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Current Fellows

Meet the current fellows at Saint Louis University's Maternal-Fetal Fellowship program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health.

SLU's 2025 class of fellows pose for a photo at an event.
 

PGY VII

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Alexandra Schroeder, M.D.

Research projects:

  • Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy – Impact on the Placenta and Neonatal Outcomes
  • QI Project: Diabetes in the 4th Trimester - Setting Patients Up for Success
  • Multiple projects examining substance use disorder and adverse pregnancy outcomes utilizing the National Inpatient Database
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Zachary Stanley, M.D.

  • Association of low and high fetal fraction among pregnant individuals undergoing cell free DNA screening with adverse perinatal outcomes and placental pathology
  • Implementation of an iron-deficit based protocol for antepartum IV iron administration 

PGY VI

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Michelle Petrich, M.D.

Hometown: O'Fallon, Illinois
Undergraduate: Saint Louis University
Medical school: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Residency: Ohio State University 
Favorite restaurant: Seamus McDaniels (Dogtown)
Favorite activity: Trying new restaurants and going out to support our local teams, the Blues and the Cardinals!

Research projects:

  • Predictors of maternal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant individuals with substance use disorder
  • How does social vulnerability influence substance use patterns in pregnant persons with substance use disorder?
  • Impact of a Statewide Quality Collaborative on Screening and Referral for Perinatal Substance Use Disorders
  • Universal cervical length screening at the time of the fetal anatomic survey for patients at low risk of spontaneous preterm birth
  • Improving RSV vaccine hesitancy amongst pregnant individuals at a single academic tertiary care center
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Tucker Doiron, M.D.

Hometown: Morgan City, Louisiana
Undergrad: Baylor University
Medical school: Louisiana State University — New Orleans
Residency: University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Favorite STL restaurant: Fiddlehead Fern Café
Favorite STL activity: Walking around Tower Grove Park in the fall and events at the Botanical Gardens!
Hobbies/interests: I recently started watercolor painting! Otherwise, I love exploring STL and walking my dog, Walter! 

Career interests: I decided MFM because I feel passionate about walking patients through high risk pregnancies. I have a special interest in the fetal side of MFM and hope to pursue fetal intervention. 

Favorite part of SLU fellowship: We have a great group of fellows and faculty that I feel like I can rely on both professionally and personally. We also have great exposure to both fetal and maternal pathologies. 

Research projects:

  • Class III Obesity SSI Prevention
  • Placental Changes in CHD
  • Antihypertensive choice in Severe Preeclampsia and FGR
  • Fetal UTD Outcomes after a New Classification System

PGY V

Katherine Chen

Katherine Chen, M.D.

Hometown: Strongsville, Ohio
Undergrad: Case Western Reserve University
Medical school: University of Toledo College of Medicine
Residency: University of Toledo College of Medicine
Favorite STL restaurant: TAI KE
Favorite STL activity: Post-clinic Sasha’s
Hobbies/Interests: brewing my own kombucha, plant propagating, walks in the park!

Career interests (Why MFM): I love taking care of women during their high risk pregnancies and I love ultrasound!

Favorite part of SLU Fellowship: This is so cliche but truly the fellows! They have all been so supportive and have become some of my closest friends!

Research projects:

  • Smoking Cessation Among Women with Perinatal Substance Use Disorders: A Mixed Methods Implementation Science Study
  • Racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity: Identifying Predictors for Designing Interventions and Risk Reduction – presented as SMFM
  • Randomized Control Trial to compare post-op Pain control in SUD population
  • Buprenorphine Metabolites
Andrew Storm

Andrew Storm, M.D. 

Hometown: Chicago
Undergrad: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Medical school: Rush Medical College
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Favorite STL restaurant: Basso
Favorite STL activity: post-clinic dinner at Sasha's, exploring St. Louis, and running in Forest Park

Research projects:

  • Success of vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) following induced versus spontaneous labor
  • Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of severe maternal morbidity: Opportunities for prevention of maternal morbidity
  • Provider Perspectives about smoking cessation programming for patients with substance use disorder: mixed methods approach
  • Piperacillin-tazobactam and clindamycin based standardized treatment of chorioamnionitis: non-inferiority study
  • Maternal immune microenvironment in fetal congenital disease