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Fetal Medicine @ Brown
WARREN ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL OF BROWN UNIVERSITY

  • Twice-a-month review on the current management of fetal conditions, based on recently encountered or ongoing cases
  • Multidisciplinary approach includes perinatologists and maternal-fetal medicine specialists, geneticists, neonatologists, pathologists, pediatric and pediatric surgical subspecialists
  • Functions as advisory board for the Fetal Treatment Program, a collaborative initiative between Women & Infants Hospital, Hasbro Children's and Rhode Island Hospitals, and the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
  • For more information:
    Fetal Program Registry Coordinator, (401) 228-0559
    Stephen R. Carr, M.D., Maternal-Fetal Medicine, (401) 274-1122/ ext. 2348, or
    Francois I. Luks, M.D., Pediatric Surgery, (401) 421-1939
  • Multidisciplinary Antenatal Diagnosis And Management Conference
    SCHEDULE*

    Next Meeting (conferences are from 12 noon to 1, Auditorium B/C, Women & Infants Hospital):

    Friday, November 6
    Amniotic Band Syndrome
    Nicole Sprawka-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Francois Luks-- Pediatric Surgery
    *New cases or events may dictate last-minute change from scheduled topics

     

     

    Recent Topics:

     

    2006:

    Friday, January 6
    Fetal neuro-imaging: U/S vs. MRI
    Stephen Carr-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Matthew Marcus -- Pediatric Imaging

    Friday, January 20
    Fetal muscle and skin biopsy
    Jacquelyn Halliday-- Genetics
    Stefan Kostadinov -- Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology

    Friday, February 17
    Amniotic band syndrome
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Dan Kim -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, March 3
    Fetal surgery for diaphragmatic hernia
    John Cassese -- Pediatric and Fetal Imaging
    Christopher Muratore -- Pediatric Surgery
    Juan Esteban-Sanchez -- Neonatology

    Friday, March 17
    Symptomatic lung cysts
    Jennifer Ballard-Dwan -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Halit Pinar -- Perinatal Pathology

    Friday, April 7
    Fetal Patients Round-up
    Jacky Halliday -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Program Registry Coordinator

    Friday, April 21
    Fetal Patients Round-up - part 2
    Jacky Halliday -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Program Registry Coordinator

    Friday, May 5
    Open neural tube defects and the MOMS trial
    Edward Chien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Stephanie Greene -- Pediatric Neurosurgery

    Friday, May 19
    Micrognathia and Neonatal Airway Obstruction - EXIT Procedure
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    James Fritzell -- Neonatology
    Christopher Muratore -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, June 2
    NAFTNet research protocols
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, June 16
    Radiofrequency ablation for acardiac twin and TRAP sequence
    Alvie Richardson -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Willima Mayo Smith -- Vascular and Interventional Radiology

    Friday, July 7
    Fetal Patients Round-up
    Jacky Halliday -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Program Registry Coordinator

    Friday, July 28
    Urological implications of Spina Bifida and its tretament in utero
    John Brock -- Pediatric Urology
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

    Friday, August 18
    Giant omphalocele
    Stephen Carr-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Dan Kim -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, September 1
    Fetal intracranial hemorrhage
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Anju Chawla -- Pediatric hematology and oncology
    Matthew Marcus -- Pediatric Imaging

    Friday, September 15
    Myotonic dystrophy
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    William Cashore -- Neonatology
    Diane Abuelo -- Pediatric Genetics

    Friday, October 6
    Fetal Patients Round-up
    Jacky Halliday -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Program Registry Coordinator

    Friday, October 20
    Fetal urinary tract obstruction
    Alvie Richardson -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Pamela Ellsworth -- Pediatric Urology

    Friday, November 17
    Coarctation in the fetus
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Lloyd Feit -- Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology

    Friday, December 1
    Prenatal diagnosis of albinism
    Diana Bianchi -- Genetics
    Rosanna Abellar -- Pediatric and Perinatal Pathology
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, December 15
    Fetal Patients Round-up
    Jacky Halliday -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Program Registry Coordinator

     

    2007:

    Friday, January 5
    Ventriculomegaly and intracranial cysts
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Matthew Marcus -- Pediatric Imaging
    Stephanie Greene - Pediatric Neurosurgery

    Friday, January 19
    Bladder exstrophy in the fetus
    Jennifer Ballard-Dwan -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Anthony Caldamone - Pediatric Urology

    Friday, February 16
    Reduction in Multifetal Pregnancy
    Sabrina D. Craigo -- Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    New England Medical Center, Boston

    Friday, March 2
    Fetal lymphatic malformation
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Christopher Muratore-- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, March 16
    Prenatal counseling for Down syndrome
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Siegfried Pueschel -- Pediatrics & Genetics

    Friday, April 6
    Perinatal renal failure
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Keisha Destin -- Neonatology
    Khurram Faizan -- Pediatric Nephrology

    Friday, April 20
    Fetal patient round-up part 1
    Michael Paglia -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Treatment Program Coordinator

    Friday, May 4
    NAFTNet Research Projects
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, June 15
    Giant lymphatic malformations of the fetus
    Albert Oh -- Pediatric Plastic Surgery
    Greg Soares -- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
    Christopher Muratore -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, July 6
    IFMSS Conference Highlights
    Christopher Muratore -- Pediatric Surgery
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, July 20
    Fetal Cardiac Surgery for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
    Lloyd Feit -- Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology
    Audrey Marshall -- Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston

    Friday, August 3
    Pentalogy of Cantrell
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Abigail Martin -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, September 7
    In utero surgery for severe diaphragmatic hernia
    John Cassese -- Pediatric and Fetal Imaging
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Christopher Muratore -- Pediatric Surgery
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, September 21
    Fetal Patient Round-Up
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Treatment Program Coordinator

    Friday, October 19
    DiGeorge Syndrome
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Lazaros Kochilas -- Pediatric Cardiology

    Friday, November 2
    Feto-fetal transfusion syndrome in monochorionic quadruplets
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, November 16
    Congenital Cystic Lung Lesions (CCAM)
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Stefan Kostadinov -- Pediatric and Perinatal Pathology
    Christopher Muratore -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, December 7
    Fetal Patients Round-up
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Program Registry Coordinator

     

    2008

    Friday, January 4
    L-CHAD deficiency and HELLP syndrome
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Chanika Phomphutkul -- Pediatric Endocrinology

    Friday, January 18
    Anesthesia and Postoperative Management in Fetal Surgery
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Scott Benzuly -- Pediatric Anesthesiology

    Friday, February 1
    Echogenic bowel
    Hala Chaaban -- Neonatology
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, February 15
    Micrognathism and Pierre Robin sequence
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Albert Oh -- Pediatric Plastic Surgery

    Friday, March 7
    Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Natasha Shur -- Pediatric Genetics

    Friday, March 21
    Fetal akinesia
    Sarosh Rana -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Ross Sommers -- Neonatology
    David Mandelbaum -- Pediatric Neurology

    Friday, April 4
    Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
    Julie Johnson -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Mara Coyle -- Neonatology
    Christopher Muratore -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, April 18
    Fetal patient round-up
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Treatment Coordinator

    Friday, May 2
    Fetal patient round-up - part 2
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Treatment Coordinator

    Friday, May 16
    Fetal neuroblastoma and juxtadrenal lesions
    Sarosh Rana -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Peter Manley -- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, June 6
    In utero treatment of single gene disorders
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine

    Friday, June 20
    Radiofrequency ablation for TRAP sequence in an acardiac twin
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    William Mayo-Smith -- Interventional radiology
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine

    Friday, July 18
    Heterotaxia
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Natasha Shur -- Genetics
    Lloyd Feit -- Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology

    Friday, August 1
    Skeletal dysplasias
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Craig Eberson -- Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

    Friday, September 5
    Neonatal Allo-Immune Thrombocytopenia
    Tanya Dailey -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Michael Kelly -- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

    Friday, September 19
    Fetal patient round-up
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Andi Srabian -- Fetal Treatment Coordinator

    Friday, October 3
    IFMSS Conference Highlights
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, October 17
    Craniosynostosis
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Natasha Schur-- Genetics
    Stephanie Greene -- Pediatric Neurosurgery
    Albert Oh -- Pediatric Plastic Surgery

    Friday, November 7
    Familial intestinal atresia
    Julie Johnson-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Jeremy Aidlen -- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, November 21 and December 5
    Fetal patient round-up
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center

    2009

    Friday, January 16
    Fetal brain imaging - U/S v. MRI
    Stephen Carr -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    John Cassese -- Pediatric and Fetal Imaging

    Friday, February 6
    Prune-belly Syndrome
    Barbara O'Brien -- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Francois Luks -- Pediatric Surgery
    Anthony Caldamone -- Pediatric Urology

    Friday, March 6
    Fetal patient round-up
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center

    Friday, March 20
    Fetal Programming
    James Padbury-- Neonatology
    Carmen Marsit -- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Charlotte Boney-- Pediatric Endocrinology
    Francois Luks-- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, April 3
    Fetal cardiac intervention
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Lloyd Feit -- Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology
    Audrey Marshall-- Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology

    Friday, April 17
    Fetal and Perinatal implications of Neurofibromatosis
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Diane Abuelo-- Genetics

    Friday, May 1
    NAFTNet Research Projects Update
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Francois Luks-- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, May 15
    Cystic fibrosis
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Uma Tantravahi -- Genetics laboratory
    Karen Daigle -- Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

    Friday, June 5
    Sacrococcygeal teratoma
    Nicole Sprawka-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Abigail Martin -- Pediatric Surgery
    Ayman Samkari -- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

    Friday, June 19
    Fetal patient round-up
    Stephen Carr-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center

    Friday, July 17
    Fetal patient round-up
    Stephen Carr-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral -- Prenatal Diagnosis Center

    Friday, August 21
    Fetal echogenic bowel
    Julie Johnson-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Brenna Anderson-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Jeremy Aidlen-- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, September 4
    Fetal hydrops v. neonatal hydrops
    Stephen Carr-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Susan Cohen -- Neonatology

    Friday, September 18
    Neuroprotective effect of magnesium sulfate
    Dwigth Rouse-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine

    Friday, October 2
    Fetal abdominal cysts
    Barbara O'Brien-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Anthony Caldamone-- Pediatric Urology
    Michele Lombardo-- Pediatric Surgery
    Arlet Kurkchubasche-- Pediatric Surgery

    Friday, October 16
    Fetal Patient Round-Up
    Stephen Carr-- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    Donna Amaral-- Prenatal Diagnosis Center
    Debbie Watson-Smith-- Fetal Treatment Coordinator

    The Multidisciplinary Antenatal Diagnosis And Management Conference is an initiative of the Brown Medical School Program in Fetal Medicine. CME credits are provided through Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, which is accredited by the Rhode Island Medical Society to sponsor intrastate continuing medical education for physicians. Women & Infants Hospital designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1 credit hour in Category 1 towards the AMA's Physician Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

     

     

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