Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
Biosketch
Heather Figueroa, MD is a board certified Ob/Gyn practicing in Saint Joseph, MI at Corewell South. Dr. Figueroa graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2008. Residency was completed at Grand Rapids Medical Partners in Grand Rapids, MI, Corewell in 2023. The last 10 years were spent at Loma Linda University Medical Center where they averaged over 3000 deliveries per year with a robust medical student program AND a larger ob/gyn residency program. Dr. Figueroa was a founder of the Riverside University Health System Ob/Gyn program during that time. She served a few years as associate program director as well. Dr. Figueroa enjoys the educational relationships that revolve around medical students and residents alike. She also enjoys the rigor of academic medicine and the acuity/complexity of medical management that goes with it.
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Education and Training
- Residency 2012, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners
- MD 2008, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University
- BS 2003, Biology, Andrews University
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Publications
Park B.Y., Cryer A., Betoni J., McLean L., Figueroa H., Contag S.A., Yao R. Outcomes of labor induction at 39 weeks in pregnancies with a prior cesarean delivery Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 2022;35(15):2853-2858.
Martin C., Pappas J., Johns K., Figueroa H., Balli K., Yao R. Semiautonomous Treatment Algorithm for the Management of Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2021;137(2):211-217.
Tse B.C., Block B., Figueroa H., Yao R. Adverse neonatal outcomes associated with pregestational diabetes mellitus in infants born preterm American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology MFM. 2020;2(4)
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Presentations
- Laparoscopic Scissors: A Subjective and Objective Comparison of Three Brands. Jonathan D. Harper; Heather Figueroa; Kamyar Ebrahimi; D. Duane Baldwin, Annual Meeting Western Section American Urological Association, Maui, HI, 10/2006
- Laparoscopic Scissors: A Subjective and Objective Comparison of Three Brands. Jonathan D. Harper; Heather Figueroa; Kamyar Ebrahimi; D. Duane Baldwin, 24th World Congress of Endourology, Cleveland, OH, 08/2006
- Incidence of SubclinicalRhabdomyolysis and Its Effect on Kidney Function in Kidney Donors and Their Recipients. Jonathan D. Harper; Heather Figueroa; Dean Leocadio; Pedro W. Baron; Okechukwu Ojogho; D. Duane Baldwin, American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 05/2006