Penn Medicine Provider
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Laura A. Smith, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Maternal Fetal Medicine HUP
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
  • Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Smith is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Smith, LA, Young BC Antenatal Optimization of Maternal Anemia Leads to Decreased Risks of Maternal Morbidity. , Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep, 3:1-7: 2023

Green A, Chiu S, Manor E, Smith L, Oyelese Y The association of gestational age at delivery with neonatal outcomes in prenatally diagnosed vasa previa. , J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 35(25):10162-10167: 2022

Smith LA, O’Brien BM Prenatal diagnosis. , Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, 6th ed, 1(7):58-66: 2022

Conyers S, Modest AM, Young BC, Smith L The effects of treatment of maternal anemia on peripartum transfusion requirement. Oral presentation at the annual meeting for New England, Perinatal Society, Newport, RI, , : 2022

Donovan B, Ajayi A, Hecht J, Reforma LG, Smith LA, Choi W, Arambula G, Hess PE, Shainker SA, Modest AM The impact of implementing a specialized placenta accreta program on maternal mortality. Poster presentation at the annual meeting for Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Orlando, FL, , : 2022

Reforma LG, Donovan B, Smith L, Choi W, Hecht J, Hess P, Modest AM, Shainker SA Maternity morbidity outcomes among planned versus unplanned peripartum hysterectomies. Poster presentation at the annual meeting for Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Orlando, FL, , : 2022

Johnson KM, Smith L, Modest AM, Salahuddin S, Karumanchi SA, Rana S, Young BC Angiogenic factors and prediction for ischemic placental disease in future pregnancies. , Pregnancy Hypertens, 25:12-17: 2021

Collier AY, Smith LA, Karumanchi SA Review of the immune mechanisms of preeclampsia and the potential of immune modulating therapy. , Hum Immunol, 82(5):362-370: 2021

Smith L, Wylie BJ Magnesium Sulfate for the Prevention of Cerebral Palsy: The BEAM Trial 54. , 50 Studies Every Obstetrician Gynecologist Should Know, 1-6: 2021

Smith LA, Johnson KM, Modest AM, Salahuddin S, Karumanchi A, Rana S, Young BC Angiogenic factors and prediction for Ischemic Placental Disease in Future pregnancies. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dallas, TX, , : 2020