Lauren Theilen

Lauren Theilen, MD, MS

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

University Maternal Fetal Medicine, Area E
801-213-2995

  • Lauren H. Theilen, MD is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Utah Health. She specializes in managing high-risk pregnancies and she currently provides both longitudinal prenatal care and consultations before, during, and after pregnancy. Dr. Theilen’s clinical and research interests include hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, pregnancy as a window to future health, optimizing postpartum care, and alloimmunization. She offers convenient and personalized prenatal visits for women with low-risk pregnancies through the University of Utah Virtual Prenatal Care Program. She also serves as an "e-consultant," providing e-consults to primary care and OB providers as part of Project CORE, an initiative to expand access to subspecialty care.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Obstetrics & Gynecology)
    American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Sub: Maternal-Fetal Medicine)

  • Lauren H. Theilen, MD is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Utah Health. She specializes in managing high-risk pregnancies and she currently provides both longitudinal prenatal care and consultations before, during, and after pregnancy. Dr. Theilen’s clinical and research interests include hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, pregnancy as a window to future health, optimizing postpartum care, and alloimmunization. She offers convenient and personalized prenatal visits for women with low-risk pregnancies through the University of Utah Virtual Prenatal Care Program. She also serves as an "e-consultant," providing e-consults to primary care and OB providers as part of Project CORE, an initiative to expand access to subspecialty care.

    Education history

    Fellowship Maternal-Fetal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Clinical Fellow
    University of Utah School of Medicine M.S.C.I
    Chief Resident Obstetrics & Gynecology - Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis Chief Resident
    Obstetrics & Gynecology - Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio M.D.
    Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program - University of Texas at Austin B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Theilen LH, Greenland P, Varagic J, Catov J, Shanks A, Thorsten V, Parker CB, McNeil R, Mercer B, Hoffman M, Wapner R, Haas D, Simhan H, Grobman W, Chung JH, Levine LD, Barnes S, Bairey Merz N, Saade G, Silver RM (2022). Association between aspirin use during pregnancy and cardiovascular risk factors 2-7 years after delivery: The nuMoM2b Heart Health Study. Pregnancy Hypertens, 28(4), 28-34.
    2. Theilen LH, McNeil RB, Hunter S, Grobman WA, Parker CB, Catov JM, Pemberton VL, Ehrenthal DB, Haas DM, Hoffman MK, Chung JH, Mukhtar F, Arzumanyan Z, Mercer B, Parry S, Saade GR, Simhan HN, Wapner RJ, Silver RM, NHLBI nuMoM2b Heart Health Study Network (2021). Serum Cotinine and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Cross-sectional Secondary Analysis of the nuMoM2b Heart Health Study. Am J Perinatol.
    3. de Havenon A, Delic A, Stulberg E, Sheibani N, Stoddard G, Hanson H, Theilen L (2021). Association of Preeclampsia With Incident Stroke in Later Life Among Women in the Framingham Heart Study. JAMA Netw Open, 4(4), e215077.
    4. Theilen LH, Campbell HD, Mumford SL, Purdue-Smithe AC, Sjaarda LA, Perkins NJ, Radoc JG, Silver RM, Schisterman EF (2020). Platelet activation and placenta-mediated adverse pregnancy outcomes: an ancillary study to the Effects of Aspirin in Gestation and Reproduction trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 223(5), 741.e1-741.e12.
    5. Theilen LH (2020). Pregnancy as a window to future health: what next? BJOG, 127(12), 1498.
    6. Bushman ET, Theilen LH, Monson M, Hammad I, Esplin I, Esplin MS (2019). Effect of blood contamination on amniotic fluid detection in vitro using immunoassays. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 33(17), 2909-2912.
    7. Sean Esplin M, Hoffman MK, Theilen L, Kupchak P (2019). Prospective evaluation of the efficacy of immunoassays in the diagnosis of rupture of the membranes. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 33(15), 2594-2600.
    8. Hammad IA, Meeks H, Fraser A, Theilen LH, Esplin MS, Smith KR, Varner MW (2019). Risks of cause-specific mortality in offspring of pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disease of pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 222(1), 75.e1-75.e9.
    9. Haas DM, Parker CB, Marsh DJ, Grobman WA, Ehrenthal DB, Greenland P, Bairey Merz CN, Pemberton VL, Silver RM, Barnes S, McNeil RB, Cleary K, Reddy UM, Chung JH, Parry S, Theilen LH, Blumenthal EA, Levine LD, Mercer BM, Simhan H, Polito L, Wapner RJ, Catov J, Chen I, Saade GR, NHLBI nuMoM2b Heart Health Study (2019). Association of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With Hypertension 2 to 7 Years Postpartum. J Am Heart Assoc, 8(19), e013092.
    10. Curtin K, Theilen LH, Fraser A, Smith KR, Varner MW, Hageman GS (2019). Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increase the risk of developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration in later life. Hypertens Pregnancy, 38(3), 141-148.
    11. Theilen LH (2018). Pre-eclampsia and cardiovascular risk: comparing apples with apples. BJOG, 125(13), 1655.
    12. Theilen LH, Meeks H, Fraser A, Esplin MS, Smith KR, Varner MW (2018). Long-term mortality risk and life expectancy following recurrent hypertensive disease of pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 219(1), 107.e1-107.e6.
    13. Heuser CC, Gibbins KJ, Herrera CA, Theilen LH, Holmgren CM (2018). Moms in medicine: Job satisfaction among physician-mothers in obstetrics and gynecology. Work, 60(2), 201-207.
    14. Theilen LH, Mellnick VM, Shanks AL, Tuuli MG, Odibo AO, Macones GA, Cahill AG (2017). Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: Predictive Clinical Factors and Pregnancy Outcomes. Am J Perinatol, 34(6), 523-528.
    15. Theilen LH, Fraser A, Hollingshaus MS, Schliep KC, Varner MW, Smith KR, Esplin MS (2016). All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality After Hypertensive Disease of Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol, 128(2), 238-244.
    16. Theilen LH, Mellnick VM, Longman RE, Tuuli MG, Odibo AO, Macones GA, Cahill AG (2015). Utility of magnetic resonance imaging for suspected appendicitis in pregnant women. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 212(3), 345.e1-6.
    17. Macones GA, Carter E, Theilen L, Fjeldstad H (2013). Expectant management of severe preeclampsia: Vigil-De Gracia et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 209(5), 493-4.
    18. McNeil JD, Propper B, Walker J, Holguin L, Evans L, Lee K, Fox PT, Michalek JE, Baisden CE (2011). A bovine hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier as pump prime for cardiopulmonary bypass: reduced systemic lactic acidosis and improved cerebral oxygen metabolism during low flow in a porcine model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 142(2), 411-7.

    Book Chapter

    1. Forrest AD, Hunt JT, Lamale-Smith L, Theilen LH (). Complicated Pregnancy and Delivery. In Hurt KJ (Ed.), Pocket Obstetrics & Gynecology (3rd). Wolters-Kluwer.
    2. Theilen LH, Varner MW (2020). Pregnancy as a window to maternal and child health. In Gabbe's Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies (8). Elsevier.

    Letter

    1. Bruno AM, Allshouse AA, Metz TD, Theilen LH (2022). Trends in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the United States From 1989 to 2020. [Letter to the editor]. Obstet Gynecol, 140(1), 83-86.

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