Background
Title(s)
Chief, Maternal Fetal Medicine; Member of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
Department + Services
Maternal Fetal Health
My Expertise
Cervical incompetence, Preterm Birth, Multiple gestation
Board Certifications
Obstetrics & Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal & Fetal Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Publications & Research
William J. Barth, MD, talks about the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division
William J. Barth MD, chief of the General Obstetrics Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, talks about the practice and the importance he finds in the patient-physician relationship.
http://www.massgeneral.org/news/multimedia.aspx?id=521
Professional
Degree & Residencies
MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Residency, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Personal
William H. Barth, Jr, MD, is Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.He is Chair of the Committee on Obstetric Practice for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is an Oral Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Before retiring as a Colonel in the United States Air Force in 2005 he served as Department Chair at Wilford Hall Medical Center, as Chief Consultant to the Surgeon General for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and as Commander of the 407th Expeditionary Medical Group in Iraq.
His primary research interests since 1996 have been in the design and conduct of a number of randomized trials in clinical obstetrics and perinatology. His clinical practice and interests are in the areas of preterm birth, cervical insufficiency, multiple gestations and intrapartum obstetrics.