs, relevant partners and collaborators, across the U.S., ad to facilitate quality improvement and program evaluation within and across Programs. Dr. Moore Simas has a federally funded research portfolio and serves our profession nationally through SASGOG’s Board of Directors, the Council’s Maternal Mental Health Safety Bundle Work Group, ACOG’s Maternal Mental Health Expert Work Group (Co-Chair) and Clinical Practice Guidelines OB Committee, AIM’s Postpartum Discharge Transitions Safety Bundle Work Group, and as an ABOG oral board examiner. Her academic achievements have led to over 100 peer reviewed publications, and national presentations.

MCPAP for Moms (MA Dept of Mental Health, Beacon Health Options) (Consultant)

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