Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Professor
Primary Appointment:
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Administrative Title:
Director, Obstetric Care Unit
Additional Title:
Director, Obstetrical Care Unit Interim Director, Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
Phone (Primary):
410-328-6475 (administrative)
Phone (Secondary):
667-214-1300 (clinic)
Education and Training
Undergraduate: Yale College, BS 1985
Medical School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD 1990
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, OB/GYN 1990-1994
Fellowship: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Maternal-Fetal Medicine 1996-1998
Graduate School: Boston University, MPH, 2010
Biosketch
I have been a high-risk pregnancy specialist for over 25 years. My clinical interests include the full range of maternal and fetal complications. My academic interests lie in the realm of medical ethics especially around issues of periviability, prenatal diagnosis, and treatment of fetal abnormalities.
Highlighted Publications
Recent Publications
- Ralston SJ. The Conscience of an MFM. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Jun;218(6):596.e1-596.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.03.010. Epub 2018 Mar 9. PMID: 29530675
- Practice Advisory: Response to FDA’s Authorization of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutation Direct-to-Consumer Testing. ACOG Committee on Genetics 2018
- Modern genetics in obstetrics and gynecology. ACOG Technology Assessment in Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 14. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2018;132:e143–68
- Perinatal Palliative Care. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 786. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2019; 134:e84-9 31441826
- Ralston SJ, Farrell RM. “Ethical Issues Faced by the OB/GYN Hospitalist.” OBGYN Hospital Medicine: principals and practice. New York: McGraw-Hill 2019
- Tarui T, Im K, Madan N, et al. Quantitative MRI analyses of regional brain growth in living fetuses with Down syndrome. Cereb Cortex. 2019 Jul 2. pii: bhz094. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz094. 31264685
- Gerson KD, Haviland MJ, Neo D, Hecht JL, Baccarelli AA, Brennan KJ, Dereix AE, Ralston SJ, Hacker MR, Burris HH. Pregnancy-associated changes in cervical noncoding RNA..Epigenomics. 2020 Jun;12(12):1013-1025. doi: 10.2217/epi-2019-0231. Epub 2020 Aug 18.PMID: 32808540
- The use of analgesia and anesthesia for maternal-fetal procedures. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Consult Series #59 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM); Society of Family Planning (SFP); Mary E. Norton, MD; Arianna Cassidy, MD; Steven J. Ralston, MD, MPH; Debnath Chatterjee, MD; Diana Farmer, MD; Anitra D. Beasley, MD, MPH; Monica Dragoman, MD, MPH. 2021 PMID: 34461076
- Ralston SJ. “Uterine Transplantation: A Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perspective” in Seminars in Perinatology, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semperi.2021.151522
- Patel V, Gleeson PK, Delaney K, Ralston SJ, Feldman S, Fadugba O. Safety and outcomes of penicillin allergy evaluation in pregnant women. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2022 May;128(5):568-574. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.01.032. Epub 2022 Feb 2. PMID: 35123076.
Clinical Specialty Details
High-risk pregnancy, Prenatal diagnosis and genetics, medical ethics
Awards and Affiliations
Honors and Awards
1985 Phi Beta Kappa Yale College
1985 Summa Cum Laude Yale College
1987 Research Prize New York City Dept. of Public Health
1990 Alpha Omega Alpha Columbia College
1994 Outstanding Resident Award Hospital of St. Raphael
1994 Resident Research Award Yale-New Haven Hospital
1994 Humanistic Medicine Award Yale-New Haven Hospital
1994 Outstanding Housestaff Award Yale School of Medicine
1996 Outstanding Teaching Award Beverly Hospital
1998 Outstanding Teaching Award Tufts - New England Medical Center
1999 Outstanding Teaching Award Tufts - New England Medical Center
2000 Outstanding Teaching Award Tufts - New England Medical Center
2001 APGO Excellence in Teaching Tufts - New England Medical Center
2003 Outstanding Teaching in Clinical Sciences Tufts University School of Medicine
2003 Outstanding Teaching Award Tufts - New England Medical Center
2003 Philip McGovern Faculty Teaching Award Tufts - New England Medical Center
2004 Award for Excellence in Teaching Tufts University School of Medicine
2005 Award for Excellence in Teaching Tufts University School of Medicine
2006 Award for Excellence in Teaching Tufts University School of Medicine
2007 Award for Excellence in Teaching Tufts University School of Medicine
2007 Chief Resident Teaching Award Tufts-New England Medical Center
2010 Outstanding Lecturer Tufts University School of Medicine
2010 Capstone Presentation Award Boston University School of Public Health
2012 Named to Best of Boston – Top Physicians, Boston Magazine
2013 Certificate of Excellence in Tutoring Harvard Medical School
2013 Named to Best of Boston – Top Physicians, Boston Magazine
2014 Certificate of Excellence in Tutoring Harvard Medical School
2014 Named to Best of Boston – Top Physicians, Boston Magazine
2015 Certificate of Excellence in Tutoring Harvard Medical School
2015 Named to Best of Boston – Top Physicians, Boston Magazine
2016 “Best Article in Past Year” Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ethics Section
2018 Patient Advocacy Award Pennsylvania Hospital