Overview
Dr. Marika Toscano is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is also the Associate Program Director for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Toscano received her undergraduate degree in Human Biology, Health, and Society from Skidmore College, followed by a Master of Science in Clinical Chemistry from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her medical degree from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, and completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center. In her clinical role, Dr. Toscano provides high-risk obstetric care, specializing in complex pregnancies. She sees patients for consultations, prenatal care visits, ultrasound visits and procedures, and as service attending on labor and delivery/antepartum. She is also deeply involved in clinical program building, including leading initiatives for universal perinatal depression screening at JH and the development of integrated care models for perinatal mood disorders. Dr. Toscano's research focuses on perinatal mental health, high-risk pregnancy, and innovations in obstetric ultrasound technology. Her work includes the development of interventions to prevent postpartum depression in high-risk obstetric populations, as well as the application of point-of-care ultrasound in low-resource settings. She has been awarded several grants, including funding from the NIH (Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholar) and GE Healthcare, and has published on topics ranging from maternal mental health to ultrasound applications in perinatal care.
Dr. Toscano is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of HELLP Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Asherman Syndrome, HELLP Syndrome, and Placenta Previa.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 24 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of HELLP Syndrome.
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Nelson BLDG, 2 Floor Ste 2-150, Baltimore, MD 21287
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Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Karin Blakemore, M.D., is the director of prenatal genetics at the prenatal diagnostic center in the Johns Hopkins Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and she is a member of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include fetal imaging and fetal genetic disorders. Dr. Blakemore also serves as a professor of oncology and of gynecology and obstetrics in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Blakemore earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. She completed her residency at New York University Medical Center and performed fellowships in genetics at Yale University School of Medicine and in maternal and fetal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. Her research interests include Fetal Genetic Disorders; Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Treatment; In Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Hemoglobinopathies; Red cell and platelet alloimmunization; Intrapartum physiology and outcomes; Placental development and abnormalities. Dr. Blakemore is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of HELLP Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are HELLP Syndrome, Desbuquois Syndrome, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), and Hypochondroplasia.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ichchha Madan is a Neonatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Madan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of HELLP Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Newborn Low Blood Sugar, HELLP Syndrome, and Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
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A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a graduate of the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Dr. Nancy A. Hueppchen received her medical degree from the Mercer University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at The Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California in Obstetrics and Gynecology. At the completion of her residency, she went on to a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hueppchen then completed her tour of duty in the United States Navy as Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services School of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Hueppchen joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in September of 2002, and is currently an Assistant Dean of Curriculum in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Dr. Hueppchen is the Director of High Risk Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and also Director of Medical Student Clerkship. She is a Diplomat of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and is a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the Association for Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and the Howard A. Kelly Gynecology and Obstetric Society. Dr. Hueppchen's interests include fetal ultrasound abnormalities, genetic conditions, abnormal maternal serum screening, prenatal diagnosis, and resident and medical student education. She performs a full range of prenatal diagnostic procedures, including obstetric ultrasound, Doppler studies, amniocentesis, and chorionic villus sampling (CVS). Dr. Hueppchen sees patients for ultrasound and ultrasound-related consultations in the Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Her outpatient Gynecology and Obstetric practice, including High Risk Obstetrics practice and Genetics consultations, is at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center outpatient site. Videos Meet our Experts - Dr. Nancy Hueppchen. Dr. Hueppchen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of HELLP Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are HELLP Syndrome and Gestational Diabetes.
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- Asherman SyndromeDr. Toscano isExperienced. Learn about Asherman Syndrome.
- HELLP SyndromeDr. Toscano isExperienced. Learn about HELLP Syndrome.
- Placenta PreviaDr. Toscano isExperienced. Learn about Placenta Previa.