Medical Services > Gynecology and Obstetrics

UT Southwestern maternal-fetal medicine specialists work side-by-side with physicians from our general obstetrics and gynecology division and community obstetricians to provide seamless patient care during pregnancy. Our maternal-fetal medicine physicians provide a 24-hour-a-day high-risk consultation and referral service to obstetricians and their patients from the local community and throughout Texas and the southwestern United States. 

We offer a maternal transport service for women experiencing complications during their pregnancy. Working with a team of neonatologists staffing Dallas' first level III Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery, the doctors at UT Southwestern offer an extensive array of diagnostic, consultative, and treatment options for both mother and child.

We have established a maternal-fetal transport hotline for the convenience of obstetricians. The hotline provides direct physician-to-physician contact (24/7) for high-risk obstetrical cases and is the number to call when arranging transportation of patients to maternal-fetal medicine specialists at UT Southwestern University Hospital. For non-urgent, non-emergency problems, please call 214-645-3837.

To reach the maternal-fetal transport hotline, please call:

Maternal-Fetal Transport Hotline
877-887-9MFM (877-887-9636)

Examples of the services we provide include:

• Physician consultation in pregnancy planning and management of high-risk patients
  
  
• State-of-the-art high-resolution ultrasound
  
  
• Amniocentesis
  
  
• Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling
  
  
• Chorionic villus sampling
  
  
• Identification and treatment of perinatal infections
  
  
• Clinical teratology evaluations and counseling
  
  
• Fetal therapeutics including fetal blood sampling, intrauterine transfusions, and fetal shunt placement
  
  
• Genetic counseling by a highly skilled team consisting of genetic counselors and maternal-fetal medicine specialists available 24 hours a day
  
  
• Coordination of maternal-child treatment and care for congenital anomalies and other perinatal problems with a team of neonatologists and pediatric surgeons at UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center Dallas
  
  
• Availability of a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery at UT Southwestern University Hospital as well as a new level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children's Medical Center Dallas for infants requiring surgery after birth