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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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The terms generally refer to the same medical subspecialty. Maternal-fetal medicine specialists are OB-GYN physicians with additional subspecialty training focused on complicated and high-risk pregnancies. Their work can involve maternal medical conditions, fetal abnormalities, multiple gestations, placental problems, preterm birth risk, and other pregnancy complications requiring advanced obstetric expertise. ABOG formally recognizes Maternal-Fetal Medicine as an OB-GYN subspecialty, and SMFM describes MFM specialists as physicians who manage high-risk pregnancies.
The review may address how maternal and fetal risks were identified, monitored, and managed throughout pregnancy. Relevant issues can include hypertension or preeclampsia, pregestational or gestational diabetes, maternal heart or autoimmune disease, fetal growth problems, multiple gestation, fetal anomalies, placental complications, or risk of preterm delivery. SMFM identifies these conditions among the areas commonly managed by maternal-fetal medicine specialists.
General OBGYN expertise covers obstetric and gynecologic care broadly. Perinatology or maternal-fetal medicine is a recognized OBGYN subspecialty directed toward high-risk and medically complicated pregnancies. A general OBGYN expert may be appropriate for routine prenatal or obstetric care, while an MFM specialist may be better suited when the dispute depends on complex maternal disease, fetal abnormalities, advanced prenatal diagnosis, or other high-risk conditions.
A perinatology expert may address how maternal or fetal risk affected delivery planning, timing, mode of delivery, or recommendations. When the dispute instead centers on broader intrapartum management, such as labor progression, fetal monitoring during labor, induction, augmentation, or other events in the labor course, additional labor and delivery or obstetric expertise may be appropriate. Questions focused primarily on cesarean operative technique or postoperative surgical complications may require appropriately qualified surgical obstetric expertise. These areas can overlap when high-risk maternal or fetal conditions influence labor management or the decision to proceed with cesarean delivery.
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
Obstetric ultrasound is an important component of maternal-fetal medicine and may be used to assess fetal anatomy, growth, placental findings, multiple gestations, and other pregnancy complications. Detailed fetal imaging can also support diagnosis and planning when abnormalities are suspected. SMFM guidance describes ultrasound as foundational to maternal-fetal medicine practice and addresses its role in the evaluation and management of pregnancies with fetal or obstetric abnormalities.
