Maternal-Fetal Medicine

The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine has a long tradition of excellence and a national reputation for providing outstanding patient care, cutting-edge basic and clinical research, and student and postgraduate education.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical Sciences Building
231 Albert B. Sabin Way ML0526
PO Box 670526
Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0526
Telephone (513) 558-8448
Fax (513) 558-6138
Email

Diabetes and Pregnancy Program

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Our UC Obstetrics and Gynecology Diabetes and Pregnancy Program is a multidisciplinary family centered inpatient and outpatient program for pregnant women with diabetes. We provide care for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and we also assist patients with pre-existing diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who require more intensive management. Our team of physicians, nurses, dietitians and social workers assist pregnant women diagnosed with diabetes how to manage their diabetes effectively.

Our caring and experienced staff will help patients learn how to control diabetes during pregnancy. The program is directed by our maternal-fetal medicine specialist Arthur T. Evans, MD, the OB/GYN Chair for the University Of Cincinnati School Of Medicine. Dr Evans is assisted by the University of Cincinnati maternal-fetal medicine fellows and our diabetes nurse specialist.

Inpatient clinical services are provided at both The University Hospital and The Christ Hospital, providing primary and consultative obstetric care as well as supervising the clinical activities of the resident physicians at The University Hospital. Special needs patients are provided sophisticated care in this tertiary setting including:

• Hypertensive Complications of Pregnancy

• Premature Labor

• Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes

• Fetal Intrauterine Growth Restriction

• Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus

• Fetus with Congenital Anomalies

• Medical Complications of Pregnancy

• Bleeding Disorders in Pregnancy

• Maternal Transport

Patient Care

Outpatient clinical services are provided at The University Hospital, The Christ Hospital, St. Luke Hospitals East and West, and Mercy-Franciscan Hospital. These services include:

• Primary High Risk Obstetric Care

• Co-management of Complicated Obstetric Patients

• Consultations

  • High Risk on-going pregnancies

  • Pre-Pregnancy consultations

Obstetric Ultasoung

• Routine (Level I) and Targeted (Level II) obstetric scans

• Fetal Echocardiography

• Amniocentesis

• Chorion villus sampling

• Fetal Intrauterine Transfusion

Education

The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine provides teaching to medical students during the third-year clerkship and several specialized 4th-year electives. Division members participate in the core lecture series of the primary third-year medical student Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship. They also participate as lecturers in the Department's annual postgraduate course. The Division has maintained a Board-approved 3-year fellowship program in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility for two decades

Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program

Research

The Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine has major funded research efforts regarding the antiphospholipid syndrome, uterine and ovarian blood flow regulation, and prostaglandin regulation of labor. Numerous basic and clinical research projects are fertile ground for clinical and basic scientists in training. Clinical research includes ongoing studies regarding preterm premature rupture of the membranes, fetal pulmonary maturity, preeclampsia, diabetes, preterm labor and magnesium sulfate to decrease cerebral palsy risk.