Considering Fetal Surgery or a Fetal Care Center? What to Keep in Mind

Considering Fetal Surgery or a Fetal Care Center? What to Keep in Mind

Fetal Health Foundation Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Timothy Crombleholme, MD, who leads the Fetal Care Center at Connecticut Children’s, shares six important details to consider when your baby needs fetal intervention not just to survive, but to thrive.

Dr. Chmait Performs Minimally-Invasive Fetoscopic Surgery for Spina Bifida

Dr. Chmait Performs Minimally-Invasive Fetoscopic Surgery for Spina Bifida

“We have a unique approach that is a technique first established in Brazil by Dr. Lapa, and we brought it over to the United States. Dr. Quintero and I have put together a fetoscopic treatment that is FDA approved to repair open spina bifida, that is entirely percutaneous (there is no laparotomy and no hysterectomy),” said Dr. Ramen Chmait, Director, Los Angeles Fetal Surgery.