Chad Grotegut

Chad is concurrently Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Wake Forest University. At Wake Forest, he serves as the Division Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Vice Chair of Obstetrics, where in those roles he cares for women and their families with a variety of pregnancy complications, including preterm birth.

Chad’s clinical and basic science research interests include preterm birth, oxytocin, normal and abnormal labor, and medical complications of pregnancy.

He is currently funded by the NIH via the R01 mechanism to study the role of calcium signaling on uterine contractility. Chad has also served as Principal Investigator for a number of investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored clinical trials.

He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and contributes to societal functions with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Society for Reproductive Investigation. Chad holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, an MD from Temple University, and he received both an MHS and MBA degrees from Duke University.