IN THE NEWS 2024

Jan Shifren was featured in “Over 1 million Americans start menopause every year. Why don’t we talk about it?” — WGBH (April 26)

The Mass General Fertility Center was ranked in the top 10 of America’s Best Fertility Clinics 2024 — Newsweek (April 17)

Caroline Mitchell was featured in “Semen has it’s own microbiome — and it might affect infertility” — Scientific American (February 14)

Jan Shifren provided endocrinology expertise in a radio discussion titled “Your brain on menopause” — WBUR (February 24)

Andrea Edlow was featured in “Evidence mounts that COVID in pregnancy can cause health issues in babies” — NBC News (January 25)

IN THE NEWS 2023

Ashley Parker was featured in “Mass General doctor’s tips for delivering a healthy baby in 2024” — WCVB-TV (December 30)

Allison Bryant Mantha was among experts interviewing in a story titled “Minorities expect and prepare for unfair health care, survey shows” — HealthDay (December 6)

Mass General was among “Three Massachusetts hospitals ranked among the best in the U.S. for maternity care,” according to U.S. News and World Report — CBS Boston News (December 6).

Marcus Ortega was featured in several October news stories about his research findings on “Burnout increasing among physicians in the United States” —  HealthDay, Radiology Business, Medical Xpress and Rheumatology Advisor.

John Petrozza was featured in “Why more women are freezing their eggs” — WGBH (September 5)

Caroline Mitchell was among experts cited in “The history of the word ‘vagina’ illuminates our persistent problem with biased reproductive health” — Salon (September 17)

Victoria Fitz was featured in “Infertility may increase odds of severe menopausal symptoms” — Healio (August 11)

Allison Bryant Mantha described her research findings in ”U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here’s who is most at risk” — NPR (July 4)

Shruthi Mahalingaiah was featured in “Cycle syncing is trendy. Does it work?” — New York Times (June 1)

Eric Eisenhauer was quoted in ”Ovarian cancer test could detect disease earlier than current methods” — New Scientist (June 6)

Michael Greene wrote an editorial cited in a story about research demonstrating that  “Babies fare better if gestational diabetes is treated early in second trimester” — Medpage Today (May 6)

Research by Lindsay Fourman and Andrea Edlow was highlighted in “COVID-19 in pregnancy affects growth in child’s first year of life” — Medscape (April 6). Dr. Edlow also was featured in “Does COVID-19 during pregnancy lead to neurodevelopmental problems in babies?” — USA Today (April 18)

Allison Bryant Mantha was featured in “Mass General Brigham pairs patients with birth doulas to address racial disparities in maternal health” — WGBH (January 9)

IN THE NEWS 2022

Andrea Edlow was interviewed in the TV feature “Study suggests pregnant women should be moved up in vaccine eligibility” — WHDH-TV (February 19)

Vincent OB/GYN physician Ilona Goldfarb and Mass General psychiatrist Mai Uchida were featured In “Mass General doctors hope to ease expectant mothers’ concerns around COVID-19 vaccine” — WHDH-TV (February 18) 

Two studies led by Andrea Edlow were covered in “Do New Moms Pass COVID-19 to Their Babies?” — Infectious Disease Special Edition (February 11)

Andrea Edlow was quoted in “Evidence Builds That Pregnant Women Pass Covid Antibodies to Newborns” — New York Times (January 30)

Ilona Goldfarb was featured in a TV news report titled “Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for pregnant women?” — Boston 25 News (January 26)

Andrea Edlow was interviewed in “Q&A: Pregnant women with COVID-19 pass few antibodies to infants” — Healio (January 14)

Alice Abernathy, a physician in the BWH/MGH Integrated Residency Program in Obstetrics & Gynecology, authored “As a pregnant OB/GYN, I’m acutely aware of covid-19’s risks. That’s why I’m taking the vaccine” — The Lily (January 7)

IN THE NEWS 2020

A study led by Andrea Edlow is featured in “Pregnant moms with COVID don’t pass the virus to baby, MGH research shows” — Boston Herald (December 22);  her research also was described in “COVID Doesn’t Pass From Mom to Fetus During Pregnancy: Study” — HealthDay (December 22)

Katherine Pocius was quoted in “The most common IUD side effects and how to treat them, according to OB-GYNs”— Insider  (December 4)

An article titled “Apple Women’s Health Study celebrates first year anniversary” quotes Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a principal investigator in the study — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (November 14)

The perspective of Michael Greene and colleagues was mentioned in “Makena indication may fall based on post-approval data,” an article about the efficacy of Makena, a drug for preventing preterm birth — Regulatory Affairs (November 6)

Physicians David Spriggs, Whitfield Growdon and Peter Fagenholz are featured in “The Wobbles Saved Me,” a story about a patient’s ovarian cancer surgery and treatment at Mass General — Maria Shriver’s The Sunday Paper (October)

Caroline Mitchel is interviewed in “Five Questions with Caroline Mitchell: Our ‘Microbiome in Human Health and Disease’ pilot funding awardee discusses her research in fertility” — Harvard Catalyst (September 29)

Erin Tracy Bradley, Divya Dethier and Megan L. Evans co-authored “Medicaid needs to change its archaic rules for women seeking permanent contraception” — STAT (September 16)

A study by Mass General investigator Charles Bormann is featured in “Deep Learning Tool Accurately Selects High-Quality Embryos for IVF” — Health IT Analytics (September 16)

Vincent physician-scientist Shruthi Mahalingaiah, an expert in ovulation disorders and infertility, is listed among a network of medical experts, advocates and educators who help women navigate their reproductive health — LOLA Collective (September)

Vincent obstetrician/gynecologist Lisa Luther is quoted in “8 Prenatal Yoga Tips That Will Help You Make the Most of Your Movement” —  SELF (August 17)

Gynecologist Uchechi Amy Wosu and gynecologic oncology surgeon Annekathryn Goodman were featured in a patient’s description of endometrial cancer treatment at Mass General, titled “Life Commentary: A Cultural Journalist Dealing with Cancer During Covid” — The Arts Fuse (August 7)

Allison Bryant Mantha was quoted in “Why We Still Don’t Know Enough About Covid-19 and Pregnancy” — New York Times (July 10)

A study by Ilona Goldfarb was featured in “COVID-19 testing in asymptomatic pregnant women important”— EdexLive (June 16)

Ilona Goldfarb was mentioned in “COVID-19 and Pregnancy: What Are the Risks? — AJMC/In Focus (June 16)

Ilona Goldfarb was featured in “Study of women arriving to deliver babies finds low prevalence of coronavirus” — Boston Globe (June 17)

A study by Ilona Goldfarb was covered in “Nearly half of pregnant women with COVID-19 at Massachusetts hospitals were asymptomatic” — Becker’s Hospital Review (June 17)

Anjali Kaimal was featured in “What’s It Like To Be Pregnant During A Global Pandemic?” — WBUR/Radio Boston (May 5)

Ilona Goldfarb discussed COVID-19 and pregnancy on “ZBM Bermuda Tonight” — Bermuda Broadcasting/ABC (May 6)

A Mass General obstetrics patient was featured in “Mom who fought COVID-19 reunited with baby girl 6 weeks after giving birth” — Boston 25 News (May 12)

Caroline Mitchell was quoted in “‘Good’ bacteria could help fight a common vaginal infection, new data show” — STAT News (May 13)

William Barth Jr. was quoted and physicians Lorenzo Berra, Andrea Ciaranello and Daniel Austin were mentioned in “She was on the brink of death from COVID-19 while pregnant with twins. Doctors had to make a crucial decision” — Boston Globe (May 19)

Shruthi Mahalingaiah was quoted in “You Should Probably Clean the Air in Your House, Too.” — InStyle (May 20)

Allison Bryant Mantha was featured in “Coronavirus Affecting Massachusetts Working Class Communities More Than Others” — WBZ/CBS Boston (April 8)

Mass General nurse-midwife Katherine Rushfirth was featured in “Coronavirus good news: Musicians in Massachusetts play Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ outside neighbor’s house to thank her for work as nurse on frontlines of crisis” — MassLive (April 8)

Mass General midwife Natalia Richey reassures the community that we are doing all we can to keep hospitals the safest place for birth  — Telemundo (April 10)

Ilona Goldfarb is quoted in “She’s A Nurse. She’s Pregnant. She’s Got COVID-19” — WBUR/CommonHealth (April 17 and May 4)

A study by Rachel Sisodia is covered in “Clinician Engagement Key for Collecting Patient-Reported Outcomes” — PatientEngagementHIT (April 20)

Ilona Goldfarb is quoted in “Major Boston Hospitals are Virus Testing Pregnant Patients Arriving to Give Birth” — WBUR/CommonHealth  (April 28)

Caroline Mitchell was featured in “First Vaginal Microbiota Transplants In the US to Begin at Mass General Hospital — WGBH (March 5)

Ilona Goldfarb was quoted in “Pregnant and Worried About Coronavirus? Experts Weigh In” — Parenting/New York Times (March 17)

Jeffrey Ecker was quoted in “Pregnant Women Worry About Pandemic’s Impact on Labor, Delivery and Babies” — NPR (March 30

William Barth Jr. was featured in a news segment on what is being done to ensure the safety of mother and baby during delivery in this time of pandemic — WGBH (March 30)

Michael Greene was quoted in “After miscarriage, women seek support, emotional outlet on Instagram” — Reuters (January 31)

Lauren Hanley was featured in a video titled “Two things continuity visits,” which encourages Mass General primary care and other doctors to visit their patients who have been admitted to the hospital VIEW VIDEO — MGPO (January 6)

Ilona Goldfarb authored “Vaccines for women: before conception, during pregnancy, and after birth” — Harvard Health Letter (January 16)

Caroline Mitchell was quoted in “Does the keto diet really make you smell?” — Refinery29 (January 24)

Adeline Boatin was featured in an article titled “MGH, current health team up to reduce C-section deaths in Uganda,” a program that she co-leads — HIT Consultant (January 30)

IN THE NEWS 2019

Caroline Mitchell spoke on “Yeast and recurrent yeast infections” — Vulva Diaries, Episode 2 Podcast (September 28). Her research was covered in “Vaginal fluid transplants hold promise but raise safety concerns” — Scientific American (October 16)

Shruthi Mahalingaiah was featured in an article titled “Cancer-causing toxins were found lurking in consumer beauty products, including concealer and eye shadow” — Business Insider (December 23). She also commented on why being a woman may make you more susceptible to depression — Good Morning America online (October 7)

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh proclaimed September 18 to be Mary Ann Vincent Day and Jeff Ecker, chief of the Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, threw out the first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game in Fenway Park, as featured in an article titled “Never be forgotten: Mayor proclaims Mary Ann Vincent Day in honor of famed thespian and humanitarian” — Beacon Hill Times (September 19)

Jan Shifren was featured in a podcast titled “Why we’re so confused about perimenopause and hormone therapy”  — Empowered Health (episode 23)

Caroline Mitchell was featured in “The next frontier of microbiome transplants may be the vagina” — Medium Elemental (September 18). She also was featured in “The next frontier for the microbiome: vaginal fluid transplants that take aim at a common condition” — STAT+ (September 20)

Carrie Coleman, a clinical instructor in the Vincent Department of OB/GYN at Mass General, was quoted in an article titled “Are period blood clots normal? Here’s how to tell, according to gynecologists” — Prevention (June 26)

A study by Caitlin Sacha, a Vincent fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, was featured in an article titled “Several IVF attempts can signal higher risk for any eventual pregnancy” — New Scientist (June 26)

Caroline Mitchell, a Vincent OB/GYN urogynecologist and investigator in the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, was quoted in “Are vaginal probiotics necessary?” — LifeHacker (June 21). She also was quoted in “Is there really a link between what you eat and vaginal health?” — Refinery 29 (June 25)

An editorial by Vincent maternal-fetal medicine expert Michael Greene about a study in the New England Journal of Medicine was quoted in “Progesterone therapy prevents miscarriage for only some women, study finds” — CNN (May 8)

Allison Bryant Mantha, who specializes in high-risk obstetrics, was featured in “A birth plan can help smooth the path to baby’s arrival” — New York Times (May 3)

Hiyam Nadel, a nursing director in the Vincent Department of OB/GYN and director for the Center for Innovations in Care Delivery at Mass General, spoke on “Nurses are natural innovators” in writer/editor Amy Wicks’ podcast Charged, which features stories about efforts at Mass General to break boundaries and provide exceptional care. LISTEN HERE — Charged (May 1)

Marcela del Carmen, a surgeon in the Vincent Division of Gynecologic Oncology, was quoted in “How to address physician burnout (the right way)” — Smart Brief (April 30)

John Petrozza, who heads the Vincent Division of Reproductive Medicine and IVF, was quoted in a feature on infertility, titled “For patients suffering with infertility, honesty may be a doctor’s best treatment” — “Good Morning America,” ABC News (April 26)

Andrea Edlow, an investigator in the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, was featured in “Exploring the relationship between maternal obesity and adverse fetal neurodevelopment” — MGH Advances in Motion (April 2)

Jan Shifren, a Vincent menopause expert, was quoted in “Ro launches direct-to-consumer site to treat women’s hot flashes and other menopause symptoms” — Forbes (March 20)

Eric Eisenhauer, chief of the Vincent Division of Gynecologic Oncology, who co-authored an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was quoted in an article titled “Lymphadenectomy in advanced ovarian cancer: will it improve survival?” — Modern Medicine Network (March 19)

Michael Greene is quoted in “Insulin-treated diabetes tied to LGA and preterm birth” — Medscape (March 8)

Cheng Wang, a scientist in the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, is listed in Harvard Medical School’s online research database Paper Chase, which highlights articles published in scientific journals that have a highly rated impact factor. — HMS Paper Chase (February 14)

Allison Bryant Mantha is quoted in “Why are black women at higher risk of dying from pregnancy complications?” — Medical Xpress (February 20)

May Wakamatsu, a Vincent urogynecologist, is quoted in “4 Reasons you might leak a little pee, and what to do about it” — Health.com (February 19)

The Top Doctors in Boston 2019 included the following faculty in the Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: William Barth, Lori Berkowitz, Allison Bryant Mantha, Marcela del Carmen, John Petrozza, Jan Shifren, May Wakamatsu, Milena Weinstein, and Carey York-Best — Boston Magazine (January edition)

Mass General’s Hope Clinic, which provides coordinated care for pregnant and parenting women with substance-use disorders, is highlighted in an article titled “Pregnant women with a history of drug use face a litany of assaults on their liberties,” which features Mass General recovery coach Katie Raftery, a photo of Mass General pediatrician Davida Schiff, and one of the Hope Clinic babies. — New York Times (December 28, 2018)