The "Giants in Obstetrics and Gynecology" Special Visiting Professor Lecture will feature Richard Berkowitz, M.D., professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine for the Columbia University Medical Center.

Dr. Berkowitz will present "Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia" at noon June 11 in the Perinatology Research Branch Classroom, and "Management of Category II Tracings" at 10 a.m. June 12. Both lectures will take place in the Perinatology Research Branch Classroom.

Internationally recognized for his expertise in fetal diagnosis and therapy, Dr. Berkowitz was honored in 2012 with the King Faisal International Prize for Medicine for his work in Minimal Invasive Fetal Management, an award he shares with James Bussel, M.D. He joined Columbia's faculty after serving for 18 years as chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, where he also was director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine there.

A pioneer in the use of obstetrical ultrasound, management and treatment fetal blood disorders, and fetal urinary tract obstructions, Dr. Berkowitz has developed several diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to treat fetal diseases in utero.

Appointed Columbia's director of Resident Education in 2005 and now serving as director of Quality Assurance, Dr. Berkowitz has trained a generation of maternal-fetal medicine specialists. He has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and written or edited more than 35 books and book chapters.

The lecture is presented by the Perinatology Research Branch of the NICHD/NIH, the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center.

For more information, call 313-577-0705.