Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Jay Iams, MD

With the growing epidemic of prematurity in the US, there is a pressing need to understand the biology of preterm labor. Why do some women deliver early? Do we even know? Our guest today is Dr. Jay Iams, who is a nationally recognized expert on preterm labor. He is the Frederick Zuspan Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Vice Chair of the Department at Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. With hundreds of publications in the medical literature he is a member of the steering committee for the Maternal Fetal Medicine Network of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.