Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
School of Medicine

Division Director of Complex Family Planning, Obstetrics & Gynecology
School of Medicine

Director, Ryan Residency Abortion & Contraception Training Program, Obstetrics & Gynecology
School of Medicine

1) Perinatal loss nurse experience and care 2) pain control with gyn procedures

Women's Options Center | UCI Health | Orange County, CA

2017 – 2022 Orange County Physicians of Excellence Award, Orange Coast Magazine
2019 – 2022 Southern California Rising Stars, SuperDoctors
2011, 2018 Kirk Keegan, Jr. MD Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical
Student Education
2016 Kirk Keegan, Jr., MD Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence in Resident Education
2014, 2015 Southern California Rising Stars, SuperDoctors
2009 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF
2005 Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award
2002 Award for Excellence, Colorado OB/GYN Society
2002 Ravin Award in Family Medicine for Excellence in Medical Education

Book Chapters
1. Harken TR, Harken AH. “Are you ready for your surgery rotation?” Abernathy’s Surgical Secrets 5th Edition. Harken AH, Moore EE, Eds 2004.

Journal Articles, Peer Reviewed
1. Teal SB, Harken TR, et al. Efficacy, acceptability and safety of medication abortion in low-income, urban Latina women. Journal of Contraception 2009 Nov; 80(5): 479-83.

2. Lamichhane P, Harken T et al. Sex-Selective Abortion in Nepal: A Qualitative Study of Health Workers’ Perspectives. Women’s Health Issues 21-35 (2011) S37-S41. February 2011.

3. Puri M, Lamichhane P, Harken T et al. “Sometimes they used to whisper in our ears”: health care workers’ perceptions of the effects of abortion legalization in Nepal. BMC Public Health 2012 Apr; 12(1): 297.

4. Pentlicky S, Harken T, Schreiber CA. Controversies in family planning: first trimester uterine evaluation for the anticoagulated patient. Contraception 2012 May;85(5):434-6.

5. Swank ML, Harken TR, Porto M. Management of Interstitial Ectopic Pregnancies with a Combined Intra-amniotic and Systemic Approach. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2013 Aug; 122 (2 Pt 2): 461-4.

6. Salcedo J, Moniaga N, Harken T. Limited Uptake of Planned Intrauterine Devices During the Postpartum Period. Southern Medical Journal. 2015 Aug; 108(8): 469-70.

7. Gordon C, Harken T. Controversies in Family Planning: Intrauterine Device Placement in Solid Organ Transplant Patients. Contraception. 2018 May, 31. PMID 31153820

8. Mody S, Cansino C, Rible R, Farala JP, Steinauer J, Harken T. Contraceptive use among women with medical conditions: factors that influence method choice. To be published in: Seminars in Perinatology. 2020 Aug;44(5):151310. Doi: 10.1016/j.semperi.2020.151310. PMID: 32888723 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32888723/

9. Du E, Perez M, Harken T, Tseng J. Vaginal metastasis of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia resulting in hemorrhage: A case report, Gynecologic Oncology Reports, Vol 34, November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2020.100651

10. Zwerling B, Rousseau J, Ward K, Olshansky E, Lo A, Thiel de Bocanegra H, Harken T. “‘It’s a horrible assignment’: a qualitative study of labor and delivery nurses’ experience caring for patients undergoing labor induction for fetal anomalies or fetal demise.” Contraception. 2021. PMID:33894248 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.04.014

11. Coakley K, Meurice M, Chang J, Lovio M, Harken T. Overnight pain and opioid use after osmotic cervical dilator placement for second trimester dilation and evacuation. The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care. Published online: 16 Sep 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/13625187.2021.

12. Greenberg D, Castillo KD, Bittencourt CE, Harken T, Butler JR. Fatal Peripartum Clostridium sordellii Sepsis in a Healthy Teenage Mother: Case Report, Literature Review, and Recommendations. J of OB/GYN Hospital Medicine. 2022 Jul vol 2 iss 2: (9-13)

Journal Articles, Other
1. Klein LL, Harken TR et al. Chorioamnionitis caused by Group G streptococcus. Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Case report. 2005

2. Darney P, Harken TR. Safety and efficacy of sing-rod implantable contraception. US Obstetrics and Gynecology: Touch Briefings. Apr 2008; 1:48-50.

3. Harken TR- Contributing Author. Statement on postpartum contraception and breastfeeding. International Medical Advisory Panel, International Planned Parenthood Federation. Vol. 42, Num 03, Sep 2008.

Abstracts and Posters
1. Wolf D, Davies J, Wheeler M, Harken T, et al. Outcomes of pregnancies across the spectrum of impaired glucose tolerance. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Volume 185, Issue 6, Supplement. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. December 2001.

2. Teal S, Harken TR, et al. Efficacy, acceptability and safety of Mifepristone and Misoprostol for abortion in low-income, non-English speaking, Hispanic patients in New York City. Poster presentation. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting. 2005.

3. Harken TR, Henderson JT, et al. Providers interpretations of abortion reform in Nepal. Poster presentation. American Public Health Association Conference, San Diego, CA. 2008.

4. Harken TR, Henderson JT, et al. Post abortion care in Nepal: disclosure between patients and providers after legalization. Poster presentation, American Public Health Association Conference, San Diego, CA. 2008.

5. Morof D, Harken TR, et al. Discrepancy in knowledge and attitudes of condom use by Burundian refugees in Mtendeli Refugee Camp, Kibondo, Tanzania. Poster presentation. Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference, Kampala, Uganda. 2008.

6. Lamichhane P, Puri M, Harken T, Rana A, Malla K, Blum M, Henderson J. Providers perceptions of sex-selective abortion in Nepal. The First International Congress on Women’s Health and Unsafe Abortion. Bangkok, Thailand. January 22, 2010.

7. Salcedo J, Moniaga N, Harken T. Postpartum Initiation of Highly Effective Contraception. North American Forum on Family Planning, Washington, D.C. October 2012.

8. Sech L, Harken T. Recognizing Health Risks of Pregnancy and Provision of Contraception in Women with Chronic Medical Conditions. Association for Reproductive Health Professionals Conference, Denver, CO. September 2013.

9. Mody S, Cansino C, Rible R, Steinauer J, Harken T. University of California Family Planning Collaborative: Choosing a Contraceptive Method: What matters to women with medical conditions. ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, Washington, D.C. May
2016.

10. Harken T. The End of a Desired Pregnancy: Nurses Attitudes Towards Induction Termination. Society of Family Planning, New Orleans, LA. October 2018.

11. Harken T. Contraceptive Use During 2 Years After Birth: A Health Survey of Mothers of Infants at Two Federally Qualified Health Centers. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. November 2018.

12. Zwerling B, Rousseau J, Ward K, Lo A, Harken T. Nurses experience of perinatal loss: A qualitative study on caring for patients undergoing labor induction for fetal demise or fetal anomalies. Society of Family Planning Annual Virtual Meeting. October 9-10, 2020.

13. Wilson I, Rousseau J, Lee JA, Harken T. Burnout, Trauma, and Compassion Fatigue: An Intervention to Support Perinatal Loss Care Providers. Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing Student, School of Nursing, University of California, Irvine. May 2022

2011 – 2013 The Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning Training Grant – Year 1, $280,000

2013 – 2014 The Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning Training Grant – Year 2, $125,000

2013 – Present Co-Investigator of the UC Family Planning Collaborative University of California, Irvine, $4,000

2014 – 2016 The Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning Training Grant – Year 3, $150,000

2016 – 2017 Co-Investigator of the Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive Coercion and Unintended Pregnancies. Funder: UCI Initiative to End Family Violence, $5,000

2016 – 2017 Faculty Supervisor, Improving Care for Women Facing the End of a Desired Pregnancy: Nurses’ Perceptions and Care of Women on Labor & Delivery. Funder: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Faculty Advisor Board 2016-2017, $900

2014 – 2018 Principal Investigator of the Comprehensive Reproductive and Maternal Services Grant, to increase access to reproductive services for women in Orange County, $1.4 Million

2019 – 2020 Faculty Supervisor for Graduate Fellowship, Improving IPV screening rates in pregnant women using simulation training. Funder: UCI Initiative to End Family Violence, $3,500

2020 – 2021 Faculty Supervisor for Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow, Adam Crosland, MD, MPH. University of California Abortion Registry (UCAR) Funder: Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM). $10, 000

2021 – 2022 Faculty Supervisor, “Burnout, Trauma, and Compassion Fatigue: An Intervention to Support Perinatal Loss Care Providers, Funder: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) 2021-2022, $425

2020 – Present Principal Investigator for “Creating a Culture of Compassionate Care for Women Experiencing Pregnancy Loss” from the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Community Benefit Program. $300,000

Fellow, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Member, American Society of Reproductive Health

Member, Physicians for Reproductive Health and Choice

Fellow, Society of Family Planning

Member, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Last updated
11/10/2022