Local media outlets recently interviewed Sean Daneshmand, MD, about the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program at Scripps Clinic, which continues to expand its services for high-risk pregnancy patients. The program has created an extensive regional network of specialists and subspecialists, extended its services to new clinic locations and established its Diabetes in Pregnancy Program, with more improvements in the works. The program is open to all high-risk patients planning to deliver at a Scripps hospital.
I have been in practice as a maternal-fetal medicine specialist since 2002 in San Diego, CA. I am currently serving as the medical director for the division of perinatology at Scripps Clinic/Health. I am also the founder of a non-profit, Miracle Babies, established in 2010 where we serve patients with transportation to families with babies with congenital abnormalities to their appointments or to the Neonatal intensive care unit. Miracle Babies also provides maternal mental health therapy for women with complicated pregnancies through a program called, My Brain and My Baby.
Daneshmand SS,ChmaitRH, Moore TR, Bogic L. Preterm premature rupture of membranes: vascularendothelial growth factor and its association with histologic chorioamnionitis.Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;187(5):1131‐1136. doi:10.1067/mob. PMID: 12439490.
Daneshmand SS, Cheung CY, Brace RA.Regulation of amniotic fluid volume by intramembranous absorption in sheep:role of passive permeability and vascular endothelial growth factor. Am JObstet Gynecol. 2003;188(3):786‐793. doi:10.1067/mob.2003. PMID:12634658
As a Clinician and Maternal and Fetal specialist. I have continued interest in clinical research and have published papers focused on unique cases and reviews of clinical challenges for diagnosis and treatments. Examples include genetic predispositions, retrospective analyses of clinical management strategies, and an uncommon event of intrapartum rupture of the unscarred uterus. Publications also included myelomeningoceles which are routinely diagnosed prenatally using ultrasound where the level of the neural defect was shown to correlate with functional and cognitive outcomes in infants with myelomeningocele supporting prognostic importance to identify prenatally. These studies help to fill crucial gaps in our understanding of perinatal medicine to ultimately improve maternal and neonatal outcomes while emphasizing the importance of careful patient monitoring.
a. McEwing RL, Pretorius DH, James HE, Daneshmand S, McEwing RL, et al.Prenatal assignation of lesion levels in neural tube defects by using ultrasonography. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2005 Mar;102(2Suppl):248-51. doi: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.2.0248.PMID: 16156240.
b. Catanzarite V, Cousins L, Dowling D, Daneshmand S,Catanzarite V, et al.Oxytocin-associated rupture of anunscarred uterus in a primigravida. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Sep;108(3 Pt 2):723-5. doi: 10.1097/01.PMID: 17018478
Studies show that mothers experiencing depression, anxiety, or other mental health disorders may have difficulty providing the nurturing care and stimulation that young children need to thrive.
Dr. Sean Daneshmand, through his nonprofit Miracle Babies, provides financial assistance to families who have given birth to high-risk babies. After his own wife was
Pregnancy is the term used to describe the period in which a fetus develops inside a woman’s womb or uterus.
Pregnancy is the term used to describe the period in which a fetus develops inside a woman’s womb or uterus.
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