The specialists at the Center for Maternal and Fetal Care provide state-of-the-art care for women with high-risk pregnancies. Our team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists, genetic counselors, sonographers, and nurses are at the cutting edge of clinical management in high-risk pregnancies. Women with a family history of genetic disorders or risk factors for birth defects are seen by our experienced team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists who provide and coordinate care with their team of genetic- counselors. The specialists at the Center for Maternal and Fetal Care have a very close partnership with the pediatric and neonatal specialists at Levine Children's Hospital. Receiving care throughout your pregnancy at CMC will ensure a seamless process from the confirmation of pregnancy to life with your baby after delivery.

Services Provided:

• Ongoing care and management for women with a history of complicated pregnancy or women who are currently experiences medical complications in pregnancy
• Level II ultrasound
• Fetal echocardiography
• Diagnostic tests
• Chorionic villus sampling
• Amniocentesis
• Fetal blood sampling
• Ultrasound-guided in utero blood transfusion

Conditions Diagnosed and Treated:

• Abdominal Wall Defects
• Omphalocele
• Gastroschisis
• Limb-Body Wall Defect
• Pentology of Cantrell
• Cardiac Heart Disease
• Aortic Stenosis
• Complete Heart Block
• Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome/HLHS
• Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
• Chest Anomalies
• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia/CHD
• Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of the Lung/CCAM
• Bronchopulmonary Sequestrations/BPS
• Pleural Effusions
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Esophageal atresia
• Intraabdominal Cysts
• Genitourinary Problems
• Bladder Outlet Obstruction
• Bladder Exstrophy
• Hydronephrosis
• Cloaca
• Persistent Cloaca
• Cloaca Extrophy
• Neurologic Problems
• Hydrocephalus
• Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida
• Dandy-Walker Malformation
• Arachnoid Syst
• Encephalocele
• Vein of Galen Aneurysm
• Twin Problems
• Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome/TTTS
• Twin-Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence/TRAP Sequence
• Anomalies in Monochorionic Twins

Fetal Surgery Options:

• Thoraco-amniotic shunting for Pleural Effusions, CCAM
• Vescio-amniotic shunting for Bladder Outlet Obstruction and obstructed cloaca
• Fetoscopic laser surgery
• Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTS)
• Amniotic band syndrome
• Chorioangioma Fetoscopic cord ligation for TRAP Sequence or monoamniotic twins with cord entanglement
• Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for twin reverse arterial perfusion (TRAP) Sequence and anomalous co-twin in monochorionic twins

Meet the Fetal Care Team:

Physicians

Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG, Director of the Charlotte Fetal Care Center
Albert Franco, MD, FACOG, Assistant Director of the Charlotte Fetal Care Center

Maternal Fetal Medicine Division
Joesph, M. Ernest, MD, Chairman
Avick Mitra, MD, Associate Director
Tom Stubbs, MD, Associate Director
Courtney Stephenson, MD, Associate Director
Nikki Koklanaris, MD, Assistant Director  
Alyssa Mills, MD, Assistant Director
Priya V. Rajan, MD, Assistant Director

Nurses

Emili Raine, RN, MFM Coordinator
Monica Roush, RN, RDMS, Sonographer Surpervisor

Sonographers

Andrew Schuller, RDMS, lead fetal care sonographer

Lauren Barbee, RDMS
Jolene Bryant, RDMS
Becky Carter, RDMS
Deanna Lloyd, RDMS
Pamela Manley, RDMS
Dawn Martin, RDMS
Jamie McFadden, RDMS
Leslie Morris, RDMS
Alisha Robinson, RDMS
Monica Roush, RN, RDMS

Genetic Counselors

Teresa Brady, MS, CGC
Beth Dellinger, MS, CGC
Cheryl Dickerson, MS, CGC
Jenny Hargett, MS, CGC
Jessica Hooks, MS, CGC
Stephanie Nix, MS, CGC
Jean St. John, MS, CGC

More Information about the Center for Maternal and Fetal Care:

CMC Women's Institute
1025 Morehead Medical Drive Suite 500
Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704-355-3149

Satellite Locations

CMC Women's Institute-Ballantyne
14214 Ballantyne Lake Road
Charlotte, NC 28277

CMC Women's Institute-Northeast
200 Medical Park Dr.
Concord, NC 28025

Why Levine Children's Hospital and the Fetal Care Center of Charlotte?

• Fetal Therapy: one of the few centers in the county capable of performing fetoscopy, a specialized procedure where a camera is placed within the womb to view the developing fetus.

• Close partnerships between maternal-fetal medicine physicians and neonatologists, cardiologists, geneticists, urologists, and surgeons that may be involved in the care of your baby after birth.