Francine Hughes MD

General Obstetrics, Maternal & Fetal Medicine/High Risk

Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Mass General Hospital, Boston MA

55 Fruit StAusren 490Boston, MA 02114

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Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Rutgers Health/Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997 - 2001
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1997

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2023 - 2028
NH State Medical License 2023 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2001 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 1998 - 2017
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014, 2021
Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Clinical Trials

Epigenetic and Developmental Effects of In Utero Exposure to Environmental Toxicants Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Clarifying posttraumatic stress disorder and postpartum depression following cesarean delivery (letter to the editor).
Sharon Dekel, Francine Hughes
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2026-08-01
Intrapartum Oxytocin and Maternal Outcomes Following Vaginal and Unscheduled Cesarean Delivery.
Hadas Allouche-Kam, Isha H Arora, Mary C Lee, Jiajia Zhang, Francine Hughes
Medrxiv. 2026-06-23
Early prediction of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.
Hadas Allouche-Kam, Isha Hemant Arora, Mary Lee, Francine Hughes, Sharon Dekel
Medrxiv. 2026-03-24

Grant Support

Establishing a Screening Tool for Early Detection of PTSD following Complicated ChildbirthMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2025–2028
Establishing a Screening Tool for Early Detection of PTSD following Complicated ChildbirthMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2025–2028