2025 Missouri PAMR Review of Maternal Mortality

Event Details

Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 | 10-11 a.m. | Virtual

The Missouri Pregnancy‑Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) Board board analyzes maternal deaths to improve clinical practice, policy and outcomes. As part of our ongoing commitment to advancing perinatal care, this session will focus on the newly released PAMR report. This webinar will provide guidance and tools for integrating these lessons into perinatal safety and quality improvement efforts. These findings are critical to understanding the causes and contributing factors to maternal deaths in Missouri — and how we can work together to prevent them.

Featured Speaker

Traci N. Johnson, M.D., Director of Lakewood Family Birthplace, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine and Assistant Professor/Researcher School of Medicine

Dr. Traci Johnson is a maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist and obstetrician-gynecologist committed to enhancing outcomes for birthing people through safety, equity and innovation. She completed her Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship in 2023 at the University of Missouri in Kansas City and rejoined the University Health faculty in Kansas City as the Director of Perinatal Safety and Quality Assurance. She currently chairs the Missouri Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board (2024-2026), where she leads statewide reviews and initiatives aimed at quality and equity.

Dr. Johnson is the Principal Investigator for the newly funded $4.2 million EMBER Program (Empowering Motherhood through Behavioral Health, Education, and Recovery), which reimagines care delivery for pregnant and postpartum individuals in recovery from substance use. Her professional focus includes maternal mental health, social drivers of health, and obstetric care for complex and under-resourced populations.

Originally from rural Texas, Dr. Johnson was trained at Prairie View A&M University for her bachelor’s, Drexel University College of Medicine, and Washington University in St. Louis for residency, where she served as Chief Resident. She is a respected leader in regional and state-level maternal health quality initiatives and a frequent presenter on maternal morbidity, population health, and health equity in obstetrics.