Education BY AMY LYNN SORREL
Obstetrician-gynecologist Hind Moussa, MD, says her fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine will allow her to do more for high-risk patients in need of access to specialized care.
Choosing fellowship
AS MEDICINE BECOMES MORE SPECIALIZED AND COMPETITIVE, CAREER DECISIONS BECOME MORE COMPLEX
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efore she became a fellow in maternal-fetal medicine at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Hind N. Moussa, MD, worked for five years as a general obstetrician-gynecologist. “I had a great job. My
practice grew. But I really wanted to go back [into training] and felt like I could do more for high-risk patients.” Having referred many of her patients hours away for subspecialty care — or
PHOTO BY MATT RAINWATERS
filled in gaps when she could by pro- viding some tests they needed imme- diately — Dr. Moussa also knew there was a shortage nationwide of mater- nal-fetal medicine specialists. “Science is exploding. There’s infor- mation and mission fields we didn’t have before, like genetics and stem cell treatments, and ethical questions about what to do with all this technol- ogy now that we have it and whether we are using it the right way. We’re not in a time when general practitio- ners can do everything,” she said. In fellowship, the member of the
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