After her anesthesia training, she spent two years completing both an obstetric anesthesia and NIH research fellowship. Dr. Lucero joined the lab in 2012 after completing her research fellowship and has been participating in the study of pulse oximeters since that time. She is both a member of the Obstetric Anesthesia and Fetal Anesthesia team and is actively investigating the maternal end-organ effects of preeclampsia. She has been involved in fetal surgeries and management as both an obstetrician and anesthesiologist.