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Karen Rosene Montella, MD, is senior vice president of women’s services and clinical integration at Lifespan as well as professor and vice chair of medicine and director of obstetric medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Rosene Montella is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Washington. She established the first fellowship in the country to train internists in medical problems in pregnancy. Rosene Montella is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. She is past president of the International Society of Obstetric Medicine, director of the American College of Physicians Workshops “Medical Problems in Pregnancy,” and chair of the Women’s Health Council of Rhode Island. Rosene Montella is board certified in internal medicine. Her clinical and research interests include medical problems in pregnancy and pregnancy and postpartum follow-up of women with chronic medical illness, specifically thrombosis, preeclampsia and thyroid disorders in pregnancy. Rosene Montella is fluent in English and Spanish.