My name's Maria Small, I'm
a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in
the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology.
My areas of interest are in the area of
high-risk maternal medical conditions,
like hypertensive disease, diabetes,
preeclampsia, which is also
a type of severe condition that can result
from hypertensive diseases in pregnancy.
I also am someone who does a lot of work
in international health and global health.
I think a woman who has either
a high-risk pregnancy or
a low-risk pregnancy would
receive excellent care at Duke.
I think one of the advantages
of coming here,
as a tertiary care institution,
is that we can provide the breadth of
support that any woman with a particular
high-risk problem may have,
like a fetus that may have
a abnormality of development.
Or a birth defect that may
not be able to be treated in
a hospital that doesn't have
the kind of neonatology support and
subspecialty support that we have
very comprehensively here at Duke.
My favorite part of my job is my patients,
I enjoy working with my patients.
I'm originally from Durham,
North Carolina, I grew up here.
I didn't do all of my training here, but
I feel like I'm giving back to the city
and community that supported me.
