Justin P. Lavin Jr, MD is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Akron, OH. Dr. Lavin Jr completed a residency at Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania. He currently practices at Cleveland Clinic Akron General and is affiliated with Akron General Medical Center. Dr. Lavin Jr is board certified in Maternal & Fetal Medicine.
Education
- 1981: Fellowship Hospital, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1979: Residency Hospital, Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1976: Internship Hospital, Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1975: Medical School, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Lavin, J.P., Miodovnik, M.: Delayed Abruption After Maternal Trauma as a Result of an Automobile Accident. J.Rep.Med. 1981; 26:621.
- Lavin, J.P., Miodovnik, M.: Pulmonary Eosiniphilic Granuloma Complicating Pregnancy. Obstet. Gynecol. 1981; 58:516.
- Lavin, J.P., Barden T.P., Miodovnik, M.: Screening for Gestational Diabetes. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 1981; 141:491.
- Lavin, J.P., Miodovnik, M., Samuels, S., Loon, M., Holroyde, J., Joyce, T.: The Effects of Bupivicaine and Chloroprocaine as Epidural Anesthetics on the Fetal Heart Rate Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 1981; 141:717.
- Lavin, J.P., Gimmon, Z., Miodovnik, M., Meyenfeldt, M.V., Fisher, J.E.: Total Parenteral Nutrition in a Pregnant Insulin -Requiring Diabetic. Obstet.Gynecol. 1982; 59:660.
- Lavin, J.P., Stephens, R.J., Miodovnik, M., Barden T.P.: Vaginal Delivery in Patients with a Prior Cesarean Section. Obstet. Gynecol. 1982; 59:135.
- Lavin, J.P.: The Effects of Epidural Anesthesia on Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Parameters. Clinics in Perinat. 1982; 9:55.
- Miodovnik, M., Lavin, J.P., Gimmon, Z., Edwards, L., Hill, J., Fischer, J., Barden, T.: The Use of Amniotic Fluid 3-Methyl Histidine to Creatinine Molar Ratio for the Diagnosis of Intrauterine Growth Retardation. Obstet.Gynecol. 1982; 60:228.
- Miodovnik, M., Lavin, J.P., Harrington, D.H., Leung,L., Seeds A.E.,Clark, K.: Effects of Maternal Keoacidemia on the Pregnant Ewe and the Fetus. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 1982; 144:585. .
- Miodovnik, M., Lavin, J.P., Austin, J.E., Leung, L., Seeds A.E., Clark, K.: The Cardiovascular and Biomedical Effects of Infusion of Beta Hydroxbutyrate into the Fetal Lamb. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 1982; 144:594.
- Hurd, W., Miodovnik, M., Lavin, J.P.: Selective Management of Abruptio Placenta: A Perspective Study. Obstet.Gynecol.1983; 61: 467.
- Hill, S., Lavin, J.P.: A Retrospective Analysis of Blood Ordering in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Recommendations for Type and Screening. Obstet.Gynecol. 1983; 62: 236.
- Schwartz, D., Miodovnik, M., Lavin, J.P.: Neonatal Outcome of Low Birthweight Infants Delivered Spontaneously or by Low Forceps. Obstet.Gynecol. 1983; 62: 283.
- Lavin, J.P., Polsky, S.: Trauma to the Maternal Gravid Abdomen. Clinics in Perinat. 1983; 10:439.
- Lavin, J.P.,: Vaginal Delivery in Patients with a Prior Cesarean Section: Frequently Raised Questions. Clinics in Perinat.1983; 10: 439.
- Lavin, J.P., Lovelace, D., Miodovnik, M., Knowles, H., Barden,T.: Clinical Experience with 107 Diabetic Pregnancies. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 1983; 147:742.
- Rayburn, W.F., Lavin, J.P., Miodovnik, M., Varner, M.W.: Multiple Gestation: Time Interval Between Delivery of the First and Second Twin. Obstet.Gynecol. 1984; 63:502.
- Lavin, J.P., Miodovnik, M., Barden, T.: Relationship Between Fetal Heart Rate Reactivity and Gestational Age During the Nonstress Test: Implications for Testing in Preterm Period. Obstet.Gynecol. 1984; 63:388.
- Miodovnik, M., Lavin, J.P., Knowles, H.C. Holroyde, J., Stys, S.J.: Spontaneous Abortion Among Insulin-Requiring Diabetic Women. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 1984; 150:372.
- Bruno, A., Lavin, J.P., Nasrallah P.: Prenatal Ultrasound Experience with Genitourinary Abnormalities. Urology, 1985; 26:196.
- Cola, L., Lavin, J.P.: Pregnancy Complicated by Marfan's Syndrome with Aortic Arch Dissection, Subsequent Aortic Arch Replacement and Triple Coronary Bypass Grafts. J.Rep.Med. 1985; 30:685.
- Lavin, J.P.: Screening of High Risk and General Populations for Gestational Diabetes: Clinical Application and Cost Analysis. Diabetes. 1985; 34:524.
- Rayburn, W.F., Lavin, J.P.: Drug Prescribing for Chronic Medical Disorders During Pregnancy. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 1986; 155:565.
- Goodarzi, B.J., Lavin, J.P., Askew, M., Spirtos, N.: The Hysterographic Appearance of the Uterine Cervix. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol.Health, 1989; III, No.4..
- Lavin, J.P.: Nutrition Support in Obstetric Patients. Nutrition in Clinical Practice 1990; 5:138.
- Hobfoll, S.E., Jackson, A.P., Lavin, J.P., & Shepherd, J.B.: Safer-sex knowledge, behavior, and attitudes of inner city women. Health Psychology 1993; 12:481.
- Levine, O.H., Britton, P.J., James, T.C., Jackson, A.P., Hobfoll, S.E., Lavin, J.P.: The empowerment of women: A key to HIV Prevention. J.of Community Psychology 1993; 21:320.
- Hobfoll, S.E., Jackson, A.P., Lavin, J.P., Britton A.J., & Shepherd, J.B.: Women’s barriers to safer sex. Psychology and Health 1994; 9:233.
- Hobfoll, S.E., Jackson, A.P., Lavin, J.P., Britton A.J., & Shepherd, J.B.: Reducing inner-city women's AIDS risk activities: A study of single pregnant inner-city women. Health Psychology 1994; 13:397.
- Hobfoll, S.E., Ritter, C., Lavin J.P., Hulsizer, M.R., & Cameron, P.P.: Depression prevalence and incidence among inner city pregnant and postpartrum women. J. Of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1995.
- Lavin, J.P.: Abdominal pain in a twin gestation. Courtland Forum 1995; (April) 120.
- Cameron, R.P., Grabill, C.M., Hobfoll, S.E., Crowther, J.H., Ritter C., and Lavin, J.P.: Weight, self-esteem, ethnicity, and depressive symptomatology during pregnancy among inner-city women. Health Psychology 1996; 15, 293.
- Hopkins, M.P., Lavin, J.P.: Cervical cancer in pregnancy. Gyn. Onco. 1996; 63,293.
- Gallgher, R.W., Hobfall, S.A., Ritter, C. and Lavin, J.P.: Marriage, intimate support, and depression during pregnancy: A study of inner-city women. Health Psychology. 1997; 2, 457-69.
- Wells, D., Hobfall, S.A., Lavin, J.P.: Resource loss, resource gain and communal coping during pregnancy among women with multiple roles. Psychology of Women Quaterly. 1997; 21,645.
- Britton, P.J., Hobfall, S.A., Ritter,C. and Lavin, J.P.: The ambiguity of monogamy as a safer-sex goal among single, pregnant, inner-city women: Monogamy by whose definition ? Health Psychology 1998; 3,227.
- Wells,D. , Hobfall,S.A. ,Lavin,J.P.: When it rains, it pours: The greater impact of resource loss compared to gain on psychological distress. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 1999; 25,1172.
- MacKenzie, J.E., Hobfoll, S.E., Ennis, N., Kay, J., Jackson, A.P., Lavin, J.P. : Reducing AIDS risk among inner-city women: A review of the collectivist empowerment AIDS prevention (CE-AP) program. J of European Acad of Derm and Vener. 1999; 13: 166-74,
- Kovacevich, G.J., Gaich, S.A., Lavin J.P., MD, Hopkins, M.P, Crane S., Stewart J., and Nelson D., Miller-Lavin L.J., The Prevalence of Thromboembolic Events Among Women at Extended Bedrest as Part of the Treatment for Premature Labor or Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000; 182:1089-92.
- Lavin, J.P., Eaton, J. Hopkins, M.: A Survey of faculty attitudes regarding teaching vaginal breech delivery and external cephalic version. J of Reprod Med 2000; 45: 808-812.
- Ritter, C, Hobfall, SE, Cameron RP, Lavin JP, Hulsizer M: Psychosocial resources, and depressive symptomatology during pregnancy in low-income, inner-city women. Health Psychology. 2000; 19; 576-585.
- Jackson, TD., Hobfall,S.E., Lavin,J.P.: Life stressors and perceived partner engagement. Community Psychology. 2001; 29: 1 - 17.
- Schroder, KE, Hobfall, SE, Jackson AP, Lavin J: Proximal and distal predictors of AIDS risk behaviors among inner-city African American and European American women. J Health Psychol 2000; 6: 169-90.
- Lavin, JP. Lavin, BM., O’Donnell, N: A comparison of costs associated with screening for gestational diabetes utilizing two-tiered and one tiered testing protocols. Am J Ob Gyn 2001; 184 363-367.
- Hobfoll, S., Jackson, A., Scroder, K, Lavin. J. The effect and generalizability of community oriented HIV/AIDS prevention versus general health promotion groups for single inner – city women in urban clinics. J of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2002; 70: 950 – 960.
- Lavin, JP., Kantak, A., Ohlinger, J., Kaempf, J.,Tomlinson, M., Campbell, B., Fofah, O., Edwards, W., Allbright, K., Hagen, K., Suresh, G., Schriefer, J: Attitudes of Obstetric and Pediatric Health Care Providers Toward Resuscitation of Infants Born at the Margins of Viability. Pediatrics 2006; 118: S169-S176.
- Zabari M, Suresh, G., Tomlinson, M., Lavin J, Larison K, Halemek L, Schriefer, J: Implementation and case study results of potentially better practices for collaboration between obstetrics and neonatology to achieve improved perinatal outcomes. Pediatrics 2006; 118: S153-S158.
- Ohlinger, J., Kantak, A., Lavin, JP., Fofah, H, Hagen E, Halemek L, Suresh, G., Schriefer, J Evaluation and Development of potentially better practices for perinatal and neonatal communication and collaboration. Pediatrics 2006; 118: S147-S152.
- Kantak, A., Grow, J, Ohlinger, J., Adams, H, Knupp A, Lavin, JP., Management of high order multiple births: Applications learned because of participation in Vermont Oxford Collaboratives. Pediatrics 2006; 118: S159-S168.
- Powell,J, Foote, M, Gilo,N, Gil, K, Lavin, J. Vacuum and Forceps Training in Residency: Experience and Self Reported Competency, J of Perinatology. 2007; 27: 543-546.
- Foote, M, Rouse, A, Gil, K, Crane S, Lavin J. Successful Pregnancy After Endometrial Ablation and Uterine Artery Embolization. Fertility and Sterility. 2007; 88:1676.
- Kreiner A, Gill K, Lavin J. The Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids on Maternal Serum Glucose Values in Women with Gestational and Pre-Gestational Diabetes. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2012, 2, 112-115.
- Lavin J, Guy M, Gil K, Crane S. The Use of the Cervilenz device to aid in the diagnosis of premature labor. Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 2013;26:1816-1819.
- Lavin J. Invited Commentary: Economic effects of abnormal BMI on healthcare costs BJObGyn 2013.
- Butler TJ, K. Suresh KG, Lavin J, Oehlert J, Schriefer JA, Halamek L Development of a multi-center multidisciplinary simulation-based perinatal Team. Asian Journal of Clinical Pediatrics and Neonatology 2013; 1: 31-5.
- Zuponcic, J., Cottrell, C., Facchini, W., Li, M., Lavin, J., Addressing decision making in progesterone treatment for history of preterm delivery. Am J Perinatology. 2019
- Hamzaa A., Lavin J, Radosaa J., Abou-Daknd M., Peitza I., Gerlingera C., Meyberg-Solomayera G., Stroder R., Juhasz-Boss I., Solomayera E., and Takacs F. Vaginal operative delivery in Germany: a national survey about experience and self-reported competency. J of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2020; 33;1-6.
Awards
- 1975: Sandoz Award for Academic Achievement - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
- 1979: Philadelphia Obstetrical Society, Academic Competition - 1st Place.
- 1982: Summa Akron City Hospital - Family Practice Teaching Award.
- 1984: Summa Akron City Hospital - OB/Gyn Teaching Award.
- 1984: Summa Akron City Hospital - Best Consultant.
- 1986-Present: Who's Who in International Medicine.
- 1986-Present: Who's Who in the Midwest.
- 1988: Emerging Leaders.
- 1988-Present: Who's Who in the United States.
- 1988-Present: Men of Achievement.
- 1988-Present: International Directory of Distinguished Leaders.
- 1994-Present: Who's Who in the World.
- 1996-Present: International Who’s Who of Professionals.
- 1996 & 2017: Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology National Award for Resident Teaching.
- 2000: American Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence in Teaching Award.
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005: Best of the Best Physicians in Northeast Ohio Sponsored by Northeast Ohio Live Magazine Selected by peers as best in Obstetrics.
- 2002, 2003: MFM Center at Summa Highest Level of Patient Satisfaction Award.
- 2003: Reducing Aids Risk Activities selected as an Effective Program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHAS’s) National Registry of Effective Programs.
- 2003: Perinatal Center at AGMC Greatest Improvement in Patient Satisfaction Award.
- 2005: MFM Center at Summa Highest Level of Patient Satisfaction Award Price Gainly Top 10% in nation.
- 2007: NEOUCOM Clinical Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award.
- 2009-2014: Best Doctors in America.
- 2010: Society of Distinguished Physician (CCAGMC’S Highest Physician Award).
- 2010-2016: Leading Physicians of the World.
- 2011: Summit County Medical Society Award for Excellence for Distinguished Achievement, and Service to the Community (The Society’s highest award).
- 2015, 2016, 2017: America’s Best Physicians.
- 2015, 2016: Cleveland Magazine Top Doctors.
- 2018: Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement.
