Teresa Sparks
MD
- Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
- MFM Fellowship Director
- Perinatologist and Medical Geneticist
- Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
- MFM Fellowship Director
- Perinatologist and Medical Geneticist
Biography
Dr. Teresa Sparks is an obstetrician and gynecologist who specializes in high-risk pregnancies and perinatal genetics. She has particular interests in fetal anomalies, management of pregnancies affected by maternal or fetal genetic conditions, and prenatal diagnosis. Dr. Sparks has research interests focused onĀ theĀ genetic etiologies underlying non-immune hydrops fetalis, as well as on prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic conditions and perinatal management of these pregnancies.
Dr. Sparks completed her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in the combinedĀ Obstetrics and Gynecology program at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She thenĀ returned to UCSF to completeĀ a dual fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Clinical Genetics, after which she joinedĀ the faculty at UCSF in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Clinical Genetics.
Dr. Sparks is board certified in both Obstetrics & Gynecology and Clinical Genetics.