The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Faculty

The University of Texas Medical Branch
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
3.400 John Sealy Annex
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, Texas 77555-0587
Phone: (409) 772-1571 · Fax (409)
772-5297
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Garland
Anderson, M.D.
Executive Vice-President &
Provost
Dean-School of Medicine
Professor |
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Clinical Interests |
Maternal and Fetal Physiology; Operative
Obstetrics, Normal and Abnormal Labors; Hypertensive Disorders in
Pregnancy |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
University of Tennessee College of Medicine,
M.D. |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Gary
D.V. Hankins, M.D.
Chairman & Professor
Jennie Sealy Smith
Distinguished Professor in
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Clinical Interests |
Maternal and Fetal Physiology; Critical Care
Obstetrics; Operative Obstetrics; Normal and Abnormal Labors;
Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine; Critical Care |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
Medical College of Virginia School of
Medicine, M.D., 1973 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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George
R. Saade, M.D.
Division Chief
Professor |
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Clinical Interests |
Maternal and Fetal Physiology; Hypertensive
Disorders in Pregnancy, Medical Complication of Pregnancy, Prematurity
and Ultrasound |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
American University of Beirut, M.D. , 1985 |
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Other Languages |
Arabic, French |
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Radoslaw
K. Bukowski, M.D.
Associate Professor |
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Clinical Interests |
Ultrasound, Medical Complication of
Pregnancy, Prematurity; Intrauterine Growth Restriction |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
University of Poznan Medical School, M.D. ,
1986 |
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Other Languages |
German, Polish, Russian |
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Shannon
Clark, M.D.
Assistant Professor |
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Clinical Interests |
Ultrasound, Medical Complication of
Pregnancy, Critical Care Obstetrics |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
NA |
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Education |
University of Louisville School of Medicine,
MD, MMS 2000 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Nima Goharkhay,
M.D.
Assistant Instructor |
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Clinical Interests |
Prenatal Diagnosis, Medical Complication of
Pregnancy, Preterm Labor |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Education |
University of Vienna Medical School, M.D. ,
1998 |
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Other Languages |
German; Persian; Spanish |
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Hassan
M. Harirah, M.D.
Associate Professor
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Clinical Interests |
Ultrasound, Medical Complication of
Pregnancy, Prematurity |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
Tanta University School of Medicine, Egypt,
M.D. , 1983 |
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Other Languages |
Arabic, French |
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Sangeeta Jain,
M.D.
Assistant Professor
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Clinical Interests |
Prematurity, Medical Complication of
Pregnancy, Ultrasound, Prenatal Diagnosis |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
NA |
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Education |
Maulana Azad Medical College, MD, MMS , 1991 |
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Other Languages |
Hindi |
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Michel
Antonios Makhlouf, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Clinical Interests |
Medical Complication of Pregnancy,
Prematurity |
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Specialty |
Ob/Gyn |
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Board Certifications |
NA |
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Education |
Medical University of South Carolina College
of Medicine, M.D. , 1999 |
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Other Languages |
Arabic, French |
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Mary
Bernadette Munn, M.D.
Director of Ultrasound
Assistant Professor
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Clinical Interests |
Ultrasound, Telemedicine, Prenatal Diagnosis,
High risk pregnancy |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine, Ob/Gyn |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
Tulane University School of Medicine, M.D. ,
1992 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Gayle
L. Olson Koutrouvelis, M.D.
Clerkship Director
Associate Professor
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Clinical Interests |
High Risk Pregnancy, Education, Ultrasound
and Prenatal Diagnosis |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
Creighton University School of Medicine, M.D.
, 1988 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Rakesh
B. Vadhera, M.D.
Director of Obstetric
Anesthesiology
Professor
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Clinical Interests |
Obstetric Anesthesiology |
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Specialty |
Obstetric Anesthesiology |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of AnesthesiologyFellow of
Royal College of Anesthesiology
Fellow of Faculty of Anesthesiology Royal College Society of India |
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Education |
Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India,
M.D. , 1979 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Tony
Soo-Tung Wen, M.D.
Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor
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Clinical Interests |
Ultrasound, Infectious Disease in Pregnancy,
Medical Complication of Pregnancy, Critical Care Obstetrics, Education |
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Specialty |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine |
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Education |
Texas Tech Univ Health Sciences Center School
of Medicine, M.D. , 1988 |
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Other Languages |
Chinese |
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Mahmoud
Ahmed, Ph.D.
Director of Laboratory of
Maternal Fetal Pharmacology
Professor
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Research Interests |
Mechanisms for placental dispositions of
medications used during pregnancy- opiate agonists used for treatment
of the opiate addict, hypoglycemic drugs used in treatment of
gestational diabetes and new medications for preterm delivery. |
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Specialty |
Biochemistry |
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Board Certifications |
NA |
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Education |
University of Tennessee School of Medicine,
Memphis, TN, Ph.D., 1974 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Monica
Longo, M.D. MMS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Research Interests |
In Utero Programming of Adult Vascular
Function, Preeclampsia |
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Specialty |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Board Certifications |
NA |
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Education |
Facolta’ di Medicina e Chirurgia,
Universita’degli Studi di Modena, Italy MD, 1996
Preventive Medicine and Community Health, The University of Texas
Medical Branch Galveston, TX, Ph.D. 200 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Elena
Sbrana, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
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Research Interests |
Autopsy pathology, Infectious disease |
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Specialty |
Autopsy pathology |
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Board Certifications |
University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of
Pathology, Ph.D. , 2006 |
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Education |
NA |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Egle
Bytantiene, M.D.
Research Fellow
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Research Interests |
Preeclampsia and the risk of cardiovascular
diseases in the mothers later in life
Fetal programming of asthma
Premature labor and type I hypersensitivity reaction |
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Specialty |
NA |
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Board Certifications |
NA |
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Education |
Vilnius University (Lithuania), MD 1991 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Tatiana Nanovskaya, D.D.S.,
Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor |
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Research Interests |
Placental disposition of drugs used for
treatment of pregnant women |
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Specialty |
Pharmacology |
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Board Certifications |
NA |
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Education |
Belarussian State Medical University, Minsk,
Belarus, D.D.S., Ph.D. , 1992 |
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Other Languages |
NA |
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Maternal/Fetal Faculty |
Areas of
interest |
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George Saade, MD |
PRM |
CLN |
DRG |
FSG |
USG |
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Gary DV Hankins, MD |
CCU |
CLN |
CRD |
HTN |
INF |
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Garland Anderson, MD |
APT |
CLN |
HTN |
MCP |
PRM |
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Gayle Olson, MD |
APT |
MCP |
FSG |
MFM |
USG |
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Mary Munn, MD |
USG |
CLN |
FSG |
MCP |
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Tony Wen, MD |
OTH |
EDU |
INF |
PTH |
MCP |
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Radek Bukowski, MD, PhD |
PRM |
USG |
FSG |
FPH |
APT |
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Hassan Harirah, MD |
HTN |
INF |
MFM |
PFM |
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Shannon Clark, MD |
MFM |
MCP |
CLN |
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Sangeeta Jain, MD |
MFM |
PRM |
MCP |
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Michael Makhlouf, MD |
MCP |
CLN |
OTH |
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Nima Goharkhay, MD |
MFM |
MCP |
OTH |
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Other
Faculty |
Areas of
interest |
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Robert E. Garfield, PhD |
HTN |
MPH |
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Melvyn S. Soloff, PhD |
MPH |
PRM |
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Martha A. Hargraves, PhD, MPH |
STA |
HTN |
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Wayne Patterson, PhD |
OTH |
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Rakesh Vadhera, MD |
ANS |
CRD |
MPH |
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Mahmoud S Ahmed, PhD |
DRG |
PPH |
OTH |
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Michael G. Izban, PhD |
MPH |
PRM |
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Chandra Yallampalli, DVM |
MPH |
PRM |
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Joan C. Richardson, MD |
FPH |
NEO |
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Lillian H. Lockhart, MD |
GEN |
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Monica Longo, MD, PhD |
HTN |
PRM |
STA |
 
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