The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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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, Room 5249
231 Albert B. Sabin Way
PO Box 670526
Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0526
Telephone (513) 558-0378
Fax (513) 558-6138
Email

Patient Care

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

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 Ultrasound
- 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.