English: CMV in Pregnancy

Disclaimer: The  views and  opinions expressed during this podcast are those of the physicians participating and do not necessarily reflect the position of the SOGC. In this episode, our host Dr. Graeme Smith talks to Dr. Isabelle Boucoiran about cytomegalovirus (CMV) in pregnancy. CMV is a common virus that rarely causes problems in healthy people. However, a pregnant individual infected with CMV can pass it to their developing baby. This is called congenital CMV, and it can cause birth defects and other health problems. Additional Resources SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline: Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy If You're Pregnant, Ask your Doctor about CMV – Infographic SOGC website About Dr. Isabelle Boucoiran Dr. Isabelle Boucoiran is Clinical Associate Professor at Université de Montréal (UdeM). She graduated at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France) in 2010. After a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at UdeM and a fellowship in reproductive infectious diseases at the University of British-Columbia, she joined the Public Health School of UdeM and the obstetrics and gynecology department of the CHU Sainte-Justine where she is co-director of the Women and children Infectious Disease Centre, a provincial referral centre for congenital infections. She is a member of the SOGC infectious diseases committee. Her main research interests are infectious diseases in obstetrics-gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine.