Our Program

The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine is engaged in clinical, basic bench and epidemiological research as one of its primary missions. Our strength lies in the expertise and diverse interests of our faculty, as well as in the collaborations with multiple other disciplines and departments throughout the School of Medicine, The Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Biomedical Engineering. The strong research infrastructure of the Johns Hopkins University forms a solid foundation for the success of our integrated research program for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

We have established the Integrated Research Center for Fetal Medicine, Nutrition in Pregnancy Clinic, JH Womb (Johns Hopkins Well-being of Mothers and Babies) Program and Physiology In Pregnancy Program.

Our research faculty participate in The Johns Hopkins Women’s Health Research Group, a collaborative network of researchers from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health.

Our research program now provides semi-monthly meetings (“Work in Progress/laboratory data” and “Research concepts”) to foster multi-disciplinary research through pilot programs and retreats.

Our Research Director

Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.

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

Research Interests: fetal brain development

 

Faculty Research

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Abimbola Aina, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics

Research Interests: Preterm labor, Thrombophilia in pregnancy, Cervical incompetence

 

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

Research Interests: placental histopathology, perinatal disease

 

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

Research Interests:

 

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

Research Interests: fetal ultrasound abnormalities, fetal genetic disorders, medical education in obstetrics and gynecology

 

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

Research Interests: Fetal genetic disorders, Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Treatment, In Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Hemoglobinopathies, Red cell and platelet alloimmunization, Intrapartum physiology and outcomes, Placental development and abnormalities

 

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

Research Interests: Preterm birth, Pregnancy and diabetes

 

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

Research Interests: intrapartum fetal monitoring, perinatal brain injury

 

Janice Lynn Henderson, M.D.

Coordinator, Nutrition in Pregnancy Clinic
Director, Fetal Assessment Center
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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

Research Interests: obesity in pregnancy

 

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

Research Interests: fetal ultrasound abnormalities, fetal genetic disorders, abnormal maternal serum screening, resident and medical student education

 

Angie Child Jelin, M.D.

Director, First Trimester Screening Program
Director, Perinatal Ultrasound
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

Research Interests: fetal genetic disorders, whole exome sequencing

 

Lorraine Anne Milio, M.D.

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

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

Research Interests:

 

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

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Donna Maria Neale, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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

Research Interests: gestational diabetes, preeclampsia

 

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

Research Interests:

 

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

Research Interests: Infectious diseases in pregnancy, maternal immunizations, medical and surgical complications in pregnancy

 

Julia Timofeev, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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

Research Interests:

 

Arthur Vaught, M.D.

Director, Labor and Delivery
Robert E. Meyerhoff Professor
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics, Placenta Accreta Spectrum

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Frank R Witter, M.D.

Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Gynecology, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Toxicology

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