Intraoperative and Postoperative Panniculus Retraction: Improving Maternal Care from Hospital to Home

Dr. Tori O’Daniel is a Board-Certified OB/GYN whom has been practicing for 14 years. For the past 11 years she has been an OB/GYN Hospitalist at Mercy Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dr. O’Daniel is the Medical Director of the OB/GYN Hospitalist program and the Department Chair of the OB/GYN Department in her facility. She also instructs educational classes and facilitates the OB Emergency Simulations for the nurses and physicians within her department.

She has been actively involved in the Society of OB/GYN Hospitalists (SOGH) for the past several years. She currently sits on the SOGH Board of Directors.

Dr. O’Daniel is passionate about education, and she actively teaches in multiple venues. She is a master trainer for Kiwi vacuum assisted deliveries; she travels across the globe to train residents and attending physicians in the 5-Step Vacca Method.

Originally from Lake Charles, Dr. Karie H. Lafleur has been in private practice of OB/GYN since 2010. She is proud to call central Louisiana home. She and her husband, Mike, have two wonderful daughters Evie and Emmie. In her free time, she enjoys reading and participating in a variety of activities with her family. Dr. Lafleur focuses on both obstetrics and gynecology in her practice with special interest in minimally invasive gynecological surgery. She enjoys assisting women at all stages of their lives from childhood and adolescent issues to concerns specific to postmenopausal women and everything in between. She has been with Alexandria Women’s Center since 2010.