Professor
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch Health
Karin Fox, M.D., M.Ed. is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist whose clinical and research interests center around patients with the Placenta Accreta Spectrum, complex surgical deliveries, postpartum hemorrhage, maternal transport and the management of pregnancy in women with diabetes.
Dr. Fox volunteers as a committee and/or board member for numerous professional organizations, including: the Perinatal Research Society Obstetrics representative; as the Education and Outreach board member for the International Society for Placenta Accreta Spectrum (IS-PAS) and as Treasurer of the Pan-American Society for the Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS2), which she helped establish as a 501(c)3 organization. She has also worked with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Education Committee for which she co-coordinated the SMFM Fellows Lecture Series, with the National Association of EMS Physicians while in her previous role as Director of Maternal Transport. Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Fox earned her Bachelor of Arts in German Language and Literature at the University of Oregon and served in active duty in the U.S. Army as a medic and ambulance driver.
She completed her residency and fellowship at UTMB, received a Master of Education in Curriculum and Evaluation for healthcare professions from the University of Houston, and continues promote medical education to all levels of providers. If you catch her in her free time, she is on the move - swimming, skating or traveling.