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The Fetal Treatment Program
HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - WOMEN & INFANTS' HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome

WHAT IS TTTS?

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 Fetal Treatment Centers Worldwide

Fetal Treatment Program (www.fetal-treatment.org)
That's us! A joint program between the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Women & Infants' Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, RI.
 You can contact the Fetal Treatment Program Coordinator by phone at (401) 228-0559 (beeper (401) 452-4469 or by e-mail at coordinator@fetal-treatment.org

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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