Dr. Julie Moldenhauer is an attending physician at the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical focus is in prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy. She cares for mothers carrying babies with fetal anomalies that place both mother and baby at high risk.

One of Dr. Moldenhauer’s research interests lies in improving the prenatal management of gastroschisis, a defect that causes the fetal intestines to extend into the amniotic fluid through an opening in the abdominal wall. Dr. Moldenhauer also has a particular interest in outcomes after open fetal surgery and EXIT procedures, examining how fetal conditions and their treatment can place mothers at increased risk for complications. She believes that with a better understanding of the interrelation of mother and baby, we can improve the outcome for both.

Before joining CHOP in 2009, Dr. Moldenhauer was the Director of Reproductive Genetics in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the University of North Carolina. Her extensive background in reproductive genetics gives her unique insight into the practice of prenatal diagnosis.

“I tell every patient that our job is to teach them everything they need to know about their baby’s condition. We need to give them the tools to help them feel comfortable making the best care decisions possible,” Dr. Moldenhauer says. “I speak to patients and families the way I would want to be spoken to myself — I am a mom, too.”

Dr. Moldenhauer has great compassion for her patients and their families, and is interested in how a prenatal diagnosis affects the mother from a psychological standpoint. “I hope to build on caring for the mental well-being of these families,” she says.

Dr. Moldenhauer is conducting further studies into post-partum depression as it relates to mothers carrying babies with fetal anomalies, with the goal of integrating that learning into patient care. “If we can define how often depression occurs and create management strategies to help women and their families, we may be able to make a significant impact.”

Dr. Moldenhauer earned her B.S. in chemistry from Hillsdale College and her medical degree from Wayne State University, both in Michigan, She performed her residencies in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Human Genetics at Wayne State University. She also completed her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Wayne State University . She is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Clinical Genetics.

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology in Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 2002-present Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• 2002-present American College of Medical Genetics
  • Member, 2005-present
  • Fellow, 2005-present
  • Member, 2011 Clinical Genetics Exam Committee, 2010-present
• 2003-2005 Organization of Resident Representatives (Representative for the Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics)
• 2004-present American Society of Human Genetics
• 2004-present American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Junior Fellow, 2004-2007
  • Fellow, 2008-present
• 2007-present International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology

• 2007-present Steering Committee Member, North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet)
  • Chair, 2009
• 2008 Committee Member, North Carolina Physician Advisory Group, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resources (NCDHHS) on Medicaid's Cytogenetics Policy

1. Yaron Y, Bryant-Greenwood PK, Dave N, Moldenhauer JS, Kramer RL, Johnson MP, Evans MI. Multifetal pregnancy reductions of triplets to twins: comparison with nonreduced triplets and twins. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 180(5): 1268-1271, May 1999.
2. Ebright J, Moldenhauer JS, Gonik B. Non-surgical management of post cesarean endomyometritis associated with local gas formation. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics & Gynecology 8(3-4):181-183, 2000.
3. Blackwell SC, Moldenhauer JS, Redman M, Hassan SS, Wolfe HM, Berry SM. Relationship between the sonographic pattern of intrauterine growth restriction and acid-base status at the time of cordocentesis. Archives of Obstetrics & Gynecology 264(4):191-193, Jan. 2001.
4. Blackwell SC, Moldenhauer JS, Hassan SS, Berry SM, Sorokin Y. Meconium aspiration syndrome in term neonates with normal acid-base status at birth: Is it different? American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 184(7):1422-1425, June 2001.
5. Blackwell SC, Carreno CA, Hassan SS, Moldenhauer JS, Wolfe HM, Berry SM, Kruger M, Sorokin Y. Meconium-staining and meconium aspiration syndrome: Is there seasonal variation? Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy 16(4):208-210, July/Aug. 2001.
6. Moldenhauer JS, Stanek J, Warshak C, Khoury J, Sibai B. The frequency and severity of placental findings in women with preeclampsia are gestational age dependent. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 189(4):1173-1177, Oct. 2003.
7. Moldenhauer JS, O’Brien JM, Barton JR, Sibai B. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy associated with pancreatitis: A life-threatening complication. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 190(2):502-505, Feb. 2004.
8. Coppage KH, Hinton AC, Moldenhauer JS, Kovilam O, Barton JR, Sibai BM. Maternal and perinatal outcome in women with a history of stroke. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 190(5):1331-1334, May 2004.
9. Ostermeier GC, Goodrich RJ, Moldenhauer JS, Diamond MP, Krawetz SA. A suite of novel human spermatozoal RNAs. Journal of Andrology 26(1):70-74, Jan./Feb. 2005.
10. Fayz B, Moldenhauer JS, Wang D, Zhao C, Yao B, Liu D, Weinsheimer S, Bagby L, Johnson A, Womble DD, Krawetz SA. LARALink: A web application for cytogenetic linkage analysis. Clinical Genetics 67:314-321, Apr. 2005.
11. Platts AE, Moldenhauer JS, Fayz B, Wang D, Borgaonkar DS, Krawetz SA. LARALink 2.0: A comprehensive aid to basic and clinical cytogenetic research. Genetic Testing 9(4):334-341, winter 2005.
12. Schmitt CL, Moldenhauer J, Kaiser-Rogers K, Powell C, Wolfe H. Prenatal diagnosis of mosaic complete trisomy. American Journal of Medical Genetics 149A(8):1801-1805, Aug. 2009.
13. Moldenhauer JS, Lai Y, Schatz M, Wise R, Landon MB, Newman RB, Rouse DJ, Simhan HN, Leveno KJ, Miodovnik M, Lindheimer MD, Wapner RJ, Varner MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Conway DL. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Influence of maternal asthma and asthma severity on newborn morphometry. Journal of Asthma 47(2):145-149, Mar. 2010.
14. Roman A, Papanna R, Johnson A, Hassan S, Moldenhauer J, Molina S, Moise Jr. KJ. Selective reduction in complicated monochorionic pregnancies: Radiofrequency ablation vs. bipolar cord coagulation. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 36(1):37-41, July 2010.
15. Plante BJ, Beamon C, Landy C, Moldenhauer JS, Steine AZ. Maternal antimullerian hormone levels do not predict fetal aneuploidy. Journal of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics 27(7):409-414, July 2010.
16. Skupski DW, Luks FI, Walker M, Papanna R, Bebbington M, Ryan G, O’Shaughnessy R, Moldenhauer J, Bahtiyar O; North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet). Preopera-tive predictors of death in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated with laser ablation of placental anastomoses. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 203(4):388.e1-388.e11, Oct. 2010.
17. Carver A, Haeri S, Moldenhauer J, Wolfe H, Goodnight W. Monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy: Timing and duration of sonographic surveillance for detection of twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 30(3):297-301, Mar. 2011.

1. Moldenhauer JS, Gilbert A, Johnson A. Vascular occlusion in the management of com-plicated multifetal pregnancies. [Review] Clinical Perinatology 30(3):601-621, Sept. 2003.
2. Moldenhauer JS, Ostermeier GC, Johnson A, Diamond MP, Krawetz SA. Diagnosing male factor infertility using microarrays. [Review] Journal of Andrology 24(6):783-789, Nov./Dec. 2003.

1. Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, Brock JW 3rd, Burrows PK, Johnson MP, Howell LJ, Farrell JA, Dabrowiak ME, Sutton LN, Gupta N, Tulipan NB, D’Alton ME, Farmer DL; MOMS Investigators. A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. New England Journal of Medicine 364(11):993-1004, 2011.

1. Potluri K, Moldenhauer J, Karlman R, Hou S. Beta HCG levels in a pregnant dialysis patient: a cautionary tale. NTD Plus 4:42-43, 2011.

1. Manickam K, Gucsavas-Calikoglu M, Moldenhauer J, Vargo D, Crowe C, Powell C, Aylsworth A. Chondrodysplasia punctata and maternal mixed connective tissue disease. Platform presentation at the 15th Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics, Mar. 12-16, 2008, Phoenix, AZ.
2. Schmitt CL, Moldenhauer J, Powell C, Wolfe H. Longest known survival in prenatally diagnosed duplication of the complete long arm of chromosome 1. Poster presentation at the 15th Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics, Mar. 12-16, 2008, Phoenix, AZ.
3. Sachar V, Moldenhauer J, Wang E. Maternal gastric bypass and fetal rhizomelic chondro-dysplasia punctata: A case report. Poster presentation at the 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Mar. 26-29, 2008, San Diego, CA.
4. Plante BJ, Beamon C, Landy C, Moldenhauer JS, Steine AZ. Low maternal antimullerian hormone levels are not associated with fetal aneuploidy. Poster presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation March 17-21, 2009, Glasgow, Scotland.
5. Dempsey MA, Swope BS, Moldenhauer JS, Chong K, Chitayat D, Keating S, Hurst S, Summers A, Berger H, Briere L, Lyon H, Palmer N, Gopalani S, Haverfield E, Das S. Molecular confirmation of six cases of Cornelia de Lange syndrome diagnosed prenatally. Platform presentation at the 16th Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics, Mar. 25 - 29, 2009, Tampa, FL.
6. Swope BS, Manickam K, Dempsey M, Wolfe HM, Das S, Moldenhauer JS. Prenatal diag-nosis of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome by ultrasound confirmed through mutation analysis. Poster presentation at the 16th Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Mar. 25-29, 2009, Tampa, FL.
7. Daniel W. Skupski for NAFTNet. Preoperative predictors of fetal and neonatal death after laser ablation of placental anastomoses for twin to twin transfusion syndrome. Oral presentation at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Feb. 1-6th, 2010, Chicago, IL.
8. Carver AR, Haeri S, Goodnight W, Wolfe HM, Moldenhauer JS. Monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy: Determining an optimal surveillance frequency for detection of twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Poster presentation at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Feb. 1-6th, 2010, Chicago, IL.
9. Moldenhauer JS, Endo M, Bebbington MW, Adzick NS, Flake AW, Hedrick HL, Johnson MP. Maternal morbidity associated with the Ex-Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) procedure. Poster presentation at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Feb. 1-6th, 2010, Chicago, IL.
10. Moldenhauer JS, Kasperski SB, Huff DS, Victoria T, Johnson MP. Use of low dose fetal computed tomography (CT) for the prenatal diagnosis of achondrogenesis: A case report. Poster presentation at the 17th Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Mar. 24-28, 2010, Albuquerque, NM.
11. Moldenhauer JS, Johnson MP, Endo M, Khalek N, Bebbington MW. Maternal obesity and outcomes with laser therapy for twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Feb. 7-12, 2011, San Francisco, CA.
12. Sachar V, Ismail M, DiGiovanni L, Rust O, Moldenhauer J. Sludge in the presence of cervical cerclage is associated with poor obstetric outcomes. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Feb. 7-12, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

1. Ransom SB, Moldenhauer JS. Premenstrual syndrome: Systematic diagnosis and individualized therapy. The Physician and Sportsmedicine 26(4):35-43, Apr. 1998.
2. Moldenhauer JS, Sibai BM. HELLP Syndrome: Pinpointing the diagnosis: How best to recognize and manage. Women’s Health in Primary Care Gynecology Edition 2(3):139-150, 2002.
3. Moldenhauer JS, Sibai BM. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. In Scott J, Gibbs RS, Karlan B, Haney A (eds). Danforth’s Obstetrics & Gynecology, 9th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003, 257-271.
4. Moldenhauer JS, contributing editor. Postdelivery care. In “Women’s Health Issues” section of Beers MH, Porter RS, Kaplan JL, Homeier BP (eds). The Merck Manual Home Edition, 18th Edition. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co., 2006.
5. Baker AM, Haeri S, Shafer A, Moldenhauer JS. Maternal gastric carcinoma metastatic to the placenta. [Letter] European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproductive Biology 153(2):225-226, Dec. 2010.
6. Rychik J, Tian Z, Bebbington M, Moldenhauer J, Khalek N, Johnson M. Response to “Evaluation of the cardiovascular system in twin-twin transfusion syndrome: It's not about 'scores' but about 'goals'.” [Letter] Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 36(5):647-648, Nov. 2010.
7. Moldenhauer JS, contributing editor. Postpartum care. In Beers MH (ed). The Merck Manual, 19th Edition. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co., 2011 (in press).
8. Moldenhauer JS, contributing editor. Abnormalities and complications of labor and delivery. In Beers MH (ed). The Merck Manual, 19th Edition. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co., 2011 (in press).

1. Moldenhauer JS. Residency survival guide. In www.ResidentCentral.com. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2003.