Dr. Karin Blakemore

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 highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses HELLP Syndrome, Desbuquois Syndrome, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), and Hypochondroplasia.

Dr. Blakemore is board certified in American Board Of Obstetrics And Gynecology and Clinical Genetics. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 40 peer reviewed articles.