Chuka Boris Jenkins, MD, FACOG

I earned my undergraduate degree at Howard University, attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed my Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at Georgetown University.

My early academic work included first-trimester screening for preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, and preterm birth. I worked on research involving maternal risk factors, angiogenic markers, and placental biology.

That work reinforced something I would encounter repeatedly in clinical practice: preeclampsia is not one uniform disease. Different biological processes can lead to the same diagnosis, and those differences matter when we try to prevent it.

Over the years, I became increasingly convinced that we were not doing enough with what we already knew.

Inheren grew out of that conviction.

My approach begins with the woman's history, her underlying biology, and the evidence supporting prevention.

A previous pregnancy can tell us a great deal. So can nutritional status, metabolic health, vascular function, and other measurable factors.

The goal is to identify what can be changed before another pregnancy becomes complicated.

That may involve several prevention strategies working together rather than relying on one intervention.

Inheren is designed to help women understand that evidence, recognize what applies to them, and participate meaningfully in decisions with their clinical teams.