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“Birthrates declining in Missouri” – Dr. Roxane Rampersad
Dr. Roxane Rampersad, Washington University Professor, of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Barnes Jewish Hospital talks with Tom and Carol about the decline in birth rates in the state of Missouri.
St. Louis fetal care center is one of few in the region to offer surgery for some patients with Spina Bifida (Links to an external site)
Babies diagnosed with Spina Bifida are being offered an innovative and less invasive way to be treated. Many patients choose to travel to St. Louis to have this surgery with some coming from quite a distance away. The surgery is performed in our Fetal Care Center, the only one in the area, and one of […]
Zhexian Sun in featured paper
Media Advisory: New MRI method provides detailed view of the placenta during pregnancy Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new method to process MRI scans to reveal the distinct compartments of the placenta, take measurements of oxygen levels in each region and determine if there are malformations in blood vessels […]
Wang, Odibo, and others featured on the cover article of Ultrasound in Obstetrics in Gynecology
Department members Z. Sun, W. Wu, P. Zhao, D. M. Nelson, A. Odibo, Y. Wang were featured on the cover article on Ultrasound in Obstetrics in Gynecology & “Association of intraplacental oxygenation patterns on dual-contrast MRI with placental abnormality and fetal brain oxygenation” Most human in-vivo placental imaging techniques are unable to distinguish and characterize various placental compartments, such […]