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Audrey Merriam, MD, MS

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Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
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Residency Program Director, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

PO Box 208063, 333 Cedar Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8063

United States

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Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Residency Program Director, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Biography

I am an attending physician and Assistant Professor in the department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Yale University and the Associate Residency Program Director for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program. Originally from upstate New York, I have never been able to break out of the east coast. After graduating from St. Lawrence University in 2006 I attended medical school at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT and completed the majority of my clinical rotations at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. I completed my residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware and my Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at Columbia University in NYC. While at Columbia I obtained a master’s degree in Biostatistics. During this time, I severed on boards for Medical Students for Choice, the Junior Fellow Advisory Council for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. I am currently the co-chair of the formed Maternal Mortality Review Committee for the state of Connecticut. I am also the Associate Program Director for the ObGyn Residency at Yale University.

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Education & Training

Fellow
Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital (2017)
MS
Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, Biostatistics (2017)
Resident
Christiana Care Health System (2014)
MD
University of Vermont College of Medicine (2010)
BS
St. Lawrence University, Biology (2006)

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Frequent collaborators of Audrey Merriam's published research.

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2024

2023

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Clinical Care

Overview

As a high-risk pregnancy specialist, Audrey Merriam, MD, MS, says she most enjoys the variety of cases she treats. “Every case is different,” Dr. Merriam says. “And there’s nothing that’s straightforward. Instead, each case requires careful thinking because patients react differently to a disease process.”

Dr. Merriam focuses on a range of conditions, including preeclampsia (high maternal blood pressure during pregnancy), maternal cardiac and kidney issues, genetic defects and multiple pregnancies. “I really enjoy the complex medical conditions we see in maternal-fetal medicine,” she says. “And I love the coordination of care that has to occur, between specialists like me and the patient’s cardiologist or kidney doctor.”

Many of her patients, she says, are apprehensive when they first come to see her. “A lot of women have been told they should never get pregnant, and now they are and think the pregnancy is going to be risky,” she says. “I take it one step at a time, talk them through what I see and how I think their pregnancy will go. I then lay out a plan of care for them and try to put them at ease.”

High-risk cases are more common now, Dr. Merriam says, partly because women tend to be older when they start their families. “They also might be coming into pregnancy with more preexisting medical conditions, which is why maternal-fetal medicine is so important because we’re here to take care of them,” she says. “We have a lot of specialized services here at Yale New Haven Hospital that you won’t find everywhere, like anesthesiologists who specialize in obstetrics.”

Dr. Merriam delivers babies at Yale New Haven Hospital. She is an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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Board Certifications

  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Original Certification Date
    2019
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Latest Certification Date
    2019
    Original Certification Date
    2018

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Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

PO Box 208063, 333 Cedar Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8063

United States

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