Edith Cheng, MD, is a maternal fetal medicine specialist, a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine's Division of Medical Genetics at the University of Washington. She also serves as Medical Director of the Maternal and Infant Care Center and the Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Therapy Program. In addition, Dr. Cheng is Program Director of the Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Program at Seattle Children's hospital.

Dr. Cheng has been a member of the UW OB/GYN faculty since 1990. In addition to being board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and sub-specialty-certified in maternal-fetal medicine, she is certified in medical genetics and genetic counseling.

Her clinical expertise includes prenatal diagnosis, genetics and maternal cystic fibrosis in women and fetuses with genetic conditions.

Jane Hitti, MD, MPH, is a obstetrician/gynecologist at UW Medical Center and the Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinics in Yakima, Arlington and Valley Medical Center in Renton. She is also a UW professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine, an adjunct professor of Epidemiology and director of UW Medicine’s Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship program.

Dr. Hitti believes every woman deserves to have a happy and healthy pregnancy, within the context of her own circumstances. She hopes to advocate effectively for the health of women and infants and encourages her patients to participate actively in their care. Dr. Hitti earned her MD at University of Vermont. She is board-certified in both maternal and fetal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology. Her clinical interests include HIV and other infectious diseases in pregnancy, multiple gestation, prematurity prevention and ultrasound. Dr. Hitti enjoys spending time with her children, yoga, the outdoors, gardening and reading anything that will enhance her perspective on life.

Alisa Kachikis, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecology (OB/GYN) and maternal-fetal medicine doctor at the UW Medicine Maternal Infant Care Clinic at the University of Washington Medical Center and in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic at Valley Medical Center. Her clinical interests include infections and immunization in pregnancy, prematurity, autoimmune and inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy, ultrasonography, multiple gestation, global reproductive health and pre-eclampsia. She believes each pregnancy is unique and some pregnancies are more complicated than others. Her goal is to provide information to patients and their families and work with them to optimize their individual treatment plans.

In addition to practicing at the Maternal Infant Care Clinic and at Valley Medical Center, Dr. Kachikis delivers her obstetric patient’s babies at the University of Washington Medical Center, a baby friendly designated hospital dedicated to serving all obstetric patients.

Dr. Kachikis earned her M.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Emory University. She then worked for two years in Malawi as an obstetrician-gynecologist through the Peace Corps. She subsequently completed her fellowship training in the division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Washington.

In her free time, Dr. Kachikis enjoys traveling, exploring the Pacific Northwest and spending time with her family and friends.”