Andreea A. Creanga, MD, PhD

• MD, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
• Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
• PhD, Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Fellowship, Epidemic Intelligence Service, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Andreea A. Creanga is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. A nationally and internationally recognized physician-scientist, she provides strategic leadership in advancing population health research, data science innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration across the School of Medicine and broader public health community.

Dr. Creanga’s scholarship centers on maternal, perinatal, and newborn health, with particular expertise in maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and quality improvement in obstetrics. She has led large federally funded initiatives focused on strengthening maternal health surveillance systems, developing advanced risk and quality metrics, and translating data into policy and practice improvements at the state, national, and global levels.

Her work has informed maternal health policy, hospital quality collaboratives, and national surveillance strategies. She has served on state and national maternal mortality review committees and advises federal agencies and international organizations on maternal health measurement and health systems strengthening. Through her leadership, research, and mentorship, Dr. Creanga is committed to improving maternal health outcomes and reducing disparities across diverse populations.

Maternal mortality; Severe maternal morbidity; Perinatal epidemiology; Obstetric quality improvement; Health disparities; Maternal health data science; Health systems evaluation; Implementation science; Reproductive and maternal health surveillance.

Creanga AA, Wolfson C, Stierman EK, Kramer B, Atlas R, Sheffield J, Burd I, Jones M, Zadzielski E, Aziz K. Establishing and scaling up severe maternal morbidity surveillance to improve hospital-based maternity care in Maryland.Med Care. Forthcoming 2026.

Stierman E, Wolfson C, Clifford S, Mary M, Burgess A, Aziz KB, Sarnak D, Gleason JL, Nagy P, Creanga AA; Maternal Health CDE Delphi Panel. Common data elements for maternal health research: expert consensus emerging from a modified Delphi study.  2025;1:e70125. doi:10.1002/pmf2.70125

Qian J, Wolfson C, Kramer B, Creanga AA. Insights from preventability assessments across 42 state and city maternal mortality reviews in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol.  doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2024.08.030

Creanga AA, Kramer B, Wolfson C, Mary M, Stierman EM, Clifford S, Kramer MR, Bocchini S, Davis N, Thompson L, Peterson K, Mendez DD, Boakye-Agyeman F, Miller S, Callaghan-Koru J. Centering equity and fostering stakeholder collaboration and trust: pillars of the Maternal Health Innovation Program in Maryland.Health Equity. 2024;8(1):406‑418. doi:10.1089/heq.2023.0127

Creanga AA, Catalano PM, Bateman BT. Obesity in pregnancy.N Engl J Med. 2022;387(3):248‑259. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1801040

Wolfson C, Qian J, Chin P, Downey C, Mattingly KJ, Jones‑Beatty K, Olaku J, Qureshi S, Rhule J, Silldorff D, Atlas R, Banfield A, Johnson CT, Neale D, Sheffield JS, Silverman D, McLaughlin K, Koru G, Creanga AA. Findings from severe maternal morbidity surveillance and review in Maryland. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(11):e2244077. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44077

Callaghan‑Koru J, DiPietro B, Wahid I, Silcox K, Mark K, Burke AB, Curran G, Creanga AA. Reduction in cesarean delivery rates associated with a state quality collaborative in Maryland. Obstet Gynecol. 2021;138(4):583‑592.

Creanga AA, Thoma M, MacDorman M. Value and disvalue of the pregnancy checkbox on death certificates in the United States: impact on newly released 2018 maternal mortality data.Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020;223(3):393.e1‑393.e4.

Jones HE, Deppen K, Hudak ML, Leffert L, McClelland C, Sahin L, Starer J, Terplan M, Thorp JM Jr, Walsh J, Creanga AA. Clinical care for opioid‑using pregnant and postpartum women: the role of obstetric providers. Am J Obstet Gynecol.2014;210(4):302‑310.

Callaghan WM, Creanga AA, Kuklina EV. Severe maternal morbidity among delivery and postpartum hospitalizations in the United States: a comprehensive view and recent temporal trends. Obstet Gynecol. 2012;120(5):1029‑1036.

Creanga AA, Johnson TF, Graitcer SB, Hartman LK, Al‑Samarrai T, Schwarz AG, Chu SY, Reynolds M, Jamieson DJ, Shapiro‑Mendoza CK, Jones TF, Finelli L. Severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus infection in pregnant women.Obstet Gynecol. 2010;115(4):717‑726.