Williamson Health is proud to announce the addition of physicians Chelsea Clinton, M.D., and Michael DeRoche, M.D., to the Williamson Health Medical Group‘s growing team of healthcare providers. The maternal-fetal medicine specialists will provide comprehensive care for women experiencing high-risk pregnancies and their unborn babies. This expansion of maternal-fetal services reflects Williamson Health’s commitment to meet the expansive healthcare needs of the community and provide specialized medical care close to home.

“The addition of Drs. Clinton and DeRoche allows Williamson Health to expand the care we provide for expectant mothers who are navigating high-risk pregnancies,” said Tim Burton, Chief Administrative Officer of Williamson Health Medical Group. “Their expertise and compassion strengthen our ability to serve these women and their families in the community, and we are proud to have them on board.”

Clinton is a board-certified maternal-fetal medicine physician. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before attending Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine for medical school in Lansing, Michigan. Clinton completed her residency at Cornell University’s Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City before making her way south for a fellowship at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

DeRoche is also a board-certified maternal-fetal medicine physician. An investment banker on Wall Street before going back to school for medicine at 30, he attended medical school at Wake Forest University’s Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before completing his residency and fellowship at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

A high-risk pregnancy is one that requires special care because of a problem with the pregnancy itself, a preexisting maternal health condition or a fetal birth defect or complication. Williamson Health’s maternal-fetal medicine specialists— who are board-certified in both maternal-fetal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology— offer a range of high-risk pregnancy services to craft a personalized plan of care for high-risk mothers before and during pregnancy and delivery. Collaborating via referrals from a patient’s pre-existing care team, the maternal-fetal medicine specialists at Williamson Health Medical Group work with women prior to and during pregnancy to monitor conditions such as:

• Autoimmune disorders
• Blood disorders
• Chronic diseases
• Diabetes
• Genetic diseases
• Heart conditions
• High blood pressure
• History of:
  • Cervical incompetence
  • Loss of pregnancy
  • Pre-term labor and delivery
  • Multiple births
• Lupus
• Maternal conditions
• Seizure disorders
• And more.

The new Williamson Health Medical Group Maternal-Fetal Medicine practice also offers advanced imaging recommended to help a patient’s care team identify and monitor issues that can arise before or during a pregnancy. Fetal imaging options include:

• 2D, 3D and 4D ultrasound
• Fetal echocardiography
• MRI
• Targeted fetal ultrasound
• Transvaginal ultrasound
• And more.

The maternal-fetal team also performs procedures including:

• Amniocentesis
• Amnioreduction
• Cervical cerclage
• And more.

For more information about the Williamson Health Medical Group Maternal-Fetal Medicine services please visit WilliamsonHealth.org or call (615) 435-7750.

Williamson Health is committed to delivering world-class healthcare to Williamson County and the surrounding region. The addition of maternal-fetal medicine services is another way the system’s medical group is expanding care to meet the needs of the communities they serve.

ABOUT WILLIAMSON HEALTH | Williamson Health is a regional healthcare system based in Williamson County, Tennessee, with more than 2,300 employees across more than 30 locations and more than 860 physicians and advanced care practitioners offering exceptional healthcare across 60-plus specialties and subspecialties close to home. The flagship hospital, Williamson Medical Center, which recently opened its new Boyer-Bryan West Tower, offers extensive women’s services, state-of-the-art cardiology services, advanced surgical technologies, an award-winning obstetrics and NICU, leading-edge orthopaedics, outpatient imaging services, and distinct comprehensive emergency and inpatient services for both adult and pediatric patients. Other Williamson Health service providers include the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee, The Turner-Dugas Breast Health Center, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Vanderbilt at Williamson Medical Center, Williamson Health physician practices that are strategically located throughout the community, countywide Emergency Medical Services that include 18 rapid response units, Williamson Health Foundation, and multiple joint venture Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Walk-In Clinics in Williamson County. Learn more about our many specialized services at www.WilliamsonHealth.org.