George A. Macones, MD

Clinical Biography

George A. Macones, MD, is a fellowship-trained maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Women’s Health, a clinical partnership between Ascension Seton and UT Health Austin. Additionally, Dr. Macones is a professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Women’s Health and serves as the Chair of the Department of Women’s Health for the Dell Medical School.

Dr. Macones earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and his master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Pennsylvania Hospital and a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Dr. Macones is a nationally recognized expert in obstetrics and has held leadership positions in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He has over 400 publications, and his research has been funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the March of Dimes. He actively serves on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the Deputy Editor for obstetrics for the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is an elected member of both the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the National Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Macones is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with UT Health Austin.