Curriculum Vitae

expert witness malpractice ultrasound ob/gyn obstetrics gynecologyKenneth Scheer MD

Home & Office: Boston area
Place of Birth: New York, NY

EDUCATION

1959 A.B. Harvard Universityexpert witness malpractice ultrasound ob/gyn obstetrics gynecology, Cambridge, MA
1963 M.D. expert witness malpractice ultrasound ob/gyn obstetrics gynecologyNew York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

Internships
and Residencies:
1963-1964 Intern in Surgery, Boston City
Hospital
1964-1965 Resident in Surgery, Boston City
Hospital
1965-1968 Resident in Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Boston Hospital for Women (now the Brigham and Womens Hospital)
Fellowships:
1966-1968 expert witness malpractice ultrasound ob/gyn obstetrics gynecologyTeaching
Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard
Medical School

LICENSURE

Massachusetts

CERTIFICATION

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1970

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1970-1973 Instructor in Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the Boston Hospital for Women, Harvard Medical School
1973-1974 Clinical Instructor in
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School
1974- Assistant Clinical Professor of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

1970-1976 Assistant Obstetrician and
Gynecologist, Boston Hospital for Women (now the Brigham and Womens Hospital)
1976-1980 Obstetrician and Gynecologist,
Boston Hospital for Women (now the Brigham and Womens Hospital)
1980- expert witness malpractice ultrasound ob/gyn obstetrics gynecologyObstetrician and Gynecologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES IN
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1965- Massachusetts Medical Society, Norfolk
District
1971- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fellow
1973- expert witness malpractice ultrasound ob/gyn obstetrics gynecologyAmerican Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine,
Senior Member
1973- Obstetrical Society of Boston,


Fellow Emeritus
1977- New England Society of
Ultrasound in Medicine, President, 1978

PRINCIPAL CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL
SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES

1970-1977 Director, Ultrasound Laboratory,
Boston Hospital for Women (now the Brigham and Womens Hospital)
1976-79,82-85 Executive Committee, Boston
Hospital for Women (now the Brigham and Womens Hospital)

1977-2000
Director, Ultrasound Diagnostics
Inc.
1978- Blood Bank Committee, Brigham
and Women’s Hospital

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1970-1973 Organized grand rounds, Boston
Hospital for Women (now the Brigham and Womens Hospital)
1970-1990 Lecturer, HMS III Ob/Gyn
Clerkship
1970- Supervisor of residents in O.R.
on surgical cases
1972-1989 Speaker (invited) for 36
lectures on Ultrasound in OB/GYN in MA, NH, RI, FL, PA, WV
1989- Preceptor for HMS III, GYN
clinics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Original
reports:
1. Scheer KI, Goldstein DP. An
alternative in trophoblastic disease follow-up. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1972; 114(2):838-40.
2. Scheer KI. Ultrasound: when it
can and cannot help in pregnancy. Consultant 1972; 12:73-6.
3. Scheer, KI. Ultrasonic diagnosis
of placenta previa. Obstet Gynecol. 1973; 42(5):707-10.
4. Scheer KI, Goldstein DP. Use of
ultrasonography to follow regression of theca lutein cysts. Radiology 1973; 108:673-4.
5. Scheer KI. Mid-trimester
abortion. (Letter to the editor) Obstet Gynecol. 1974; 44:157-8.
6. Levin MJ, Oxman MN, Moore MG,
Daniels JB, Scheer KI. Diagnosis of congenital rubella in utero. N Engl J Med. 1974;
290:1187-8.
7. Scheer KI. Ultrasound in twin
gestation. J Clin Ultrasound 1974; 2:197-9.
8. Scheer KI, Nubar J. Variation of
fetal presentation with gestational age. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1976; 125:269-70.
9. Scheer KI. Sonography as a
routine obstetrical diagnostic procedure. J. Clin Ultrasound 1977; 5:101-2.
10. Scheer KI, Nubar J. Rapid
conclusive diagnosis of intrauterine fetal demise. Am J ObstetGynecol. 1977; 128:907-8.
11. Brown ZA, Mills JL, Metzger BE,
Knopp RH, Simpson JL, Jovanovic-Peterson L, Scheer K, Van Allen MI, Aarons JH, Reed GF.
Early sonographic evaluation of fetal growth delay and congenital malformations in
pregnancies complicated by insulin-requiring diabetes. National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development Diabetes in Early Pregnancy Study. Diabetes Care 1992; 15 (5):613-9
12. Ewigman BG, Crane JP, Frigoletto
FD, LeFevre ML, Bain RP, McNellis D, and the RADIUS Study Group. Effect of prenatal
ultrasound screening on perinatal outcome. N Engl J Med. 1993; 329:821-7 (sonologist in
the RADIUS Study Group)
13. Newman WP, Nelson R. Scheer K.
Community screening for diabetes. Low detection rate in a low-risk population. Diabetes
Care 1994; 17 (5):363-5
Reviews:
14. Scheer KI. Ultrasonography. In:
Reid DE, Ryan KJ, Benirschke K, eds. Principles and management of human reproduction.
Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1972:443-6. 
15. Scheer KI. The role of
diagnostic ultrasound in the management of multiple pregnancy. In: Sanders R. ed.
Ultrasonography in obstetrics and gynecology, Chap 16. New York: Appleton Century Crofts,
1977:195-200.
16. Scheer KI. The value of
ultrasound in the practice of gynecology. In: Seminars in Ultrasound. I:7-9, 1980.