Cara Michelle Buskmiller

Dr. Cara Michelle Buskmiller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, specializing in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Fetal Intervention. She practices full-time at Texas Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas. Her clinical work focuses on fetal diagnosis, surgery, and perinatal palliative care. She holds an MD from Texas A&M Health Science Center and an MS in Bioethics, along with certifications in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

• Education:
  • BA from Thomas Aquinas College (2011)
  • MS in Bioethics from University of Mary (2022)
  • MD from Texas A&M Health Science Center (2015)
  • Residency at Saint Louis University School of Medicine (2019)
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine (2024)

Dr. Buskmiller's research emphasizes device innovation in fetal surgery, clinical outcomes of interventions, and perinatal palliative care. She holds a patent for a vaginal stent design and collaborates on optimizing fetal surgical tools. Her work bridges ethical and clinical challenges in reproductive loss, palliative care, and fetal intervention, with a decade-long focus on maternal-fetal health disparities and grief screening tools. She actively contributes to ethical literature and public speaking on medical ethics.

Her articles highlight advancements in perinatal palliative care protocols, fetal surgery techniques, and systematic reviews on contraception ethics. She collaborates widely, including with Indiana University and the Institute for Reproductive Grief Care, to develop tools for grief screening after reproductive loss.

No scientific awards are listed, though her work emphasizes ethical and clinical innovation. She advises no listed students but collaborates on grants related to fetal surgery devices and palliative care. She is affiliated with the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.