David E. Abel MD

Dr. David Abel is a perinatologist that serves an underserved population in the central and southern San Joaquin Valley of California. He has a passion for education and teaches regularly at the annual American College of Ob/Gyn meeting as well as other venues. He is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and maternal-fetal medicine fellows at the University of California San Francisco. In addition, he is chairperson of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine's Education Committee, ultrasound subcommittee.

He earned his medical degree from the State University of New York Health Sciences Center. He then went on to complete a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maine Medical Center. His fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine was completed at Duke University Medical Center.

His interests include prenatal diagnosis/genetics, ultrasound, fetal echocardiography, preconception counseling, cardiac disease during pregnancy, maternal mortality, and anticoagulation in pregnancy. He is a fellow of both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a chairperson of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Education Committee, Ultrasound Section.