About

Dr. Dikea (Kay) Roussos-Ross is a board-certified physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. She serves as the Chief of the Division of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the Director of Women’s Health at the UF Health Shands McGurn Medical Plaza. Her clinical practice includes high-risk obstetric patients with co-morbid psychiatric and substance use disorders, as well as general obstetrics, gynecology, and surgical gynecology. Dr. Roussos-Ross completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Florida, earning her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2002 with Research Honors from the College of Medicine. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with Highest Honors, a Bachelor of Science in Medicine, and a master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies from UF. Her training includes residencies in Psychiatry, where she was the Medical Director of the Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit with a focus on Perinatal Psychiatry, and in Obstetrics and Gynecology, completed in 2012. Her academic roles include teaching courses related to obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Political Science
• Computer Science
• Nursing
• Environmental health
• Obstetrics
• Psychology
• Family medicine
• Virology
• Pathology

Selected publications

• COVID-19: changing the care process for women’s health-the patient’s perspective

  The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine · 2021 · 7 citations

  • Political Science
  • Computer Science
  • Nursing

  OBJECTIVE: Assess women's perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on their health care and well-being, access to and satisfaction with medical care due to the changes in delivery of care triggered by the pandemic. METHODS: An online survey of women having health care appointments in the outpatient facilities across all divisions of a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a tertiary care referral center in North Central Florida. Patients had outpatient appointments that were scheduled, canceled or rescheduled, in person or by telemedicine, between 11 March 2020 and 11 May 2020, a time during which a COVID-19 stay-at-home order was enacted across our state. A total of 6,697 visits were planned. Patients with multiple visits were unified, leaving 6,044 unique patients to whom the survey was emailed between 20 July 2020 and 31 July 2020. The survey was closed on 21 August 2020. Analyses were focused on simple descriptive statistics to assess frequency of responses. Analyses of variance and chi-square analyses were conducted to compare outcomes when all cells were ≥ 10, based on sub-specialty and insurance status; otherwise, frequencies were examined for the entire sample only. Missing data were excluded listwise. RESULTS: A total of 6044 patients were contacted. Completed surveys numbered 1,083 yielding a response rate of 17.9%. The most common sub-specialty visit was gynecology (56.7%) followed by obstetrics (31.5%,), pelvic floor disorders (4.8%), gynecological oncology (2.9%,), and reproductive endocrinology (0.5%). A substantial percentage of women had visits canceled (19.2%), rescheduled (32.8%) or changed (42.1%) to telemedicine. In our patient population, 32.6% were worried about visiting the clinic and 48.1% were worried about visiting the hospital. COVID-19 triggered changes were perceived to have a negative impact by 26.1% of respondents. Refusal of future telemedicine visits was by 17.2%, however, 75.2% would prefer to use both in-person and telemedicine visits. CONCLUSION: During the initial COVID-19 surge with lockdown, the majority of survey respondents were following public health precautions. However, there were significant concerns amongst women related to obstetric and gynecologic medical appointments scheduled during that period. During pandemics, natural disasters and similar extreme circumstances, digital communication and telemedicine have the potential to play a critical role in providing reassurance and care. Nevertheless, given the concerns expressed by survey respondents, communication and messaging tools are needed to increase comfort and ensure equity with the rapidly changing methods of care delivery.

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• 58 PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATH (PRD) REVIEW OF TEN YEARS-FLORIDA 2009–2018

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2021

  • Medicine
  • Obstetrics
  DOI

• Access and Barriers to Oral Health Care in Pregnancy [05C]

  Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2020

  • Medicine
  • Family medicine
  • Environmental health

  INTRODUCTION: Despite ACOG recommendations regarding oral health and pregnancy, many women do not receive recommended oral health care during pregnancy. This study, conducted in conjunction with ACOG DXII Committee for the Healthcare of Underserved Women, evaluated barriers to access and use of oral health care services in pregnant women. METHODS: IRB approval was obtained. Between May and July 2019, consenting women admitted to the postpartum unit at UF Health were offered a survey about oral health care utilization during pregnancy. Enrollment occurred on a rolling basis. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all responses, with chi square analysis compared by insurer. RESULTS: Two hundred women participated. The majority were insured by Medicaid (54% Medicaid, 39% private, 3% government, 2% none, 2% no response). Most women (68%) reported that their insurance covered dental care. 50% of women reported seeing a dentist within the last year. 36% of women with Medicaid saw a dentist within the last year compared to 71% of women with private insurance ( P <.001). The most common reasons for not receiving dental care within the last year were cost and only going when acute problems arise. Most women (75%) responded that seeing a dentist during pregnancy was “important.” 20% of women reported that their prenatal care provider made a recommendation regarding dental care. CONCLUSION: Many women are not receiving adequate oral health care during pregnancy and disparities exist among women by payer status. Increasing access to care and improving patient education regarding oral health is necessary to improve oral health care for pregnant women.

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Frequent coauthors

• Julie DeCesare

  7 shared

• Leah Foster

  University of Florida

  5 shared

• Mark S. Gold

  5 shared

• Isaac Delke

  University of Florida Health Science Center

  4 shared

• Raid Amin

  University of West Florida

  4 shared

• T. Y. Euliano

  University of Florida

  4 shared

• Iain Elliot

  University of Washington

  4 shared

• Jennifer Hans

  University of West Florida

  4 shared

Education

• B.A., Sociology

  University of Florida

• B.S., Medicine

  University of Florida

• M.S., Physician Assistant Studies

  University of Florida

• M.D.

  University of Florida

  2002

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