
Tetsuya Kawakita MD
Maternal & Fetal Medicine/High Risk
Physician
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825 Fairfax AveSte 310Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone+1 757-446-7900
Fax+1 757-446-7464
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Education & Training
MedStar Health Georgetown University/Washington Hospital CenterFellowship, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 2017 - 2020
Georgetown UniversityMS, Clinical Translational Research, 2017 - 2020
MedStar Health Georgetown University/Washington Hospital CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013 - 2017
Kanazawa UniversityClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
DC State Medical License 2017 - 2020
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Third Prize Paper Award, Women’s and Infants’ services Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Research Day 2016
- Resident Award for Excellence in Obstetrics SMFM, 2015
- Kurokawa Award (Class Valedictorian) Kanazawa University, 2009
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Association Between Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician Density and Pregnancy Outcomes.Tetsuya Kawakita, Rula Atwani, Misa Hayasaka, Lindsay Robbins, George Saade
American Journal of Perinatology. 2025-10-16 - Nutrition Pattern and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Nulliparous Individuals: A Cluster Analysis.Tetsuya Kawakita, Yara H Diab, Kazuma Onishi, George Saade
American Journal of Perinatology. 2025-10-10 - 1 citationsReevaluating optimal weight changes across the stages of pregnancy.Diana Aboukhater, Misa Hayasaka, Juliana Martins, George Saade, Tetsuya Kawakita
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2025-10-01
Journal Articles
- 956 Pregnancies Complicated by Any Fetal Anomaly Are at Increased Risk for Maternal Morbidity and MortalityTetsuya Kawakita, Molly Houser, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 860 Risk Assessment Tool for Postpartum Readmission Due to De-Novo or Progressive Pregnancy-Associated Hypertensive DiseaseRebecca L Chornock, Tetsuya Kawakita, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancyKawakita T, Wilson K, Grantz KL, Landy HJ, Huang CC, Gomez-Lobo V, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 1/1/2016
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Abstracts/Posters
- Primary Cesarean Delivery in Obese WomenKawakita T, Reddy UM, Landy HJ, Iqbal SN, Huang CC, Grantz KL, SMFM 36th Annual Meeting - The pregnancy meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2016
- Complications of rapid preterm cesarean deliveryKawakita T, Desale S, Reddy UM, ACOG Annual clinical and scientific meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2016
- Evaluation of Classical Cesarean Delivery OutcomesKawakita T, Landy HJ, Reddy UM, Grantz KL, Desale S, Iqbal SN, ACOG Annual clinical and scientific meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2016
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Press Mentions
Racial Disparities in Pregnancy Linked to Social VulnerabilityMay 27th, 2025
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