Neda Ghaffari, MD
Associate Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

She performs specialized diagnostic and interventional procedures, including fetal echocardiography, nuchal translucency screening, and amniocentesis.

Dr. Ghaffari’s scholarly work focuses on advancing maternal-fetal care through technological innovation, patient safety initiatives, and strategies to optimize outcomes for pregnant patients with obesity, hypertension, and diabetes.

She received her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at LAC+USC Medical Center, and completed fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Ghaffari is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the American Medical Association.

• Caution in Prescribing Modafinil and Armodafinil to Individuals Who Could Become Pregnant.
  JAMA internal medicine 2021 Ghaffari N, Robertson PA
• The Use of Sequential Integrated Screening to Stratify Risk in Monochorionic-Diamniotic Twin Pregnancies.
  American journal of perinatology 2020 Miller E, Blat C, Gosnell K, Gonzalez J, Ghaffari N
• Does the 1-step method of gestational diabetes mellitus screening improve pregnancy outcomes?
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2020 Ghaffari N, Gonzalez JM, Rosenstein MG
• Implementation of a universal cervical length screening program: identifying factors associated with decline rates.
  The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2017 Ghartey J, Ghaffari N, Levine LD, Schwartz N, Durnwald CP
• Placental microRNA Expression Is Not Altered by Maternal Obesity and Fetal Overgrowth.
  AJP reports 2016 Ghaffari N, Parry S, Elovitz MA, Durnwald CP
• The Multidisciplinary Approach to the Care of the Obese Parturient.
  Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2016 N. Ghaffari, S.K. Srinivas, C.P. Durnwald
• Prenatal care in a specialized diabetes in pregnancy program improves compliance with postpartum testing in GDM women.
  The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2016 Huynh T, Ghaffari N, Bastek J, Durnwald C
• The multidisciplinary approach to the care of the obese parturient.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Ghaffari N, Srinivas SK, Durnwald CP
• The Effect of an Obesogenic Maternal Environment on Expression of Fetal Umbilical Cord Blood miRNA.
  Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 2014 Ghaffari N, Parry S, Elovitz MA, Durnwald CP
• Antipsychotics leading to neuroleptic malignant syndrome in pregnancy.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Ghaffari N, Dossett E, Lee RH, Aghajanian P
• 768: The role of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha polymorphisms in the genetic susceptibility to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2009 Neda Ghaffari, Melissa L. Wilson, David A. Miller, Richard H. Lee, T. Murphy Goodwin, Sue A. Ingles
• Enteric duplication cysts of the pancreas: a report of two cases and review of the literature.
  Pediatric surgery international 2007 Hunter CJ, Connelly ME, Ghaffari N, Anselmo D, Gonzalez I, Shin C