Weather Advisory: Temporary Door Closure

Due to extreme cold, access through the Moakley Building's entrance off Boston Medical Center Place will be temporarily closed from 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, through 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2.

All patients and visitors should use the main entrance for the Menino and Yawkey Buildings during this time. The hospital remains open and operating as normal.

We appreciate your patience as we take these precautions during severe winter weather.

Prenatal Genetics

Conditions We Treat

While we do not treat any specific conditions in our clinic, common reasons we see patients for a referral include:

  • Advanced gestational age (people who are 35 or older at delivery)
  • Personal or family history of a birth defect, genetic condition, or intellectual disability
  • Abnormal prenatal testing results such as high-risk maternal serum screening or non-invasive prenatal screening
  • Positive carrier screen findings
  • Abnormal finding on ultrasound
  • Discussion of pan-ethnic and ethnic-based carrier screening (i.e. sickle cell, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs)
  • Consanguinity (couple is related by blood)
  • Exposure to medications, drugs, alcohol, radiation or infections (teratogens)
  • Recurrent pregnancy loss or infertility