The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine excels in the diagnosis, treatment, and delivery of patients experiencing a high-risk pregnancy.

Our patient care delivery system is nationally recognized for its integrated approach and its ability to measure treatment outcomes.

Our providers are experts in:

• Comprehensive ultrasound screening
• Diagnosis and treatment of complex maternal medical conditions
• Evaluation and consultation for pregnancy complications
• First-trimester genetic screening
• High-resolution, 3D, and 4D ultrasounds
• Preconception and genetic counseling and genetic testing to identify inherited and antenatal risks
• Prenatal diagnostic procedures such as amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and intrauterine transfusions
• Specialized in utero procedures, such as fetal transfusions and fetal shunt procedures
• Management of placenta accreta spectrum disorders
• Cardio obstetrics

Services and Programs

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine practice in the UT Southwestern Health System handles 25% of deliveries each year at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. It also operates a maternal transport service and accepts high-risk patients from community obstetricians.

At Parkland Health and Hospital System, our clinical service is responsible for the busiest comprehensive maternity program in the United States – approximately 150,000 prenatal visits and more than 10,000 deliveries annually. This is the environment in which Williams Obstetrics, the leading textbook in our field, is developed.

Clinical Facilities

Our Division’s faculty delivers comprehensive obstetrical and subspecialty care at UT Southwestern’s Clements University Hospital and at four community clinics.

The UT Southwestern practice is small compared to the Parkland Memorial Hospital maternity service. However, it is unique because in addition to diagnostic and consultative services, our Maternal-Fetal Medicine practice is open to obstetrical patients delivered by our faculty.

UT Southwestern William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital

Clements University Hospital is a 460-bed, maternal level IV hospital that has 16 family-oriented birthing suites, three obstetrical specialty surgical suites, and 30 neonatal intensive care rooms.

UT Southwestern Community Clinics

We provide care at four Ob/Gyn and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinics, located on UT Southwestern’s main campus and in Irving, Las Colinas, and Plano.

Parkland Health and Hospital System

Parkland Memorial Hospital is a 2.1 million-square-foot hospital with 862 single-patient rooms, 44 labor and delivery rooms, nine dedicated obstetrical operating rooms, and a 23-bed recovery room. Moreover, Parkland is home to Dallas County's first neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the largest level III unit in the region, with 96 individual rooms.

On Parkland’s campus, our faculty members also see patients at the Women and Infants Specialty Health (WISH) outpatient facility, which is home to clinics for obstetrical complications.

Other Partner Facilities

The Division’s faculty are also contracted to provide maternal medical direction at Texas Health Plano, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving, and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco.

Of the facilities at which we deliver our patients, Clements University Hospital, Parkland, and Texas Health Plano have received level IV designation for their maternal facilities.