Mass General Specialist in High-risk Pregnancies Sees Patients at CDH

NORTHAMPTON — Women who have obstetrical risk factors due to age, family history, or previous medical concerns now have access to a Mass General Hospital maternal-fetal medicine physician specialist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

Dr. Blair Johnson Wylie, who works in Mass General’s Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, now sees patients twice a month at Cooley Dickinson Medical Group Women’s Health. She started seeing patients at the Northampton office last month.

“As a benefit to our patients, the addition of Dr. Wylie to our obstetrical staff is a great example of our growing clinical relationship with Mass General,” said Dr. Tucker Kueny, medical director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, noting that Wylie is a credentialed member of Cooley Dickinson’s medical staff. “We enthusiastically welcome Dr. Wylie to our practice and look forward to the expertise that she brings to our patients. Our collaboration with Dr. Wylie will allow more patients to get more of their care in their own community.”

Wylie is available for office consultations for women who meet the criteria for high-risk pregnancies. She also performs detailed anatomical-survey ultrasounds at the Women’s Health office. She will also act as a liaison between Mass General’s and Cooley Dickinson’s obstetrical departments as the clinical collaboration grows. As a leader in diagnostic ultrasound, Mass General was among New England’s first hospitals to offer first-trimester screening for Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities.

Patients will be referred to Wylie through their Cooley Dickinson Medical Group Women’s Health obstetrician. She will not attend deliveries at Cooley Dickinson’s Childbirth Center.

Wylie is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, and her fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Columbia University in New York. During her fellowship, she also completed a master’s degree in epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

She currently directs the Chorionic Villous Sampling program at MGH. Her clinical practice includes a mixture of prenatal diagnosis, obstetrical ultrasound, management of high-risk pregnancies, and attendance on the labor and delivery unit. Her research focuses on global maternal-fetal health, and she serves on the global health committee of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.