Dr. Joseph N. Bottalico This is Me

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1. 1. www.pressofatlanticcity.com

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   Published on: 1/1/2006   Last Visited: 1/20/2008

   "As the overall rate and number for teen births falls, the percentage that are Hispanic is rising," said Dr. Joseph Bottalico, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's School of Osteopathic Medicine.
   
   Bottalico serves on the board of directors for the Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, which tracks birth statistics and pregnancy outcome data for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.
   
   Despite reports that the national birth rate is increasing, Bottalico said, it's too soon to judge whether this 2006 rise can be called a boom - or just a blip.
   
   "I think our own region's statistics are a bit different than what's being reported nationally," he said."It's too early to know if it's going to trend upward or not."
   
   According to data from the cooperative, 35 percent of births to women younger than 20 in southern New Jersey hospitals were to Hispanic mothers in 2006, up from 29 percent in 2002; the overall teen birth rate fell from 2,195 births in 2002 to 2,145 in 2006. The largest drop in teen births among ethnic groups was for black women, down 11.5 percent, with the largest decrease in births in the 13- to 15-year-old age group - down almost 70 percent from 2002 to 2006, Bottalico said.
   
   With obesity and improper nutrition affecting adolescents, and with most women not coming in for checkups until they are 12 weeks pregnant, it is difficult to administer adequate preconception (pre-pregnancy) care, which could become an increasing problem if the teen birth rate continues to rise, said Bottalico, who serves on the CDC Select Panel on Preconception Care.
   
   But overall, Bottalico cautions, U.S. teen births have been declining, from a rate of 61.8 births per thousand in 1991 to 40.5 births per thousand in 2005.

2. 2. Dr. Joseph Bottalico Represents AOA and ACOOG - New Jersey, Kennedy Health System NJ

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   Published on: 8/13/2001   Last Visited: 1/20/2006

   Joseph N. Bottalico, D.O., F.A.C.O.O.G., recently represented both the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG) at the Center for Disease Control National Summit on Preconception Care in Atlanta, GA.
   
   A resident of Voorhees, NJ, Dr. Bottalico � the Director of the Fetal Medicine Units at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals � University Medical Center --- recently authored the ACOOG�s Committee Opinion on Preconception Counseling, and was selected for the honor of attending the national conference.
   
   An Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey � School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, Bottalico is a member of the ACOOG�s Research and Awards Committee and serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative.
   
   Past President of the New Jersey Maternal Fetal Society (2000), Dr. Bottalico is also a member of the National Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, The Philadelphia Perinatal Society and the NJ Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.