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Maternal-Fetal Medicine Services

Maternal-fetal medicine specialists provide complete care of obstetrical patients with medical or surgical complications during pregnancy. The group of physicians supervises a busy antepartum service, providing critical care to obstetrical patients, targeted perinatal sonography and antepartum testing and techniques to manage complications of pregnancy. Physicians in the division work in conjunction with neonatologists, geneticists and obstetrical anesthesiologists to provide comprehensive care to mother and infant.

Specialty Services
Perinatal Center
Loyola University Health System (Loyola) is a state-designated perinatal center providing coordinated high-risk obstetrical and neonatal services for some of the most difficult cases in Illinois. The center serves eight regional hospitals improving survival rates and reducing mortality of high-risk babies born to mothers who many have medical or surgical complications.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The unit has one of the state’s highest survival rates for low birth-weight infants.

Obstetrical Intensive Care Unit
One of the few in the United States, this dedicated unit provides critical care for the mother and unborn fetus.

Fetal Assessment Center
The center offers leading-edge prenatal diagnosis capabilities.

Genetic Counseling
Complete perinatal genetic counseling services are available with certified genetic counselors, maternal-fetal medicine specialists and pediatric geneticists.

Research
Research interests include tocolytic therapies, multi-fetal pregnancies and autoimmune disorders, pre-eclampsia, preterm labor, growth restriction and cerebral palsy.

Locations and Contacts
A full spectrum of maternal-fetal medicine services is available in Maywood at:

Loyola University Hospital
Loyola Outpatient Center

Consultative clinics are held at:
Loyola Center for Health at Elmhurst (In late August 2007, maternal-fetal medicine will move from Elmhurst to Oakbrook Terrace Medical Center)
Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen

If you would like to make an appointment or need assistance to find an appropriate physician, please call us at (888) LUHS-888.

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Director
Richard E. Besinger, MD, FACOG

 

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