Fetal Medicine
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAAn IRS approved 501c3 charity that promotes the healthcare of women, their fetuses, and their newborns.
PROMOTING HEALTH FOR MOM & BABY
In Pregnancy & Delivery
WHO WE ARE
Dr. Mark I. Evans founded the Fetal Medicine Foundation of America (FMFA) in 2001 and has been its President since then. He is board certified in obstetrics & gynecology as well as medical genetics. He is Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Before returning to his native NY in 2003, he was the Charlotte B. Failing Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, and Professor of Pathology at Wayne State University in Detroit. He has been President of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society and the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and he has won multiple research and service awards from academic societies and public advocacy groups.
Dr. Evans founded the FMFA to promote and support cutting edge research, provide a forum for physician education, and foster collaborations on multiple fronts to improve the health care of women, their fetuses, and babies. The Foundation, which is a US 501c3 IRS approved charity has been able to support over $1,000,000 for projects around the world. These studies have developed new methods for screening pregnant women for genetic risks, methods for diagnosing disorders, and methods for treating abnormalities in utero. The FMFA has also encompassed non-pregnancy women’s health through the Varadi Ovarian Initiative for Cancer Education which has provided substantial financial contributions to Mt. Sinai research. FMFA lectures and conferences have educated thousands of obstetricians on the newest methods of patient care.
Of major focus at the current time: improving the care of women in labor and delivery. Any new approach should improve outcomes for both mother and baby and reduce the need for emergency deliveries by developing both:
- An overall improved environment to promote the safety, quality, and experience for patients in labor.
- A unique quantitative assessment of electronic fetal monitoring to improve the assessment of fetal and maternal health in labor.