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Margaret Rush, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Attending, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Ob/Gyn, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility,, Department of Ob/Gyn, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility,, Department of Ob/Gyn, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Contact information

Penn Fertility Care Washington Square
800 Walnut St, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Education
BA (Biology of Global Health) Georgetown University – Washington, DC (Four-year member, Women’s Rowing Team, elected Team Captain 2013-15), 2015. MD (Gold Humanism Honors Society) Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University – Philadelphia, PA, 2019.

Selected Publications

Thorup JR, Johnston SA, Haines M, Rush M, Sedodo E, O’Neill KE, Drapkin R, Udeshi ND, Gillette MA, Carr SA, Satpathy S: Microscaled Cell Surface Proteomics for Cryo-preserved Cells and Tissue Samples. Mol Cell Proteomics 24(12):101437, Dec 2025.

Graciano-Espana M, Barnhart K, Gonzalez-Monfort M, Arenas-Barrero M, Legro RS, Thomas TR, Rush M, Vilella F, Fernandez-Sanchez M, Simon C, Morena I: Fusobacterium nucleatum is not significantly present in eutopic endometrium from patients with minimal-mild and moderate-severe endometriosis. Fertil Steril 124(5 Pt 2):1071-1081, Nov 2025.

Rush M, Humphries LA, Koelper N, Verma S, Senapati S: Pre- and postoperative hormonal suppression of endometriosis: can we modify the symptoms-free interval? New Orleans, LA. AAGL Global Congress on MIGS Nov 2024.

Pollie M, Martin CE, Rush M, Carlson C, Senapati S, Ginsberg J, Gracia C: Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation: Characterizing Patient Factors and Outcomes at a Large Academic Center in the United States. American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress & Expo, Denver, CO Oct 2024.

Rush M, Foster H, Humphries LA, Babu V, Shyamsunder S, Mainigi M: Incidence and Management of Pelvic Pain in Patients with Obstructive and Non-obstructive Mullerian Anomalies. *Awarded the SRS In-Training Award for Research. American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress & Expo, Denver, CO Oct 2024.

Rush M, Humphries LA, Koelper N, Pollie M, Shefali S, Verma S: Preoperative Hormone Use and Surgical Complexity in Endometriosis. American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress & Expo, Denver, CO Oct 2024.

Johannesson L, Humphries LA, Porrett PM, Testa G, Anderson S, Walter JR, Rush M, Ferrando CA, O'Neill K, Richards EG: Classification and treatment of vaginal strictures at the donor-recipient anastomosis after uterus transplant. Fertil Steril 122(3):525-534, Sep 2024.

Guare LA, Humphrey LA, Rush M, Pollie M, Jaworski J, Akerele AT, Luo Y, Weng C, We WQ, Kottyan L, Jarvik G, Elhadad N, Zondervan K, Missmer S, Vujkovic M, Velez-Edwards D, Senapati S, Setia-Verma 3: Enhancing genetic association power in endometriosis through unsupervised clustering of clinical subtypes identified from electronic health records. Req Sq [Preprint] 9:rs.3.rs-5004325, Sep 2024.

Rush M, Hamm R, Srinivas S: Hemoglobin change after red blood cell transfusion for postpartum anemia: secondary analysis of a randomized, controlled trial. Am J Perinatol 41(7):831-833, May 2024.

Bromwich K, Rush M, Janssen M, Hirshberg A: Spontaneous hemorrhage of peripheral neurofibroma in pregnancy: A case report. J Case Rep Images Obstet Gynecol DOI: 10.5348/100172Z08KB2024CR 10(1):34–37, 2024.