Maria Pettit Canter, MD, MSc

Virginia Hospital Center
1625 North George Mason Drive, Suite 475
Arlington, VA 22205
Tel: 703-717-4000

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
08/1990-05/1994, Bachelor of Science, Biology

Center for Cross-Cultural Study, Seville, Spain
June 1994, Advanced Spanish II

GRADUATE EDUCATION:
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, 04/2004-05/2006
Master of Science, Clinical Investigative Sciences

Georgetown University Medical School
Washington, DC, 08/1995-05/1999
Doctor of Medicine

Eugenio Espejo Hospital
Quito, Ecuador, October 1998
Emergency Medicine and Obstetrics Elective

Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC, 06/1994-07/1995
American Heart Association Research Fellow

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
Fellow, Urogynecology, 01/2004-06/2006
Urogynecology Specialists of Kentuckiana
Louisville, KY

Fellow, Urogynecology, 07/2003-12/2003
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Intern - 07/1999-06/2000
Resident - 07/2000-06/2003
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC

LICENSURE:
State License: Kentucky - 38086
Virginia - 0101239731

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Member, American Urogynecologic Society, 2003-2006

Junior Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1999-2006

Member, American Medical Association, 1995-2006

AWARDS/HONORS:
Achievement Award in Clinical Research
University of Louisville, May 2006

Achievement Award for Academic Excellence
University of Louisville, May 2006

The American Urogynecologic Society's June Allyson Foundation Research Fellowship Award

Proteomic and Peptidomic Techniques to Identify Urine Biomarkers in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis American Urogynecologic Society, 2005

Endoscopy Award Recipient

Georgetown University Medical Center, June 2003

Raymond T. Holden Award in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Georgetown University School of Medicine, May 1999

W. Kenneth Lane Scholarship
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Sept 1996

American Heart Association Research Fellowship
Georgetown University Medical Center, July 1994

Bachelor of Science, Magna cum Laude, Biology
Boston College, May 1994

Scholar of the College in Molecular Genetics
Boston College, May 1994

Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key National Honor Society
Boston College, May 1994

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Research Fellow, American Heart Association
Effect of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Pulmonary Vasculature
Georgetown University Medical Center, July 1994-July 1995

ECMO Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Group
First Assist in ECMO Procedures
Georgetown University Medical Center, June 1994-August 1995

Undergraduate Research Project,
Molecular Genetics
Elucidating Signal Transduction Pathways in Eukaryotic Organisms
Boston College, 1992-1994

Laboratory Technician, Sleep Disorder and Circadian Rhythm Group
Phototherapy in Subjects Undergoing Temporal Isolation
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Summer 1993

Biological Aide, Summer Student Research Program
Genetic Translocation Studies in Hypercholesterolemia
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Summer 1991/Summer 1992

CURRENT CLINICAL AND BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH:
Proteomic and Peptidomic Techniques to Identify Urine Biomarkers in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis
Supervisor: Jon Klein, MD, PhD, Michael Heit, MD, PhD
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2004-Present




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