Category: Northwestern

  • Circumcision

    Hi, I’m Emily Donelan, a generalist OB/GYN at Prentice Women’s Hospital. And this is how I counsel patients about circumcision. So, Mary and Bob, I heard that you’re interested in circumcision for little Jimmy. And I just wanted to come talk to you about it before we do the procedure. I like to let parents…

  • Ovarian Reserve Screening

    Hi, this is Dr. Eve Feinberg. I’m a reproductive endocrinologist with Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Today I’m going to be talking about how I counsel a patient on ovarian reserve screening. So, ovarian reserve screening is the functional capacity of the ovary. What we try to assess when we do…

  • Thickened Nuchal Translucency

    I’m Dr. Jeffrey Dungan. I’m in the division of Clinical Genetics at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This counseling session is going to talk about how we discuss the finding of an enlarged nuchal translucency on first trimester sonography. Typically, this is done as part of an…

  • Prenatal Genetic Testing

    I’m Dr. Tacoma McKnight and I’d like to talk about how I counsel on [prenatal] genetic testing overall, but trying to help patients distinguish between screening versus diagnostic tests and what those tests really generally are all about. So, genetic testing is what I call “the hard homework of prenatal care” and it’s not that…