Our physicians are obstetricians who have received additional training in the subspecialty of maternal-fetal medicine. We have experience and expertise in prenatal diagnosis of congenital abnormalities, care for women with multiple gestations (twins, triplets or more), care for women with obstetric complications of past pregnancies or their current pregnancies — with health issues ranging from asthma to diabetes to heart disease — and care for women carrying babies with birth defects. As a division of Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego, we collaborate with leading pediatric cardiologists, neonatologists and other specialists to give you and your newborn the best possible care.

Val A. Catanzarite, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Catanzarite has a particular interest in prenatal diagnosis, including first-trimester diagnosis and early echocardiography, as well as in abnormalities of the placenta and umbilical cord, including vasa previa and invasive placentation. Other interests include medical and surgical prevention of preterm birth, pregnancy in women born with congenital heart disease, and pregnancy after age 45. More

Larry A. Cousins, M.D.

A nationally recognized expert in diabetes in pregnancy, Dr. Cousins’ interests include first-trimester screening, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), preterm birth prevention and noninvasive prenatal diagnosis. More

Sean Daneshmand, M.D.

Dr. Daneshmand’s expertise includes obstetric and surgical management of invasive placentation, care of pregnancies following in vitro fertilization, and management of maternal medical problems during pregnancy. More

Holly Casele, M.D.

Dr. Casele has a particular interest and expertise in chorionic villus sampling (CVS), thrombotic disorders during pregnancy and collagen vascular disease during pregnancy. She is a nationally recognized expert in thrombotic disorders and prevention of thromboembolism. More

Wade Schwendemann, M.D.

Dr. Schwendemann’s interests include chorionic villus sampling (CVS), hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preterm birth prevention and monoamniotic twin pregnancies, in which identical twins share the same amniotic sac. More

Joanna Adamczak, M.D.

Dr. Adamczak’s interests include prenatal diagnosis, surgical complications during pregnancy, and prenatal care for women with complex medical complications including maternal cardiac disease, organ transplants and cancer. More

Neha A. Trivedi, M.D.

Dr. Trivedi’s interests include maternal illness such as cardiac, neurologic and rheumatologic disease, multiple gestation, abnormal placentation, maternal obesity, antenatal detection of congenital heart disease, diabetes in pregnancy, trauma in pregnancy and prenatal diagnosis. She was awarded a grant during her fellowhsip by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to do basic science research with stem cells and microRNAs in early embryogenesis. More