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Biography: Dr. Sean Blackwell, MD is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist who practices in Houston, TX. He is 59 years old. Dr. Sean Blackwell, MD is affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Nima Goharkhay is the Medical Director of the Pregnancy Specialty Center of Texas. He is board certified in Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). He is a member of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist (ACOG). Dr. Goharkhay holds a PhD in Cell Biology. Prior to founding the Pregnancy Specialty Center of Texas, he was Medical Director at Texas MFM, and a perinatologist with Maryland Perinatal Associates in the Washington DC area, where he also served as Quality Control Representative. He is a Voluntary Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and was a Women's Reproductive Health Scholar and faculty member at that institution until 2009. Dr. Goharkhay has a strong interest in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, diabetes in pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, maternal complications in pregnancy and developmental programming of disease. He has participated in research studies sponsored by the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network of the NICHD and has had independent research support by the NIH and the National Perinatal Foundation, among others, and has authored numerous articles. He was recognized for his research by the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine and was Researcher of the Month at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in December 2007. Dr. Goharkhay was honored by the BIRTH organization in both 2015 and 2016 for his support of the midwife and natural birth communities in the Houston area. Dr. Goharkhay completed his fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine and a Ph.D. in Cell Biology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and his residency at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. He earned his medical degree at the University of Vienna in Austria and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is fluent in Spanish, German and Persian.

Biography: Ayamo G. Oben, M.D., is a trilingual (English, French and Spanish) board-certified Maternal Fetal physician at Maternal Fetal Consultants of Houston. With a passion for empowering women with high-risk pregnancies, Dr. Oben believes in providing exhaustive care that addresses not only the clinical aspects but also the mental, social, and emotional well-being of her patients. Having grown up in Cameroon, a country where women's health is underserved, she became determined to be a partner to women in the journey of their complex pregnancies. Dr. Oben received her medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine and completed her training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Health Science Center. She concluded her expertise with a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine from the University of Alabama. She is Double Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology ad well as Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Outside of her medical practice, Dr. Oben enjoys traveling, spending time with her family, watching reality TV and cheering on her favorite soccer team: Chelsea. She welcomes new patients and referrals.