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Welcome to the Fetal Treatment Program web site (www.fetal-treatment.org). This site offers information for (future) parents on a number of fetal conditions, and a detailed description of the fetal surgery options in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. For more information about fetal and congenital conditions that we treat, please click here, or on the appropriate button in the menu on the left.To read patient stories, click here.

The Fetal Treatment Program is a collaboration between the Program in Fetal Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. At each institution, there are a a large number of specialists who are experts in the diagnosis of fetal anomalies and the management of the unborn child. In addition, this collaboration between two centers allows all of us to share our experience and expertise, and to give you even more options for treatment.

The Fetal Treatment Program at Brown is a founding member of the North American Fetal Therapy Netwok (NAFTNet.org), a voluntary association of medical centers in the United States and Canada established to help patients, parents and their families and allow colleagues in the field to collaborate with other fetal treatment units and participate in clinical research.

Click here for directions to Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and a map of the Women & Infants/Hasbro Children's Hospital campus. For directions to the Prenatal Diagnosis Center, click here.

For families from out-of-state, the Providence Ronald McDonald House, across the street from Women & Infants' and Hasbro Children's Hospitals, offers a "home away from home" during treatment and post-intervention care. You can visit their web page, or contact Ms. Ellen Parkinson, Resident Director, at (401) 274-4447.

We hope that this web site will provide you with the necessary information, but we realize that there will be many more questions. You can explore the links to several support groups and other sites that provide information on diseases of the fetus, you can call the Fetal Treatment Program at

or you can contact us via e-mail at coordinator@fetal-treatment.org