Obstetric Care Team

We’re by your side every step of the way

Our care teams have expertise tailored to your pregnancy. Our obstetric care team includes Stanford Medicine specialists in maternal-fetal medicine and general obstetrics, along with nurse practitioners dedicated to obstetric care. We also provide consultations and work with your obstetric providers in the local community to support your pregnancy. On your baby’s birth day, our Labor and Delivery team is ready for a normal delivery or one with complications.

Coordinated care for fetal health issues

Should your baby have complex health issues, our Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program will coordinate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary care team of subspecialists and services to support your and your baby’s needs.

Many of our staff members are bilingual, with translation services to support many languages, including sign language.

For information about our midwifery service, please call (650) 498-4069.

General obstetric care

Laura Brodzinsky, MD— Medical Director, Obstetrics clinic; Clinical Associate Professor Sylvie Blumstein, MD  (Obstetrics clinic only) — Clinical Assistant Professor Erica Cahill, MD, MS —Clinical Assistant Professor  Susan Crowe, MD—Director, Outpatient Breastfeeding Medicine Consultative Services; Clinical Professor Cynthia Detata, MD (Obstetrics clinic only) —Clinical Assistant Professor Jeffrey Faig, MD—Director, Diabetes and Other Endocrine Disorders in Pregnancy Program; Clinical Professor Andrea Henkel, MD—Clinical Assistant Professor Michele Hugin, MD (Labor and Delivery only)—Clinical Assistant Professor Justin Junn, MD, MBA—Clinical Assistant Professor

Juno Obedin-Maliver, MD, MPH, MAS (Labor and Delivery only)—Clinical Assistant Professor Kathryne Sanserino, MD —Clinical Assistant Professor Rachel Seay, MD (Labor and Delivery only)—Clinical Associate Professor Jade Shorter, MD, MSPH—Director Early Pregnancy Program; Clinical Assistant Professor Kathleen McGuinness, Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-C), MPH (Obstetrics clinic only) Germaine Villasin Albano, MSN, NEA-BC, RN-C—­Patient Care Director, Obstetric Services Jacqueline DelaCruz—Assistant Clinic Manager

High-risk obstetric care and preconception counseling

Natali Aziz, MD, MS (Obstetrics clinic only)—Director, Perinatal Infectious Diseases; Director, Modesto Perinatal Diagnostic Center and Central Valley Perinatal Services; Clinical Associate Professor Katherine Bianco, MD—Director, Maternal Congenital Heart Program; Clinical Associate Professor Yair Blumenfeld, MD—Director, Fetal Therapy Program; Clinical Associate Professor Mark Boddy, MD (Labor and Delivery only)—Director, Salinas Perinatal Diagnostic Center and Perinatal Services; Clinical Associate Professor Jane Chueh, MD—Director, Prenatal Diagnosis; Director, Sequoia Perinatal Diagnostic Center and Consultative Services; Clinical Professor Maurice Druzin, MD—Director, Perinatal Outreach; Clinical Professor Yasser El-Sayed, MD—Obstetrician-in-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford; Division Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics, Stanford University; Clinical Professor Luis Garcia, MD—Clinical Associate Professor Tiffany Herrero, MD— Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy Program; Co-Director, Diabetes and Pregnancy Program; Director, Perinatal Services at El Camino Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor

Amy Judy, MD, MPH—Co-Director Obstetric Simulation Program; Clinical Assistant Professor Scarlett Karakash, MD (Labor and Delivery only)—Director, Perinatal Services at Natividad Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor Deirdre Lyell, MD—Director of Placental Disorders Program, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford; Associate Division Chief of Maternal Medicine and Obstetrics, Stanford University; Professor Danielle Panelli, MD—Clinical Instructor Priya Prasad, MD—Clinical Assistant Professor Martha Rode, MD (Labor and Delivery only)—Director, Santa Cruz Perinatal Diagnostic Center and Perinatal Services; Clinical Associate Professor Sanaa Suharwardy, MD —Clinical Assistant Professor Virginia Winn, MD, PhD (Labor and Delivery only)—Division Director, Reproductive, Stem Cell and Perinatal Biology; Clinical Associate Professor Erica Wu, MD—Clinical Assistant Professor Charisse Fuller—Clinic Manager Antoniella Kapahu—Assistant Clinic Manager

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellows

Irogue Igbinosa, MD Christina Johnson, MD Haley Miller, MD Kathleen Minor, MD

Meryl Ueno Sperling, MD Anne Waldrop, MD

Midwifery care

Colleen Moreno, DNP, CNM—Certified Nurse Midwife; Director of Midwifery Services; Clinical Instructor Mary Jane Ajlouny, MSN, CNM—Certified Nurse Midwife

Lynn Chiarello, MSN, CNM—Certified Nurse Midwife; Clinical Instructor

Diabetes counseling and care (only offered at our Welch Road location)

Susan Carter, MS, RD, CDCES, BC-ADM—Dietitian, and Lead Certified Diabetes Educator Sue Kirkpatrick, RD, CDCES—Dietitian, and Certified Diabetes Education Specialist

Jeffrey Faig, MD—Director, Diabetes and Other Endocrine Disorders in Pregnancy Program; Clinical Professor Tiffany Herrero, MD— Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy Program; Co-Director, Diabetes and Pregnancy Program; Clinical Assistant Professor

Mental health care

Miriam Schultz, MD—Psychiatrist; Clinical Associate Professor

Additional members of your team

As a teaching hospital, we train health care providers. In addition to your obstetric provider, who supervises the entire team, you may also meet:

• OB/GYN residents—Licensed physicians who work closely with our attending physicians to complete their four-year training for certification as OB/GYN generalists
• Medical students
• Nursing students