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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.
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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.
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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.
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Medical Grand Rounds: Sports Cardiology, Pregnancy and Future Cardiovascular Health
In a Cardiology Medical Grand Rounds presentation, Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP, and James Sawalla Guseh, MD, of the Corrigan Minehan Heart at Massachusetts General Hospital, presented on the implications of pregnancy history for preventive cardiovascular care and the emerging discipline of sports cardiology.
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Understanding of Sociocognitive Theory Can Improve Medical Student Training
Ilona Telefus Goldfarb, MD, MPH, Natasha R. Johnson, MD, and colleagues found that feedback from clinical faculty to medical students primarily pertains to individual skills; they urge faculty to relate desired behavior to patient outcomes and the trainee's ability to contribute to clinical teams.
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Rehabilitation of Anterior Knee Pain in the Pregnant Athlete
Pregnant women are encouraged to exercise, but physiological changes can lead to musculoskeletal problems. Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians have published trimester-by-trimester guidance about rehabilitation goals and interventions for pregnant recreational and competitive athletes who have anterior knee pain.
Obstetrics Contributors
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Davida M. Schiff, MD
Medical Director, HOPE Clinic, Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Evident in Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy
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Ilona T. Goldfarb, MD, MPH
Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Understanding of Sociocognitive Theory Can Improve Medical Student Training
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Jeffrey L. Ecker, MD
Chief, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Recent Article
Mass General Department of OB/GYN Develops and Executes Three-Pronged Diversity Strategy
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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
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Sarah N. Bernstein, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, Medical director, Outpatient Obstetrics Program
Recent Article
Acceptability of Virtual Prenatal Care: Thinking Beyond the Pandemic
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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.