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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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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.
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Prenatal Diagnosis Codes Predict Maternal Morbidity, Aid in Risk Stratification
Mark A. Clapp, MD, MPH, Roy H. Perlis, MD, and colleagues demonstrated the potential utility of prenatal ICD-10 codes to identify a group of women who were more than 2 to 3.5 times more likely than others to have severe maternal morbidity.
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No Link Between COVID-19 and Stillbirth Detected, But Placental Vascular Pathology is Worrisome
Obstetrician-gynecologists at Massachusetts General Hospital determined that during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Boston, there was no change in the rate of third-trimester stillbirth, but there was an increase in placental vascular malperfusion compared with the two prior years.
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Carbohydrate Intake Before Oral Glucose Tolerance Test May Prevent Accurate Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes
Camille E. Powe, MD, of the Diabetes Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, Emily A. Rosenberg, MD, of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and colleagues observed that carbohydrate intake on the day before oral glucose tolerance testing in pregnant women at high risk of gestational diabetes may impact the diagnosis: lower carbohydrate intake was associated with higher post-load glucose levels.
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
Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
No Link Between COVID-19 and Stillbirth Detected, But Placental Vascular Pathology is Worrisome
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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
Managing the Cardiovascular Complications of Substance Use Disorders During Pregnancy
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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.
