Military families have not always had quick access to the experts who could help when facing a prenatal birth defect diagnosis … until now.

A physiologically based approach to umbilical cord clamping for infants with CDH may smooth the postnatal transition and prevent acidosis and hypoxemia.

CHOP's specialized Pulmonary Hypoplasia Program provides ongoing developmental and medical assessments from infancy through adolescence, with the goal of looking beyond short-term surgical survival and providing long-term clinical care to improve quality of life.

For babies prenatally diagnosed with conditions such as CDH that will require surgery shortly after birth, a unique model of care greatly improves management of these fragile newborns.

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, one Virginia family chose CHOP for their daughter’s heart repair.

For 25 years, CHOP’s Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment has worked tirelessly to advance the field of fetal medicine and offer lifesaving care for pregnancies diagnosed with birth defects. Here, we reflect on the past and think ahead to what the future holds.

Awards from Press Ganey highlight care provided by the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and its Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit.

Medical treatment during a pandemic is a challenge for even minor issues. Imagine needing fetal surgery to help your unborn child. CBS3 reports the story of a family from South Carolina who found help at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Families cared for by CHOP’s Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment reunite virtually in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more participants than ever.

A decade after the MOMS trial, new findings show significant physical and emotional benefits in school-age children who had prenatal surgery for spina bifida.