UTHealth Expert List
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
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Sean Blackwell, M.D.
- Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UTHealth Medical School
- Director of the Larry C. Gilstrap M.D. Center for Perinatal and Women’s Health Research
- Assistant Dean for Healthcare Quality in Perinatal Medicine and Women's Health
- Attending Physician, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Sean Blackwell, M.D., specializes in maternal-fetal medicine and has clinical and scientific expertise in preterm birth, medical complications of pregnancy, role of obesity in pregnancy outcomes, pregnancy in women with physical disabilities, fetal brain injury and shoulder dystocia. He also is the UTHealth principal investigator for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network.
Previous Interview: http://bit.ly/nibojO
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Lara Friel, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, UTHealth Medical School
- Practicing physician, Texas Fetal Center, a collaboration between UTHealth and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.
Lara Friel, M.D., Ph.D., is a high-risk pregnancy obstetrician. Her clinical and research interests include preeclampsia and preterm rupture of fetal membranes. She is a member of the UTHealth Maternal-Fetal team at the Texas Fetal Center, one of only eight institutions in the country designated as a research center by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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Anthony Johnson, D.O.
- Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery
- Co-director, Texas Fetal Center, part of UTHealth and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.
Anthony Johnson, D.O., is board certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics in clinical genetics and by the American Osteopathic Association in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as in Maternal Fetal Medicine. His clinical interests include fetal malformation, prenatal diagnosis, antenatal ultrasound and fetal intervention and therapy. Johnson is also actively involved in the open fetal surgical repair program for myelomeningocele at the Texas Fetal Center, one of only eight institutions in the country designated as a research center by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Kenneth Moise, Jr., M.D.
- Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, UTHealth Medical School
- Co-director, Texas Fetal Center, part of UTHealth and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Kenneth J. Moise, Jr., M.D., has a special interest in the prenatal diagnosis and minimally invasive surgical treatment of fetal disorders. These include fetal anemia secondary to maternal red cell alloimmunization, twin-twin transfusion, discordant fetal anomalies in monochorionic twins and twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAP). Moise is also actively involved in the open fetal surgical repair program for myelomeningocele at the Texas Fetal Center, one of only eight institutions in the country designated as a research center by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Previous Interview: http://go.uth.edu/u6ojcvmb
