Catherine Eppes MD, MPH, FACOG

Dr. Catherine Eppes is a maternal-fetal medicine physician at Baylor College of Medicine, and the Chief of Obstetrics for Ben Taub Hospital. She received dual degrees in molecular biology and psychology from the University of Texas, Austin. She received her MD from The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and completed her residency at Johns Hopkins. Her fellowship, and master's of public health, were received from Northwestern University. Her primary areas of focus are quality and safety and infectious diseases in pregnancy. Recently, she has been focused on the Zika virus during pregnancy, including numerous collaborations with the CDC, ACOG, and the Texas Medical Association. She has traveled with Brownsville to partner with the Department of Public Health in their efforts to stop local spread. She also was the course director for the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Zika and another infectious disease course in 2017. She has given grand rounds and plenary presentations in multiple venues, to educate providers and patients about the Zika virus. She is currently the ACOG District XI (Texas) patient quality and safety chair, Chair of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies executive committee, and member of the Texas Fetal and Infant Review of HIV and Syphilis. She holds several grants with the CDC for influenza and HIV in pregnancy.