Every pregnancy tells a story — and behind every healthy outcome is a team that refused to work in silos.
As a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist, I see firsthand how critical it is to have the right people in the room at the right time. The pregnancies I manage are often the most complex — chronic hypertension, preeclampsia, structural heart disease — and the reality is that these conditions don't stop at delivery. That's why the partnership between our MFM team and Cardio-Obstetrics at Henry Ford Health is so important to me.
Team Cardio MFM represents that partnership. We are MFMs, OB/GYNs, 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 me. They're the faces of my patients — women I've cared for during pregnancy who still need us after their baby arrives.
That's exactly the gap Dr. Ryhm Radjef set out to close. As a cardiologist specializing in women's heart health and cardio-obstetrics, she founded the Heart Healthy Moms program — the first of its kind at Henry Ford — because she saw what I see every day: mothers falling through the cracks once the focus shifts to their newborn. Heart Healthy Moms bridges that gap through individual cardiology visits, small group education sessions, home blood pressure monitoring, nurse navigation, and community support. From my side of the partnership, knowing that my patients have a dedicated team waiting for them after delivery changes everything about how I practice.
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 side by side. After delivery, Heart Healthy Moms ensures that no mother is left without a path to long-term heart health.
We walk/run 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/run 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.
— Raminder Khangura, MFM | Team Captain