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She has been practicing maternal-fetal medicine since 1996. Her focus is on improving the lives of her patients using new and innovative approaches including centering pregnancy care for high-risk complicated pregnancies. She believes that every woman deserves access to quality prenatal care and that a safe pregnancy best occurs through well-coordinated patient-centered care.

She enjoys working with her patients to improve their chance of a successful pregnancy. Aside from medicine, Dr. Abernathy enjoys walking and spending time with her family. Dr. Abernathy received her Doctor of Medicine from Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed her obstetrics/gynecology residency followed by her maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine.

She received her medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and has been in practice between 11-20 years. She is one of 17 doctors at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital and one of 5 at Indiana University Health Paoli Hospital who specialize in Psychiatry.

Dr. Gopman received her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her medical degree from the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine in Portland. She graduated from the University of New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program, completed a Maternal and Child Health Fellowship at UNM, and then joined the faculty.

She is board certified in Family Medicine and Addictions Medicine. As an Assistant and then Associate Professor at UNM for 14 years, she trained Family Medicine residents, Maternal and Child Health fellows, Obstetrical residents, and Pediatric residents in a variety of clinical skills, including pregnancy management, cesarean section, tubal ligation, basic ultrasound, colposcopy, and the care of term and late-preterm newborns. She enjoys delivering primary and prenatal care to a variety of communities, including urban, rural, and Spanish- speaking patients. She has a special interest in the care of patients affected by substance use disorder during pregnancy, as well as their families, including management of opioid dependence and neonatal opioid withdrawal.

In July of 2019, she joined Eskenazi Health, providing adult and pediatric primary care, obstetrical care, and substance use disorder care. Since joining Eskenazi Health, she has developed a longitudinal, family-focused program to serve pregnant patients with opioid and other substance use disorders and their families, called the Circle of Recovery for Families. Dr. Gopman has written journal articles addressing the care of pregnant patients with opioid use disorder, and continues to participate in research that seeks to further our understanding of the best ways to care for families affected by substance use disorder.

She is Indiana’s first Peer Recovery Coach to work in an Emergency Room setting. In 2017, she was awarded the Indiana Recovery Coach of the Year. Gloria is committed to long term recovery and has been since May 30, 2008. She is dedicated to supporting those who seek recovery, whatever path they chose.

He represents clients in the fields of long-term care, pharmacy, medicine, white collar state and federal criminal investigations, trucking/transportation, and engineering. Ed represents and defends manufacturers of various products in federal and state courts through the nation. He also represents professionals and businesses before governmental regulatory and licensing boards.

Dr. Ott is a member of the Indiana Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board, where she has served as the Chair and Vice-Chair, and a member of the Mental Health Quality Advisory Committee for Indiana Medicaid. She serves on the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) Foundation Board and is a past Secretary of the CPNP Board of Directors. She is a consultant to the Psychotropic Consultation Program for the Department of Child Services/Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, as well as the Tippecanoe County Public Defender's Office.

She is trained to educate on breastfeeding, safe sleep, smoking, mental health, birth spacing, nutrition/food insecurity, and to provide support to these women and their partners in their recovery from substance use and other disorders. Grace is also able to meet them where they are in their lives mentally, emotionally, and physically in their own environment. Every pathway to recovery should be valued and praised, and Grace happy get to support that through her work and share her experiences with others every day.

Dr. Patterson’s interests include young adult psychiatry, preventative medicine, addiction psychiatry in women, postpartum, attachment theories and psychodynamic psychotherapy for addiction treatment.

She is currently earning her certification in therapeutic humor through the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH). Over the last 20 years working in mental health, substance abuse and prevention fields, she has worked with children, adolescents, adults, families and professionals serving in a variety of roles including: community prevention coordinator, therapist, substance use educator and trainer. Ms. DeSalle has worked with healthcare, behavioral healthcare and community based organizations to implement substance use prevention interventions for the last decade. Since 2008, Ms. DeSalle has been faculty in the Department of Applied Health Science in the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington. Within the university, Ms. DeSalle serves Prevention Insights (a center at IUB) as the Director for SBIRT Implementation and Lead Motivational Interviewing (MI) Trainer. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and listed on the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center SBIRT Trainers’ Registry. Ms. DeSalle provides training and technical support with MI, SBIRT and a variety of other substance use and mental health related areas to multidisciplinary audiences both nationally and internationally. In addition to her work, she volunteers on the Board of Directors for AATH and the Cottey College Alumnae Executive Board.