SMFM's Podcast Series

In April 2021, SMFM's Patient Safety and Quality Committee published a new checklist for the initial management of amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) in AJOG. On this podcast, Dr. Nick Burns interviews Dr. Andy Combs, Chair of the Patient Safety and Quality Committee and an author of the checklist, to learn why it was developed and how it can be used by MFMs and other obstetric clinicians in responding...

Join Dr. Andrea Shields as she discusses with the lead authors Drs. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman and Russell Miller on consults Cesarean Scar Pregnancy (CSP).

SMFM presents a  special podcast mini-series on  balancing personal and professional life as an MFM during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In this 1 st  episode, j oin  Dr s . Sarah Cross, Veronica  Pimental , Anna Euser , and Chris Han   as they discuss the impact COVID-19 has   had   on their  parenting style s  and clinical practice . This podcast recording includes information on COVID-19 statistics t...

In our first Mandarin-language podcast, Dr. Stacy Tsai (University of Hawaii) and Dr. Christina Han (韓世琦 醫生; UCLA) discuss the objectives of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and what the Society offers to our international members.  Not a member? Visit the SMFM website www.smfm.org/join to join or renew. Contact Tim Heinle ( theinle@smfm.org ) to learn more about SMFM member benefits.

The Coding Committee is happy to offer the SMFM Members a podcast on first trimester coding, which is a short refresher on best first trimester coding practices.  Dr. Manijeh Kamyar reviews the codes used, offers some tips and answers commonly asked questions. This podcast is geared towards all members who perform first trimester ultrasound. We hope our members listen in and have the chance to opt...

Speakers: Dr. Jasmine Johnson (interviewer, Gabbie Taylor) Recorded: February 2020 Despite significant advances in U.S. medical care, racial disparities in preterm births persist among non-Hispanic (NH) black and NH white women. Can socioeconomic factors explain the differences in pre-term births between these groups? Listen to Dr. Jasmine Johnson, a maternal-fetal medicine fellow and clinical ins...

Speakers: Dr. Sean Blackwell (interviewer, Dr. Sarah Horvath) Recorded: February 2020 Women at high risk for maternal mortality and morbidity have unique needs for reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion. However, barriers such as state legislation, access to trained providers, and challenges in assessing and communicating risk often make it difficult for these women to...

Speakers: Dr. Sean Blackwell (interviewer, Dr. Sarah Horvath) Recorded: February 2020 Women at high risk for maternal mortality and morbidity have unique needs for reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion. However, barriers such as state legislation, access to trained providers, and challenges in assessing and communicating risk often make it difficult for these women to...

Speakers: Dr. Laura Riley, Dr. Brenna Hughes (interviewer, Dr. Suwan Mehra) Recorded: March 2020 First reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019, coronavirus-associated disease (COVID-19) has quickly spread across the globe, prompting the World Health Organization to declare the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Communication to obstetric care providers about this disease, how best t...

Speakers: Dr. Alison Cahill and Gabbie Taylor  Recorded: January 2020 Dr. Alison Cahill, 2020 Annual Meeting Programs Chair for SMFM, shares what she is most excited about experiencing at this year's 40th Annual Meeting, advice for 1st time attendees, and tips for having your research abstract presented at future meetings.

2019 - 2020 SMFM President, Dr. Brian Iriye, reflects on his presidential term, discusses the history of SMFM, and shares his list of "Must-See" events & activities at the 40th Annual Meeting in Grapevine, TX. 

Join us as Dr. Sarah Osmundson, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University and SMFM Publications Committee member, and MFM Fellow, Dr. John Byrne, discuss 17-OHPC to prevent recurrent preterm birth . SMFM's 2019 statement on use of 17-OHCP can be viewed on the SMFM website.

Join us as Dr. Christina Han interviews Dr. Geeta Swamy on best practices in managing and treating influenza in pregnancy.

Speaker: Dr. Vanita Jain Title: MFM Coding: Tips, Best practices, and Resources Recorded: October 2019 Description: Dr. Jain reviews 5 common mistakes and tips for the MFM practitioner, including best practices to ensure compliance.  Currently available MFM resources for coding will also be reviewed. 

Speakers: Dr. Anup Katheria Recorded: February 2019 ACOG recommends delayed cord clamping in infants that do not need resuscitation. Join Dr. Katheria as he discusses important perinatal research surrounding umbilical cord milking as an alternative to delayed cord clamping as a means to provide additional blood to at risk premature babies without delaying neonatal resuscitative efforts. In this po...

Speakers: Drs. Aleha Aziz and Alex Friedman Recorded: April 2019 Join Drs. Aleha Aziz and Alex Friedman as they discuss the findings from their study on racial disparities during postpartum readmissions in an interview by SMFM education committee member, Dr. John Byrne. The authors discuss the links between race and ethnicity with maternal morbidity and mortality postpartum in response to a call f...

Join Drs. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, Allison Cahill, Lorraine Dugoff and Christopher Robinson​ as they discuss the SMFM abstract review process.

Join Dr. Lorie Harper, as she discusses her research on "Early gestational diabetes screening in obese women: a randomized controlled trial."  In this podcast, she will examine the outcomes of early gestational diabetes screening versus routine gestational diabetes screening in pregnant obese women. 

Dr. Sindhu Srinivas, Chair of SMFM's Health Policy & Advocacy Committee and Katie Schubert, SMFM's Chief Advocacy Officer discuss SMFM's policy and advocacy agenda and how SMFM members can get involved.

Join Dr. Jeffrey Kuller as he discusses the current evidence regarding diagnosis, evaluation, and management of mild fetal ventriculomegaly.

Join Dr. Eva Pressman as she discusses the current evidence regarding evaluation and management of polyhydramnios.

In this podcast, recent scientific data is reviewed exploring how the timing of amniotomy in term nulliparous labor induction impacts maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Join Drs. Christina Han and Neal Silverman as they discuss the current measles outbreak in the United States, how measles impacts pregnant and postpartum women, and what clinicians can do to help educate their patients about vaccine safety.​

Join Drs. Christina Han and Neil Silverman as they discuss the current state of Hepatitis B in pregnancy and best treatment practices.

Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman interviews Dr. Stephanie Purisch on the impact of delayed cord clamping on maternal blood loss in term cesarean sections, which was a randomized control trial presented at the Fellow's Oral Plenary session at SMFM's 39th Annual Pregnancy Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2019.  They discuss how their trial supports ACOG and SMFM's recommendation to perform delayed cord c...