Current Fellows
Meet the current fellows at Saint Louis University's Maternal-Fetal Fellowship program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health.
PGY VII

Alexandra Schroeder, M.D.
Research projects:
- Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy – Impact on the Placenta and Neonatal Outcomes
- QI Project: Diabetes in the 4th Trimester - Setting Patients Up for Success
- Multiple projects examining substance use disorder and adverse pregnancy outcomes utilizing the National Inpatient Database

Zachary Stanley, M.D.
- Association of low and high fetal fraction among pregnant individuals undergoing cell free DNA screening with adverse perinatal outcomes and placental pathology
- Implementation of an iron-deficit based protocol for antepartum IV iron administration
PGY VI

Michelle Petrich, M.D.
- Predictors of maternal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant individuals with substance use disorder
- How does social vulnerability influence substance use patterns in pregnant persons with substance use disorder?
- Impact of a Statewide Quality Collaborative on Screening and Referral for Perinatal Substance Use Disorders
- Universal cervical length screening at the time of the fetal anatomic survey for patients at low risk of spontaneous preterm birth
- Improving RSV vaccine hesitancy amongst pregnant individuals at a single academic tertiary care center

Tucker Doiron, M.D.
Research projects:
- Class III Obesity SSI Prevention
- Placental Changes in CHD
- Antihypertensive choice in Severe Preeclampsia and FGR
- Fetal UTD Outcomes after a New Classification System
PGY V

Katherine Chen, M.D.
- Smoking Cessation Among Women with Perinatal Substance Use Disorders: A Mixed Methods Implementation Science Study
- Racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity: Identifying Predictors for Designing Interventions and Risk Reduction – presented as SMFM
- Randomized Control Trial to compare post-op Pain control in SUD population
- Buprenorphine Metabolites

Andrew Storm, M.D.
- Success of vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) following induced versus spontaneous labor
- Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of severe maternal morbidity: Opportunities for prevention of maternal morbidity
- Provider Perspectives about smoking cessation programming for patients with substance use disorder: mixed methods approach
- Piperacillin-tazobactam and clindamycin based standardized treatment of chorioamnionitis: non-inferiority study
- Maternal immune microenvironment in fetal congenital disease