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Andrew M. Malinow, MD

Academic Title:

Professor Emeritus

Primary Appointment:

Anesthesiology

Secondary Appointment(s):

OB GYN & Reproductive Science

Education and Training

  • B.S.E. (Biomedical Engineering) The Johns Hopkins University 1977
  • Medical Degree, University of Maryland, 1981
  • Residency (Anesthesiology), UMMC, 1984
  • Fellowship (OB Anesthesiology) Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, 1985

Biosketch

Dr. Malinow has practiced obstetric anesthesiology since 1984. From 1985-2015, he was the Chief of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesia at UMMC. Dr. Malinow has trained a generation of residents and fellows in the practice of obstetric anesthesiology. Many of his trainees still practice and care for the pregnant women and their newborns in the State of Maryland, others have moved on to leadership positions in the field.

Caring for so many of the critically-ill pregnancies that have been transported to UMMC, Dr. Malinow has maintained a career-long interest in the mechanisms and treatment of the diseases of pregnancy. Currently, Dr. Malinow is investigating the field of mitochondrial bioenergetics as applied to normal and abnormal pregnancy.

Research/Clinical Keywords

Obstetric Anesthesia

Highlighted Publications

Turan OM, Rosenbloom J, Galey J, Kahntroff S, Bharadwaj S, Turner S, Malinow AM: The relationship between rostral retraction of the pannus and outcomes at cesarean section. Am J Perinatol. 2016 Aug;33(10):951-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1581054. Epub 2016 Apr 21. PMID: 27100522

Alyamani A, Mazzeffi MA, Bharadwaj S, Galey JH, Yao R, Shah NG, Malinow AM: Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to prolong pregnancy: a case report. A&A Practice. 10:229–31, 2018 PMID: 29135527

Cox TR, Crimmins SD, Shannon AM, Atkins KL, Tesoriero R, Malinow AM. Liver lacerations as a complication of CPR during pregnancy.Resuscitation.2017;Oct31.pii:S0300-9572(17)30681- .doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.10.027. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29097198

Malinow AM, Schuh RA, Alyamani O, Kim J, Bharadwaj S, Crimmins SD, Galey JL, Fiskum G, Polster BM. Platelets in preeclamptic pregnancy do not exhibit healthy pregnancy-associate decrease in mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate. Biosci Rep. 2018 Apr 13. pii: BSR20180286. doi:10.1042/BSR20180286. [Epub ahead of print]PMID:29654168

Tanaka KA, Bharadwaj S, Hasan S, Judd M, Abuelkasem A, Henderson RA, Chow JH, Williams, B, Mazzeffi MA, Crimmins SD, Malinow AM: Elevated fibrinogen, von Willebrand Factor and  Factor VIII confer resistance to dilautional coagulopathy and activated protein C resistance in normal pregnant women. BJA doi 10.1016/bja.2019.02.012

Research Interests

Obstetric Anesthesia:

  • local anesthetics, opioids and obstetric pain
  • pathophysiology of preeclampsia
  • clinical interventions in the conduct of normal labor

Certifications

  • 1982 - National Board of Medical Examiners
  • 1984 - Provider, Advanced Cardiac Life Support – Last Recertified 2014
  • 1986 - Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
  • 1997 - Neonatal Resuscitation Provider, AAP/AHA