Education

Sub-Specialties

Yale provides subspecialty care for women through our four sub-specialty Divisions:

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

• Charles J. Lockwood, M.D., The Anita O'Keefe Young Professor of Women's Health & Chair
• Edmund Funai, M.D., Associate Professor; Co-Chief MFM, Obstetrics Clinical Services
• Errol Norwitz, M.D., Associate Professor; Co-Chief MFM; Fellowship Director, MFM; Director Perinatal Research
• Catalin Buhimschi, M.D., Assistant Professor
• Joshua A. Copel, M.D., Professor & Vice Chair, Obstetrics; Director of the Yale Fetal Cardiovascular Center
• France Galerneau, M.D., Associate Professor
• Urania Magriples, M.D., Associate Professor
• Mert Ozan Bahityar, M.D., Assistant Professor
• Michael Paidas, M.D., Associate Professor
• Anna Katerina Sfakianaki, M.D., Assistant Professor
• Stephen F. Thung, M.D., Assistant Professor
• Christian Pettker, M.D., Fellow, 3rd year
• Michael Cackovic, M.D., Fellow, 2nd year
• Sonya Abdel-Razeq, M.D., Fellow, 2nd year
• Victor Rosenberg, M.D., Fellow, 2nd year
• Antonette T. Dulay, M.D., Fellow, 1st year
• Guoyang Luo, M.D., Fellow, 1st year

The Yale Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine has been responsible for many innovations in Obstetrics. Among the areas that were initiated or pioneered at Yale are:

• Targeted ultrasound
• Fetal monitoring
• Fetal echocardiography
• First Fetal Cardiovascular Center in USA
• Fetal transfusions and surgery
• Doppler prediction of fetal anemia
• Urine and Serum biochemical screening for Down syndrome
• Prediction of prematurity
• Diagnosis and treatment of thrombophilia
• Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling
• First trimester nuchal translucency and serum analyte screening
• First Newborn Special Care Unit in the USA

The Section is comprised of a team of physicians, nurses, and sonographers with extensive clinical experience and diverse research interests. For the residents this provides resources ranging from mentoring clinical or bench research projects to gaining clinical skills in prenatal ultrasound.

Divisional activities take place in several areas. Inpatient activities are concentrated on Labor & Birth, down the hall from our offices, and in the Maternal Special Care Unit. Morning rounds are attended by all available attendings and fellows to ensure active discussion and enhance resident education. Outpatient activities are split between an office suite near L&B and a new office located about a mile from the main hospital campus. Both outpatient areas are staffed by attendings and fellows, and both feature state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment and comfortable examination rooms.

All of the faculty and fellows are committed to resident education, both in didactic sessions and at the bedside.

MFM Fellowship Program