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WashU OBGYN Physicians Honored at 2025 St. Louis Ignite The Fight
The WashU Medicine gynecologic oncology team was proud to come together at the 2025 St. Louis Ignite the Fight, celebrating the impact of Pink Ribbon Good and the vital support it provides to patients and families in our community. This year, Dr. Andrea Hagemann, gynecologic oncologist, was recognized with the Igniting Hope in Oncology Award […]
At the Fetal Care Center, Dr. Kathy Bligard Performs Lifesaving Laser Surgery to Helps Identical Twins Born at MoBap (Links to an external site)
When identical twins were diagnosed with Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) at just 17 weeks gestation, Dr. Kathy Bligard, maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Fetal Care Center, stepped in to perform a delicate, lifesaving laser ablation surgery—a procedure offered nowhere else in the St. Louis region. “We look with a camera at the […]
IDENTICAL TWINS KHLOE AND KARLEE ARE THRIVING AFTER IN UTERO SURGERY TO CORRECT TWIN-TO-TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME at the Fetal Care Center (Links to an external site)
When Kelly Easton learned she was pregnant with identical twins, she had no idea she would soon face the same rare complication her mother did decades earlier—Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). Diagnosed at her 20-week ultrasound, Kelly was referred to the Fetal Care Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the only center in Missouri offering minimally invasive fetal […]
Dr. Katie Carbonell named Resident Reporter at the 2025 ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting
Dr. Katie Carbonell, PGY-3 WashU Medicine OBGYN resident, was a Resident Reporter at the 2025 ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting. She shares her experience of going to the meeting below. “Attending the 2025 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting (ACSM) was a deeply inspiring experience—an energizing convergence of […]
Dr. Megan Gornet featured in St. Louis Magazine (Links to an external site)
A St. Louis native and former Division I athlete, Dr. Megan Gornet is now a fertility and reproductive physician at WashU Medicine. She partnered with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) to create a groundbreaking rule that protects player rankings during fertility treatments—ensuring athletes are supported on and off the court.