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Professor, Department of Women's Health; Co-Director, Comprehensive Fetal Care Center
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth J. Moise Jr, M.D. is Professor of Women’s Health at Dell Medical School. He also serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas.
Dr. Moise completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University followed by a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Moise is the former Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is the former President of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society and served for many years as the Treasurer/Secretary of that organization. He is a founding member of the North American Fetal Treatment Network (NAFTNet) having served on its executive board and its steering committee. He is board certified in general Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Dr. Moise’s interest in fetal therapy spans a 30-year period. He is recognized world-wide for his contributions in the fetal treatment of Rh disease including the development of middle cerebral artery Doppler for the non-invasive detection of fetal anemia and the use of free fetal DNA to determine the fetal RHD status in the U.S.. He was instrumental in the formation of the three previous fetal centers – the Center for Maternal and Infant Health at the University of North Carolina, the Texas Children’s Fetal Center in Houston and The Fetal Center at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. In 2019, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine for his work in hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.