Mark Friedman, MD

The Maternal and Fetal Care Center is located in the 1027 Bellevue building on the SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital campus. Our comprehensive care team includes physicians, nurses, registered dieticians and diabetes nurse specialists – all working to ensure the health of you and your baby. We offer innovative diagnosis and treatment options for a variety of maternal and fetal conditions. Patients are encouraged to park in the west parking garage off Bellevue Avenue and navigate to Suite 205 in the 1027 building.

Dr Christina Plikaitis specializes in breast surgery, pediatric plastic surgery, and cleft lip and palate. She performs skin cancer reconstruction and surgeries for ear and hand deformities, tissue expansion, facial trauma, and vascular malformations. Areas of specialty include breast reconstruction and reduction, and breast augmentation/lift. She applies the latest techniques, including Wise pattern mastectomy and reconstruction for the large breast. Dr Plikaitis is interested in research into breast reconstruction, the comparison of Wise pattern mastectomy and autoderm breast reconstruction versus traditional techniques in the ptotic breast, and use of fat grafting and form-stable implants in the irradiated breast.

Andrew Kichura, MD, is a board certified cardiologist with the SSM Health Medical Group. He graduated medical school from the University of Missouri and completed his residency at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Kichura then completed a cardiovascular fellowship at Saint Louis University where he was the chief cardiology fellow and was awarded the J. Gerard Mudd MD Academic Achievement in Cardiology Award. Dr. Kichura practices heart and vascular medicine for patients 18 years of age and older and has clinical interests in heart failure, valvular heart disease and echocardiography. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America and the American College of Physicians.