Our Team of Experts Perinatal Team, Fetal Treatment Center
A perinatologist is an obstetrician who has special training in managing patients with high-risk pregnancies, or complications during pregnancy. As a member of the Fetal Treatment Center team, the perinatologist is responsible for managing all aspects of your prenatal care.
For further information regarding Perinatology please refer to the Department of OB/GYN website.
Larry Rand, M.D.
Perinatologist
Director of Perinatal Services
Fetal Treatment Center Perinatal Team
Dr. Rand is our Director of Perinatal Services in the Fetal Treatment Center, where he uses his special training and experience with high-risk pregnancies to care for women with fetal complications. Dr. Rand was a medical/cultural anthropologist and studied biochemistry before entering the field of medicine. He travels to West Africa several times a year to perform surgery and provide high risk obstetric care to patients with limited access. In addition to counseling our patients in the fetal treatment center, Dr. Rand also performs high-level obstetric ultrasound at UCSF and in UCSF satellite centers in surrounding communities, and specializes in chorionic villus sampling (CVS), amniocentesis, and multi-fetal pregnancy fetal reduction. Dr. Rand attends patients on Labor and Delivery, has a special interest in medical education and quality improvement, and heads our Perinatal Fetal Treatment team.
Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1998
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital Ob/Gyn and
Massachusetts General Hospital, Ob/Gyn Boston, 2003
Fellowship: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 2006
Languages: German, Hebrew
Special Interests: twin to twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and complications of monochorionic twin pregnancies, fetal intervention and treatment, obstetric ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis, chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, multi-fetal pregnancy reduction, intra-uterine transfusion, fetal biopsies and shunt placements
Get to know your doctor - outside interests: dogs and cats, cooking, art, theater
Yvonne Cheng, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Lena Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Julian Parer, M.D., Ph.D.
Special Interests: pregnancy loss and premature delivery, Rh disease and iso-immunization, maternal medical complications of pregnancy
Outpatient Clinical Ob Practice: UCSF at Parnassus
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine 1971
Residencies: USC Medical Center, OB/GYN 1974
Certifications: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Languages: Spanish
Patricia Robertson, M.D.
Founder, "Twins and More" program
Director, Medical Student Education, Dept of Ob/Gyn
Co-Director, Lesbian Health Research
Medical Director, Perinatal Mental Health Assessment Clinic
Specialties: twin pregnancies, preterm birth prevention, medical student education, Lesbian health research,
Outpatient Clinical Ob Practice: UCSF at Parnassus
Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio 1976
Residencies: UCSF Medical Center, OB/GYN 1980
Fellowships: UCSF Medical Center, Maternal-Fetal Medicine 1990
Certifications: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Languages: Spanish
Mari-Paule Thiet, M.D.
Chief of Obstetrics, UCSF
Director, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Medical Director, Prenatal Diagnosis Center
Specialties: High risk medical and surgical complications of pregnancy, obstetric ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, quality improvement, medical ethics (anything more - need to ask her) Outpatient Clinical Ob Practice: UCSF at Parnassus
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1985
Residency: Parkland Memorial Hospital, 1989
Fellowship: Maternal Fetal Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, 1991
Marya Gail Zlatnik, M.D.
Specialties: Obstetric ultrasound, preterm labor
Outpatient Clinical Ob Practice: UCSF at Parnassus
Medical School: University of Iowa School of Medicine 1993
Residencies: University of Texas, Medical Branch 1997
Fellowships: University of Texas, Medical Branch 2000
