Description: The FMFA, a US 501c3 charity, supports cutting edge research and fosters collaborations to improve the health care of women, their fetuses and babies.
Dr. Mark I. Evans founded the Fetal Medicine Foundation of America (FMFA) in 2001 and has been its President since then. He is board certified in obstetrics & gynecology as well as medical genetics. He is Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Before returning to his native NY in 2003, he was the Charlotte B. Failing Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, and Professor of Pathology at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Dr. Evans founded the FMFA to promote and support cutting edge research, provide a forum for physician education, and foster collaborations on multiple fronts to improve the health care of women, their fetuses, and babies. The Foundation, which is a US 501c3 IRS approved charity has been able to support over $1,000,000 for projects around the world. These studies have developed new methods for screening pregnant women for genetic risks, methods for diagnosing disorders, and methods for treating abnormalitie
Of major focus at the current time: improving the care of women in labor and delivery. Any new approach should improve outcomes for both mother and baby and reduce the need for emergency deliveries by developing both: