Meet our maternal fetal medicine faculty + care team at Tufts Medical Center

Our faculty are leaders in maternal fetal medicine, committed to mentoring fellows, advancing research and delivering exceptional clinical care. They bring a wealth of experience across maternal, fetal and obstetric complications, prenatal diagnosis​ and high-risk pregnancies. Fellows benefit from their guidance in patient care, research projects and professional development.

Program leadership

• Mohak Mhatre, MD, Program Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: Prenatal diagnosis, fetal intervention and therapy
• Michael D. House, MD, Director, Perinatal Research; Associate Program Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: High-risk pregnancy, biomechanics, ultrasound

Core faculty

• Sabrina D. Craigo, MD, Chief, Maternal Fetal Medicine; Vice Chair, Obstetrics; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: Prenatal diagnosis, medical complications in pregnancy, cervical incompetence, multiple gestations
• Dorothy M. Beazley, DO,  Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: High-risk pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, preterm birth, ultrasound
• Diana Kolettis, MD, Associate Program Director, Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: Cervical insufficiency, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, prenatal diagnostics
• Jennifer Ludgin, MD, Associate Director of Labor and Delivery; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
• Logan Mauney, MD, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: Obstetric quality, safety​ and process improvement; hematologic disorders and anemia of pregnancy; risk prediction and prevention of perinatal morbidity
• Britta Panda, MD, PhD, Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: High-risk pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, medical complications of pregnancy
• Ashley Peterson, MD, Director, Obstetric Quality and Safety; Director, Perinatal Diagnostics Center; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: Substance use disorders, diabetes in pregnancy, preterm birth, obstetric quality and safety, prenatal diagnosis
• Sebastian Z. Ramos, MD, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Expertise: Maternal fetal medicine, diabetes in pregnancy, preterm birth, preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, LGBTQ+ obstetric care
• Alexandra C. Spadola, MD, Director, Labor and Delivery
  Expertise: Prenatal diagnosis, mood disorders, substance use disorders, diabetes in pregnancy
• Erika F. Werner, MD, MS, Physician-in-Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Expertise: Maternal fetal medicine, diabetes in pregnancy, periviable pregnancy loss, preterm birth, preeclampsia

Certified genetic counselors

• Linda Beetlestone, MS, CGC, Prenatal genetics
• Beth Berlin, MS, CGC, Prenatal genetics
• Amanda Buchanan, MS, CGC, Prenatal genetics
• Leah Cross, MS, CGC, Prenatal genetics
• Jenna McMahon, MS, CGC, Prenatal genetics
• Lucian Parece, MS, CGC, Prenatal genetics

Maternal-fetal medicine fellowship conferences + educational presentations at Tufts Medical Center

The Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center offers a robust schedule of conferences and lectures designed to support fellows’ clinical expertise, research skills and professional development. Fellows attend sessions in their division, department​ and group. These sessions cover all areas of maternal-fetal medicine, prenatal diagnosis​ and related subspecialties.

Regularly scheduled lectures and conferences include:

• Weekly divisional clinical conferences: Cover the full field of obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine, including acute intrapartum, antepartum and postpartum complications, medical complications of pregnancy and fetal and maternal physiology.
• Biweekly divisional conferences: Review topics on prenatal diagnosis, genetics, teratology, infectious disease and postnatal management of fetal complications.
• Monthly multidisciplinary antenatal management conference: Includes post-hoc review of prenatally diagnosed anomalies and collaboration between perinatologists, genetic counselors, neonatologists, pediatric subspecialists and radiologists.
• Monthly multidisciplinary basic science conferences: Cover research in obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics.
• Weekly departmental Grand Rounds: Provide exposure to clinical cases, research updates and expert lectures.
• Monthly departmental Morbidity and Mortality: Focus on reviewing clinical outcomes and quality improvement opportunities.
• Quarterly divisional Journal Club: Discuss recent literature and emerging research in maternal-fetal medicine.
• Quarterly perinatology-neonatology joint conferences: Focus on challenging clinical scenarios with complex fetal and neonatal outcomes.
• Semiannual placental pathology conferences: Explore placental pathology findings and their clinical implications.