April 30th 2025
A new study reveals the pandemic significantly worsened maternal death rates across all racial groups.
16th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies™
May 3, 2025
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities: Tailoring Cancer Screening Plans to Address Inequities in Care
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Clinical Consultations™: Guiding Patients with Genital Psoriasis Toward Relief Through a Multidisciplinary Approach
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Burst CME™: Setting the Stage – Individualizing Migraine Care for Diverse Populations Across Care Settings
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Burst CME™: The Patient Journey – Unmet Needs From Diagnosis Through Management of Migraine
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Burst CME™: Optimizing the Use of CGRP Targeted Agents for the Treatment of Migraine
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Burst CME™: Optimizing Migraine Management – Addressing Unmet Needs, Individualizing Care for Diverse Populations, and Utilizing CGRP Targeted Agents
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‘REEL’ Time Patient Counseling™: Fostering Effective Conversations in Practice to Create a Visible Impact for Patients Living with Genital Psoriasis
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Navigating Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer – Enhancing Diagnosis, Sequencing Therapy, and Contextualizing Novel Advances
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Burst CME™: Implementing Appropriate Recognition and Diagnosis of Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
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Burst CME™: Understanding Novel Advances in LGSOC—A Focus on New Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Trials
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Burst CME™: Stratifying Therapy Sequencing for LGSOC and Evaluating the Unmet Needs of the Standard of Care
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Cases and Conversations™: Navigating the Complexities of Managing Myasthenia Gravis in Pediatric and Pregnant Patient Populations
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Expert Illustrations and Commentaries™: Visualizing Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulation in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer—Looking at Novel Pathways With an Eye Toward the Future of Treatment
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ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes for 2022
February 8th 2022Effective each year on October 1, additions, deletions, and updates to the ICD-10-CM code set are published. This year, no significant changes were made to Chapter 15, the obstetrics chapter. However, there are a few new codes that could affect the practice of maternal-fetal medicine.
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Marijuana exposure during pregnancy may increase adverse birth outcomes
February 8th 2022A review and meta-analysis in JAMA Network Open revealed women exposed to marijuana in pregnancy were at significantly increased risk for adverse neonatal outcomes, including low birth weight, small for gestational age, and preterm delivery.
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Supporting transgender and gender-expansive individuals in reproductive health care
February 4th 2022At the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 42nd Annual Meeting, a roundtable discussion explored ways to promote inclusivity and support transgender and gender-expansive individuals in the women’s health space.
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Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies, 7th Edition Prenatal testing for chromosomal abnormalities
February 3rd 2022Protocol 5 - In this protocol, Norton reviews the pathophysiology of fetal aneuploidy and the wide range of tests for it. Included are perspectives on cell-free DNA testing, first-trimester combined screening, nuchal translucency (NT) sonography, and pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), as well as quad marker screening in the second trimester in appropriate cases, and combined first- and second-trimester screening.
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The effect of eating disorders in pregnancy on neurodevelopmental risk in infants
January 24th 2022Eating disorders carry many risks. An investigation looks into whether they can increase the risk of certain neurodevelopmental conditions in the children of mothers with a history of eating disorders.
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Mirvie RNA test aims to predict pregnancy complications
January 13th 2022Maneesh Jain, CEO and co-founder of Mirvie, a proprietary RNA platform that uses blood samples to predict pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, sits down with Contemporary OB/GYN to discuss the potential of the test.
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MiPATH Prenatal Care Recommendations: a how-to guide for maternity care professionals
Together, the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecologists (ACOG) and the University of Michigan developed MiPATH recommendations (Michigan Plan for Appropriate Tailored Healthcare) to create comprehensive, tailored prenatal care plans for patients.
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Maternal nativity and disparities in preeclampsia
January 6th 2022A cross-sectional analysis of the Boston Birth Cohort (BBC) from 1998 to 2016 has found that maternal nativity and duration of United States residence were linked to preeclampsia among non-Hispanic Black women, but not among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women, after adjusting for sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors.
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White House Maternal Health Day of Action Summit: What you missed
December 9th 2021Vice President Kamala Harris hosted the White House’s first-ever Maternal Health Day of Action Summit on Dec. 7. During the Summit, Harris outlined the administration’s new initiatives and issued a nationwide call to action for public and private sectors to help improve maternal health outcomes.
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Solutions for spinal headaches
December 7th 2021Curbside Consults delivers expert perspectives from physicians outside the ob-gyn specialty to provide insight into various health issues affecting pregnant women. In this installment, we learn more about the diagnosis and management of headaches in postpartum patients.
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SMFM Consult Series #56: Hepatitis C in pregnancy: updated guidelines
SMFM Consult Series #56: Hepatitis C in pregnancy: updated screening, treatment, and management guidelines.
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