SMFM Announces Four New Board Members

Samuel T. Bauer, MD, MBA, CPE – Dr. Bauer is Chief Medical Officer of Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, MI. A practicing maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist and healthcare executive, he brings more than 15 years of experience spanning clinical practice, academic medicine, quality and safety, and health-system leadership.     

Y. Katherine Bianco, MD – Dr. Bianco is a Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Maternal Heart Program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in Palo Alto, CA. A triple board-certified physician in obstetrics and gynecology, maternal-fetal medicine, and medical genetics, she brings more than 25 years of experience spanning clinical care, research, education, and leadership. She previously built and led UCSF’s Pregnancy and Heart Disease Program and now leads Stanford’s multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics program, impacting more than 600 high-risk pregnancies.

Katherine S. Kohari, MD – Dr. Kohari is an Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine, Medical Director of Yale’s outpatient MFM practice, and Associate Medical Director of the Yale Fetal Care Center in New Haven, CT. A maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist and experienced academic leader, she oversees clinical protocols, practice management, and billing and coding, while also directing one of the larger MFM fellowship programs in the country with nine fellows. 

Arthur (Jason) Vaught, MD – Dr. Vaught is an Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at the Johns Hopkins Main Campus, and Director of the Advanced Obstetric Surgery Center and Cardio-Obstetrics Clinic in Baltimore, MD. A maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist and surgical critical care physician, he is nationally recognized for his expertise in obstetric critical care, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and cardio-obstetrics.