-
Featured
Confronting the Opioid Epidemic in the OB/GYN Practice: Optimizing Prescribing Habits and Reducing Opioid Misuse
Researchers in the OB/GYN Department are working to combat the opioid epidemic and mitigate its effects. Recent efforts have focused on preventing opioid use and misuse through a variety of methods including optimized prescribing practices.
-
Featured
Fighting Zika Virus on Multiple Fronts: Identifying Risk, Improving Screening and Investigating Pregnant Women's Vaccination Attitudes
Obstetricians at Mass General are working to fight the Zika epidemic on multiple fronts by guiding decision-making about testing for Zika infection, filling knowledge gaps about Zika risks and develop testing protocols and understanding pregnant women’s attitudes about Zika vaccines to help guide vaccine development.
-
Featured
Perinatal Substance Use Clinic: Multidisciplinary Care from Pregnancy to Early Childhood
A multidisciplinary, 1000-day clinical model offers a new approach to prenatal and postnatal care for mothers with opioid use disorder and their children.
-
Case Report: A Pregnant Woman with Left Ventricular Noncompaction-associated Cardiomyopathy
Women with dilated cardiomyopathies require careful preconception counseling and peripartum care because of the risk of complications, which include irreversible left ventricular dysfunction.
-
Review: Modifications in Obstetric Care During Viral Pandemics
An evidence-based review discusses how to modify obstetric care in the face of pandemic-related constraints on personnel and resources.
-
Study Examines the Prevalence of COVID-19 Infections in Pregnant Women About to Give Birth
Research published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology reports the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in pregnant women admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital's labor and delivery units. They found that 7.9% of symptomatic women tested positive and 1.5% of asymptomatic women tested positive.
Obstetrics contributors
-
Davida M. Schiff, MD
Medical Director, HOPE Clinic, Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Perinatal Substance Use Clinic: Multidisciplinary Care from Pregnancy to Early Childhood
-
Ilona T. Goldfarb, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist
Recent Article
Study Examines the Prevalence of COVID-19 Infections in Pregnant Women About to Give Birth
-
Jeffrey L. Ecker, MD
Chief, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Recent Article
Confronting the Opioid Epidemic in the OB/GYN Practice: Optimizing Prescribing Habits and Reducing Opioid Misuse
-
Jessica R. Gray, MD
Clinical director, HOPE Clinic, Family medicine addiction specialist
Recent Article
Perinatal Substance Use Clinic: Multidisciplinary Care from Pregnancy to Early Childhood
-
Sarah N. Bernstein, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Medical director, Outpatient Obstetrics Program
Recent Article
Managing the Cardiovascular Complications of Substance Use Disorders During Pregnancy
-
William H. Barth, MD
Vice Chair, Obstetrics
Recent Article
Percutaneous Valve Replacement Therapy Sometimes an Option During Pregnancy
Obstetrics & Gynecology Care at Mass General
The Mass General Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology offers the highest level of care to women. Our clinical and research team is a leader in advancing treatments for gynecologic cancers, menopause, high-risk obstetrics, infertility and urogynecology.
