Maternal & Fetal Medicine Expert Witnesses

Carmel, California

Maternal & Fetal Medicine - obstetric ultrasound, fetal monitoring, fetal ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis, obstetric complications, medical complications in pregnancy, high risk pregnancy, fetal anomalies, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, placenta accreta spectrum, preeclampsia, Fetal growth abnormalities

Dr. Scarlett Karakash, MD, is a board-certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist with more than a decade of clinical experience caring for high-risk pregnancies. She completed both her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Montefiore Einstein in Bronx, New York. Following fellowship, Dr. Karakash joined Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, where she served as Director of Obstetrics of a busy high risk clinical service. During her tenure, she co-founded the Placenta Accreta Spectrum Program and established the fetal echocardiography program within the Perinatal Diagnostics Center. She later joined the faculty at Stanford School of Medicine, where she currently practices full time as a Clinical Associate Professor. Her clinical work includes prenatal diagnosis as well as inpatient and outpatient consultation for complex obstetric conditions. She is also actively involved in the education and mentorship of Stanford reside...

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal & Fetal Medicine - Audit Trails, Cesarean Delivery, Vacuum Assisted Delivery, Forcep Assisted Delivery, PreEclampsia, Eclampsia, Gestational Diabetes, Gestational Hypertension, Multiple Gestation, Percreta/Increta, Hemorrhage, Thrombocytopenia, Induction, Maternal Fetal Hemorrhage, Oxytocin, Magnesium, Cytotec/Misoprostol, Foley/Cook Balloon, L&D, Insulin

I am a master’s prepared Registered Nurse, Board Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics, Inpatient Antepartum, and Electronic Fetal Monitoring. With a career rooted in direct patient care, I have spent years providing expert nursing services in a high-acuity Level III perinatal center, including labor and delivery, antepartum, postpartum, newborn nursery, and limited neonatal intensive care settings. My clinical practice reflects a strong commitment to patient and family-centered care, with a consistent record of excellence in managing complex obstetrical and perinatal cases. Beyond bedside care, I have played a key role in professional development and clinical education. I have trained and oriented new staff nurses and nursing assistants, coordinated and led obstetric emergency simulation drills, and served as an instructor for yearly competencies and new policies and protocols. My experience also includes direct involvement in fetal surgeries during the antenatal period as well as com...

Fort Worth, Texas

Maternal & Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology - High Risk Pregnancy, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia), Medical Complications of Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Prenatal Diagnosis, Fetal Anomalies (Birth Defects), Postpartum Hemorrhage, Intrapartum Complications, Multi-Fetal Gestation

Stefanie Bryant, MD, FACOG is double board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine. She completed her MD at University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX and completed her residency and fellowship at University of TX Southwestern and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX. She then accepted a faculty position at the University of Oklahoma OU Health Science Center and OU Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK where she was an Assistant Professor with an active clinical practice in addition to integral involvement in teaching medical students, residents and fellows. Since moving back to Texas, her career has included busy private practice outpatient and inpatient care of high risk pregnancies and nationwide remote telehealth work via outpatient clinics, ultrasound interpretation and inpatient consultations. Her past experiences include clinical work in both busy academic and private practice settings, medical directorship of a high risk prenatal c...