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Konrad P. Harms

Konrad P. Harms, M.D.

 

Konrad P. Harms, M.D.

Konrad P. Harms, M.D.

Clinical Member
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Associate Program Director, Ob/Gyn Residency Program
The Methodist Hospital
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University

Phone: 713-756-8901
Fax: 713-657-7191
E-mail: kpharms@tmhs.org

Education

B.S   Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Biochemistry)
M.D.   The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX

Postdoctoral Training

Ob/Gyn Residency, Christus St. Joseph Hospital, Houston, TX
Urodynamic Fellowship, Christus St. Joseph Hospital, Houston, TX

 

Biography

Dr. Harms completed his residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Christus St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas where he earned numerous honors including Highest CREOG Exam Score in 2000, 2001, and 2002. He continued to garner numerous honors after joining the attending staff there in 2002, including CREOG Educational Faculty of the Year (2003), Christus St. Joseph Ob/Gyn Residency Faculty of the Year (2005), and Best Teacher in Obstetrics and Gynecology for The Methodist Hospital Ob/Gyn Residency Program (2007, 2009). Dr. Harms joined the attending staff at Methodist in 2006. He has chaired the Department of Ob/Gyn at St. Joseph Medical Center since January of 2009.

Description of Research

Dr. Harms conducts clinical trials of gynecological issues including ripening of the cervix, and vaginal infections during pregnancy, as well as studies of the use of ultrasound in pregnancy and for medical education.

Major Areas of Research

Persistently unfavorable cervix, cervical ripening, vaginal infections, pregnancy, medical education

Recent Publications

Toy EC, Harms KP, Morris RK Jr, Simmons JR, Kaplan AL, Ownby AR. The effect of monthly resident reflection on achieving rotation goals. Teach Learn Med. 2009 Jan-Mar;21(1):15-9.

Toy EC, Montealegre AI, Fernandez LP, Harms KP, Kaplan AL. Is fetal anatomic assessment on follow-up antepartum sonograms clinically useful? J Ultrasound Med. 2007 Sep;26(9):1175-9.