Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program (MFM) at Massachusetts General Hospital provides obstetric subspecialty care to families with complicated or high-risk pregnancies. Complications in pregnancy can arise for many reasons, including: 

• Maternal conditions such as hypertension, diabetes or heart disease
• Development of obstetric conditions such as preterm labor, placenta previa or preeclampsia
• Complications for the fetus such as a birth defect

Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine providers offer comprehensive obstetric care and can also work in consultation with the patient’s primary obstetric provider to assist in management of specific issues. Our work with other specialists across Mass General to provide interdisciplinary care and expertise is central to our approach. This allows us to provide comprehensive care to women and their families before, during and after pregnancy.

Conditions We Treat

Our subspecialist maternal-fetal physicians have in-depth expertise in all areas of high-risk obstetrics, as well as the skills and experience to treat critically ill women and perform the most complex prenatal and childbirth-related procedures. 

We care for women with all kinds of pregnancy complications. Some of the more common conditions we treat are:

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Cardiac Disease
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• Substance use disorder
• Presence of multiple fetuses
• Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)
• Thyroid illnesses
• Autoimmune diseases
• Asthma
• Cervical insufficiency
• Preterm labor
• Infectious diseases
• A fetus with a known birth defect
• Placenta accreta or percreta

Our maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists provide comprehensive or consultative specialty care to families with complicated or “high-risk” pregnancies, whether due to the mother’s medical history, a complication arising in pregnancy, or a fetal complication.

Our Research

The research of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division addresses a broad range of clinical and translational topics affecting the care of pregnant women.

Our research is carried out in the Deborah Kelly Center and the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology.