Tre’Vaion Hollimon is the first newborn of 2023 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis! Tre’Vaion weighs in at seven pounds 11 ounces. He is almost 20 inches long. Parents Desiree and Shaun were not planning for a trip to the hospital on New Years, but they get to enter 2023 with a healthy baby boy! Lucky […]
Category: News
Frolova named one of 2 recipients of March of Dimes Award – Basil O’Connor Research Grant for Advancing Maternal and Infant Health (Links to an external site)
March of Dimes announces two early career scientists as recipients of the 2022 Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Awards: Dr. Antonina Frolova, MD, PhD from Washington University, St. Louis and Dr. Isaac Marin-Valencia, MD, MS from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. These annual awards support outstanding investigators embarking on independent research careers who […]
Mighty Dream Forum
While healthcare is a basic human right, it is rife with inequities that reach far beyond the doctor’s office. For women – and particularly women of color – the equity gap continues to show up nationally in our healthcare systems; and intersect locally in our communities, education systems, and even our workplaces. The path to […]
Multi-scale imaging technique may enable objective assessment of myofascial pain (Links to an external site)
BMES Annual Meeting – Research Announcements
Research reveals happening! Clinical researchers under the direction of PI Yong Wang, PhD, have poster/oral presentations at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual meeting 10/13-15; OBGYN engineering collaborator Dr. Christine O’Brien also presenting! Women’s Health poster presentations: Thursday, Oct 13, 2022; 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CDT: “Development of Uterine Peristalsis Imaging (UPI) in Normal […]
New Digital Interpreter Service Offers Equitable Care & Higher Patient Satisfaction
After more than a year in the making, the OBGYN department successfully launched a video (iPad) interpreter through LAMP services. After recognizing a need for improved processes, both from a patient and business facing aspect, Clinical Operations Director, Ronald Griffin, led the initiative to establish this improved service within the department. “It’s great to have this […]
47th Annual Symposium Held in September
On September 22 and 23, we hosted our 47th Symposium. The planning committee organized an exceptional event with over 20 guest speakers providing pertinent information to share with the participants. Over 125 people were in attendance, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses from around the region. Hundreds of volunteer hours went into creating this […]
Oyen and team receive funding to study placental function (Links to an external site)
Wellcome Leap has awarded Michelle Oyen, associate professor of biomedical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, a multi-year contract to advance methods to assess placental function. Oyen will join Wellcome Leap’s In Utero program, which aims to create the scalable capacity to measure, model and predict gestational development with […]
Dr. Raghuraman announced as MFM fellowship Program Director
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has officially appointed Dr. Nandini Raghuraman as program director for the Maternal Fetal Medicine fellowship.
Khabele ‘Paving the way for that next generation’ (Links to an external site)
The first Black department chair at WUSTL Medicine wants to make sure she’s not the last.
Dr. Ebony Carter and Dr. Melissa Tepe, in EleVATE, a maternal and infant health program
Dr. Ebony Carter and Dr. Melissa Tepe, in EleVATE, a maternal and infant health program. Here, they are improving maternal health—especially for Black mothers and birthing people. “When you spend so much time with patients, you can’t help but feel the burden of the things they’re experiencing in their lives” Dr. Ebony Carter, Washington University […]
Specialty ranked #3 by US News and World Report
Thrilled to be #3! Keep up the magnificent work! Our ranking was determined based on a point system for Data-driven Specialty Scores which include Outcomes (Mortality & Discharge to Home), Structure (Technology, Staffing, etc), Patient Experience, Reputation and Transparency. U.S. News & World Report regarding the 2022 Best Hospitals rankings. We are pleased to share that Barnes-Jewish Hospital and physician partners at Washington University ranked #11 nationally and places us again on the Honor Roll […]
New data shows rare uterine cancer’s effect on women (Links to an external site)
Dr. Dineo Khabele talks with fox2now about a rare kind of uterine cancer killing more women in America, black women in particular.
Hospital helps pregnant women with substance abuse (Links to an external site)
Dr. Jeannie Kelly speaks about helping pregnant women living with a substance use disorder
Rothman Research Day Awards 2022
Our Rothman Research Symposium is comprised of 2 half days where our residents, fellows, and basic science trainees present their OBGYN related research projects which they have diligently worked for a long time. These presentations are evaluated by a distinguished panel of our own select faculty and guest speaker. We will be presenting the 1st […]
New MIGS Fellowship Announced
We are excited to announce that the OBGYN department will be adding a new fellowship program! Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery will start in the summer of 2023 with their first fellow, current PGY-3 Resident, Alison Kosmacki, MD! A huge congrats to the MIGS division! We’d also like to give a special shout out to Dr. Elise Bardawil (Program Director) and Dr. Katie […]
Dr. Tyler Woodard awarded “Minority Scholar in Cancer Research” at AARC
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting is pleased to administer this important program which is primarily supported by a generous grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. Dr. Woodard was the recipient of the 2022 ACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award The 2022 conference took place […]
Message from the Chair on COVID-19
It breaks my heart to write that once again, our hospital is full and we have more than doubled the number patients hospitalized with COVID and in the intensive care units in the last 2 weeks. We are here to take care of each other and to provide care to patients and the broader community. As we enter another period of rapid uncertainty and change, it is not too late to do whatever we can to protect each other.
St. Louis doctor urges pregnant women to get boosted, as more get hospitalized in Omicron surge (Links to an external site)
High-risk obstetrician Dr. Ebony Carter says pregnant patients are voicing concerns about what the vaccine will do to their baby, claiming there isn’t enough data. “We probably have more data right now on the vaccine than any other thing that we give to people in pregnancy, she says. “And the data overwhelmingly, in every direction, is saying that the vaccine appears to be safe.”
CDC urges COVID vaccines during pregnancy as delta surges (Links to an external site)
The updated guidance comes after a CDC analysis of new safety data on 2,500 women showed no increased risks of miscarriage for those who received at least one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine before 20 weeks of pregnancy.
New moms get COVID-19 vaccine without leaving delivery room at BJC (Links to an external site)
Marta Perez, MD, and Emily Cooke, clinical pharmacist are interviewed on the increased access of the COVID vaccine after delivery.
The COVID-19 Vaccine and Fertility (Links to an external site)
Solutions that Scale for Maternal-Child Health Disparities (Links to an external site)
MDisrupt Presents: Sarah England, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, on Solutions that Scale for Maternal-Child Health Disparities
“Access to Care” Navigating Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: A PECaD Town Hall (Links to an external site)
Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities focuses on Access to Care for Breast and Cervical Cancer screenings
Wash U doctor: Black women are 3 times more likely to die during pregnancy, child birth (Links to an external site)
This week is Black Maternal Health week and new studies show Black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy or child birth than white women.
Doctors urge prospective parents to get COVID-19 vaccine (Links to an external site)
The vaccines do not impact sperm count, fertility treatment, or a woman’s ability to get pregnant, research shows
For breastfeeding moms, COVID-19 vaccinations may also protect babies (Links to an external site)
Major boost in COVID-19 antibodies seen in breast milk after vaccination
Interview with a Fertility Specialist: Covid Vaccine in Pregnancy & Infertility (Links to an external site)
Infertility, bad side effects, and more: St. Louis doctors debunk the COVID-19 vaccine myths (Links to an external site)
Some Missouri residents might still be hesitant to receive the vaccine.
St. Louis doctor addresses COVD-19 vaccine infertility myth (Links to an external site)
The World Health Organization is updating its guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women after a statement earlier this week led many to believe the agency was advising against pregnant women getting vaccinated.
COVID-19 impact on pregnant women focus of NIH grant (Links to an external site)
Study will evaluate testing access and if pregnant women with COVID-19 need specialized care
Carter named Director of OBGYN Clinical Research Division (Links to an external site)
Monitoring labor in pregnancy aim of grant to develop imaging technology (Links to an external site)
Researchers receive funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help develop low-cost, bedside equipment for people in underserved regions
EMMI imaging to give insights into preterm labor (Links to an external site)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little NICU Stars
In honor of prematurity awareness month, Dr. Molly Stout was interviewed for a video that was used on the St. Louis Children’s Hospital social media channels. Dr. Stout is one of our doctors who works the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Washington University.
When Giving Birth For The First Time, Push Away (Links to an external site)
findings suggest that women becoming moms for the first time should begin pushing right away when they become completely dilated, for the best outcome for themselves and for their babies
Inducing labor at 39 weeks reduces likelihood of C-sections (Links to an external site)
No increased risks to newborns, study shows
Critical connections (Links to an external site)
New integrated center changes care model for women and babies
Understanding the importance of the fourth trimester care for new mothers (Links to an external site)
Dr. Camaryn Chrisman Robbins discusses why the fourth trimester is a critical time for mom and baby
Family-friendly care for Barnes-Jewish, Children’s hospital patients (Links to an external site)
New configuration at the Women & Infants Center brings mothers who have high-risk or complicated labor and deliveries much closer to their babies.
Parents share story of in-utero Spina bifida surgery in St. Louis (Links to an external site)
Dr. Michael Bebbington talks about in-utero Spina bifida surgery, the first of its kind at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
New inpatient towers cater to women, infants, cancer patients (Links to an external site)
Fostering the infant-parent bond motivated the design of this new center
Dr. Emily Jungheim’s plan to save a cervical cancer patient’s fertility (Links to an external site)
Dr. Emily Jungheim discusses treatment and the importance of cervical cancer awareness
Why risk it? Protect your child against cancer (Links to an external site)
Could baby’s first bacteria take root before birth? (Links to an external site)
The womb was thought to be sterile, but some scientists argue that it’s where the microbiome begins.
Trump contraceptive move could lead to more abortions (Links to an external site)
Jeffrey Peipert and David Eisenberg comment on cut back of free birth control requirement.
Washington People: Sarah England (Links to an external site)
Noted researcher encourages tenacity and tackling new challenges.
Ultrasound trainees visit Medical Campus as part of international study (Links to an external site)
Trial will evaluate if clean-fuel stoves can reduce household pollution.
Malaria drug protects fetuses from Zika infection (Links to an external site)
Treatment prevents virus from crossing placenta to infect fetus, mouse study shows.
Makeup of vaginal microbiome linked to preterm birth (Links to an external site)
Study conducted in primarily African-American population.