Padmashree Chaudhury Woodham

Padmashree Woodham

Padmashree Chaudhury Woodham

Medical College of Georgia

Dr. Padmashree “Champa” Chaudhury Woodham is Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, MFM Fellowship Program Director at the Medical College of Georgia, and Director of the Regional Perinatal Center at Wellstar MCG Health. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Emory University in 2001. She then attended Emory University School of Medicine to complete her MD and remained at Emory to finish her Internship and Residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2009. Dr. Woodham then went on to complete a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Dr. Woodham joined the faculty of Mercer School of Medicine at the Medical Center Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, GA as the Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in August 2012, where she spent the first 10 years of her career. During that time, Dr. Woodham served numerous leadership roles, including Director of the Regional Perinatal Center, Chair of the Finance Council, and Vice Chair of the Atrium Health Navicent Leadership Council. Among her various honors and achievements, she received the ACOG/CREOG National Faculty Award. Additionally, Dr. Woodham serves as a reviewer and editor for numerous publications. She is a Medical Advisor for Georgia’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee. Dr. Woodham was the 2022-2023 President of the Georgia OBGYN Society.

Dr. Woodham provides high risk obstetric care to patients with a range of complex maternal and fetal conditions. She specializes in ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT procedures), fetal thoracoamniotic and vesicoamniotic shunt placement, ultrasound-guided fetal pericardiocentesis and pleurocentesis, percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling, intrauterine fetal transfusion, as well as abdominal cerclage placement via transvaginal approach. Her research involves predictive markers for pre-eclampsia and techniques to better predict growth restriction on fetal ultrasound.