Maternal Fetal Medicine Attending
Massachusetts General Hospital
Christina Duzyj Buniak, MD, MPH, is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Program Director of the MFM Fellowship. Dr. Duzyj Buniak sees women for ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, prenatal care and MFM consultation as well as caring for women on Labor and Delivery and the Antepartum Service at Mass General. Dr. Duzyj completed her BS in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan (2001). She obtained her medical and public health degrees at Columbia University (2006), and subsequently completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology (2010) and Maternal Fetal Medicine training (2013) at Yale School of Medicine. She then served on the faculty of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School prior to joining the MFM group at MGH.
Dr. Duzyj's primary clinical interest is surgical complications in pregnancy, including management of mothers with placenta accreta spectrum, prior abdominal surgery, uterine fibroids, bleeding disorders or other pathologies requiring interdisciplinary management for surgical delivery. To complement this clinical interest, Dr. Duzyj's research program is focused on molecular characterization of post-cesarean uterine scar and its contribution to abnormal placentation. Dr. Duzyj also has an interest in team communication in implementation of patient safety strategies to reduce maternal mortality. Dr. Duzyj serves on the Education committee and serves as a State Advocacy Liaison for the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, and formerly served on the Communications committee.