A Doctor Delivers Podcast with Shannon M. Clark, MD Shannon M. Clark, MD

Dr. Shannon M. Clark discusses the following with genetic counselor, Liz Sheehan @agirlsnameisbizbiz:
•what are fetal chromosomal aneuploidies
•different types of antenatal screening tests
•cell-free DNA screening
•NT measurement plus serum screening in first trimester
•quad screen in second trimester
•screening PGT tested embryos
•ultrasound soft markers: choroid plexus cysts, echogenic intracardiac focus, echogenic bowel, pylectasis, single umbilical artery


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Sen. Bill Cassidy of LA, who is also an MD specializing in GI or liver disease, had an interview with POLITICO for the Harvard Chan School of Public Health series Public Health on the Brink on May 19.

He has claimed to be unapologetically “prolife”, but said in this interview when asked what needs to be done about LAs high maternal mortality rate, “About a third of our population is African American; African Americans have a higher incidence of maternal mortality. So, if you correct our population for race, we’re not as much of an outlier as it’d otherwise appear. Now, I say that not to minimize the issue but to focus the issue as to where it would be. For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality.”

I discuss these statements with Charles Johnson who founded of 4Kira4moms on 2017 after losing his wife Kira Dixon Johnson during a routine cesarean at Cedar Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. He is a voice for families facing unnecessary maternal loss and ending the maternal mortality crisis in this country.

Recently, he worked with congress to pass the preventing maternal death act which is the first ever to combat the maternal mortality crisis in the US. The bill was signed into law on 12/21/2018 and dedicated to the memory of Kira Dixon Johnson.


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Dr. Shannon M. Clark discusses the following with ObGyn, Dr. Fatima Daoud @doctordaoud: 

•where does amniotic fluid go during a cesarean 

•pregnancy after uterine rupture 

•what is a uterine dehiscence 

•cesarean birth and pelvic floor dysfunction 

•lowering drape during a cesarean 

•routine prenatal care

•spontaneous preterm birth and cervical insufficiency and cerclage 

•anterior placenta

 •recommended interpregnancy and interdelivery intervals 

•placenta previa 

•TTC after a first trimester miscarriage 

•hyperemesis gravidarum 

•prevention of preeclampsia

•delaying childbearing 

•stillbirth after age 35 

•recovering from a perineal tear 

•going nontoxic for TTC 

•pregnancy after tummy tuck 

•TTC with menstrual cup/disc 

•cervical ectropion and pregnancy


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Dr. Shannon M. Clark discusses the following with ObGyn, Dr. Erica Montes @the.modern.mujer!

•pregnancy monitoring after COVID infection
•second COVID booster in pregnancy
•interpregnancy and interdelivery intervals
•exercise and activities with a short cervix
•progesterone for short cervix
•tubal ligation during a cesarean delivery
•reasons for IUGR and recurrence risk
•different ways to push
•safety of tylenol in pregnancy
•fetal kick counts
•antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
•adhesions during surgery
•uterine atony
•fetal hiccups
•elective hysterectomy


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This is National Infertility Awareness Week! Dr. Shannon M. Clark discusses the following with REI, Dr. Lucky Sekhon @lucky.sekhon:

•IVF ad-ons: acupuncture, different forms of PGT, endometrial scratching, growth hormone, assisted hatching, steroids, embryo glue, aspirin
•chromosomally abnormal versus mosaic embryos and embryo transfers
•preparing your body for an embryo transfer
•unexplained infertility
•recurrent pregnancy loss
•low or no sperm and biopsy
•biochemical pregnancies
•fresh versus frozen embryo transfer
•following progesterone levels in early pregnancy


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Dr. Shannon M. Clark discusses the following with MFM, Dr. Jasmine Johnson @mrsmommymd:
-assessing fertility and future family planning at annual exams
-health disparities and provider decisions about sterilization, treatment for ectopic pregnancy, fibroid management and more
-disparities in fertility awareness
-addressing preexisting medical conditions and medications
-racial and ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidities and mortality
-maternal mortality data from 2020 and age groups
-IVF pregnancy over age 40 and adverse pregnancy outcomes and multiple gestations
-racial and socioeconomic disparities in those seeking fertility care
-barriers to seeking fertility care
-special considerations for first, second and third trimester care in those over 40
-special considerations for delivery planning in those over 40


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