Accreta Expert Series:
Dr. Neel shah
“Accreta Expert Series” is a National Accreta Foundation produced interview series that showcases the researchers, providers and public health experts who are leading the way in advances related to the pregnancy complication placenta accreta spectrum.
Public health Expert: Obstetrician Dr. neel shah, MD, MPP, FACOG
A history of prior C-Section is the most common risk factor for developing the pregnancy complication Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS). In honor of Cesarean Awareness Month, Obstetrician Dr. Neel Shah, MD joined NAF for a special live presentation on how cesareans have become the most common surgery in the United States, how this has affected rates of placenta accreta and what we can do about it.
Viewers joined via our Facebook and YouTube channels to watch the live presentation where they were able to participate by posting their own questions and comments real time throughout the live stream event.
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Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG, is Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health, and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. He is a globally recognized expert in designing solutions that improve health care, and is listed among the "40 smartest people in health care" by the Becker's Hospital Review. His work to build equitable, trustworthy systems of care has been profiled by the New York Times, Good Morning America, and other outlets, and is featured in a forthcoming documentary produced by Oprah Winfrey and Yance Ford.
Dr. Shah has written more than 50 peer-reviewed academic papers and contributed to four books, including as senior author of Understanding Value-Based Healthcare (McGraw-Hill), which Don Berwick has called "an instant classic" and Atul Gawande called "a masterful primer for all clinicians." Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, Dr. Shah founded Costs of Care, an NGO that curates insights from clinicians and patients to help delivery systems provide better care. In 2017, he co-founded the March for Moms Association, a coalition of more than 20 leading organizations, to increase public and private investment in the wellbeing of mothers. Dr. Shah serves on the advisory board of the National Institutes of Health, Office of Women's Health Research.
previous Event recordings:
In October 2021 in honor of Accreta Awareness Month, Dr. Brett Einerson, MD MPH joined NAF for an engaging live presentation. Discussion topics included who is at risk of accreta, the importance of pre-delivery diagnosis, why you should get a second opinion and how better outcomes are achieved by receiving care from a multidisciplinary team at a hospital that has experience treating accreta.
”Accreta Expert Series” is a National Accreta Foundation-produced interview series that showcases the researchers, care providers and public health experts who are leading the way in advances related to the pregnancy complication placenta accreta spectrum. Join us via our Facebook and YouTube channels to watch the live presentation and participate by posting your own questions and comments real time throughout the live stream event. Watch videos of our previous Accreta Expert Series events here.
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