Obstetrics/Gynecology
Residency Program
Ob/Gyn Programs
For more information on these programs,
please see the Dept. of Ob/Gyn section.
| Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine |
The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM)
provides obstetric consultation and care limited to high-risk
pregnancies. Services provided by the division include ultrasound for
fetal diagnosis and therapy, genetic counseling and diagnosis, and
antepartum fetal management.
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Deb Alley, center, director of the
ultrasound rotation, with residents
Drs. Angela Parson, PGY-3 and
Obi Mora, PGY-2. |
Obstetric care is available for
pregnancies complicated by diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease, and
other disorders. The division also staffs the region's maternal
transport service at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
in includes the following programs:
The Center for Advanced Fetal
Therapy
The Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetics Program staffed by certified
genetic counselors provides a wide array of services, including cancer
risk assessment, counseling for preimplantation genetic diagnosis,
chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, percutaneous umbilical cord
blood sampling, DNA enzyme analysis, and umbilical cord stem cell
collection.
Specialized ultrasound technologies and certified ultrasonographers
provide high-tech ultrasound imaging for prenatal diagnosis of fetal
malformations (defects), and complex gynecologic pathology.
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L-R: Sue Sayegh, M.D., and
certified diabetes educator Georgia Nobles, RN,C, discuss a patient
with resident Kimberlee Coleman-Henderson, M.D., 2006 graduate. |
Diabetes in Pregnancy Program
The Diabetes in Pregnancy Program provides a unique multidisciplinary
approach to the obstetrical and medical care of women with diabetes.
Certified diabetes educators (available 24 hours a day) and a perinatal
dietitian offering nutritional counseling have extensive experience in
caring for pregnant women. The program's goal is to ensure that women
with diabetes have healthy pregnancy outcomes for both mother and
child.
HIV in Pregnancy Program
The HIV in Pregnancy Program utilizes the latest therapies for HIV in
the antepartum and intrapartum period. Since the inception of this
unique multidisciplinary program in 1992, the perinatal
transmission rate (from mother to baby) of HIV in the Hampton Roads
region has dropped dramatically from 50 percent (one of the highest in the
nation) to 0 percent in 2000 (nationally reported average 2-5 percent).
Antepartum Fetal Management
Antepartum Fetal Management for high-risk pregnancies is provided at
several fetal diagnostic units. These are located in close proximity to
labor and delivery suites and provide a wide array of management
tests including non-stress tests, contraction stress tests, and
biophysical profiles.
Maternal Transport Program
The Maternal Transport Program, one of
the busiest on the East Coast, provides unsurpassed care to high-risk
pregnant women to approximately 600 women annually who are transported
to our tertiary care centers via ambulance or helicopter from the
southeastern Virginia, eastern shore of Virginia, and northeastern
North Carolina regions. Our team provides around the clock coverage for
these obstetrical emergencies.
Teenage Pregnancy Program
The Teenage Pregnancy Program specializes in the needs of the pregnant
adolescent.
Perinatal Research Program
The MFM Perinatal Research Program
conducts ongoing prospective clinical trials and research in perinatal
ultrasound, genetics, diabetes in pregnancy, and infectious disease in
pregnancy and peripartum.
| Division of Reproductive Medicine |
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L-R: Laurel Stadtmauer, M.D., Ph.D., and
Luis Flores, M.D.-PGY-4. |
The Howard and Georgeanna Jones
Institute for Reproductive Medicine is world renowned for its success
in treating all types of endocrine and fertility problems. Services
provided by the Institute include endocrine and infertility and
endocrine evaluation, ovulation induction, artificial insemination, in
vitro fertilization, and sperm and pre-embryo cryopreservation.
Specialized reproductive surgery is available with experience in laser
surgery, microsurgery, hysteroscopy (office and inpatient), as well as
treatment for congenital anomalies and endometriosis. Consultation
services are available for pelvic pain, heavy menstrual flow, and other
gynecologic problems.
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L-R: Hakan Duran, M.D., 2007
graduate and and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellow,
2007-2010;
Silvina Bocca, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor; Sergio C.
Oehninger, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Division of Reproductive
Endocrinology; in the HZA Hemi Zona Assay laboratory. |
Other advanced
reproductive services provided include gamete intra-fallopian transfer
(GIFT), zygote intra-fallopian transfer (ZIFT), pre-embryo
cryopreservation and a variety of micromanipulative procedures to
assist fertilization, such as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI),
and to assist implantation, such as assisted hatching. In addition, the
division includes a very successful donor egg program and offers
pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.
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