Dr. Krans is Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and addiction medicine and serves as the Director of the Pregnancy and Women’s Recovery Center at Magee-Womens Hospital where she has been providing substance use treatment services for over 15 years. Dr. Krans received her medical degree from the University of Mississippi and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pittsburgh. After residency, she received training in health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Research Scholar at the University of Michigan. Her NIH-funded research program is focused on improving healthcare delivery processes for pregnant and postpartum persons with substance use disorders. She is an addiction medicine expert for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and has served on various state and federal taskforces focused on improving clinical care approaches for this population.
Representative Publications
- Lim G, Soens M, Wanaselja A, Chyan A, Carvalho B, Landau R, George RB, Klem ML, Osmundson SS, Krans EE, Terplan M, Bateman BT. A systematic scoping review of peridelivery pain management for pregnant people with opioid use disorder: from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology and Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. Anesth Analg. 2022 Nov 1;135(5):912-925. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006167. Epub 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36135926; PMCID: PMC9588509.
- Lim G, LaSorda KR, Krans EE, Rosario BL, Wong CA, Caritis S. Associations between postpartum pain type, pain intensity and opioid use in patients with and without opioid use disorder: a cross-sectional study. Br J Anaesth. 2023 Jan;130(1):94-102. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.09.029. Epub 2022 Nov 10. PMID: 36371258.
- Nowakowski E, Dayananda S, Morgan M, Jarvis O, Altamirano V, LaSorda KR, Krans EE, Lim G. Obstetric pain management for pregnant women with opioid use disorder: A qualitative and quantitative comparison of patient and provider perspectives (QUEST study). Addiction. 2023 Jun;118(6):1093-1104. doi: 10.1111/add.16134. Epub 2023 Feb 13. PMID: 36662775; PMCID: PMC10175133.
- Lim G, Xue L, Donohue JM, Junker S, Wilson JD, Suffoletto B, Lynch MJ, Pacella-LaBarbara ML, Chang CH, Krans E, Jarlenski M. Associations between acute pain after vaginal delivery and postpartum opioid prescription fills: a retrospective case-controlled study. Br J Anaesth. 2024 May;132(5):978-981. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.038. Epub 2024 Feb 29. PMID: 38423825.
- Lim G, Caritis S, Krans EE, Rosario-Rovera B, Lasorda K. Postpartum pain type, especially affective dimensions of pain, predict increased opioid requirements. Oral presentation at the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. Phoenix, AZ, May 2019.