Washington University School of Medicine
Presentation Abstract
Roundtable on Elevating Patient-Centered Strategies for Care
In this roundtable, we are elevating the voice of patients, families, and providers regarding patient-centered strategies for care. Patients who experience severe maternal morbidity are at greatest risk of mortality. Their personal experience of severe complications during pregnancy or postpartum may result in long-term suffering, which may be worsened by the care they received, especially when it was not centered on their needs and desires. Maternal morbidity and mortality also has a lasting effect on families, as alongside every individual who is severely affected or lost during or after pregnancy is a family unit.
About Dr. Carter
Dr. Ebony Carter is a tenured Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Clinical Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine. She practices Maternal Fetal Medicine and serves as the Associate Editor for Equity at Obstetrics & Gynecology (the Green Journal). Her research focuses on group prenatal care as a tool to promote health equity, and is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the American Diabetes Association.
Dr. Carter earned her undergraduate degree in human biology with honors from Stanford University, Master of Public Health in health policy from the University of Michigan, and medical degree from Duke University. She completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Harvard integrated program at Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospitals and fellowship training in maternal fetal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Carter did not disclose any conflicts of interest for this workshop.