2021 Family Planning, Anticipating & Managing Pregnancy Complications - Dr. Melissa Russo

This presentation is from the 2021 EDS ECHO Summit: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (vEDS). vEDS is a genetic connective tissue disorder that causes the blood vessels and organs to be fragile and prone to tearing: www.ehlers-dan...
Melissa L. Russo is a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine (high-risk obstetrics) and clinical genetics. She currently works at Women and Infants Hospital, an affiliate of Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She pursued her residency in obstetrics and gynecology and fellowship training in maternal fetal medicine and clinical genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Her current research is focused on the effects of pregnancy on the risk for aortic dissection, determining the risk factors for aortic dissection in pregnancy, and better characterizing obstetrical and cardiovascular outcomes for the mom and fetus during pregnancy. Her goals are to 1) empower women with these disorders with knowledge to allow them to make decisions and advocate about their reproductive choices and care during pregnancy and 2) educate health care providers on recognition and management of these disorders in pregnancy.

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