At the Johns Hopkins Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, our team collaborates to provide state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services for normal and high-risk pregnancies. We are a national leader in treating expectant mothers and their babies at this very important time in their lives.

Our team is made up of:

• Maternal-fetal medicine specialists (perinatologists)
• Fellows
• Ultrasonographers
• Genetic counselors

Our team provides care in Maryland and the Washington, D.C. metro area.

The Johns Hopkins Standard of Care

At Johns Hopkins, our patients receive the highest level of care. Our experts receive additional training and undergo examinations to stay knowledgeable of the latest standards and innovation in gynecology and obstetrics. When you receive care at Johns Hopkins, you are in the hands of board-certified health care leaders who are recognized by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology for their exceptional training.

Learn why board certification is important.

Maryland Care Locations

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialists

Our Director

Jeanne Steinbronn Sheffield, M.D.

Director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: High Risk OB, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 

Our Team 

Abimbola Aina, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics

 

Cynthia Holcroft Argani, M.D.

Director, Labor and Delivery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: High Risk OB, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women's Reproductive Health

 

Ahmet Alexander Baschat, M.D., M.B. B.CH. B.A.O.

Director, Center for Fetal Therapy
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Joint Appointment in Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, EXIT Procedure, Fetal Cardiac Defects, Fetal Echocardiography, Fetal Hydrops, Fetal Hydrothorax, Fetal Surgery, Fetal Therapy, Fetal Tracheal Balloon Occlusion, Fetoscopy, Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction (LUTO), Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Placental Dysfunction, Prenatal Ultrasound, Spina Bifida, Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence, Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

 

Jessica Linda Bienstock, M.D., M.P.H.

Director, Division of Education, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education/DIO
Director of Graduate Clinical Education
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrical Ultrasound, Obstetrics

 

Karin J Blakemore, M.D.

Director, Prenatal Genetics, Prenatal Diagnostic Center
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Professor of Oncology

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Dysmorphology, Fetal Ultrasound, Hematologic Disorders in Pregnancy, Human Genetics, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Medical Genetics-Inherited Disorders, Obstetrics, Skeletal Dysplasias

 

Ahizechukwu C Eke, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Director of Research, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Autoimmune Diseases, Cervical Cerclage, Genetic Diseases, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), High-risk Pregnancy, Lupus, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Maternal Cardiac and Renal Disease, Medication Use in Pregnancy, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preeclampsia, Preterm Birth, Progersterone, Thyroid Disorders

 

Ernest Marshall Graham, M.D.

Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics

 

Torre Leigh Halscott, M.D., M.S.

Medical Director of Nelson 2 Clinic
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Cancer During Pregnancy, Critical Care Medicine, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pregnancy After Transplant

 

Janice Lynn Henderson, M.D.

Director, Fetal Assessment Center
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Fetal Cardiology, High Risk OB, Multiple Gestations, Obesity, Obstetrics

 

Nancy Hueppchen, M.D., M.S.

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, School of Medicine
Director of Medical Student Education, GYN/OB
Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: High Risk OB, Medical Education, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics

 

Angie Child Jelin, M.D.

Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
Director, First Trimester Screening Program
Associate Director, Prenatal Genetics, Prenatal Diagnostic Center
Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Amniocentesis, Chorionic Villus Sampling, Fetal Anomalies, Fetal Ultrasound, High Risk OB, Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women's Reproductive Health

 

Michelle Lynn Kush, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics

 

Ichchha Madan, M.B.B.S.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women's Reproductive Health

 

Lorraine Anne Milio, M.D.

Co-Director, HALO Program
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Gynecology, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics

 

Jena Lyn Miller, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, EXIT Procedure, Fetal Cardiac Defects, Fetal Echocardiography, Fetal Hydrops, Fetal Surgery, Fetoscopy, Gynecology, High Risk OB, Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction (LUTO), Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Placental Dysfunction, Prenatal Ultrasound, Spina Bifida, Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence, Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

 

Mara Rosner, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, EXIT Procedure, Fetal Cardiac Defects, Fetal Echocardiography, Fetal Hydrops, Fetal Surgery, Fetoscopy, Gynecology, High Risk OB, Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction (LUTO), Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Placental Dysfunction, Prenatal Ultrasound, Spina Bifida, Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence, Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

 

Andrew Jay Satin, M.D.

Director of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Dorothy Edwards Professor of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics

 

Marika Anna Toscano, M.D., M.S.

Assistant Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics

 

Arthur Vaught, M.D.

Director, Labor and Delivery
Director, Advanced Obstetric Surgery Center
Robert E. Meyerhoff Professor
Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Associate Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Critical Care Medicine, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics, Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS)

 

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellows

• Katelyn Uribe, M.D. - 3^rd year fellow
• Kristin Darwin, M.D., Bobby Karandeep Singh Brar M.D. - 2^nd year fellows
• Shriddha Nayak, M.D., Mara Black, M.D., Lauren Meiss, M.D., MSc. - 1^st year fellows

Ultrasonographers

Kristen Beckman, BS, RDMS, RVT

Chief Obstetrical Sonographer

• Kristen Blattner, BS, RDMS, RVT
• Danielle Curry, AAS, RDMS
• Jennifer Gordon, BS, RDMS
• Kristina Graham, AA, RDMS
• Brittany Fields, AAS, RDMS
• Jorden Henneman, AAS, RDMS
• Marianna Holman, AAS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT
• Sonia Kim, BS, RDMS, RVT
• Rachel Mazumder, BS, RDMS, RVT
• Jeanne Miklos, BS, RDMS
• Melissa Parris, BA, RDMS, RVT
• Jamie Rosencranse BS, RDMS
• Rebecca Ryan, AAS, RDMS
• Stephanie Schwarz, AAS, RDMS, RVT
• Karin Van Landeghem, BSRT, RDMS
• Cynthia Walker, AA, RDMS
• Maria Zaharieva, BA, RDMS, RVT

Genetic Counselors

• Christine Hertenstein, M.G.C.
• Cathleen Lawson, M.S.
• Kristen Miller, M.G.C.

Washington, D.C. Metro Area Care Locations

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialists

Our Director

Rita Wesley Driggers, M.D.

Medical Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sibley Memorial Hospital
Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Gynecology, High Risk OB, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women's Reproductive Health

 

Our Team

Christopher Michael Novak, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

Julia Timofeev, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Gynecology, High Risk OB, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics

 

Ultrasonographers

• Laurie L. King, RDMS
  Chief Obstetrical Sonographer, Sibley Memorial Hospital
• Laura Berg, B.S., RDMS, RVT
• Parisa Samari, B.S., RDMS

Nurse Practitioners

• Jill Verneret, RNC-OB, C-EFM
• Carrie Konn, RN, BSN, C-EFM
• Christina Patel, RN, BSN, C-EFM

Genetic Counselors

• Michelle Martin, M.S., LCGC
• Jennifer Razak, M.G.C., CGC