Dr. Alger's titles include Medical Director of Labor and Delivery, Associate Director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrical Liaison for the University of Maryland Drug Treatment Center and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Board-certified in both obstetrics/gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine, Dr. Alger received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and served as Chief Resident in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Moffitt Hospital of the University of California at San Francisco. A fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, she is also a reviewer for Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. Her major research interests include: perinatal aspects of human immunodeficiency virus, hematologic complications of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases in pregnancy and the microbiology of premature labor.