Positions

Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women (Clinic)

6651 Main Street, Suite F420
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-4636
obgyn@bcm.edu

Education

Fellowship at Mount Sinai School Of Medicine

06/2009 - New York, NY United States

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Residency at Mount Sinai School Of Medicine

06/2006 - New York, NY United States

Obstetrics and Gynecology

MD from University Of Texas Health Science Center

05/2002 - San Antonio, TX United States

BA from Rice University

06/1998 - Houston, Texas

Biochemistry

Certifications

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal - Fetal Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Manisha Gandhi is a board certified obstetrician/gynecologist and maternal-fetal medicine specialist and Professor in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. She currently serves as the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and previously served as the Section Chief for Maternal Fetal Medicine from 2017-2022. She completed her residency and MFM fellowship training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Dr. Gandhi sees patients at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Center at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women and has an interest in pregnancies complicated by maternal cardiovascular disease and multiple gestations. She helped develop a collaborative cardio-obstetrics clinic to see patients jointly with MFM and adult congenital heart disease faculty. She performs prenatal diagnostic procedures including chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis at the Pavilion for Women. She has been recognized for her teaching efforts with awards of excellence from medical students and residents at Baylor College of Medicine. She serves as the chair of the Clinical Specialty Committee and vice chair of the Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement for Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women. She previously served on the Baylor College of Medicine Faculty Senate as a representative of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2015-2020 and the Clinical Sciences Representative for the College from 2017-2020.

Dr. Gandhi has served on national committees working to enhance the care of women’s reproductive health including the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Publications Committee and American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee. She is serving as the Chair of the ACOG Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee for 2023 - 2025.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Mckinney J, Salmanian B, Grace R, Moufarrij S, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Eppes C, Gandhi M "Social Drivers of COVID-19 Disease Severity in Pregnant Patients." Am J Perinatol. 2023 Jul 20;e2269–e2278. Pubmed PMID: 37311541
• Sakyu T, Stover SR, Wang Y, Ward P, Gandhi M, Braun MC, Van den Veyver IB, Bi W "Compound heterozygosity of a de novo submicroscopic deletion and an inherited frameshift pathogenic variant in the PKHD1 gene in a fetus with bilaterally enlarged and echogenic kidneys, enlarged abdomen and oligohydramnios." Clin Case Rep. 2023 Feb 23;11(2):e6692. Pubmed PMID: 36846174
• Ikeda S, Benzi E, Hensch LA, Devaraj S, Hui SR, Gandhi M, Fox KA, Teruya J, Munoz FM "Convalescent plasma in hospitalized pediatric and obstetric coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients." Pediatr Int.. 2022 Jan;64(1):e15407. Pubmed PMID: 36326636
• Davidson C, Denning S, Thorp K, Tyer-Viola L, Belfort M, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Gandhi M "Examining the effect of quality improvement initiatives on decreasing racial disparities in maternal morbidity." BMJ Qual Saf.. 2022 Sep;31(9):670-678. Pubmed PMID: 35428682

Memberships

Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Publications Committee

(02/2019 - 04/2023)

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee - Obstetrics

Chair starting 5/2023, previously member from 2017-2023 (05/2017)

Languages

Spanish, Hindi