Fetal Care

The Fetal Care Center serves babies from all over the region with congenital defects or abnormalities. Our team of physicians specializes in general and cardiothoracic surgery, neonatology, nephrology, otolaryngology, urology, neurosurgery, plastic and craniofacial surgery, orthopaedics, radiology and cardiology to care for your newborn.

The goal of our center is to collaborate with obstetricians and perinatologists (obstetricians specializing in high-risk pregnancies) to assist women and families experiencing high-risk pregnancies in developing a comprehensive care plan. As the care plan is developed, the expectant family will be introduced to the services and providers that may be assisting with the delivery and/or post-delivery care of their child.

Conditions we treat:

• Bladder exstrophy 
• Bladder outlet obstruction
• Bowel obstruction
• Bronchogenic cyst
• Bronchopulmonary sequestration
• Cervical teratoma
• Congenital high airway obstruction (CHAOS)
• Choledochal cyst
• Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Conjoined twins
• Cystic Hygroma
• Duodenal atresia
• Esophageal atresia
• Fetal hydrops

• Gastroschisis
• Hemangioma
• Hydropcolpos
• Hydronephrosis
• Imperforate anus
• Micromstomia
• Multicystic dysplastic kidneys
• Omphalocele
• Ovarian cyst
• Pierre Robin Sequence
• Prune Belly syndrome
• Teratoma
• Sacrococcygeal teratoma
• Twin-to-twin transfusion
• Vacterl associations

The Fetal Care Center offers a variety of services from evaluation and diagnosis to postnatal surgical intervention and care, including fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedures. Before your baby is born, our team will work with you to develop a plan of care for him.

After the baby is born, we will work with you and your delivering physician to transport your baby to either our Egleston hospital or Scottish Rite hospital where you will be met by your baby’s physician to continue caring for your baby. Depending on your baby’s condition, you may be able to choose the facility where he receives care.

A dedicated case manager will provide coordination and serve as a primary point of contact for expectant families and physicians. The case manager will also help you find resources to help care for your child in the hospital and at home. 

Our coordinated, multidisciplinary team consists of physicians from multiple specialties and individual support from a dedicated case manager. As part of one of the largest pediatrics providers in the country, the Fetal Care Center has access to resources and expertise that are unmatched in the region.

Led by our guiding team, each one of our providers has knowledge and expertise in fetal care to provide outstanding care. Our dedicated case manager provides coordination and serves as the primary point of contact.

Our coordinated, multidisciplinary team consists of physicians from multiple specialties, including:

• Fetal cardiology
• General and thoracic surgery
• Neonatology
• Nephrology
• Neurosurgery

• Orthopaedics
• Otolaryngology (ENT)
• Plastic and craniofacial surgery
• Radiology
• Urology

Our Fetal Care Center Guiding Team

• Adina L Alazraki, MD
• John C Bleacher, MD
• William R Boydston, MD
• Matthew S Clifton, MD
• Steven L Goudy, MD
• Sabina S Kennedy, MD
• Erik Charles Michelfelder, MD
• Sarah S Milla, MD
• Anthony J Piazza, MD
• Hyunjung Stella Shin, MD
• Edwin A Smith, MD
• Patrick S Spafford, MD
• James R Thomsen, MD
• Joseph K Williams, MD
• Mark L Wulkan, MD

Egleston patient family handbook

Scottish Rite patient family handbook