Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Training Program

telephone: (619) 543-7900
Fax: (619) 543-3703
e-mail address: trmoore@ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Clinical quantitation and assessment of amniotic fluid volume, regulation of amniotic fluid volume, the contribution of fetal urinary function and maternal vascular tonicity to amniotic fluid volume.

Clinical Specialties:  All aspects of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, especially including fetal movement, diabetes and pregnancy, amniotic fluid volume, fetal diagnosis.

Board Certifications: Obstetrics and Gynecology/Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Classes regularly taught: Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy, Fetal Renal Development, Fetal Hematology, Use and Abuse of the Amniotic Fluid Index, Sonography in Early Pregnancy Evaluation, Is Technology Interfering with Childbirth?, Patterns of Uterine Contractions in Normal Pregnancy: Lessons for the Treatment of Preterm Labor, Trauma in Pregnancy, New Approaches to Minimizing Morbidity and Diabetic Pregnancy, Postdates Paradoxes, Obstetric Emergencies.

Personal Hobbies: Sailing, drums.

Recent Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

1. Sohl BD, Scioscia AL, Budorick NE, Moore TR.  Utility of minor ultrasonographic markers in the prediction of abnormal fetal karyotype at a prenatal diagnostic center. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999;181(4):898-903.

2. Wolf RB, Moise KJ, Richter PJ, Moore TR, Brace RA.  Antibody-induced platelet destruction in fetal sheep.  Submitted to Am J Obstet Gynecol, 1999.

3. Song T-B, Moore TR, Lee J-Y, Kim Y-H, Kim E-K.  Fetal weight prediction by thigh volume measurement with three-dimensional ultrasonography.  Obset Gynecol 96(2):157:161, 2000.

4. Adams-Chapman I, Vaucher YE, Bejar RF, Benirschke K, Baergen RN, Moore TR. Maternal floor infarction of the placenta: association with central nervous system injury and adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. J Perinatol 22(3):236-41, 2002.

5. Moore TR.  A comparison of amniotic fluid fetal pulmonary phospholipids in normal and diabetic pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 186(4):641-50, 2002.

Invited Articles and Reviews:

1. Moore TR. Amniotic Fluid: The Fetal Habitat. Ultrasonica (Rome, Italy) 1998;XIII:59-68.

2. Moore TR. Pregnancy and hypoxia (editorial comment). Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 1999;26(2)59.

3. Moore TR. Hot Topics in Diabetes. Audio Digest 2000;47:04.

4. Ross MG, Brace RA, NIH Workshop Participants (incl. Moore TR). National Institute of Child Health and Development Conference Summary: Amniotic fluic biology – basic and clinical aspects. J of Maternal-Fetal Med 2001;10:2-19.

5.  Moore TR. Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy.eMedicine Journal: emedicine.com/med/topics3249.htm

Book Chapters and Books:

1. Moore TR. Endocrine Disorders in Pregnancy.  In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 7th Edition, Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1998;65-77.

2. Kelly TF, Moore TR. Maternal Medical Disorders of Fetal Significance: Seizure Disorders, Hypertension, and Isoimmunization. In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 7th Edition, Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1998;78-88.

3. Moore TR, Roberts D. Intrapartum Management. In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 7th Edition, Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1998;154-66.

4. Hull A, Moore TR.  Antepartum Fetal Assessment. In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 7th Edition, Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1998;134-43.

5. Sohl B, Moore TR.  Abnormalities of Fetal Growth. In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 7th Edition, Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1998;90-102.

6. Moore TR.  Diabetes in Pregnancy.  In: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 4th Edition, Creasy RK, Resnik R (eds).  WB Saunders, Philadelphia 1999;964-995.

7. Wolf RB, Moore TR. Amniotic Fluid Regulation and Non-Immune Hydrops. In: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 7th Edition. Fanaroff AA, Martin RJ (eds). C.V. Mosby, New York, 2001.

8. Gruslin-Giroux A, Moore TR. Erythroblastosis Fetalis. In: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 6th Edition. Fanaroff AA, Martin RJ (eds). C.V. Mosby, New York, 2001.

Abstracts: 

1. Kim MK, Tarsa M, Moore TR, Bogic L.  VEGF gene expression is increased in the decidua of preterm preeclamptic patients. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV. February 2001.

2. Resnik J, Scioscia A, Moore TR, Craft A. Clinical significance of mild ventriculomegaly and choroidal separation identified antenatally. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV. February 2001.

3. Lee S, Kim MK, Moore TR.  The perinatal and economic impact of public funding of prenatal care. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV. February 2001.

4. Daneshmand S, Chmait R, Benirschke K, Moore TR. Is there an advantage to early delivery in monoamniotic twin gestations? Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV. February 2001.

5. Kim M. Simpson W, Moore TR.  Teaching forceps: the impact of proactive faculty. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV. February 2001.

6. Chmait R, Kim M, Daneshmand S, Moore TR, Bogic L. Differential expressions of VEGF and its receptor in the decidua of preeclamptic patients. 48^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Toronto, Canada. March 2001.

7. Trevett TN, Daneshmand SS, Matsumoto L, Moore TR. Effect of acarbose, an oral glucosidase inhibitor, on 24-hour diurnal rhythm of glucose and insulin in non-diabetic pregnant women in the third trimester. 48^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Toronto, Canada. March 2001.

8. Daneshmand S, Chmait R, Moore TR, Bogic L. Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM): vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its association with the duration of rupture to delivery and infection. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA. January 2002.

9. Kim MK, Moore TR, Johnson R. Phenotypic expression in murine skeletal muscle: the impact of a tissue specific conditional knock-out of HIF-2 and - alpha. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA. January 2002.

10. Chmait R, Dinise T, Daneshmand S. Kim MK, Moore TR. Prospective cohort study to establish predictors of glyburide success in gestational diabetes mellitus. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA. January 2002.

11. Chmait R, Pretorius D, Jones M, Hull AD, James G, Nelson T, Moore TR. Prospective evaluation of fetal cleft lip and palate via three-dimensional versus two-dimensional ultrasound. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA. January 2002.

12. Chmait R, Pretorius D, Jones M, Hull AD, James G, Nelson T, Moore TR. Isolated facial cleft and risk of associated anomaly. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA. January 2002.

13. Pretorius DH, Chmait R, Jones M, Hull AD, Moore TR, Nelson TR. Diagnosis of anomalies associated with cleft lip/palate using fetal 2D/3D ultrasound. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2002.

14. Redpath S, Chmait RH, Moore TR, Bogic LV. New technology for an old disease: using ProteinChip® arrays to investigate preeclampsia. Molecular Analysis for R&D Diagnostics Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. February 2002.

15. Redpath S, Chmait RH, Moore TR, Bogic LV. Proteomics: a path to new understanding of preeclampsia. Society for Gynecologic Investigation Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. March 2002.

16. Redpath S, Chmait RH, Moore TR, Bogic LV. Studies on preeclampsia using Ciphergen ProteinChip® arrays. Proteome Society, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA. March 2002.

Works in Progress:

1. Chmait R, Moore TR. Endocrine Disorders in Pregnancy. In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 8^th Edition. Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia. In preparation.

2. Kelly TF, Moore TR.  Maternal Medical Disorders of Fetal Significance: Seizure Disorders, Hypertension and Isoimmunization.  In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 8^th Edition. Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia. In preparation.

3. Moore TR. Intrapartum Fetal Management.  In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 8^th Edition. Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia. In preparation.

4. Hull AD, Moore TR. Antepartum Fetal Assessment.  In: Shaffer and Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 8^th Edition. Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, Avery ME (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia. In preparation.

5. Chmait R, Pretorius D, Jones M, Hull A, James G, Nelson T, Moore TR. Prenatal evaluation of facial clefts with two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound: a prospective trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol, In Press, 2002.

6. Chmait R, Dinise T, Daneshmand S, Kim M, Moore TR.  Prospective cohort study to establish predictors of glyburide success in women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Submitted, Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2002.