Dr. Robert Alan Knuppel MD

Expert Publications

• Cost-benefit analysis of targeted ultrasonography for prenatal detection of spina bifida in patients with an elevated concentration of second-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein.
• Economic evaluation of prenatal carrier screening for fragile X syndrome.
• Indication-specific accuracy of second-trimester genetic ultrasonography for the detection of trisomy 21.
• Cost-benefit analysis of prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome using the British
• Routine second-trimester ultrasonography in the United States: a cost-benefit analysis.
• After-hours telephone calls to obstetrician-gynecologists.
• Placental abruption among singleton and twin births in the United States: risk factor profiles.
• New Jersey's electronic birth certificate program: variations in data sources.
• Do maternal-fetal medicine practice characteristics influence high-risk referral decisions by general obstetrician-gynecologists?
• Defining the relationship between obstetricians and maternal-fetal medicine specialists.
• Prenatal care and black-white fetal death disparity in the United States: heterogeneity by high-risk conditions.
• The impact of prenatal care on neonatal deaths in the presence and absence of
• Second-trimester genetic sonography in patients with advanced maternal age and normal triple screen.
• Down syndrome risk estimation after normal genetic sonography.
• The impact of prenatal care in the United States on preterm births in the presence and absence of antenatal high-risk conditions.

Media Releases

Get to know Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician Dr. Robert Alan Knuppel, who serves the population of Florida. Dr. Knuppel completed his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology, where he graduated in 1969. Wanting to further his education he graduated with his Medical Degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 1973, giving him over four decades of experience in his field. After obtaining his Medical Degree he then completed his OB/GYN residency and his Maternal-Fetal Medicine and OB/GYN with Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Knuppel is dual certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has been awarded as a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He currently practices as an Independent Consultant and Adjunct Professor with Florida Gateway College, he is also affiliated with Penn Highlands DuBois. A maternal-fetal medicine specialist is a doctor who helps take care of women having complicated or high-risk pregnancies. Being pregnant with twins is considered a high-risk pregnancy, so it’s likely that an MFM specialist will be part of your medical team. These doctors are obstetricians who also completed 3 extra years of training in high-risk pregnancy. They are also called perinatologists or high-risk pregnancy doctors.

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