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Dr. Carter was recognized by the “In and For St. Louis” award!
Dr. Carter was recognized with her co-primary investigator, Dr. Shannon Lenze, by Washington University in St. Louis! They received the “In and For St. Louis” award for their work with community-academic partnership with the EleVATE Collaborative.
L.A.B Award Winners – Spring 2023
Congratulations to the latest recipients of the Department of OB/GYN’s Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey (L.A.B.) Award named in honor of Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey—the enslaved women whose sacrifice, without consent, nearly 200 years ago allows surgical repair for women with vesicovaginal fistulas today. Julia Burd, MDClinical Fellow, Maternal-Fetal MedicineMentor: Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MSCITitle: Method of Cervical Assessment in Patients with Preterm […]
Dr. Williams featured in “Menopause has massive economic impact study” by NBC Nightly News
Menopause greatly affects women in communities all around the world. The number of certified menopause practitioners has increased by 70% in the past 10 years, with the potential to almost double by the end of this year. Menopause care varies between all patients, and it’s our duty to care for them all. A woman will spend […]
Faculty and Staff at SLOCA Living Out Loud, Gala & Auction
A great evening for a great cause. We (nurses and docs) started this in 1993. It’s grown into a great grassroots organization. We have given over $1 million for research to Wash U and FWC. We have many other outreach initiatives.
Podcast: Maternal mortality rates are spiking. How can the trend be reversed?
Ebony B. Carter, MD, an associate professor of obstetrics & gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, says the groups most likely to be affected by these rising numbers are poor. Many tend to live far away from medical care, and many are members of minority groups. The maternal death rate among Black Americans […]