About Anthony Sciscione, DO

Dr Sciscione serves as a managing partner of the Delaware Center for Maternal and Fetal Medicine of Christiana Care. He also is Director of the OB/GYN residency program for the Christiana Care Health System. In addition to his clinical role and managerial roles with the practice, Dr. Sciscione serves on the following local and national committees:

Dr. Sciscione graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1987 and completed his OB/GYN residency at Christiana Care Health System in 1992. After completing fellowship training in maternal fetal medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, MD in 1994, he returned to Christiana Care Health System (then called Medical Center of Delaware) to serve as Director of Perinatal Research, in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine. He remained with Christiana Care Health System for the next 9 years serving as Director of Research in the OB/GYN Department; Director of the Fetal Assessment Center; Associate Director and then Director of the OB/GYN Residency Program. From 2003 to 2006 he served as Director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, and then as chief of Obstetrics and director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, PA. He also held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins, Jefferson Medical College and Drexel University College of Medicine during this time. In 2006, Dr. Sciscione returned once again to Christiana Care Health System to serve as Director of the OB/GYN Residency Program and Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Dr. Sciscione is board certified in both specialties of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is also continuing as a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Sciscione has served as principal and co-investigator on a number of national clinical studies and has published widely. His primary research interests are focused on the induction of labor and premature rupture of membranes. Dr. Sciscione is a lecturer and reviewer for journal articles in maternal fetal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology. Recent projects have included writing a book chapter on labor induction, co-editing a book on labor and delivery and writing a book chapter on evidence based medicine. His hobbies include tennis with his wife and spending time with his children.