Maternal-Fetal Medicine News
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UW Ob-Gyn brings research, developments to 2021 SMFM Conference
Faculty, residents, fellows, researchers and more brought numerous posters and presentations to the virtual 2021 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting at the end of January! Learn more … more
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Hoppe’s telehealth grant featured in Wisconsin Partnership Program article
A new article from the Wisconsin Partnership Program features the “Advancing Postpartum Care For Black Women in Wisconsin By Engaging Community Partners With a Home Telehealth Service for … more
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Iruretagoyena discusses changes to pregnancy care during COVID on NBC-15
A recent story on NBC-15 in Madison asked whether to expect a baby boom or baby bust in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how pregnancy care and delivery has changed because of the … more
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Antony’s OBLido study published in AJOG MFM
A study by Katie Antony, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Maternal-Fetal Medicine! Jackie Adams, MD, of … more
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Women’s Healthcast: Iruretagoyena talks “Pregnancy, Vaccines and COVID-19”
Our understanding of how COVID-19 and pregnancy interact has evolved quite a bit over the course of 2020. On this episode of the Women’s Healthcast, UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine … more
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Jacobson publishes on severe COVID infection in pregnancy in Case Reports in Women’s Health
A new article by Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow Jennifer Jacobson, MD outlines treatment of a severe COVID-19 infection in a pregnant patient, offering insight into care for other such patients in … more
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Gaston, Hoppe, Spencer earn UW Health Excellence Awards
Three faculty from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn were honored at the UW Health Physician Excellence Awards ceremony on December 7, 2020. The virtual ceremony recognized recipients of 17 excellence … more
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Department gearing up for exciting SMFM conference
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s Annual Pregnancy Meeting is coming up in January 2021, and the UW Department of Ob-Gyn is ready to impress!
Residents Melissa Meyer, MD, PGY-4, Matt … more
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Iruretagoyena discusses pregnancy during pandemic on WKOW
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many have questions about whether to try for pregnancy and what risks or complications the pandemic may pose for pregnant people. On Thursday, November 19, UW Ob- … more
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Hoppe’s telehealth blood pressure study published in AJOG
Kara Hoppe, DO, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, published results from her telehealth postpartum hypertension management study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and … more
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Hoppe earns UW Health Rising Star Clinical Practice award!
Huge congratulations to Kara Hoppe, DO, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine! Hoppe was selected to receive the 2020 UW Health Physician Excellence Rising Star Clinical Practice … more
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Welcome incoming MFM fellow Erin Bailey
The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Team is happy to announce that Erin Bailey, MD has matched as our July 2021 incoming MFM fellow!
Bailey received her MD from the University of Wisconsin … more
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2020 Women’s Health and Health Equity Research Lecture & Symposium poster awards
On October 8, nearly 170 people tuned in for the virtual UW Women’s Health and Health Equity Research Lecture and Symposium for amazing presentations: Erica Marsh, MD, of the University of Michigan, … more
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Women’s Healthcast: Rhoades discusses preterm birth
Preterm birth is fairly common, with one in eight women going into labor prior to 37 weeks of gestation, which qualifies as preterm.
On this episode of the Women’s Healthcast, Janine Rhoades, … more
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Golos earns UW ICTR Translational Basic and Clinical pilot award
Ted Golos, PhD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive Sciences, received a Translational Basic and Clinical pilot award from the UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research! … more
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Posters, presentations and abstracts from 2020 ACOG conference in Green Journal
While the 2020 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting, scheduled for late April this year, was canceled, many people in our department had research accepted to present. … more
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Women’s Healthcast: Hoppe discusses Managing Chronic Hypertension
Hypertension, or chronic high blood pressure, affects nearly half of U.S. adults. On this episode of the Women’s Healthcast, maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. Kara Hoppe and research manager … more
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Congratulations to all 2020 UW Ob-Gyn Department Award winners!
The annual UW Ob-Gyn Department Awards Ceremony is an important fixture on our calendar – an opportunity to say goodbye to those leaving, extend a warm welcome to the residents, fellow, and … more
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Hoppe earns WI Partnership Program new investigator grant
Huge congratulations to Kara Hoppe, DO, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine!
Hoppe received the Wisconsin Partnership Program’s New Investigator Program grant for her project " … more
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Iruretagoyena advocates for increased COVID testing on Labor and Delivery at Meriter
Best practices for clinical care during COVID-19 are constantly evolving, and dedicated faculty in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn have made sure that all our practice settings are keeping up with the … more
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Hoppe’s telehealth program highlighted in SMPH alumni magazine
COVID-19 forced a rapid shift in how we deliver care, including a huge uptick in virtual visits. Appropriately, much of the Spring 2020 issue of Quarterly, the UW SMPH alumni magazine, focuses on … more
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Iruretagoyena and Williams discuss pregnancy and COVID on WPR
UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Director Igor Iruretagoyena, MD, and Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn Director Makeba Wiliams, MD joined the Wisconsin Public Radio … more
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Stanic Lab publishes in Frontiers in Immunology
Congratulations to the Stanic Lab, along with colleagues from the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Ong Lab, who were just published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology!
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Hoppe awarded ICTR Evidence to Implementation grant
Congratulations to Kara Hoppe, DO, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine! Hoppe earned an Evidence to Implementation grant from the UW SMPH Institute for Clinical and Translational … more
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Williams and Iruretagoyena selected for UW Health Physician Leadership Development program
Congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn Director Makeba Williams, MD, and Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Director Igor Iruretagoyena, MD! Both incredible … more
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UW Ob-Gyn residents, fellows, faculty have strong showing at SMFM annual conference
Faculty and fellows from the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, as well as UW Ob-Gyn residents, brought an abundance of amazing research to the 2020 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’ … more
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Hartenbach, Antony, Ehrenthal, Greene publish interdisciplinary research in Green Journal
Ellen Hartenbach, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Gynecologic Oncology, will publish an article in the March edition of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
“Peripartum Blood Transfusion Among Rural … more
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Adams’ research on metformin and gestational weight gain highlighted in MDEdge
Congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow Jacquelyn Adams, MD! Adams presented the poster Weight gain in pregnancy: can metformin steady the scales? at the 2020 Society for … more
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Wautlet, Antony’s AJP Reports paper one of the most read!
A publication co-authored by Cynthie Wautlet, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn and Katie Antony, MD, of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, is one of the … more
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Antony supports student at UW SMPH Medical Student Research Forum
Katie Antony, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, supported the Shapiro Summer Research student who worked with her on several sleep-related studies at the 2019 Medical … more
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Hoppe new PI for MyHEART NIH grant
Huge congratulations to Kara Hoppe, DO, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine! Hoppe is the new principal investigator for the NIH R01 MyHEART grant.
The MyHEART program was … more
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Great updates from the Golos Lab!
Some very exciting accomplishments out of the Division of Reproductive Sciences’ Golos Lab in recent weeks!
Sydney Nguyen, PhD trainee in the Golos Lab and UW-Madison Endocrinology and … more
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Antony, Ehrenthal, Hoppe, Stewart published in WMJ Smoking in Pregnancy issue
UW Ob-Gyn faculty co-authored two articles in the latest issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal.
Katie Antony, MD, and Kathy Stewart, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, co- … more
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Shah authors two soon-to-be-published articles
Dinesh Shah, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, co-authored two new articles – both have been accepted by their respective journals and will soon be published.
“Impact of … more
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Welcome incoming MFM fellow Bradley Bosse!
2020 fellowship matches have been announced, and we’re so thrilled to welcome incoming Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow Bradley Bosse, MD!
Bosse received both his B.S. in Biology and M.D. from the … more
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UW Ob-Gyn presentations and more at WisPQC
UW Ob-Gyn faculty and staff shared important research and updates at the 2019 Wisconsin Perinatal Quality Collaborative (WisPQC) annual summit in Milwaukee on September 17.
Cynthie Wautlet, MD, of … more
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Adams publishes in Green Journal
A new study out of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine will be published in the October volume of Obstetrics and Gynecology!
The paper, by lead authors Jackie Adams, MD and Vivek … more
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Grzebielski, Bohrer and more publish on operative delivery during TOLAC
A recent publication in American Perinatology Journal Reports compares outcomes of operative intervention in the second stage of labor during trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC).
“Operative … more
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Women’s Healthcast: Adams discusses opioid use disorder and pregnancy
Opioid use during pregnancy is happening more and more across the country, which can lead to some complications for moms and babies.
On the latest Women’s Healthcast, UW Ob-Gyn Maternal-Fetal … more
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Hoppe’s study name-dropped in Green Journal
Kara Hoppe, DO, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, recently published results from her pilot study of postpartum remote blood pressure monitoring for women at risk of severe … more
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Women’s Healthcast: Hoppe and guests discuss pregnancy and diabetes
Diabetes can complicate pregnancy in some very important ways, including increased risk for high blood pressure and premature birth. And, pregnancy can complicate diabetes – whether it’s Type 1, … more
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Congratulations UW Ob-Gyn Department Award winners!
On June 20, the UW Department of Ob-Gyn celebrated faculty, residents, staff and more at our annual department awards ceremony. Congratulations to the 2019 winners!
Residency Program Awards
Chief … more
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ACGME Fellowship updates!
On June 13, we received notification from the ACGME that both our Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology fellowship programs received continued accreditation status with no citations or … more
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Wautlet, Antony publish in American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Cynthie Wautlet, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, and Katie Antony, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, authored a publication in a recent … more
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UW Health Congenital Heart Surgery Program earns highest rating from Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The American Family Children’s Hospital Congenital Heart Surgery Program has just received a three star rating (out of a maximum of three stars) from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the … more
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Zheng publishes in Hypertension
Jing Zheng, PhD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive Sciences recently published an article in the journal Hypertension entitled “Sexual Dimorphisms of Preeclampsia-Dysregulated Transcriptomic … more
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Ong, Stanic, Tyler earn Burroughs Wellcome preterm birth grant
Congratulations to Irene Ong, PhD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive Sciences, Aleks Stanic, MD PhD, of Reproductive Sciences and the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, … more
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Congratulations 2019 ERP graduates!
On Friday, May 10, three students in the Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program with UW Ob-Gyn mentors graduated! Congratulations to these newly minted PhDs:
Yousef Alharbi, PhD – … more
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UW Ob-Gyn appearances at ACOG!
We’re quite proud of the representatives from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn who brought their excellent research and expertise to the 2019 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual … more
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Fantastic fellowship news!
The ACGME sent exciting updates about all three (yes, three, you read that right) fellowship programs!
The UW Ob-Gyn Gynecologic Oncology fellowship received continued accreditation.
The UW Ob- … more
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Adams launches Fresh Beginnings program for moms with substance use disorders
UW Ob-Gyn Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow Jackie Adams, MD, recently launched the Fresh Beginnings program, a one-day program for pregnant patients with substance use disorders. The class will be held … more
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Antony earns Meriter collegiality award
Our congratulations and gratitude to Katie Antony, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. On March 14, Antony earned a collegiality award from UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital … more
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Antony shares tips for safe travel on latest Women’s Healthcast
Spring break season is nearly upon us, and a warm weather getaway sounds pretty amazing after this brutal winter. But traveling to tropical locations – and traveling in general – could present some … more
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Posters and more at 2019 Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine conference
Members of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, as well as residents and medical students, had an impressive showing at the 2019 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine … more
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Watch the interview: MFM research helping babies with heart defects
Collaborative research happening in the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, in partnership with the UW-Madison SMPH Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, and the Wisconsin Institutes for … more
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Happy fellowship match day!
This Fellowship Match Day, we’re so happy to announce fellowship matches from our department, and excited to introduce the MFM and Gyn Onc fellows who will join us next summer!
Congratulations to … more