For those of you who are currently pregnant or had a recent pregnancy, you may be somewhat familiar with the test called “Cell-Free DNA”.  This is a noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) screening tool that is offered to our pregnant patients.  Let’s examine the most important aspects of this test together. What exactly is cell-free DNA […]

Originally Published in November of 2011 Last summer, I attended the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologist’s (ACOG) annual meeting in Washington DC, as part of my state-required continuing medical education.  It was nice to hear new perspectives on common OB and GYN topics, ie. VBAC, preterm delivery, PCOS, robotic surgery, etc. While there, as expected, […]