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
Clinical Research
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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.
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Antonio Saad is a Neonatologist and an Obstetrics and Gynecologist in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Saad is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of HELLP Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Preeclampsia, Newborn Low Blood Sugar, Gestational Diabetes, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
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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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- Asherman SyndromeDr. Toscano isExperienced. Learn about Asherman Syndrome.
- HELLP SyndromeDr. Toscano isExperienced. Learn about HELLP Syndrome.
- Placenta PreviaDr. Toscano isExperienced. Learn about Placenta Previa.