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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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