Amen Ness, MD, MSCP
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Biography
Amen Ness MD, MSCP is the Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine at St Elizabeth Medical Center. He is a licensed physician in Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Previously, he was a Clinical Professor of OB/GYN at Stanford University Medical Center and a Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at St Peters University Medical Center.
Education
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD
- Thomas Jefferson University, MS
- Yeshiva University, BA
Publications
- Published on 5/16/2024
Ness A. Maternal mortality in the United States: finally some good news. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Aug; 231(2):e93. PMID: 38759708.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/10/2023
Padua K, Robinson R, Ness A, Judy A, Lee GM, Gould J. Moms in the NICU: developing a pilot to engage and empower women who have delivered a prematurely born infant. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Jun 10; 23(1):432. PMID: 37301839.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2022
Khorshid A, Mayo J, Chueh J, Shaw GM, Stevenson D, Ness A. Frequency of cerclage in consecutive pregnancies of women with history of preterm birth. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2022; 15(3):627-633. PMID: 35404291.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/2/2021
Ness A, Mayo JA, El-Sayed YY, Druzin ML, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM. Trends in Spontaneous and Medically Indicated Preterm Birth in Twins versus Singletons: A California Cohort 2007 to 2011. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Jan; 40(1):62-67. PMID: 33934321.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/24/2019
Pinto NM, Henry KA, Grobman WA, Ness A, Miller S, Ellestad S, Gotteiner N, Tacy T, Wei G, Minich LL, Kinney AY. Physician Barriers and Facilitators for Screening for Congenital Heart Disease With Routine Obstetric Ultrasound: A National United States Survey. J Ultrasound Med. 2020 Jun; 39(6):1143-1153. PMID: 31875341.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/24/2017
Nassr AA, Ness A, Hosseinzadeh P, Salmanian B, Espinoza J, Berger V, Werner E, Erfani H, Welty S, Bateni ZH, Shamshirsaz AA, Popek E, Ruano R, Davis AS, Lee TC, Keswani S, Cass DL, Olutoye OO, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA. Outcome and Treatment of Antenatally Diagnosed Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2018; 43(2):123-128. PMID: 28647738.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/14/2016
Lyell DJ, Power M, Murtough K, Ness A, Anderson B, Erickson K, Schulkin J. Surgical Techniques at Cesarean Delivery: A U.S. Survey. Surg J (N Y). 2016 Oct; 2(4):e119-e125. PMID: 28825004.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/22/2015
Blumenfeld YJ, Shamshirsaz AA, Belfort MA, Hintz SR, Moaddab A, Ness A, Chueh J, El-Sayed YY, Ruano R. Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome in Monochorionic-Triamniotic Triplets Treated with Fetoscopic Laser Ablation: Report of Two Cases and A Systematic Review. AJP Rep. 2015 Oct; 5(2):e153-60. PMID: 26495175.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2013
Ness A, Blumenfeld YJ, Platt LD. Maternal-fetal medicine fellowship 3- and 4-dimensional ultrasound experience: room for improvement. J Ultrasound Med. 2013 Jun; 32(6):949-53. PMID: 23716515.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/11/2012
Blumenfeld YJ, Ness A, Platt LD. Maternal-fetal medicine fellowship obstetrical ultrasound experience: results from a fellowship survey. Prenat Diagn. 2013 Feb; 33(2):158-61. PMID: 23229275.
Read at: PubMed
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