Pediatric Surgery at Brown Medical School

Fetal Medicine @ Brown
WARREN ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL OF BROWN UNIVERSITY

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

BIOL 5720 - Introduction to Fetal Medicine

SCHEDULE SPRING 2009

Check this page for last-minute schedue changes. Updated slides will be posted after each lecture.

COURSE PACK AND SYLLABUS: Available at the Brown Bookstore.

Date	Topic	Faculty	Time
1/21	Introduction to fetal medicine a. The fetus as a patient b. Fetal medicine vs. obstetrics, MFM c. The MADAM concept	Carr/Luks/Feit	30'
1/21	Ethics of fetal medicine a. The fetus as future person b. Rights and obligations c. Maternal vs. fetal risk, twins	Fearon	60'
1/28	Genetics and fetal medicine a. Molecular genetics b. Regulation of embryogenesis c. Clinical genetics	Padbury	45'
1/28	Embryology and development a. Normal fetal development b. Embryology of congenital anomalies	Kurkchubasche	45'
2/4	Fetal diagnosis and imaging: Ultrasound a. Ultrasononography b. Invasive diagnostic techniques	Carr	45'
2/4	Fetal diagnosis and imaging: MRI a. Principles of MRI b. Role of MRI in fetal diagnosis	Cassese	45'
2/11	Pulmonary anomalies a. Pulmonary hypoplasia b. Chest masses c. Diaphragmatic hernia	Luks	45'
2/11	Visceral and parietal anomalies a. Abdominal wall defects b. Intestinal atresias/echogenic bowel c. Abdominal masses, fetal tumors d. Neck masses	Kurkchubasche/Luks	45'
2/18	Urologic anomalies a. Diagnosis b. Counseling c. Pre- and postnatal treatment	Caldamone	45'
2/18	Principles of fetal therapy a. Principles b. Treatment of genitourinary anomalies	Caldamone	45'
2/25	Hematological anomalies a. Fetal hematopoiesis b. Sickle cell disease c. Thalassemia	Chawla	45'
2/25	Cardiovascular anomalies a. Diagnosis b. Counseling c. Pre-and postnatal treatment	Feit	45'
3/4	Neurological anomalies a. Hydrocephalus b. Open neural tube defects c. Pre- and postnatal treatment	Greene/Luks	45'
3/4	Twin gestations a. Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome b. Acardiac twin	Carr/Luks	45'
3/11	Minimally invasive fetal therapy a. Ultrasound-guided techniques b. Endoscopic fetal surgery	Carr /Luks	45'
3/11	Invasive fetal therapy a. Experimental fetal surgery b. Open fetal surgery c. EXIT procedure	Luks/Carr	45'
3/18	Lecture: AOA Guest Speaker Auditorium 203 Biomedical Building	Patricia K. Donahoe, MD	4 PM
4/1	Mock M.A.D.A.M. sessions	Carr/Caldamone/Fearon/Feit/ Kurkchubasche/Luks/ Padbury/Chawla	90'

Introduction

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Fetal Program

Fetal Treatment

M.A.D.A.M.

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