Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) physicians are high-risk pregnancy experts, specializing in the un-routine. For pregnant women with chronic health problems, MFM physicians work with other clinical specialists in an office or hospital setting to keep the woman healthy as her body changes and her baby grows.

We also care for women who face unexpected problems that develop during pregnancy, such as early labor, bleeding, or high blood pressure.

We’re the go-to for pregnant women who arrive in the hospital for any reason, whether after an accident or at the onset of a kidney infection. In other cases, it’s the baby who faces the un-routine. If we find birth defects or growth problems, we can start treatment before birth, provide monitoring, blood transfusions, and surgery to support babies with the best possible care until they are ready to arrive in the world.

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 The Stony Brook Medicine Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Why Choose Us

  • Innovative high-risk pregnancy care: We offer evaluation and treatment for a variety of maternal conditions and diseases, multiple gestations, and known or suspected fetal anomalies.
  • Collaborative care: From maternal-fetal medicine specialists to genetic counselors, sonographers, and our nursing staff, our team works together to guide women and their partners through the process of genetic counseling, fetal diagnostics and treatment, and labor and delivery.
  • At Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Children’s, both part of Stony Brook Medicine, Suffolk County’s only academic medical center, our patients who are expecting multiples have access to:
    • A New York State Department of Health-designated Regional Perinatal Center, with the best record of any Regional Perinatal Center in achieving growth of premature infants prior to discharge
    •  A large staff of Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists, trained to support the needs of women with high-risk pregnancies. Read about the Quigley triplets born at Stony Brook. 
    • A Coordinated Fetal Care Program that gives patients answers to their questions, offers support, obtains referrals, provides links to important resources and secures appointments at times and locations that are most convenient for parents-to-be.   For information, appointments or referrals to the Comprehensive Fetal Care Program, call (631) 487-2838.
    • Parenting education, including lactation support, designed specifically for families of multiples
    • Four convenient locations throughout Suffolk County making it easier to get specialized care close to home
    • A beautiful Labor & Delivery Suite, featuring 10 labor suites with private baths and recovery rooms
    • Expanded maternity urgent care that can deal with any kind of obstetric emergency 24/7
    •  A 46-bed, all-private room Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (adjacent to the Mother/Baby Unit) offering the highest level of neonatal and obstetrical care

Maternal Fetal Medicine Services

PREGNANCY LOSS

  • Recurrent miscarriage
  • Fetal demise (stillbirth)
  • Known existence of acquired or genetic thrombophilia (coagulation disorder)
  • Cervical insufficiency
  • History of premature rupture of membranes between 24 and 36 weeks gestation

ULTRASOUND SERVICES

  • General pregnancy assessment
  • First-trimester genetic ultrasound
    • Nuchal translucency and nasal bone
    • Ductus venosus Doppler
  • Targeted fetal anatomical ultrasound
  • Fetal biophysical profile (assessment of fetal well-being)
  • Uteroplacental Doppler assessment
  • Fetal Echocardiography (detailed assessment of the fetal heart)

 FETAL THERAPY

  • Fetal infections
  • Fetal intrauterine intravascular transfusion / fetal blood sampling
  • Amniotic fluid removal
  • Management of early-onset fetal growth restriction

GENETIC PROCEDURES

  • Chorionic villous sampling (CVS)
  • Amniocentesis 
  • Fetal blood sampling

DIAGNOSIS OF GENETIC DISORDERS

  • Chromosomal defects
  • Gene disorders
  • Fetal anatomical / structural defects

GENETIC COUNSELING

  • Women with family history of genetic conditions
  • Women with abnormal genetic screening tests

HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY CONSULTATION

  • Hypertensive disorders
    • Chronic hypertension
    • Preeclampsia
  • Diabetes
    • Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
    • Pre-gestational or diabetes prior to pregnancy
    • Nutritional counseling
    • Glucose lowering agents: metformin, insulin  
  • Immunologic and autoimmune disorders in pregnancy
  • Renal disorders in pregnancy
  • Thyroid disorders in pregnancy
  • Maternal cardiac disorders
  • Preterm labor and preterm delivery
  • History of child with growth restriction or low birth weight baby in previous pregnancy
  • Placenta Accreta Spectrum 
  • Placenta abruption in previous pregnancy
  • Premature rupture of membranes in previous pregnancy
  • Management of twin / triplet / quadruplet pregnancies

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY

 

We also provide counseling and support for many other maternal and fetal conditions.

Our Locations

Lake Grove Office
4 Smith Haven Mall, Suite 112
Lake Grove, NY 11755
Phone: (631) 444-4686
Fax: (631) 444-4622

General Gynecology & Obstetrics
Maternal Fetal Medicine (High Risk Obstetrics)
Reproductive Endocrinology
Midwifery Services
Gyn Sonography
OB Sonography

Bohemia Office
4875 Sunrise Highway, Suite 200
Bohemia, NY 11716
Phone: (631) 444-4686
Fax: (631) 638-4400

General Gynecology & Obstetrics
Maternal Fetal Medicine(High Risk Obstetrics)
Midwifery Services
OB Sonography

The Life Care Center at Hampton Bays
225 West Montauk Highway
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
Phone: (631) 723-5000
Fax: (631) 723-5010

General Gynecology & Obstetrics
Maternal Fetal Medicine (High Risk Obstetrics)
Midwifery Services
OB Sonography

Commack Office
Advanced Specialty Care
500 Commack Road, Suite 200
Commack, NY  11725
Phone: (631) 444-4686
Fax: (631) 638-0245

General Gynecology & Obstetrics
Maternal Fetal Medicine (High Risk Obstetrics)
Midwifery Services
OB Sonography

South Bay OB/GYN
320 Montauk Highway
West Islip, NY  11795
Telephone: (631) 587-2500
Fax: (631) 638-0245

General Gynecology
High Risk Obstetrics/Perinatology
Menopause Management
Osteoporosis Screening
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Voiding Dysfunction and Urinary Leakage

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Last Updated
01/24/2023

Stony Brook University Associates in Obstetrics & Gynecology is offering Telehealth services which will allow our patients to receive our high-quality care from the safety and privacy of their home.

To see if your Ob/Gyn needs can be met virtually, please call us at (631) 444-4686.

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