Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence Ecker MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine
55 Fruit St Yaw 4 Vincent Ob/Gyn Servi Boston MA, 02114Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Jeffrey Ecker is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Ecker specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Ecker can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Ecker can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1988
Harvard Medical School 1988
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- First trimester insulin resistance and subsequent preeclampsia: a prospective study.
- Insulin resistance but not inflammation is associated with gestational hypertension.
- First-trimester C-reactive protein and subsequent gestational diabetes.
- First-trimester sex hormone binding globulin and subsequent gestational diabetes mellitus.
- Placental villitis of unclear etiology during ovum donor in vitro fertilization pregnancy.
- Inflammation and glucose intolerance: a prospective study of gestational diabetes mellitus.
- Abortion, health, and the law.
- Once a pregnancy, always a cesarean? Rationale and feasibility of a randomized controlled trial.
- Differential risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among Hispanic women.
- Cesarean delivery for suspected macrosomia: inefficient at best.
- Randomized comparison of chromic versus fast-absorbing polyglactin 910 for postpartum perineal repair.
- Early pregnancy insulin resistance and subsequent gestational diabetes mellitus.
- Postpartum diabetes screening in women with a history of gestational diabetes.
- Do differences in the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists positions on the ethics of maternal-fetal interventions reflect subtly divergent professional sensitivities to pregnant women and fetuses
- Evidence and opinion: closing the gap.
Treatments
- Pregnancy
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