Maternal Fetal Medicine
 Dedicated to treating women with high risk pregnancies to provide a healthy life for mothers and babies.
The services of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine division are specifically designed to treat complicated and high risk pregnancies. Many moms-to-be may fall into this category, though the term "high risk" is not necessarily a cause for alarm. It merely means that because of your medical history (such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure), difficulties in a prior pregnancy, or a pregnancy with more than one baby, you will need to be monitored more closely to ensure the health of you and your baby. Complications for the fetus, including intrauterine growth failure, fetal abnormalities, genetic problems or congenital malformations can also be addressed.
Established more than 25 years ago, the Maternal-Fetal Medicine division was one of the first specialty units in the country. Today it is part of the state-of-the-art Emory Regional Perinatal Center, the largest of only six regional high-risk infant care centers in the south.
Because many maternal-fetal conditions are unusual, even well trained specialists may fail to encounter enough cases to be familiar with the latest treatments. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine team is highly trained in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions. The team manages the patient's care in collaboration with the primary care obstetric team, offering information about the most current approaches and techniques to diagnose and treat complicated pregnancies.
Services and Procedures
The Maternal-Fetal Medicine division provides services at Emory Crawford Long Hospital. These services include:
- State-of-the-art ultrasound equipment, including G.E. Voluson 4D ultrasound machines.
- Management of pregnancy complicated by diabetes.
- First and second trimester diagnosis of fetal chromosomal problems, including CVS and amniocentesis.
- Management of multiple pregnancies, e.g. twins and pregnancies in older women.
- Genetic consultation — the work of the division is well integrated with Emory pediatric geneticists who assist in prenatal diagnosis. During the past five years, diagnosis of genetically linked problems has become much more common and sophisticated. These new findings have led to increasingly more effective prenatal interventions, such as utero surgery (performed on the fetus of a pregnant woman).
- Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) for high-risk newborns — one of only six in the region.
- Research and database in which our physicians collaborate with other academic institutions on leading research in the treatment of high-risk mothers and babies. A large, computerized database provides information for patient care and future research including prenatal records, laboratory data and obstetrical outcomes.
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Faculty and Staff
The team includes Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists who are board certified in the field. Other members of the team include two obstetrical ultrasound technologists, a full-time obstetrical nurse, a genetic counselor and a clinical nutritionist.
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Location
 Our Maternal Fetal Medicine office is located on the ninth floor of the Emory Crawford Long Medical Office Tower, 550 Peachtree Street, across from our general OB-GYN office. Our comprehensive services are provided in a state-of-the-art facility. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine team is also based out of the Maternity Center at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, which includes an outstanding newborn nursery. We opened the first neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the Southeast in 1981, and currently, we serve as the Emory Regional Perinatal Center, one of six centers in the south designated to care for high-risk infants.
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Contact Us
For more information or to make an appointment with a physician from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, please contact:
Emory HealthConnectionSM: 404-778-7777
Outside Atlanta: 1-800-75-EMORY
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