Usha Chitkara
Academic Appointments
- Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal Fetal Medicine
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Obstetrics Clinic 770 Welch Rd Ste 201 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 725-7030 Fax (650) 725-9877Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 725-8623Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Maternal - Fetal Medicine
- Obstetrics
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Mt. Sinai School of Medicine NY (1981) |
| Residency: | New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, NY USA (1974) |
| Internship: | Postgraduate Institute (1966) |
| Internship: | Medical College, Amritsar, India (1965) |
| Board Certification: | Maternal and Fetal Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1984) |
| Board Certification: | Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1976) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Rh disease, other red call isoimmunization, e.g. Kell, etc.
I.T.P. and alloimmune thrombocytopenia
Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets, etc.) and associated problems and procedures
Ultrasound referrals -- complicated and routine
Procedures -- cordocentesis, intrauterine transfusion; selective termination or reduction in multiple pregnancy.
Publications
- Analysis of the size distributions of fetal and maternal cell-free DNA by paired-end sequencing. Clin Chem. 2010; (8): 1279-86
- Maintenance nifedipine tocolysis compared with placebo: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2008; (6): 1221-6
- Noninvasive diagnosis of fetal aneuploidy by shotgun sequencing DNA from maternal blood. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008; (42): 16266-71
- Prenatal diagnosis of placenta accreta: sonography or magnetic resonance imaging? J Ultrasound Med. 2008; (9): 1275-81
- Magnesium sulfate compared with nifedipine for acute tocolysis of preterm labor: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2007; (1): 61-7
- Detection of sonographic markers of fetal aneuploidy depends on maternal and fetal characteristics. J Ultrasound Med. 2005; (6): 811-5
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