Obstetrics Liaisons
Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, FACOG
Lead Obstetric Liaison
Dr.
Moore Simas is an obstetrician-gynecologist (Ob/Gyn) and
physician-scientist, who aims to improve the health of parent-child
dyads and their families by using adult education and public health
principles that inform patient, provider, practice, health system, and
population-level initiatives, especially those integrating obstetrics
and mental health care. Dr. Moore Simas is the Ob/Gyn Department Chair,
and Professor of Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Population &
Quantitative Health Sciences at the UMass Chan Medical School. She is
the founding Obstetric Engagement Liaison of MCPAP for Moms and Medical
Director of Lifeline for Moms. She has a federally funded research
portfolio and serves her profession nationally through SASGOG’s Board
of Directors, the Council on Patient Safety’s Maternal Mental Health
Safety Bundle, ACOG’s Maternal Mental Health Expert Work Group
(Co-Chair), and AIM’s Postpartum Discharge Transitions Safety Bundle,
among others. Her academic achievements have led to over 100 peer
reviewed publications. Dr. Moore Simas’ passion is her family – she
became a parent through biology, fostering, and adoption; this informs
her approach to caring for mothers, parents, children, and families.