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Assistant Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology Metropolitan Hospital, New York 1964-65
Assistant Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York 1965-67
NIH Clinical Cancer Fellowship NCI, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami 1967-68
NIH Fellowship - NINDB, Perinatal Biology Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 1968-69


Appointments:

Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, Tarzana, CA. August 1985 - Present.
Consulting Perinatologist, Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, CA. January 1993 - Present.
Consulting Perinatologist, West Hills Regional Medical Center, West hills, CA December 1997 - Present.
Consulting Perinatologist, AMI Medical Center of North Hollywood, North Hollywood, CA. October 1988 - June 1998.
Consulting Perinatologist, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, CA. April 1988 - February 1995.
Consulting Perinatologist, Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center, Lancaster, CA. February 24, 1988 - Present.
Consulting Perinatologist, Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA October 1995 - Present.
Director, Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA January 1998 - Present.
Consulting Perinatologist, Visalia Community Hospital, Visalia, CA. May 1988 - December 1988.
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA. January 1983 - July 1985.
Clinical Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California. July 1981 - July l985.
Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California. 1980 - 1981.
Associate Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. 1975 - 1979.
Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. 1975 - 1979.
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California. 1976 - 1979.
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC School of Medicine. 1975 - 1976.
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology USC School of Medicine. 1973 - 1975.
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 1971 - 1973.
Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 1969 - 1973.
Attending Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 1969 - 1973.
Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 1969 - 1971.

Organization Membership:

1. Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, March 31, 1975.
2. Diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 15, 1974.
3. Fellow, Los Angeles Obstetrical and Gynecological Society.
4. Member of the Society of Obstetricians, Anesthesiologists and Pediatricians.
5. Diplomat, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Subspecialty Certification In Maternal-Fetal Medicine, November 5, 1977.
6. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians.
7. American College of Legal Medicine, Associate-In-Medicine, 1985, 1993. Board of Editors, 1991 - 1992.
8. California Perinatal Association; Director at Large - 1989 - 1991.
9. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
10. American Society of Law and Medicine.
11. Perinatal Advisory Council of Los Angeles Communities (PAC/LAC).
12. American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.

Consultant Positions:

1. Editorial Consultant, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
2. Editorial Consultant, Journal of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
3. Editorial Advisory Board - Perinatal Press.
4. Project reviewer - National Foundation, March of Dimes.
5. Co-Editor - Journal of Perinatology, 1987 - present.
6. Coordinating Council - Journal of the California Perinatal Association.
7. Consultant Field Reader for the Office of Orphan Products Development;
Department of Health and Human Services - Food and Drug Administration, 1989.
8. Consultant - Food & Drug Administration - 1996


Honors & Awards:

1. Junior Fellow (ACOG) Award, First prize, co-winner. Annual meeting ACOG, District 1, Mexico City, 1972.
2. Junior Fellow Award, Second prize, co-winner. Annual meeting ACOG, District 1, Mexico City, 1972.
3. Purdue Fredrick Award for Excellence in Medical Research. First place award, annual meeting ACOG, 1976.
4. Purdue Fredrick Award for Excellence in Medical Research. First place award, annual meeting ACOG, 1978.
5. Distinguished Alumnus Award - Chicago Medical School, 1983.
6. Honorary Medical Fraternity - Alpha Omega Alpha, 1983.
7. Ephraim McDowell Award - District 5 ACOG, 1983.
8. Searle-Donald F. Richardson Award - 1984 Annual Clinical Meeting, ACOG, 1984.


Major Research Interests:

1. Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring.
2. Antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring.
3. Regionalization of perinatal care.
4. Computers in medicine.
5. Postgraduate courses for physicians and nurses.
6. Medico-legal implications of obstetrical care.

Grants:

1. Gynecologic surgery, Trainee, NCI, 7/1/67 - 6/31/68, T12 CA08134-01 CCG.
2. Perinatal biology, Research Associate, NIH, 7/1/68 - 7/30-69, T0 1 HD 00177.
3. Uterine physiology, Principal Investigator, Beth Israel Hospital, General Research Support NIH, 3/25/69 - 12/31/70.
4. Obstetrical anesthesia, Principal Investigator, Astra Pharmaceuticals, 1/1/70 - 1/1/73.
5. Effects of atropine on fetus, Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Heart Association, 1/1/71 - 12/31/71.
6. Obstetrical anesthesia, Co-investigator, NIH, 1/1/72, RR00125.
7. Evaluation of the oxytocin challenge test, Principal Investigator, Hood Foundation. 1973 - 1974.
8. Ariel Kaare Rosholt Weathers-Lowin Medical Research Foundation, Principal Investigator, 1978-1982.
9. PP13 Project, Co-investigator, 1986 - 1988.
10. Detection of Cardiotocographic Artifacts and Decelerations in Feed forward Artificial Neural Networks, University of San Antonio, Consultant, 7/10/96
NIH/MBRS S06 GM 08194-16.


Inventions & Patents:

1. Suction amnioscope for fetal blood sampling, 1967.
2. Pressure monitoring device. Patent pending.


Publications

Peer

1. Schifrin BS: Massive pseudocyst of the adrenal as a cause of kidney displacement across the midline. Report of an adrenal tumor simulating ovarian neoplasm. Obstet Gynecol 30:732-735, 1967.
2. Moore JG, Schifrin BS, Erez S: Ovarian tumors in infancy, childhood and adolescence. Am J Obstet Gynecol 99:913-922, 1967.
3. Schifrin BS, Dominguez H, Spellacy WN: Uterine perforation with an intrauterine device. Case report and review of literature. J Florida Med Assoc 56:184-186, 1969.
4. Schifrin BS, Spellacy WN, Little WA: Maternal death associated with excessive ingestion of a chlorothiazide diuretic. Report of a case. Obstet Gynecol 34:215-220, 1969.
5. Erez S, Schifrin BS, Dirim O: Double-blind evaluation of hydroxyzine as an antiemetic in pregnancy J Rep Med 7:35-37, 1971.
6. Schifrin BS, Dame L: Fetal heart rate patterns. Prediction of Apgar score. J Am Med Assoc 219:1322-1325, 1972.
7. Schifrin BS: Fetal heart rate patterns following epidural anesthesia and oxytocin infusion during labor. J Obstet Gynaecol Br Commonw 79:332-339, 1972.
8. Schifrin BS: Fetal heart rate monitoring during labor. J Am Med Assoc 222:196-202, 1972.
9. Schifrin BS, Erez S, Moore JG: Teenage endometriosis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 116:973-980, 1973.
10. McCrann DJ Jr, Schifrin BS: Heart rate patterns of the hydrocephalic fetus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 117:69-74, 1973.
11. Sudha C, Schifrin BS, Suzuki K: Trilobate placenta and an abnormal fetal heart rate pattern. Am J Obstet Gynecol 116:878-880, 1973.
12. Hunt HB, Schifrin BS, Suzuki K: Ruptured berry aneurysms and pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 43:827-837, 1974.
13. Klapholz H, Schifrin BS, Rivo E: Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in the fetus. Obstet Gynecol 43:718-721, 1974.
14. Klapholz H, Schifrin BS: Role of maternal artifact in fetal heart rate pattern interpretation. Obstet Gynecol 44:373-378, 1974.
15. Schifrin BS, Lapidus M, Doctor GS, et al: Contraction stress test for antepartum fetal evaluation. Obstet Gynecol 45:433-438, 1975.
16. Schifrin BS: Dystocia. J Rep Med 14:266-267, 1975.
17. Paul RH, Khazin Suidan A, Yeh S, Schifrin BS, Hon EH: Clinical fetal monitoring VII. The evaluation and significance of intrapartum baseline FHR variability. Am J Obstet Gynecol 123:206-210, 1975.
18. Miller FC, Sacks DA, Yeh S, Paul RH, Schifrin BS, Martin CB, Jr, Hon EH: The significance of meconium during labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol 122:573-580, 1975.
19. Cohen WR, Schifrin BS, Doctor G: Elevation of the fetal presenting part: A method of intrauterine resuscitation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 123:646-649, 1975.
20. Kates RJ, Schifrin BS: Self-limited acute defibrination in pregnancy: Case report. Am J Obstet Gynecol 124:432-434, 1976.
21. Miller FC, Yeh SY, Schifrin BS, et al: Quantitation of uterine activity in 100 primiparous patients. Am J Obstet Gynecol 124:398-405, 1976.
22. Cetrulo CL, Schifrin BS: Fetal heart rate patterns preceding death in utero. Obstet Gynecol 48:521-527, 1976.
23. Rochard F, Schifrin BS, Goupil F, et al: Nonstressed fetal heart rate monitoring in the antepartum period. Am J Obstet Gynecol 126:699-706, 1976.
24. Sugarman RG, Hasjiev A, Schifrin BS: Intracranial pressure and fetal heart rate patterns in a case of hydrocephaly. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Rep Bio 6:249-255, 1976.
25. Sugarman RG, Rawlinson KF, Schifrin BS: Fetal arrhythmia. Obstet Gynecol 52:301-307, 1978.
26. Evertson LR, Gauthier RJ, Schifrin BS, Paul RH: Antepartum fetal heart rate testing. I. Evolution of the nonstress test. Am J Obstet Gynecol 133:29-33, 1979.
27. Moore JG, Hibbard LT, Growdon WA, Schifrin BS: Urinary tract endometriosis: Enigmas in diagnosis and management. Am J Obstet Gynecol 134:162-172, 1979.
28. Schifrin BS, Foye G, Amato J, Kates R, MacKenna J.: Routine fetal heart rate monitoring in the antepartum period. Obstet Gynecol 54:21-25, 1979.
29. Schifrin BS: The rationale for antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring. J Rep Med 23:213-221, 1979.
30. Pomerance J, Schifrin BS, Meredith J: Womb rent. Am J Obstet Gynecol 137:486-490, 1980.
31. Sacks D, Schifrin BS, Bell K, Schwimmer W: Sinusoidal fetal heart rate pattern with intrapartum death. J Rep Med 24:171-173, 1980.
32. Wilson R, Schifrin BS: Is any pregnancy low risk? Obstet Gynecol 55:653-656, 1980.
33. Gergely R, Eden R, Schifrin BS, Wade ME: Antenatal diagnosis of congenital sacral teratoma. J Rep Med 24:229-231, 1980.
34. Schifrin BS, Platt LD: Modified technique for monitoring fetal heart rate during intrauterine transfusion. Am J Obstet Gynecol 138:1220-1222, 1980.
35. Austin E, Schifrin BS, Pomerance JJ, Gans SL, Komaileo MS: The antepartum diagnosis of conjoined twins. J Ped Surg 15:332-334, 1980.
36. Perlin B, Pomerance J, Schifrin BS: Non-immunological fetal hydrops. Obstet Gynecol 57:584-58, 1981.
37. Cotton DB, Brock BS, Schifrin BS: Cirrhosis and fetal hyperbilirubinemia. Obstet Gynecol 57:25s-27s, 1981.
38. Strassner HT Jr, Read JA, Eden RD, Schifrin BS: Antenatal diagnosis of complete heart block with progressive heart failure in labor. Obstet Gynecol (submitted).
39. Lebed MR, Schifrin BS, Waffarn F, Hohler CW, Sims M, Afriat CI: Real-time B scanning in the diagnosis of neonatal intracranial hemorrhage. Am J Obstet Gynecol 142:851-861, 1982.
40. Schifrin BS, Gergely RC, Guntes V, Eden R, Roll K, Jacobs J: The role of real time scanning in antenatal fetal surveillance. Am J Obstet Gynecol 140:525-530, 1981.
41. VanDorsten JP, Schifrin BS, Wallace RL: Randomized control trial of external cephalic version with tocolysis in late pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 141:417, 1981.
42. Eden RD, Gergely RZ, Schifrin BS, Wade ME: Comparison of antepartum testing schemes for the management of the postdate pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 144:683-692, 1982.
43. Lenke RR, VanDorsten JP, Schifrin BS: Pyelonephritis in pregnancy: A prospective randomized trial to prevent recurrent disease evaluating suppressive therapy with nitrofurantoin and close surveillance. Am J Obstet Gynecol 146:953-957, 1983.
44. Gimovsky ML, Schifrin BS: Incarcerated foramen of Bochdalek hernia during pregnancy. J Rep Med 28:156-158, 1983.
45. Gimovsky ML, Wallace RL, Schifrin BS, Paul RH: Randomized management of the nonfrank breech presentation at term: A preliminary report. Am J Obstet Gynecol 146:34-40, 1983.
46. Cotton DB, Rivera-Alsina M, Palma PA, Schifrin BS: Sinusoidal Fetal Heart Rate Pattern in Hydroencephaly: A Case Report. J Rep Med 28:631-633, 1983.
47. Cotton DB, Strassner HT, Hill LM, Schifrin BS, Paul RH: Comparison between magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, and a placebo for inhibition of preterm labor: A randomized study. J Rep Med 29:92-97, 1984.
48. Wallace RL, Schifrin BS, Paul RH: The Delivery Route for Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Preliminary Report of a Randomized, Prospective Study. J Rep Med 29:736-740, 1984.
49. Wallace RL, VanDorsten JP, Eglinton GS, Meuller E, McCart D, Schifrin BS: External Cephalic Version with Tocolysis: Obsvervations and Continuing Experience at the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center. J Rep Med 29:745-748, Oct. 1984.
50. Stine L, Phelan J, Wallace R, Eglinton G, VanDorsten J, Schifrin B: Update on External Cephalic Version Performed at Term. Obstet Gynec 65:642-46, May 1985.
51. Schifrin BS, Weissman H, Wiley J: Electronic Fetal Monitoring and Obstetrical Malpractice. Law, Medicine and Health Care. 13:100-105, 1985.
52. Eden R, Gergely R, Sigall ER, Schifrin BS, Wade ME: Nonstress testing and real time ultrasound scanning for assessment of fetal well being in high risk pregnancy. ACTA Obstet Gynec Scand.
53. Kates RB, Schifrin BS: Fetal cardiac asystole during labor. Obstet Gynecol 67:549-555, 1986.
54. Schifrin BS: The Biblical Basis for the Rising Cesarean Section Rate: A Historical, Hysterical, Hysteretic Account of the Rising Cesarean Section Rate and a Proposal to Classify Under a Single Term All Indications for Cesarean Section. J Perinat 6:99-100, 1986.
55. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: The Future of Fetal Monitoring. J Perinat 6:331-2, 1986.
56. Clement D, Schifrin BS, Kates RB: Acute Oligohydramnios in Postdates Pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 157:884-6, 1987
57. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: An Encomium To Alexander Graham Bell. J Perinat 7:47-48, 1987.
58. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Highriskology. The Obstetrical Legacy of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. J Perinat 7:226-228, 1987.
59. Schifrin BS, Cohen WR: A Classification of Dystocia. Perinatal Press 10:3-4, 1987.
60. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: The Tango of the Sharks. J Perinat 7:133-134, 1987.
61. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Malpractice - We Have Met the Enemy. J Perinat 7:350-353, 1987.
62. Shields JR, Schifrin BS: Perinatal Antecedents of Cerebral Palsy. Obstet Gynecol 71:899-905, 1988.
63. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Cloutopenia and the Porcelain-Losing Encephalopathies. A Plangent Review with Dithyrambic Overtones. J Perinat 8:36-37, 1988.
64. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Modern Reproductive Technology - The State of the Heart. J Perinat 8:132-133, 1988.
65. Van Dorsten JP, Lenke RR, Schifrin BS: Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy: The Role of In-Hospital Management and Nitrofurantoin Suppression. J Rep Med 32:895-900, 1987.
66. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Disengaging Forceps. J Perinat 8:242-245, 1988.
67. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Malpractice Obituary. J Perinat 8:347-352, 1988.
68. Schifrin BS, Cohen WR: Labor's Dysfunctional Lexicon. Obstet Gynecol 74:121-124, 1989.
69. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Arguing with Geniuses. J Perinat 9:90-92, 1989.
70. Pomerance JJ, Morrison A, Williams RL, Schifrin BS: Anencephalic Infants: Life Expectancy and Organ Donation. J Perinat 9:33-37, 1989.
71. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: Justice and the Medical Expert Witness. J Perinat 9:207-210, 1989.
72. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: The Apgar Score - What Shall We Call It? J Perinat 9:331-332, 1989.
73. Altman R, Schifrin BS, Shields JR, Clement D: Community-Based Perinatal Research. J Perinat 10:65-69, 1990.
74. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: The Spies Among Us. J Perinat 9: 444-445, 1989.
75. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: The Abortion Thing. J Perinat 10:81-83, 1990.
76. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: The Electronic Fetal Monitoring Guidelines. J Perinat 10:188-192, 1990.
77. Schifrin BS: Polemics in Perinatology: In Praise of Activism. J Perinat 10:317-318, 1990.
78. Schifrin BS, Amsel J, Burdorf: The Accuracy of Auscultatory Detection of Fetal Cardiac Decelerations: A Computer Simulation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 166:566-576, 1992.
79. Petrikovsky B, Schifrin BS, Diana L: The Effect of Fetal Acoustic Stimulation on Fetal Swallowing and Amniotic Fluid Index. Obstet Gynecol 81:548-550;1993.
80. Schifrin BS, Shields JR, Hamilton-Rubinstein T: Fetal Heart Rate Patterns and the Timing of Fetal Injury. J Perinat 14(3): 174-181, 1994.
81. Asakura H, Myers S, Schifrin BS: Intrapartum, Atraumatic, Non-Asphyxial, Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Full Term Infant. Obstet Gynecol 84(4):680-683, 1994
82. Schifrin BS: The ABC's of Electronic Fetal Monitoring. J Perinat 14(5): 396-402, 1994.
83. Vintzileos A, Nochimson D, Guzman E, Knuppel R, Lake M, Schifrin BS: Intrapartum Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Versus Intermittent Auscultation: A Meta-Analysis. Obstet Gynecol 85(1):149- 155, 1995.
84. Cohen W, Schifrin BS: Fetal Monitoring. Operative Obstetrics: 314-338, 1995.
85. Schifrin BS: The Classification of Fetal Heart Rates (In Press). 1996.


Non-Peer

1. Schifrin BS: Pseudocyst of the adrenal gland. Bulletin of the Bull-Sloane Hospital for Women 1:114-118, 1966.
2. Schifrin BS: Newer concepts in the histogenesis of endometriosis. Bulletin of the Bull-Sloane Hospital for Women 13:113-115, 1967.
3. Schifrin BS: Diagnosis and management of fetal distress. Obstet World, Ross Laboratories 1(3):2-6, 1972.
4. Friedman E, Schifrin BS: Significance of fetal tachycardia. Inter Corres Soc Obstet Gynecol 13:171, 1972.
5. Schifrin BS: Iatrogenic fetal distress. Inter Anesthes Clin 11:119-140, 1973.
6. Schifrin BS, Suzuki K: Fetal surveillance during labor. Int Anesthes Clin 11:17-44, 1973.
7. Freeman RK, Schifrin BS: Whither paracervical block? Inter Anesthes Clin 11:69-91, 1973.
8. Schifrin BS, Gross G: Diuretics in pregnancy. Inter Corres Soc Obstet Gynecol, July l, 1973.
9. Schifrin BS: The case against pelvimetry. Cont Obstet Gynecol 4:77-79, 1974.
10. McCrann D, Schifrin BS: Electronic fetal heart monitoring. Cont Ed for Fam Phys, pp 45-55, July, 1974.
11. McCrann DJ Jr, Schifrin BS: Fetal monitoring in high risk pregnancy. Clin Perinat 1:229-252, 1974.
12. Schifrin BS: Rating the fetal stress test. Cont Obstet Gynecol 5:15-17, 1975.
13. Hobel CJ, Chez R, Pernoll M, Aubrey R, Schifrin BS: Defining normal pregnancy - symposium. Cont Obstet Gynecol 6:91-125, 1975.
14. Afriat CI, Schifrin BS: Sources of error in fetal heart rate monitoring. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurse 12:11-15, 1976.
15. Schifrin BS, Wilson R: Pathologic exam of the stillbirth. Inter Corres Soc Obstet Gynecol, 1978.
16. Schifrin BS: Fetal monitors: Questions to ask before you buy. Cont Obstet Gynecol 11:65-77, 1978.
17. Cohen WR, Schifrin BS: Diagnosis and management of fetal distress during labor. Semin Perinat 2:155-167, 1978.
18. Schifrin BS: The case against the fetal monitor (editorial). South Med J 71:1058-1061, 1978.
19. Schifrin BS: Perils of perinatology. Cont Obstet Gyneco 13:13, 1979.
20. Schifrin BS: Non-stress testing. Proceedings of Ross Conference on Obstetrical Decisions and Neonatal Outcome. Ross Laboratories, 1979.
21. Schifrin BS, Pomerance JJ: What you think is what you get. Peri Scope pp 2-3, April, 1980.
22. Schifrin BS: What's new in electronic fetal monitoring. Cont Obstet Gynecol 16:57-65 (special issue), 1980.
23. Gimovsky ML, Schifrin BS: The contemporary use of cesarean section. J Calif Perinat Assoc 1:49-53.
24. Gimovsky ML, Schifrin BS: New Ways to Manage Fetal and Neonatal Anemias. Cont Obstet Gynecol 20:237-250, 1982.
25. Schifrin BS: The fetal monitoring polemic. Clin Perinatol 9:399, 1982.
26. Schifrin BS: Cesarean section problems. Current Obstetrics ACOG-2602 (Cassette), 1982.
27. Schifrin BS: Antepartum Fetal Assessment. Current Obstetrics ACOG-2603 (Cassette), 1983.
28. Freeman RK, Schifrin BS, Huddleston J, Petrie J: Symposium on postdates pregnancy. Cont Obstet Cont Obstet Gynecol, 1984.
29. Schifrin BS, Clement D: Cesarean Birth: What Accounts for the Increase? The Female Patient. 11:47-63, 1986.
30. Clement D, Schifrin BS: Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Arrhythmias. Perinatology/Neonatology 11:9-20, 1987.
33. Schifrin BS, Clement D: Why Fetal Monitoring Remains a Good Idea. Cont Obstet Gynecol 35:70-86, 1990.
34. Shields JR, Schifrin BS: Obstetric Factors Associated with Cerebral Palsy. The Female Patient 14:14-33, 1989.
35. Schifrin BS: Electronic Fetal Monitoring and Malpractice. The Female Patient 15:79-82, 1990.
36. Chervenak FA, Barber HRK, Friedman SD, Pegalis SE, Schifrin BS: The Malpractice Crisis in Ob/Gyn: Is There a Solution? The Female Patient 15:65-77, 1990.
37. Schifrin BS, Hamilton T: Perinatal Medicolegal Case Review: Chronic Fetal Distress with Subsequent Cerebral Palsy. J Perinat 10:439-422, 1990.
38. Schifrin BS, Hamilton T: Medical-Legal Forum: Abnormal Labor Curve With Inappropriate Use of Forceps. J Perinat 11:63-65, 1991.
39. Hamilton T, Schifrin BS: Medical-Legal Forum: Delayed Cesarean Section in Pre-eclampsia with Placental Abruption and Fetal Distress. J Perinat 11:182-185, 1991.
40. Hamilton Rubinstein T, Schifrin BS, Shields JR: Medical-Legal Forum: Conversion of Fetal Tracing from Equivocal to Chronic in a Patient with Subsequent Cereral Palsy." J Perinat 11:279-281, 1991.
41. Gimovsky ML, Schifrin BS: Current Concepts in Breech Management. J Perinat 7:143-151, 1992.
42. Hamilton Rubinstein T, Schifrin BS: Medical-Legal Forum: Abnormal Fetal heart Rate Pattern and Emergency Cesarean Section in an Anomalous Infant. J Perinat 11:383-385, 1991.
43. Hamilton Rubinstein T, Schifrin BS: Medical-Legal Forum: Shoulder Dystocia. J Perinat 12:74-77, 1992.
44. Hamilton Rubinstein T, Schifrin BS: Medical-Legal Forum: Prolonged labor with persistent occiput-posterior position in post-term pregnancy. J Perinat 12:181-184, 1992.
45. Hamilton Rubinstein T, Schifrin BS: Medical-Legal Forum: Decreased Fetal Movement with Abnormal Nonstress Test Preceding Fetal Death. J Perinat 12:294-296; 1992.
46. Schifrin BS, Hamilton Rubinstein T: Medical-Legal Forum: The Role of the Expert Witness. J Perinat (Accepted for publication: December 1992).
47. Schifrin BS, Hamilton Rubinstein T: Medical-Legal Forum: Fetal Surveillance During Labor: The Role of the Expert Witness. J Perinat 13(2):151-152, 1993
48. Schifrin BS, Antenatal Fetal Assessment:: Overview and Implications for Neurologic Injury and Routine Testing. Clinical Obstetrics 38(1):132-141, 1995.
49. Schifrin BS, Medicolegal Ramifications of Electronic Fetal Monitoring During Labor. Clinics in Perinatology 22(4) 837-854, 1995.
50. Schifrin, BS, Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Role of the Physician. Risk ManagementTechniques in Perinatal and Neonatal Practice, 193-212, 1996.
51. Brumfield C, Gilstrap L III, O'Grady JP, Ross MG, Schifrin BS: Cutting Your Legal RisksWith Vacuum-Assisted Deliveries. OBG Management 22-35, March, 1999.

Books/Chapters

1. Schifrin BS: Editor, Advances in Fetal Monitoring and Obstetrical Anesthesia. International Anesthesiology Clinics. Little Brown and Co., Volume 11, No. 2, 1973.
2. Schifrin BS: Workbook in Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring. bpm, inc., 1976.
3. Schifrin BS: Fetal monitoring during labor. In: Operative Obstetrics, Ed. Douglas and Stromme, 3rd edition. Appleton-Century Crofts, New York, pp 420-438, 1976.
4. Schifrin BS: Antepartum Workbook. bpm, inc., Los Angeles, 1976.
5. Cohen WR, Schifrin BS: Diagnosis and treatment of fetal distress in perinatal medicine. Management of the High Risk Fetus and Neonate, Ed. Bolognese RJ, Schwarz RH, The Williams Wilkins Company, Baltimore, pp 131-150, 1977.

6. Martin CB Jr, Schifrin BS: Prenatal fetal monitoring. In: Perinatal Intensive Care, Ed. Aldjem S, Brown AK, C.V. Mosby Co., St Louis, pp 155-173, 1977.
7. Schifrin BS: Antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring. In: Intrauterine Asphyxia and the Developing Fetal Brain, Ed. Gluck L, Year Book Med, Chicago, pp 205-224, 1977.
8. Afriat CI, Schifrin BS: Antepartum fetal evaluation. In: Current Practice in Obstetric and Gynecologic Nursing. Ed. McNall L, C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 2:91-107, 1978.
9. Schifrin BS: Workbook in Fetal Monitoring. bpm, inc., Los Angeles, 1978.
10. Gordon E, Schifrin BS: Antepartum heart rate monitoring. In: New Techniques and Concepts in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ed. Kaminetzky HA, Iffy L, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, pp 256-265, 1979.
11. Schifrin BS: The contraction stress test and the nonstress test. In: Management of High Risk Pregnancy, Ed. Queenan JT, Medical Economics Co., Litton Industries, New Jersey, pp 165-170, 1980.
12. Schifrin BS: Fetal monitoring. In: Douglas-Stromme Operative Obstetrics, Douglas-Strome (ed), Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1982.
13. Cohen WR, Schifrin BS: Diagnosis and treatment of fetal distress. In: Perinatal Medicine - Management of the High Risk Fetus and Neonate, Second Edition, Bolognese RJ, Schwarz RH, Schneider J (eds.), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore/London, pp 223-243, 1982.
14. Gimovsky ML, Schifrin BS: Fetal and Neonatal Anemias. In: Managing Ob/Gyn Emergencies, Second Edition, Ed. Gross EC, Medical Economics Co, New Jersey, pp 127-140, 1983.
15. Schifrin BS: Interpretation of FHR Records: Baseline Heart Rate and Variability. In: Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ed. Mishell DR, Brenner PF, Medical Economics Co., New Jersey, pp 162-165, 1983.
16. Schifrin BS: Periodic Changes in FHR. In: Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology Ed. Mishell DR, Brenner PF, Medical Economics Co., New Jersey, pp 165-168, 1983.
17. Schifrin BS: Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Distress. In: Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ed. Mishell DR, Brenner PF, Medical Economics Co., New Jersey, pp 176-180, 1983.
18. Cohen WR, Schifrin BS: Clinical Management of Fetal Hypoxemia. In: Management of Labor, Ed. by Cohen WR, Friedman, University Park Press, Baltimore, pp 163-188, 1983.
19. Schifrin BS: Electronic Fetal Monitoring. In: Current Therapy in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Ed. Nelson BC, Decker Inc., Toronto, 1984.
20. Schifrin BS, Lede RL: Valoracion Biofisica de le Salud Fetal, Cardiotocografia perfil ecografico, Manual Practico: Empresa Grafica Ascune Hnos, 1984.
21. Schifrin BS: Exercises in Fetal Monitoring. Volume I. bpm, inc., Los Angeles, CA, 1985.
22. Schifrin BS: Antepartum fetal monitoring. In: Management of High Risk Pregnancy, 2nd edition. Ed: Queenan, JT, Medical Economics Co., New Jersey, pp 143-150, 1985.
23. Schifrin BS: Fetal Monitoring During Labor. In: Current Therapy in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. B.C. Decker Toronto. pp 9-12, 1985.
24. Schifrin BS, Eden R: The Management of Postdate Pregnancy. In: Clinical Obstetrics. Ed: Pauerstein C; John Wiley and Sons, Inc., pp 407-419, 1987.
25. Eden RD, Schifrin BS, Thomason JD: Chapter 8, Antenatal Assessment of Fetal Well-Being. Clinical Manual of Basic Obstetrics, Ed. 2, Bechman CRB, Ling F, Ellis J, eds. AC Crofts, NY, 1987. (In Press).
26. Eden RD, Schifrin BS: Chapter 10, Intrapartum Evaluation of Fetal Well-Being. Clinical Manual of Basic Obstetrics, Ed. 2, Bechman CRB, Ling F, Ellis J, eds. AC Crofts, NY, 1987. (In Press).
27. Cohen WR, Schifrin BS: Clinical Management of Fetal Hypoxemia. In: Management of Labor, 2nd Edition. Ed. by Cohen WR, Acker DB, Friedman EA, Aspen Publishers, Inc., Rockville, MD, pp 283-315, 1989.
28. Schifrin BS: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Distress. In: Fetal Neurology, Chapter 8. Ed. by Hill A, Ph.D. and Volpe JJ, M.D., Raven Press, 1989.
29. Schifrin BS: Chapter 51. Obstetrics and Gynecology - A Doctor's View. In: Medical and Hospital Malpractice Negligence. Ed. by Zaremski M and Goldstein L, Callaghan & Company, Illinois, 1988.
30. Schifrin BS: The Patient as the Plaintiff. In: Assessment and Care of the Fetus: Physiological, Clinical and Medicolegal Principles. Ed. by Boehm F and Eden R. Appleton and Lange, pp 971-976,
1990.
31. Schifrin BS: Exercises in Fetal Monitoring. Volume II. bpm, inc., Los Angeles, CA, 1988.
32. Schifrin BS: Fetal Monitoring During Labor. In: Current Therapy in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine 2nd edition, Ed: Nelson NM, BC-Decker Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1990.
33. Schifrin BS, Clement D: Antepartum Fetal Monitoring. In: Management of High Risk Pregnancy, 3rd edition. Ed: Queenan, JT, Medical Economics Co., New Jersey (Submitted 1989).
34. Schifrin BS: Exercises in Fetal Monitoring. Volume III. bpm, inc., Los Angeles, CA, 1989.
35. Schifrin BS, Clement D: Routine Antepartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring. In: Fetal Monitoring: Physiology and Techniques of Antenatal and Intrapartum Assessment. Ed: John AD Spencer, Castle House Publications, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK, 1989.
36. Cohen WR, Schifrin BS: Chapter 64. Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring. In: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 1. Ed: Chervenak FA, Isaacson G, Campbell S. Little, Brown and Company, Brown and Company, Boston, pp 635-651, 1993.
37. Shields JR, Schifrin BS: External Cephalic Version. In: Current Therapy Neonat/Perinat Med., 2nd edition. Ed: Nelson NM, BC-Decker Inc, Philadelphia, PA, 1990.
38. Schifrin BS: The Biblical Basis for the Rising Cesarean Section Rate: A Historical, Hysterical, Hysteretic.
39. Schifrin BS: Exercises in Fetal Monitoring. Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, MO, 1990.
40. Schifrin BS: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Distress. In: Fetal Neurology, Chapter 8. Ed. by Hill A, Ph.D. and Volpe JJ, M.D., 2nd edition, Raven Press, 1993.
41. Schifrin BS: More Exercises in Fetal Monitoring. Mosby, St. Louis, MO, 1993.
42. Cohen W, Schifrin BS: Fetal Monitoring During Labor. In: Operative Obstetrics, 1994.


Book and Reference Reviews

Miscellaneous book and article reviews in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. 1969 - 1974.

Miscellaneous article reviews for Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1977 - present.

Miscellaneous article reviews for Journal of Perinatology. 1986 - present.

Abstracts

1. Petrikovsky B, Schifrin BS, Diana L: The short term effects of fetal acoustic stimulation (FAS) on fetal swallowing (F) and amniotic fluid index (AFI). (SPO Abstract for Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 1991.) Am J Obstet Gynecol 164:441, 1991.
2. Schifrin BS, Shields JR: Fetal heart rate patterns and subsequent cerebral palsy: Conversion of reactive NST to pattern of chronic distress. (SPO Abstract for Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 3-8, 1992.) Am J Obstet Gynecol 166:367, 1992.


Letters

1. Schifrin BS, Pomerance J: Viability of premature fetus. Lancet 1:1259, 1978.
2. Lebed MR, Platt LD, Schifrin BS, Sims M, Afriat C: Fetal subdural haemorrhages presenting as hydrocephalus. Br Med J 281:679-680, 1980.
3. Schifrin BS, Lebed MR: Fetal weight estimations and obstetrics management. Am J Obstet Gynecol 144:740, 1982.
4. Schifrin BS: The Jargonic Disaster. J Perinat 5:89, l985.
5. Schifrin BS: Letters to the Editor (re: "Tango of the Sharks). J Perinat 8:77-78, 1988.
6. Schifrin BS: Foreward. In: Electronic Fetal Monitoring. By Cydney I. Afriat, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1989.
7. Shields JR, Schifrin BS: Editorial Response. Obstet Gynecol 73:139-140, 1989.
8. Schifrin BS: Letters to the Editor (re: "Electronic Fetal Monitoring and Malpractice"). The Female Patient 15:19, November 1990.
9. Schifrin BS, Myers S: Letters to the Editor (re: article by Dr. Shy - "Effects of Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring..."). New England J Med 323:346, 1990.
10. Schifrin BS, Clement DC: Equal Time/Authors' Reply (re: "Why Fetal Monitoring Remains a Good Idea"). Cont OB/GYN 35(8):114-119, 1990.
11. Schifrin BS: Letter to the Editor - Details of Electronic Fetal Monitoring Randomized Control Trials (response to article by PH Ellison, et al - Electronic Fetal Heart Monitoring, Auscultation, and Neonatal Outcome. AJOG 164:1281, 1991). Am J Obstet Gynec 166:1308-1309, 1992.
12. Schifrin BS, Shields JR: Consultant's Corner: Do fetal heart rate patterns anticipate subsequent neurological handicap? The University of Connecticut Health Center, The UNICORN Perinatal Newsletter 2, Winter 1992.
13. Schifrin BS, Hamilton Rubinstein T: Response to Letter to the Editor by Dr. Stephen Golde (re: Decreased Fetal Movement with Abnormal Nonstress Test Preceding Fetal Death. J Perinat 12:294, 1992). J Perinat (Accepted for publication in April 1993).
14. Schifrin BS: Letter to the Editor - Commentary on randomized control trials of electronic fetal monitoring. Birth 21(4):236-237, 1994.
15. Schifrin BS, Myers S, Cohen, W: Letter to the Editor - (re: "Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Predicting Cerebral Palsy"). The New England Journal of Medicine 335(4), 287. July 1996.
16. Schifrin BS, Harwell R: Letter to the Editor - FHR Terminology. JOGNN 28(2):123-124, March-April 1999.