My name is Brenna Hughes, and
I'm a maternal-fetal medicine physician.
I have a particular expertise in
infectious diseases in pregnancy.
My major area of focus is cytomegalovirus,
or CMV infection in pregnancy.
Oftentimes, it's a scary new diagnosis.
People don't know what to do with it,
even docs don't know what to do with it.
So, they'll often call and
refer patients for
more specialized care or for
discussions about research.
When I see each individual patient,
I want to engage with
them and their history and
want to know where they're coming from.
So, while I might have read their
chart and have an idea of what I think
is going to be the next best step for
them for their pregnancy care,
I can never really do that without
them telling me their background and
what they want out of
the patient interaction.
And so, to me,
that's the most important thing of
what I can provide to my patients.
The unique thing about me is my husband
and I have six children altogether.
[LAUGH] So we're fairly busy.
We have a large Brady Bunch family.
[LAUGH] And so we spend lots
of time with lots of children.
