Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of OBGYN
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
After graduating from Rice University and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Kaimal completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals followed by a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she also earned a Masters in Clinical Research. From 2009 to 2022, she was a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital where she also served as Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Director of the Deborah Kelly Center for Clinical Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She was an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School with a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Population Medicine. In August 2022, she assumed the role of Professor and Vice Chair of OBGYN Clinical Operations at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, where she also holds a collaborative appointment at the USF College of Public Health.
Dr. Kaimal is board certified in OBGYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Her clinical practice encompasses the full range of maternal-fetal medicine. Teaching and mentorship have always been central to her role; she is a former MFM fellowship program director. She was the chair of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetrics-Clinical Practice Guidelines (formerly Practice Bulletins) from 2020 to 2023 and is involved in SMFM and ABOG. She is the Associate Editor-Obstetrics for the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Kaimal’s NIH funded research program is focused on the design, implementation and dissemination of interventions to implement risk-appropriate, patient centered care in pregnancy. Her work is focused on mode of delivery and interventions such as induction of labor, prenatal testing, and medications for management of medical complications, as well as systems level assessment of practice patterns and metrics that impact the obstetric population.