General Info

Dr Katherine Childress specializes in maternal-fetal medicine. She manages high-risk pregnancies and provides services that include obstetric ultrasound, amniocentesis, and cerclage placement. Her areas of clinical interest are preterm labor, cervical insufficiency, obesity in pregnancy, autoimmune disease, and cesarean sections. Dr Childress is interested in research into preterm labor, cesarean section infections, cervical insufficiency, and obesity in pregnancy. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.