Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine and High Risk Obstetrics
Our department has the only maternal-fetal medicine specialist in the Panhandle region, and we receive referrals area for high risk patients from the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico. Patients may self-refer to our department for consultative and specialty care.
Northwest Texas Hospital operates the only helicopter transport service in the region which facilitates transfer to our high risk pregnancy services at Northwest Texas Hospital. Texas Tech affiliated neonatologists also provide a transport team.
We provide care for a wide variety of pregnancy-related conditions in our high risk clinic including diabetes, thyroid disease, chronic hypertension, pre-term labor, premature rupture of membranes, fetal anomalies and recurrent pregnancy loss.
Our antepartum testing center provides non-stress testing, biophysical profile testing, Doppler flow studies and 3-D ultrasound. Both transabdominal and vaginal ultrasound are used to assist with fetal diagnosis.
The department employs four certified sonographers to assist with ultrasound services.
Ultrasound-directed amniocentesis is performed in the antenatal testing center for genetic testing and for the confirmation of fetal lung maturity.
