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USF Fetal Therapy Center Dr.
Ruben Quintero
(877-FETAL-77 (877-338-2577)
One of two largest centers in the United States, they have performed
more than 300 cases of laser surgery for TTTS. The center recently
relocated to the University of South Florida
St. Joseph's Hospital
- Milwaukee Dr.
Julian E. DeLia
(414) 447-3535
The first to describe the technique of Fetoscopic Laser Occlusion
of Chorioangiopagous placental vessels ("FLOC") in
twin-to-twin tranfusion syndrome, he now has more than 250 cases
in his personal experience. A thorough report on his technique
can also be found on the TTTSFoundation website
Fetal Treatment Center at University of California, San Francisco Dr.
Hanmin Lee
(800) RXFETUS
Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, Philadelphia Dr.
N. Scott Adzick
(800) IN-UTERO
Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati This center was the principal site of a recently
closed randomized controlled study on Twin-to-twin
Transfusion Syndrome sponsored by the National Institutes of
Health (NIH). Dr. Crombleholme was the principal investigator
for this study. Dr.
Timothy Crombleholme
(888) FETAL59
Evergreen Healthcare Treatment center for TTTS in Seattle, Washington Dr. Martin Walker Contact person:
Program Coordinator
Contact number: 425.899.3537
Fetal Therapy Program
at Mount Sinai Hospital Part of the University
of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Dr. Greg Ryan Contact number: 416-586-4800 ext. 8808
Eurofoetus, Europe (Belgium, Germany, France, United Kingdom) This organization
regroups several European and North-American centers, most of
which have participated in the now completed randomized controlled study on the treatment of
severe TTTS, which demonstrated a clear advantage of laser
surgery over amnioreduction.The Eurofoetus web site has a list
of all participating centers (including our own). Dr.
Jan Deprest
011 32 16 34 42 15
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