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Dr. Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG

OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine

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3010 Old Clinic Building CB 7516 Chapel Hil NC, 27599
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Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG, has joined Tenet Healthcare System and will be opening a new Maternal-Fetal Medicine office in Fort Mill, South Carolina. She will be affiliated with Piedmont Medical Center and will provide patient care for the highest risk obstetric patients in the community. Dr. Stephenson is highly skilled in maternal and fetal care and a highly regarded international expert in intrauterine fetal intervention.

 

Dr. Stephenson first moved to the Carolinas from New York City and joined Carolinas HealthCare System in August 2004. She completed her medical degree at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She served her residency at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at New York University School of Medicine. In October 2007, under the mentorship of world-renowned pediatric and fetal surgeon, Dr. Timothy Crombleholme, Dr. Stephenson undertook an extensive training program in the treatment of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) by fetoscopic laser ablation at the Cincinnati Fetal Center. In February 2010, Dr. Stephenson founded the Charlotte Fetal Care Center at Atrium HealthCare System the first of its kind in the region. Dr. Stephenson was also the first woman in the United States to open a fetal care surgery center.  Since then, she has treated hundreds of fetuses in utero and surgically treated close to 300 fetuses for TTTS with survival rates of over 92%. Dr. Stephenson and Dr. David Iannitti (hepatopancreticobiliary surgeon) performed the first ever microwave ablation procedure during pregnancy to save fetuses losing blood to an acardiac mass, known as TRAP sequence.

 

Over the past decade, Dr. Stephenson has consistently been recognized as a "Top Doctor", both locally and nationally, with over 30 awards.  Additionally, in 2015, Dr. Stephenson was recognized as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Charlotte.

 

Dr. Stephenson will provide outpatient prenatal diagnosis and maternal-fetal care in Fort Mill, SC while also continuing her commitment and affiliation with University of North Carolina's Fetal Care team at UNC Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill.  Through this affiliation with UNC, Dr. Stephenson will continue to provide lifesaving intrauterine surgery to fetuses in utero for the women in the southeast U.S. who need this expertise.

 

Education and Training

New York College of Osteopathic Medicine / New York Institute of Technology 1997

Board Certification

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Maternal & Fetal Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Provider Details

Female Spanish

Areas of expertise and specialization

Fetal SurgeryFetal diagnosisFetal InterventionHigh risk pregnancyPrenatal Ultrasound

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Clinical Professor. MFM / Fetal Intervention Specialist University of North Carolina Hospitals · Chapel Hill, NC 2020 - Present
  • Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Piedmont Medical Center 2020 - Present
  • Professor of OB/GYN, MFM Carolinas Medical Center · Charlotte, NC 2004 - 2020
  • Director of Charlotte Fetal Care Center Carolinas Medical Center · Charlotte, NC 2010 - 2020

Awards

  • Regional Top Doctor 2020 Castel and Connolly, 2017-2020 
  • America's Most Honored Professionals, Top 5% 2019 Castle and Connolly, The American Registry, 2019 
  • Winner Dancing with the Stars 2019, Raised over $117,000 2022 Charlotte Ballet Gala, 2019 
  • Exceptional Women in Medicine 2019 Castle and Connolly, Medical LTD, 2018-2019 
  • Corporate Champion for Women and Children, Recognizing and Improving Lives 2017 General Federation of Women's Clubs of NC 
  • 50 Most Influential Women in Charlotte 2015 The Mecklenburg Times 
  • Pinnacle Award, Finalist 2015 Carolinas Healthcare System 
  • Innovation and Advancements in Healthcare, Winner 2015 Finalist 2013, 2011 2015 The Charlotte Buisness Journal 

Treatments

  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Pregnancy
  • High Blood Pressure (hypertension)

Professional Memberships

  • Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine  
  • International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society  
  • American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine  
  • International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • Cottie and Cake Fund-- In the NIC of Time. Children's Miracle Network.
  • Dancing with the Stars Charlotte Ballet Gala

Treatments

  • Fetoscopic Laser Ablation of superficial placental vessels for the treatment of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). Microwave Ablation of acardiac sequence. Thoracoamniotic and vesicoamniotic shunt placement, thoracentesis, vesicocentesis, amnioinfusion, amnioreduction, chorionic villus sample.

Fellowships

  • NYU Langone Maternal Fetal Care Center (2004)

Professional Society Memberships

  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

Dr. Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG's Practice location

Atrium Health

3010 Fairview Villa Ct -
Charlotte, NC 28209
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New patients: 800-821-1535
atriumhealth.org

University of North Carolina, Maternal-Fetal Med

3010 Old Clinic Building CB 7516 -
Chapel Hil, NC 27599
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New patients: 919-966-1601
https://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/mfm/fetalcare/

Piedmont Medical Center, Maternal-Fetal Med

515 River Crossing Drive 180 -
Fort Mill, SOUTH CAROLINA 29715
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New patients: 803-548-1038, 803-548-1038

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Dr. Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG has a rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 6 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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Get to know Obstetrician-Gynecologist & Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist Dr. Courtney D. Stephenson, who serves patients in North Carolina. 

As a former student-athlete and now a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist & maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Stephenson knows the value of dedicating herself to a greater goal. She is the Founder of the Charlotte Fetal Care Center (CFCC) at Atrium HealthCare System in North Carolina, bringing fetal surgery to an area of the country which otherwise didn’t exist. 

She is now devoted to teaching UNC Chapel Hill’s fetal intervention team the fetoscopic (intrauterine) procedure she pioneered and brought to the southeast. She will also open a new practice in Fort Mill, South Carolina in the fall of 2020.

The doctor has earned international recognition by becoming one of only a few Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists in the United States who provide life-saving surgery to treat Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome in utero, a condition that is fatal to fetuses in nearly all cases if left untreated. As the only center in the Southeast that offers fetoscopic surgery to treat this condition, Dr. Stephenson and her team can reverse outcomes for fetuses who would otherwise not survive life after birth. 

Born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, Dr. Stephenson earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Medicine from Fairfield University, after which she went on to obtain her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City in 1997. She served her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Methodist Hospital, followed by her fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the New York University School of Medicine.

Committed to her field, she is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology & maternal-fetal medicine by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which is a non-profit organization that provides board certification for practicing obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States and Canada. 

In October of 2007, under the mentorship of a world-renowned pediatric and fetal surgeon, Dr. Timothy Crombleholme, Dr. Stephenson undertook an extensive training program in the treatment of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) by fetoscopic laser ablation at the Cincinnati Fetal Center. With an ever-present desire to learn and grow, she traveled back and forth for years to Cincinnati and returned to Charlotte to open CFCC, the first of its kind in the region, in 2010. She was the first woman in the United States to open her own fetal surgery center. 

Since then, she has treated hundreds of fetuses in utero and surgically treated close to 300 fetuses for TTTS with survival rates of over 92%. Both Dr. Stephenson and Dr. David Iannitti (hepatopancreaticobiliary surgeon) performed the first ever microwave ablation procedure during pregnancy to save fetuses losing blood to an acardiac mass, known as TRAP sequence.

A Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Dr. Stephenson is a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society, and the International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Obstetrics and Gynecology is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period) and gynecology (covering the health of the female reproductive system – vagina, uterus, ovaries, and breasts). An obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, is a healthcare professional who specializes in female reproductive health. 

Maternal-Fetal Medicine, also known as perinatology, is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy. Maternal-fetal medicine specialists are physicians who subspecialize within the field of obstetrics.

Over the past decade, Dr. Stephenson has consistently been recognized as a “Top Doctor”, both locally and nationally, with over 30 awards. Additionally, in 2015, she was recognized as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Charlotte.

Many of her patients express how grateful they are to her for giving their babies a second chance at life. One patient, Meghan Hampton, is especially appreciative for the doctor’s care. Meghan first came to Dr. Stephenson after learning she had a high-risk pregnancy with twins. In 2010, she delivered one baby, Scotlynn, who spent 10 weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery (NICN) at Levine Children’s Hospital fighting for her life. Sadly, Scotlynn’s twin sister, Katelynn, did not survive. Thanks to Dr. Stephenson’s expertise and the NICN team at Levine Children’s Hospital, Scotlynn is now a vibrant young girl enjoying life with older sister Ella and younger brother Jake. The Hamptons, grateful for the world-class care they received at CFCC and Levine Children’s, were inspired to give back and founded the Cottie and Cake Fund to honor the memory of their daughter.

“The Cottie and Cake Fund is very special and near-and-dear to my heart.” as stated by Dr. Stephenson. With their support, she is growing her practice to reach more families and save more lives. In addition to providing medical equipment for the CFCC, the Cottie and Cake Fund supplies funding for patient services and improvements to the NICN at Levine Children’s Hospital.

Crediting her student-athlete experience with instilling the values of perseverance and focus, qualities that continue to serve her well, Dr. Stephenson urges today’s class of student-athletes to learn from every opportunity. “Success is in the process. You’re a winner when you show up every day and work hard. Leave no room for luck. If it doesn’t lead you to where you want to be after all that, then you can be at peace knowing you gave it your all” she stated. 

Additional Information

Dr. Courtney D. Stephenson is an Established Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist with Charlotte Fetal Care Center (CFCC) in Charlotte, NC

Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG, is a well-versed Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist who diagnoses and treats patients at Charlotte Fetal Care Center (CFCC) located within Carolinas Medical Center at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Stephenson founded CFCCC in 2010, the first center in the Southeast to offer fetoscopic surgery for treatment of fetal anomalies. Dr. Stephenson has performed the first fetoscopic surgery for treatment of fetal anomalies and first selective fetoscopic laser ablation procedure to treat Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) in the region. In 2012, Dr. Stephenson was the first doctor in the world to perform a microwave ablation procedure of a twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence pregnancy (TRAP), a rare condition in which one twin is usually healthy and the other has a serious health issue. Dr. Stephenson and her team can reverse outcomes for babies who would otherwise not survive life after birth. She has an impressive professional journey that spans thirteen years and has expanse expertise in all facets of maternal fetal medicine with emphasis on fetoscopic surgery. For more information about Dr. Stephenson, DO, please visit https://www.atriumhealthfoundation.org/fundraisers/charlotteballet/ or https://atriumhealth.org/locations/carolinas-medical-center

Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG, attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City, NY, and received her osteopathy doctor degree in 1997. Furthermore, she conducted her obstetrics and gynecology residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. In addition, she completed her fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. Moreover, Dr. Stephenson completed a training program in the treatment of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTS) by fetoscopic laser ablation at the Cincinnati Fetal Center. She trained under pediatric and fetal surgeon, Dr. Timothy Crombleholme. Dr. Stephenson received board certification in obstetrics and gynecology as well as maternal-fetal medicine from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society, and the International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Stephenson completed a BS degree in Pre-Medicine at Fairfield University (1993). She feels that his success is attributable primarily to her student-athlete experience, which has instilled the values of perseverance and focus, qualities that continue to serve her well. For more information about Courtney D. Stephenson, DO, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/321153-Courtney-Stephenson-OB-GYN-Obstetrician-Gynecologist
 

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