"Pearls From - Elizabeth Howell, MD" - Hazel Shahgholi Smith
Despite advanced technologies and treatments, the U.S. continues to lag behind many other developed nations in terms of maternal mortality. Elizabeth Howell, MD, director of the Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses key areas of preventability. “I think it's important to remember that I think all of us in ob/gyn now are increasing our focus on the preconception period given the rise in chronic illness and the rise in obesity in women in this country. We all need to focus on optimizing their health prior to them getting pregnant. If we can do that, we probably would have a chance of lowering pregnancy complications and severe morbidity and mortality,” said Dr. Howell. There are lots of resources that hospitals and health systems across the country can now access to help them think about how they put the right systems in place to try to reduce morbidity and mortality, and then reduce disparities, she concluded.
- Elizabeth Howell, MD, MPP, Professor, Population Health Science and Policy, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Associate Dean, Academic Development, Director, The Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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