Every pregnancy tells a story — and behind every healthy outcome is a team that refused to work in silos.

Team Cardio MFM represents the powerful partnership between Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Cardio-Obstetrics at Henry Ford Health. We are MFMs, OBs, cardiologists, nurses, nurse navigators, community health workers, and specialists who share one belief: that protecting a mother's heart means protecting her whole family.

Our collaboration isn't just professional — it's personal. We see the same patients, sit in the same rooms, and make decisions together because pregnancy-related heart complications don't wait for a referral. One in three pregnancy-related deaths happens after delivery, and high blood pressure remains a leading cause of maternal readmission. These aren't just statistics to us. They're the reason we show up for each other and for our patients every single day.

At the center of this work is the Heart Healthy Moms program, founded by Dr. Ryhm Radjef, a cardiologist specializing in women's heart health and cardio-obstetrics. Dr. Radjef built this program — the first of its kind at Henry Ford — because she saw what so many of our patients were facing: the gap between delivery and long-term heart care. Heart Healthy Moms bridges that gap through individual cardiology visits, small group education sessions, home blood pressure monitoring, nurse navigation, and community support. It's designed to catch the complications that too often go unnoticed in the weeks and months after childbirth.

What makes our MFM–Cardio partnership special is that it spans the entire journey. Before pregnancy, we help women with existing heart conditions plan safely. During pregnancy, we co-manage complex cases — severe hypertension, arrhythmias, heart failure and structural heart disease — side by side. After delivery, Heart Healthy Moms ensures that no mother falls through the cracks when the focus shifts to her newborn and away from her own health.

We walk today because heart disease doesn't pause for motherhood. We walk because too many mothers — especially in communities like ours in Detroit — face preventable complications due to gaps in postpartum care. And we walk because every step we take together reflects the way we practice medicine: as one team, with one goal.

Strong hearts for strong mamas. That's not just our name. It's our promise.