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MFM FELLOWSHIP FACULTY -
EDGAR ARMANDO HERNANDEZ-ANDRADE, PH.D.

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Wayne State University/Perinatology Research Branch - Fetal and Maternal Imaging Director, Edgar Armando Hernandez-Andrade, Ph.D.Title

  • Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Director, Fetal and Maternal Imaging, Perinatology Research Branch

Education and Training

  • M.D., Superior School of Medicine, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Masters in Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lund, Sweden
  • Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Honors received), University of Guanajuato, Ministry of Health, Mexico
  • Fellowship - Perinatal Medicine (Honors received), National Institute of Perinatal Medicine, National Health Council, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Diploma and Fellowship - Fetal Medicine, Harris Birthright Research Center for Fetal Medicine, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona. Spain

Awards and Recognitions

  • Young Research Fellow of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Research Award “Juan de la Cierva” Council of Health and Education, Spain,
  • Senior National Researcher, Mexican Research Council
  • Coordinator of the Fetal Surgery Program, National Institute of Perinatal Medicine, National Health Council, Mexico City
  • Predictive Value of the Middle Cerebral Artery Peak Systolic Velocity to Establish the Interval Between Intrauterine Transfusions in Fetal Red Cell Alloinmunization 14th World Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Stockholm, Sweden 
  • The Use of a Cardiac Profile Improves Detection of Heart Dysfunction and Prediction of Poor Perinatal Outcome as Compared with Ductus Venosus Alone 17th World Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Florence, Italy
  • Biomarkers of Cardiac Dysfunction and Cell Damage Across Different Stages of Hemodynamic Deterioration in Intrauterine Growth Restriction Fetuses The Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 28th Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX USA
  • Association between Frontal Tissue Blood Perfusion and Neonatal Neurobehaviour in Full-term Small-for-Gestational-age Fetuses,19th World Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology , Hamburg, Germany

Research Interests

  • Fetal cardiac function 
  • Fetal neurodevelopment
  • Maternal hemodynamic changes during pregnancy
  • Obesity and perinatal complications
  • Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Select Publications

  1. Hernandez-Andrade E, Jansson T, Ley D, Bellander M, Persson M, Lingman G, Maršál K. Validation of fractional moving blood volume measurement with power Doppler ultrasound in an experimental sheep model. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2004; 23: 363-8. 
  2. Hernández-Andrade E, López-Tenorio J, Figueroa-Diesel H, Sanin-Blair J, Carreras E, Cabero L, Gratacós E.  A modified myocardial performance (Tei) index for left fetal cardiac assessment based in the use of valve clicks improves reproducibility and inter-observer agreement Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2005; 26: 227-32.
  3. Hernández-Andrade E, Figueroa-Diesel H. Kottman C, Illanes S, Arraztoa J,  Acosta-Rojas R, Gratacós E. Gestational-age adjusted reference values of the modified myocardial performance index for evaluation of  fetal left cardiac. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2007; 29: 321-5.
  4. Hernandez-Andrade E, Figueroa-Diesel H, Jansson T, Rangel-Nava H, Gratacos E. Changes in regional fetal cerebral blood flow perfusion in relation to hemodynamic deterioration in severely growth-restricted fetuses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2008; 32: 71-76.
  5. Hernandez-Andrade E, Crispi F, Benavides-Serralde JA, Plasencia W, Diesel HF, Eixarch E, Acosta-Rojas R, Figueras F, Nicolaides K, Gratacós E. Contribution of the myocardial performance index and aortic isthmus blood flow index to predicting mortality in preterm growth-restricted fetuses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009; 34: 430-436.