EP #241 - 03.17.2021 - Pregnancy and Birth in Pandemic Times

Today I talk about the experience of covid in the care of pregnant mothers and their children with physician and writer Chavi Eve Karkowsky.

Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky completed her undergraduate degree at Yale University, followed by medical school at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York City. She then finished internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the integrated program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, followed by a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM).  Dr. Karkowsky continues to work as a high risk obstetrics specialist in New York City, where she leads initiatives in outpatient care (during COVID, as well as during non-pandemic times, when they return).She also writes for the lay press, with publications in Slate, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and elsewhere; her first book, "High Risk: Stories of Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected" (Norton/Liveright 2020) was published this year. She lives with her 4 stir-crazy kids and spouse in NYC.