Overview
Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine experts care for women with complicated pregnancies. On the other side of the spectrum, our Northwest Hospital Midwives Clinic specialize in assisting normal, uncomplicated births.
Strong relationships with other specialties allow us to provide highly specialized and seamless care to our patients. We are known nationally for our high level of service and quality in resident and fellow education.
Our mission and vision
- To provide access to the best healthcare for all women and their fetuses in the state of Washington and the WWAMI region
- To be leaders, to innovate, adapt, and find new ways to improve maternal and fetal outcomes
- To export new clinical knowledge to the UW Medicine community and WWAMI region
- To educate and be mentors for the next generation of physicians and health care providers
- To engage in creative interdisciplinary clinical care and cutting edge research
- To be a Center of Excellence in critical care obstetrics, complex maternal conditions, perinatal/prenatal diagnosis, and obstetrical imaging
- To be the program of choice in the WWAMI region for referring providers, patients, and insurers
- To be leaders in best practices and translational research
What we do
We are high-risk pregnancy experts who treat mothers who face unexpected problems that develop during pregnancy, such as early labor, bleeding, or high blood pressure. We are highly trained specialists with advanced knowledge and training in medical, surgical, obstetrical, fetal and genetic complications of pregnancy.
We currently have fifteen Maternal-Fetal Medicine faculty, six Northwest Hospital midwives, four mid-level providers, and five fellows.
Subspecialties
- Diabetes in pregnancy
- Prematurity prevention in multiple gestations
- Hypertension and pregnancy
- Infectious disease, HIV in pregnancy
- Perinatal genetics counseling
- Prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy
- Complex maternal diseases
- solid organ transplantation
- maternal genetic disorders
- cystic fibrosis
- adult congenital heart
- autoimmune
- hematologic
- Second-trimester termination program for fetal anomalies and complex maternal conditions
Research
We are also engaged in a broad range of research subjects from hypertension in pregnancy, to microchimerism and preeclampsia, and preterm labor and birth
Our Team
Our faculty in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine are:
- Catherine Albright, MD, MS
- Bliss Ali, ARNP
- Tara Cardinal, CNM, ARNP
- Edith Cheng, MD, MS
- Shani Delaney, MD
- Emily Fay, MD
- Michael Gravett, MD
- Kathryn Gray, MD
- Jane Hitti, MD, MPH
- Alisa Kachikis, MD
- Kimberly Ma, MD
- Hayley MacKinnon, MD, MA
- Stephen McCartney, MD, PhD
- Peter Napolitano, MD
- Michael Richley, MD
- Raj (Swati) Shree, MD
- LaVone Simmons, MD
- Alyssa Stephenson-Famy, MD
- Kelsey Thompson, ARNP
- Jennifer M. Vallidis, ARNP
Where we are
Our faculty practice at several sites across Washington, and are continuing to expand our care and services to patients throughout the region.
Locations
University of Washington Medical Center
UWMC is the primary Maternal-Fetal Medicine practice site with approximately 1900 deliveries annually. Most complex maternal and/or fetal medical conditions are referred to our outpatient Maternal and Infant Care Clinic for care.
learn moreNorthwest Hospital Midwives Clinic
Our experienced team of certified nurse-midwives has delivered thousands of babies. We collaborate with each woman to create a personalized birth plan, in keeping with individual values, cultural preferences and medical needs. We believe that giving birth is a holistic journey that also includes emotional, spiritual and family-related aspects.
learn moreMaternal-Fetal Medicine at Valley Medical Center
YMaternal-Fetal Medicine at Valley Medical Center is affiliated with the UW Medicine system and does approximately 4000 annual deliveries. Only the highest acuity mothers or fetuses are transferred to UW Medical Center for care.
learn moreSeattle Children's Hospital - Springbrook
Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH) is 3.2 miles north of UW Medical Center and the site of a combined Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Treatment Program. All of the pregnancies are delivered at UW Medical Center and the neonates are transferred to SCH.
learn moreUW Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic at Arlington
The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic at Arlington is located about 41 miles north of Seattle. Providers rotate to Arlington so patients only travel to Seattle at the time of delivery. High-risk pregnancies are "virtually" followed through telemedicine at UWMC.
learn moreSeattle Children's Tri-Cities Clinic
The Seattle Children's Tri-Cities clinic is located about 200 miles southeast of the UW Medical Center in Richland, Washington. Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine faculty provide prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy services at this clinic.
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