Biography

I have always valued the importance of clinical research and education in guiding maternal and fetal clinical care. I have had an interest in medical research and education since early in my career. As a chief resident in OB/GYN, I was a participant in focused training programs for new intern physicians in preparing them for their clinical duties. During my MFM fellowship, I was an instructor for the OB emergency simulation program which was attended by the residents and all members of the obstetric team. I am currently involved in ultrasound education for medical students, OB/GYN residents, MFM fellows and fetal surgery fellows. With my experience in simulation, I was also able to organize and implement obstetric ultrasound simulations to further raise the quality of ultrasound education. Now as the fellowship director for the fetal surgery fellowship and associate fellowship director for the maternal fetal medicine fellowship, I have been able to contribute to the ultrasound and intervention training curriculum in the form of weekly case review and didactic sessions. I have been fortunate to work with a group of remarkably talented faculty who have further boosted my interest in research and education, and how the two can intertwine to continue to promote a culture of clinical research in maternal and fetal medicine. My additional fetal surgery training has increased my understanding of normal and abnormal fetal development, ultrasound imaging and where there are real gaps in our knowledge, and we need clinical intervention trials to guide our care.

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