About

Dr. Theodore Barrett is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Health at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology training at New Jersey Medical School, now part of Rutgers University. His practice encompasses all areas of general obstetrics and gynecology, with a special interest in leiomyomata uteri (fibroids) and menstrual disorders. Dr. Barrett coordinates a team of gynecologists, a gynecologic oncologist, a pelvic reconstruction surgeon, hematologists, and interventional radiologists as part of a center dedicated to the treatment of women who suffer from issues related to fibroids and menstrual disorders.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Psychology
• Pathology
• Medical education
• Medical emergency
• Family medicine

Selected publications

• Implementation of One Key Question® at an Urban Teaching Hospital: Challenges and Lessons Learned

  Trends journal of sciences research · 2022 · 2 citations

  • Computer Science
  • Family medicine
  • Medicine

  Introduction: One Key Question® is a patient-centered tool that seeks to understand patient pregnancy intention and counseling. This pilot study aimed to assess implementation of OKQ at an urban healthcare facility and improve understanding of short interpregnancy intervals (IPI). Methods: We describe the implementation of OKQ in our setting using the Diffusion of Innovation Theory as a framework. We broke this up into two phases – the first to assess provider acceptance of the OKQ integration into the clinic workflow and the second to assess how well documentation of OKQ answers occurred in our EMR. Results: Most providers in the first phase reported awareness of the inclusion of OKQ in the EHR, yet most physician providers reported only using OKQ at “some visits” (n=5) compared to the MAs, who reported using OKQ at “every visit” (n=8). Most providers felt that OKQ was an effective method of providing preconception and contraception care for women of reproductive age (n=10). Sixty-four patients completed a survey on OKQ after their visit who identified as young (mean age 28.7), either Black (46.9%) or Hispanic (51.6%) and pregnant (61%). Of those, 83% reported that they were not asked OKQ and 42% reported receiving counseling on optimal IPI. In those patients, 78% had documentation of usage of OKQ in the medical record. Discussion: The implementation of OKQ provided an opportunity to provide standardized preconception and contraception care to our patient population and improve information regarding short IPI. However, challenges existed in implementation which much be overcome to benefit from OKQ. Significance: OKQ has been used successfully in primary care and other settings to assess pregnancy intentions. This article adds to the literature by investigating the implementation of OKQ in a low-resource setting during prenatal and gynecology care. It shares struggles of implementing OKQ in an electronic medical record and how to roll out this program in a setting where pregnancy intention already is including in various forms by our providers.

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• Pitfalls in Pathology—Nodular Hyperplasia of Bartholin's Gland

  International Journal of Surgical Pathology · 2021 · 3 citations

  • Pathology
  • Medicine

  Nodular hyperplasia of the Bartholin's gland is an underreported and extremely rare entity that presents as a solid lesion potentially raising concern for malignancy clinically, most solid lesions at this location are carcinomas. They may also be mistaken for a Bartholin cyst clinically. Nodular hyperplasia is rarer than carcinoma of the Bartholin gland, and hence pathologists may not be familiar with this entity, making it a pitfall in pathologic as well as a clinical diagnosis. Here we report a case originally considered a Bartholin cyst, but raising intraoperative concern due to solid elements. Histological examination of the lesion revealed nodular hyperplasia of Bartholin's gland. Recognition of this entity is important, as it is something that may be encountered by the pathologist.

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Frequent coauthors

• Debra S. Heller

  14 shared

• Nancy H. Bean

  10 shared

• Robert V. Tauxe

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  10 shared

• L.A. Espejo

  Midwestern University

  9 shared

• E. Fernández Tejada

  9 shared

• María Rodríguez

  9 shared

• L Seminario

  University of Concepción

  9 shared

• Carlos Ocampo

  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  9 shared

Education

• B.A.

  Brandeis University

  1981

• M.S.

  Fairleigh-Dickinson University

  1986

• M.D.

  Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

  1992

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