Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program Care Team

Our Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program provides you with access to world-renowned experts in medical and surgical care for expectant mothers, infants, and children.

When you become our patient, we assemble a team of specialists unique to your and your baby’s needs because every pregnancy is unique. We all work together to ensure the best possible treatment and outcomes for you and your baby. We also coordinate your multidisciplinary care through a single point of contact to simplify care and provide you and your family with a seamless experience.

Susan Hintz, MD

Dr. Hintz is the medical director of the Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program and she is the Robert L. Hess Family Endowed Professor in Neonatal and Developmental Medicine. Dr. Hintz is board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Areas of expertise:Fetal health

Yair Blumenfeld, MD

Dr. Blumenfeld is the director of Fetal Therapy. He is board certified in Maternal & Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Areas of expertise:High-risk obstetrics, prenatal diagnosis, fetal therapy

Karl Sylvester, MD

Dr. Sylvester is the executive director of the Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program. He is board certified in Pediatric Surgery.

Areas of expertise:Pediatric surgery

Yasser El-Sayed, MD

Dr. El-Sayed is the Ford Family Endowed Obstetrician-in-Chief at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, the co-director of the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services, and the chief of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics Division at Stanford University. He is board certified in Maternal & Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Areas of expertise:High-risk obstetrics, prenatal diagnosis, fetal therapy

Deirdre Lyell, MD

Dr. Lyell is the director of the Program for Placental Disorders and the Pete Harman Endowed Faculty Scholar. She is board certified in Maternal & Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Areas of expertise:High-risk obstetrics, prenatal diagnosis, fetal therapy

Jane Chueh, MD

Dr. Chueh is the director of Prenatal Diagnosis. She is board certified in Maternal & Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Areas of expertise:High-risk obstetrics, prenatal diagnosis, fetal therapy

Richard Barth, MD

Dr. Barth is the chief of Pediatric Radiology and professor, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Health) He is board certified in Radiology and Pediatric Radiology.

Areas of expertise:Imaging

Dena Matalon, MD

Dr. Matalon is the director of Perinatal Genetics. She is board certified in Clinical Genetics.

Areas of expertise:Genetics, neurometabolic, neurogenomics, Alagille syndrome

Valerie Chock, MD

Dr. Chock is a neonatologist. She is board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Areas of expertise:Neonatology and neonatal neurology

Ritu Chitkara, MD

Dr. Chitkara is a neonatologist. She is board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Areas of expertise:Neonatology

Alexis Davis, MD

Dr. Davis is a neonatologist. She is board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Areas of expertise:Neonatology

Paul Grimm, MD

Dr. Grimm is board certified in Pediatric Nephrology.

Areas of expertise:Nephrology

Calvin Kuan, MD

Dr. Kuan is board certified in Anesthesiology.

Areas of expertise:Anesthesia

Karthik Balakrishnan, MD, MPH

Dr. Balakrishnan is a pediatric otolaryngologist and he is the Susan B. Ford Surgeon-in-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford Medicine Children's Health. Dr. Balakirshnan is board certified in Otolaryngology and Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology.

Areas of expertise:Fetal and neonatal airway conditions