Julia Marjorie Bregand-White

Biography

Julia Marjorie Bregand-White, M.D., is Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Irvine, where she also serves as Residency Program Director and Medical Director of Labor & Delivery. A maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Bregand-White focuses her clinical and research work on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, cervical insufficiency, and obesity in pregnancy. She received her M.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and completed her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Magee-Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Bregand-White has held faculty positions at the University of Chicago Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. At the University of Chicago, she served as Associate MFM Fellowship Program Director and Clinical and Administrative Lead of the Fetal and Neonatal Care Center. Her research has examined the microvascular endothelial glycocalyx in preeclampsia, patterns of labor induction in hypertensive disorders, and angiogenic profiles in women with chronic hypertension. She completed the REACH Certificate program in clinical research methods and has presented her work at meetings of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine and the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy.

At UC Irvine, Bregand-White has developed educational curricula for residents and fellows, including a labor and delivery teaching curriculum for all learners and a wellness and professional development curriculum for residents. She serves as Principal Investigator on a CalMedForce Grant Program award of $600,000 to expand residency training and grow the physician workforce in California's underserved communities. Bregand-White is a member of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and the Association of Professors in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Education

• A.S. in Biology, Mt. San Antonio College, 2001
• B.S. in Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2004
• M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 2010

Distinctions

• Gold Humanism Honor Society, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, 2009
• SMFM Resident Award for Excellence in Obstetrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2014
• Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence Associate Junior Faculty Scholar, University of Chicago, 2019
• Administrative Chief Resident, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013-2014
• Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, 2010
• Resident Teaching Award- PGY2, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2012
• Best CREOG Score Award- PGY2, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2012
• Outstanding Chief Resident Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2014
• Outstanding Latino Alumni, Hispanic Center of Excellence, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011