FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – Broward Health Medical Center has welcomed a new partner in obstetric and maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) services, Pediatrix® and Obstetrix® Medical Groups, affiliates of Sunrise-based Mednax®, Inc. As of October 1, 2021, Obstetrix began collaborating with Broward Health with supporting obstetrician-gynecologist hospitalist coverage and MFM services to provide the highest level of specialized maternal care.

“We welcome this partnership with Pediatrix and Obstetrix, leading national, multi-specialty groups of clinicians,” said Heather Havericak, CEO of Broward Health Medical Center and Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital. “Our collaboration will provide highly specialized care to assist families every step of the way during the birthing process and beyond.”

“Both Mednax and Broward Heath Medical Center have a long history of promoting quality care for women’s health services and their future children,” said Kathy Porter, M.D., MFM specialist and practice medical director. “This new partnership shares a mission focused on further advancing a safe clinical environment that provides evidence-based care in a team format to support future mothers and other women’s health needs in our community.”

Broward Health Medical Center’s Maternity Place has comprehensive gynecologic and obstetric services that begin with in-house specialists who care for patients, including those with high-risk pregnancies. The hospital’s multidisciplinary team of specialists include anesthesiologists, neonatologists, obstetrician, and certified nurse midwifes available 24 hours a day.

Broward Health Medical Center is designated a Levell III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center (RPICC) and is one of only 11 RPICCs in Florida to provide the highest level of care for women with high-risk pregnancies and newborns who are sick or born too early. The hospital’s Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for the tiniest and most fragile infants.

“Our hospital has been providing maternity care for decades in Broward County and with that comes a history of highly skilled and compassionate caregivers who are invested in the community,” said Havericak. ‘We look forward to continuing to provide superior maternity care for patients with our new partners at Pediatrix and Obstetrix.”

To learn more about the maternity and register for a maternity tours that include the newly expanded NICU, visit www.BrowardHealth.org/Maternity.