Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM)

Academic Year 2025-2026
 

About the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship

The mission of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at BIDMC is to create leaders with robust clinical training, a world-class education and a broad range of individual opportunities in clinical innovation, research, advocacy and quality improvement in an innovative and progressive work environment. We aim to train individuals to become superb clinicians, leaders in the field of maternal-fetal medicine, productive researchers and inspiring teachers while providing compassion and humanism to patients.

The goals of our fellowship program are to:

  • Ensure that graduating fellows are capable of practicing the breadth and depth of clinical maternal-fetal medicine. They will graduate, knowing how to provide expert maternal-fetal medicine consultation for antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and preconception care.
  • Train physicians to perform complicated deliveries, excelling in obstetric ultrasound diagnosis and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
  • Ensure excellence in the evaluation and treatment of complicated medical disorders of pregnancy in the outpatient and inpatient setting.
  • Foster participation in multidisciplinary conferences during their tenure, as well as conduct research projects and develop innovative approaches to clinical care with the guidance of faculty mentors.

The fellowship curriculum consists of 12 months of protected research time and 24 months of clinical, including ultrasound, labor and delivery, antepartum, prenatal genetic, infectious disease, critical care and fetal cardiology. Fellows may also participate in OB/GYN medical education weekly perinatology conferences and other educational opportunities.

Fellowship Leadership & Teaching Faculty

Meet the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship leadership, faculty and staff.

• Melissa Spiel, DO, Fellowship Program Director
• Chloe Zera, MD, MPH, Division Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Meet Our Fellows

Meet our current fellows in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship.

Daniela Febres-Cordero, MD

Daniela Febres-Cordero, MD
PGY5

Residency
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine

Ethan Litman, MD

Ethan Litman, MD
PGY5

Residency
George Washington University

Medical School
Albany Medical College

Bridget Donovan, MD

Bridget Donovan, MD
PGY7

Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Medical School
Harvard Medical School

Apply to the MFM Fellowship

Applicants interested in this combined 4-year training pathway must submit their application by April 28, 2025. Please email Dayana Valerio at dvaleri1@bidmc.harvard.edu to be considered. 

Application Requirements: To be considered for this fellowship, please submit the following materials to our program directors, Dr. Melissa Spiel and Dr. Millie Anne

Ferrés, via Dayana Valerio at dvaleri1@bidmc.harvard.edu by April 28, 2025 (BOLD DATE). 

·    Curriculum Vitae 

·    Three letters of recommendation 

·    United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) scores 

·    CREOG scores

·    Personal statement 

Eligibility: Candidates must be eligible for medical licensure in Massachusetts and be board eligible or board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Candidates must be US citizens.

Interviews will be held May 2025.

PGY 4: Class of 2026

J. Sroda Agudogo, MD

Medical School
Duke University School of Medicine

Sarah Martinez, MD

Medical School
Albany Medical College

Aletheia Millien, MD

Medical School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
 

Sudarshan (Sid) Mohan, MD, MS

Medical School
Eastern Virginia Medical School
 

Giuliana Rivera Casul, MD

Medical School
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Megan Yuen, MD

Medical School
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

PGY 3: Class of 2027

Elizabeth Bloom, MD

Medical School
Duke University School of Medicine

Nina Feinberg, MD

 

 

 

Nina Feinberg, MD

Medical School

University of Vermont College of Medicine

Robert Jones, MD

Medical School
Virginia Commonwealth University School Of Medicine

Sophia Landay, MD

Medical School
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Sumaiya Mubarack, MD

Medical School
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Akosua Oppong, MD, MPH

Medical School
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

PGY 2: Class of 2028

Najma Abdullahi, MD, MPH

Medical School
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Heidi Chang, MD

Medical School
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Avery Cox, MD, MPH

Medical School
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Christiana Johnson, MD, MPH

Medical School
University of Minnesota Medical School

Sania Rahim, MD, MS

Medical School
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Evelyn Semenov, MD

Medical School
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Emily Zitkovsky, MD

Medical School
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Past OB/GYN Residents

Steffany Conyers, MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Columbia University, New York, NY

Alice Lee, MD
Attending Physician at NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY

Tyler Lueck , MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Chelsea Manning, MD
Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gyn Surgery (MIGS), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 

Tiffany Minors, MD
Attending Physician, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA

Indira Ranaweera, MD
Attending Physician, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD 

Steffany Conyers, MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Columbia University, New York, NY

Alice Lee, MD
Attending Physician at NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY

Tyler Lueck , MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Chelsea Manning, MD
Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gyn Surgery (MIGS), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 

Tiffany Minors, MD
Attending Physician, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA

Indira Ranaweera, MD
Attending Physician, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD 

Devon Abt Harris, MD,
Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, BIDMC, Boston

Tesia Koi, MD, MEd
Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery, Newton Wellesley, Hospital / Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston

Daniela Febres-Cordero, MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, BIDMC, Boston

David Toffey, MD
Academic Generalist, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Marissa Palmor, MD, MBE
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR,

Bridgette Wamakima, MD, MBA
Fellowship in Global Health, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston

Katie Baker, MD
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Brown University, Providence, RI

Andrea Jaresova, MD, MEd
Attending in Private Practice at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA

Corinne Jansen, MD
Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at Brown University, Providence, RI

Nicholas Teodoro, MD, MPH
Fellowship in Global Health at University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Alyssa Trochtenberg, MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Tufts University, Boston, MA

Michele Troutman, MD
Fellowship in Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology at Baylor University, Dallas, TX

Tooba Anwer, MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Lindsey Cypen, MD
Attending, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Rosibel Hernandez Castro, MD, MPH
Faculty Attending, Northwell Health Physician Partners, Garden City, NY

Phoebe Mitchell, MD
Attending, Private Faculty Group, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Ayresleigh Rowland, MD
Attending, Hudson Headwaters Health Network, Queensbury, NY

Matthew Shear, MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Ashley Aluko, MD
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Rachel A. Blake, MD
Faculty Generalist, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Dedham, Dedham, MA

Anita Y.T. Cheng, MD
Faculty Generalist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-BIDHC South Cove, Boston, MA

Yamicia D. Connor, MD, PhD
Fellow, The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University, Boston, MA

Jennie D. Krasker, MD
Faculty Generalist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates‐Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Quincy, MA

Laura Smith, MD
Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Catherine Dieffenbach, MD
Faculty Generalist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates‐Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Eva Luo, MD, MBA
Faculty Generalist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Sara McKinney, MD
Faculty Generalist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center‐BIDHC Chelsea, Boston, MA

Catherine Nosal, MD
Faculty Generalist, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL

Nisha Verma, MD
Fellowship in Family Planning, Emory University School of Medicine, GA

Rui Wang, MD
Fellow in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Andrew Wiechert, MD

2006–2018 OB/GYN Residents

Jennifer Chu, MD
Faculty Generalist, Kaiser Permanente, San Ramon, CA

Kristin Gerson, MD, PhD
Fellowship in Maternal‐Fetal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Sarah Lambeth, MD, MPH
Faculty Generalist, Erie Family Health Centers‐Swedish Covenant Hospital of Rush University, Chicago, IL

Michelle Lightfoot, MD, MPH
Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

Tariro Mupombwa, MD
Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Emily Willner, MD
Fellowship in Maternal‐Fetal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver CO

Atena Asiaii, MD, MPH
Fellow in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Palo Alto, CA

Erin Brooks, MD, MPH
Faculty Generalist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates‐Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Olivia Chang, MD, MPH
Fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Jessica Kuperstock, MD
Fellowship in Family Planning, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Kari Plewniak, MD
Fellow in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Montefiore Women’s Health‐Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Elizabeth Roberts, MD
Faculty Generalist, Mid‐Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Manassas, VA

Katherine Armstrong, MD
Fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ Mount Auburn Hospital, Boston, MA

Katherine Johnson, MD
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Zoe McKee, MD
Faculty Generalist, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

Bri Anne McKeon, MD
Faculty Generalist, USF Health, Tampa, FL

Sara Won, MD
Faculty Generalist, Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA

Margaret Chory, MD
Faculty Generalist, Magee's Women's Hospital/ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Emily Holden, MD
Faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, RWJ Barnabas Health/Damien Fertility Partners, Shrewsbury, NJ

Yetunde Ibrahim, MD
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Annie Liu, MD
Faculty in Gynecologic Oncology, Northwest Permanente Physicians and Surgeons, PC, Clackamas, OR

Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MS
Faculty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO

Katharine Barnes, MD
Faculty Generalist, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

Lara Harvey, MD, MPH
Faculty in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Lisa Hofler, MD, MPH
Faculty in Family Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Kristin Hung, MD
Faculty in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Lily Wu, MD
Faculty Generalist, South Cove Community Health Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Sarah Averbach, MD
Faculty in Family Planning, UC San Diego Health

Kristin Bixel, MD
Faculty in Gynecologic Oncology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

Mimi Fradinho, MD
Faculty Generalist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates/ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Julia Head, MD
Faculty Generalist, Kaiser Permanente, Clackamas, OR

Stephanie-Marie Jones, MD
Faculty Generalist, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

Lauren Cadish, MD
Faculty in Urogynecology, Providence Medical Institute, Santa Monica, CA

Sybil Dessie, MD
Faculty in Urogynecology, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Fairfax, VA

Jo Marie Janco, MD
Faculty in Gynecologic Oncology, Scripps Medical System, CA

Marianne Muchura, MD
Faculty Generalist, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Fairfax, VA

Julie Rhee, MD
Faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Vios Fertility Institute, St. Louis, MO

Lynsey Caldwell, MD
Faculty Generalist, Andrews Air Force Base/ South Maryland Hospital, Clinton, MD

Kathryn Humm, MD
Faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, The GW Medical Faculty Associates, Washington, DC

Fong Liu, MD, MPH
Faculty in Gynecologic Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Anna Lyapis, MD
Faculty in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, The Permanente Medical Group, Fremont, CA

Hayley Quant, MD
Faculty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Crozer Keystone Health System, Upland, PA

Allegra Deucher, MD
Faculty Generalist, Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates, Charlottesville, VA

Amanda Gann, MD
Faculty Generalist, Center for Women's Health, Kirkland, WA

Jason Knight, MD
Faculty Gynecologic Oncologist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Kyoko Okamura, MD, MPH
Private Practitioner, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Brett Young, MD
Faculty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Deborah Arden, MD
Faculty in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA

Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, MD
Director, AMPATH-UofT
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Global Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto

Sheila Krishnan Mody, MD, MPH
Faculty in Family Planning, University of California, San Diego, CA

Karen Tang, MD, MPH
Faculty in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Jennifer Scott, MD, MBA, MPH
Director of Global and Community Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Associate Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Women's Health, Global Health Programs
Faculty, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Marisa Dahlman, MD, MPH
Faculty in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Virginia Mason Hospital and Seattle Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Ila Dayananda, MD, MPH
Faculty in Family Planing, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Serena Dovey, MD
Faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Colorado, Denver, CO

Michelle Lafornara, MD
Private Practitioner, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Mary Vadnais, MD
Faculty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Lindsay DeFlesco, MD
Private Practitioner, Piscataway, NJ

Gouri Diwadkar, MD
Faculty in Urogynecology, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA

Jennifer Eaton, MD
Faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Melody Hou, MD
Faculty in Family Planning and Director of Medical Student Education, University of California, Davis, CA

Benjamin Lannon, MD
Faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Boston IVF and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Holly Khachadoorian-Elias, MD
Faculty Generalist and Associate Clerkship Director, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Julio Mazul, MD
Faculty Generalist, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Rita Sneeringer, MD
Faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Boston IVF and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Valerie Sugiyama, MD
Faculty in Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford Medicine, Pleasanton, CA

Linda Yang, MD
Faculty in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Loyola Medicine, Chicago, IL