Robert Hal Debbs DO

General Obstetrics, Maternal & Fetal Medicine/High Risk

Professor, Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, Director, upenn MFM network

1865 Route 70 ESte 250Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Phone+1 877-894-0287
Fax+1 856-396-3404

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Summary

Clinical Professor OBGYN
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Director, UPENN MFM Network

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1994 - 1996
RowanSOM/Jefferson Health/Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1990 - 1994
VirtuaInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1989
Muhlenberg CollegeBS, Natural Science, Valedictorian, 1981 - 1985

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Certifications & Licensure

PA State License 1993 - 2028
NJ State License 1991 - 2027
NY State License 2007 - 2024
FL State License 2019 - 2021

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

APGO Teaching Award American Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Life Time Achievement Award American College of Osteopathic OBGYN, 2017
Americas Best Doctors Castle Connelly, 2016-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Meningioma during pregnancy: a case report.
Segundo Joel Cardenas-Goicoechea, Robert H Debbs
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 2011-01-01
18 citations
Contemporary use of cerclage in pregnancy.
Robert H. Debbs, Janine Chen
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2009-12-01
44 citations
Transabdominal cerclage after comprehensive evaluation of women with previous unsuccessful transvaginal cerclage.
Robert H. Debbs, Guillermo A. De La Vega, Stephanie Pearson, Harish M. Sehdev, Dominic Marchiano
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2007-09-01

Journal Articles

Meningioma During Pregnancy
Cardenas-GoicoecheaSJ, DebbsR, J Reprod Med, 1/1/2011
Retroperitoneal Mass Causing Neonatal Hypertension
Debbsr, Gustovd, Brandonr, Ped Surg, 1/1/2011
Cholestasis in Pregnancy
DebbsR, JurusD, BJOG, 1/1/2008

Books/Book Chapters

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter: Cerclage in Pregnancy
Debbs,RHEditors: Ludmir J.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins2009
National Medical Student Training Guide, University of Pennsylvania
Chapter: Operative Obstetrics
Debbs, RHMosby2001
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter: Echocardiography in Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Page 796.0 - 803.0Rasanen J, Debbs R, Huhta JCEditors: Divon MY.Lippincott-Raven, Hagerston1997

Abstracts/Posters

Laparoscopic/Robotic Interval Abdominal Cerclage versus Minilaparotomy, A Retrospective analysis of Outcome
DebbsR, ACOOG Annual, 1/1/2011
Coronary artery Dissection in Pregnancy
Debbs R, Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, California, 1/1/2007
Transabdominal Cervico-Isthmic Cerclage, a 10 year experience
Debbs R, Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, California, 1/1/2007

Lectures