Michael Varner, MD

Specialty: 
Perinatology

St. John's Medical Center
Perinatology Clinic
Radiology Dept.
PO Box 428
Jackson, WY 83001
Phone: (307) 739-7546
Fax: (307) 734-9881

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Utah School of Medicine
30 North 1900 East, Room 2B200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
PH: (801) 585-2872
FAX: (801) 585-2594

Clinical Interests: 
Perinatology
Personal Statement/Clinical Interests: 

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1991 - Present

Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1999 – Present

Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2006 - Present

Research Awards:

Award for Excellence in Perinatal Research, March of Dimes Utah Chapter, November 15, 2004.

Polgar Prize for the outstanding medical anthropology paper of 2006 – Society for Medical Anthropology – October 10, 2006 (senior author – Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2006;19:267-89).

Martha Hughes Cannon Award For Distinguished Achievement in Maternal and Child Health (Utah Department of Health) – May 2006

Patents Awarded: US # 7,374,539 - May 2008 - Method and apparatus for predicting maternal hypertension during pregnancy using coherence analysis of maternal and fetal blood velocity waveforms (with Kumari L. Fernando PhD, V. John Mathews PhD and Edward B. Clark MD)

Editorial Consultant Experience:
JAMA 1983 - Present.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982 - Present.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1985 - Present.
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1985 - Present.
Chest, 1993 - Present.
American Journal of Perinatology, 1995 - Present.
Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1997 - Present.
Hypertension in Pregnancy, 1998 - Present.
Clinical Chemistry, 1999 - Present.
Lancet, 2000 – Present
Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2002 – Present
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2004 – Present
American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2005 – Present
American Journal of Surgery – 2005 – Present
Gynecology and Obstetric Investigation – 2009 – Present
Journal of Reproductive Immunology - 2008 - Present
Annals of Epidemiology – 2010 – Present
The Anatomical Record – 2010 – Present
Pediatric Research – 2011 - Present
Editor/Editorial Board, BJOG - 2007 – 2010
Editorial Board, American Journal of Perinatology – 2010 – Present

Education: 

BA, 1971: Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN

MD, 1975: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology 1979: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Fellowship, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1981: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Certifications: 

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine