Description of Research Expertise

Arina Chesnokova, MD, MPH is a National Clinician Scholar in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. Dr. Chesnokova’s research interests include outpatient care delivery models for underserved patients with OBGYN needs and equitable care delivery in low resource settings. She is specifically interested in isolating high value components of outpatient OBGYN care and taking underserved care out of silos. Dr. Chesnokova is also interested in the midlife transition and gynecologic care delivery and disparities around the time of menopause as well as equity in contraceptive counseling and access.

Selected Publications

Apple A & Kaur K, Hamm R, Schachter A, Salva C, Sonalkar S, Vinekar K, Hall S, James A, Chesnokova A: Integrating Segregated Outpatient OBGYN Care: A National Survey of Program Directors. Scheduled to present poster, Academy Health Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, : 2024.

Chesnokova AE, Christensen T, Streaty T, McAllister A, Polite F, Sonalkar S: Medicaid compared to private insurance is associated with lower rates of sterilization in US women with unwanted. AJOG 230(3):P347.E1-347.E11 : 2024.

Chesnokova AE, Nagendra D, Dixit E, McAllister A, Schachter A, Schreiber CA, Roe AH, Sonalkar S: Trust in provider and stigma during second-trimester abortion. Sex Reprod Healthc 39:100932 : 2024.

Rast JE, Chesnokova AE, Bromberg J, Shea LL: Birth Morbidity and Readmissions in Autistic People and People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Poster, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, National Harbor, : 2024.

Stone J, Chesnokova AE, Srinivas S: Alternative Payment Models in Pregnancy to Improve Outcomes and Advance Equity. JAMA 330(22):2161-2162 : 2023.

Chesnokova AE, Hamm RF: Desegregation of care in obstetrics and gynecology: Clinician perspective. Poster, Academy Health Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, : 2023.

McAllister A, Christensen T, Dixit E, Chesnokova A, Sonalkar S: Achieving Equity in Postpartum Contraception Access. Clin Obstet Gynecol 66(1):63-72 : 2023.

Chesnokova AE, Gallop R, Koepler N, Sonalkar S: Association of payer status with postpartum contraceptive method in women with unintended pregnancy. Poster, Society for Family Planning Annual Meeting 2021, : 2021.

Hamilton JE, Suchting R, Buck DS, Chesnokova A, Das S, Allen M, Cho RY: Determinants of High Psychiatric Utilization at a Large Urban Safety-Net Hospital. J Health Care Poor Underserved 32(1):296-320 : 2021.

Allen SM, Liang CS, Chesnokova AE, Childress KJ, Pascoe KF, Dietrich JE: Patterns of Genital Examination and Vulvovaginal Graft-Versus-Host Disease in a Pediatric Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Population. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 33(6):658-666 : 2020.

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Academic Contact Information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Ob/Gyn
3400 Spruce St, 1 W. Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366