Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) will be at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 44th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Feb. 10-14, 2024, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD.
We invite you to visit us at booth #605 throughout the conference to talk to team members and get clinical resources for the management of pregnancies complicated by birth defects, research updates and more.
Who will be there
Many members of our team will be on site at the booth and presenting in various sessions. Stop by to say hello!
Haley M. Crane, MS, LCGC
Genetic Counselor
Nahla Khalek, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Juliana Sanchez Gebb, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Joy N. Macdonald, BSN, RN
Fetal Therapy Coordinator
William H. Peranteau, MD
Attending Surgeon
Katie M. Schmidt, MSN, CRNP
Surgical Nurse Practitioner
Shelly Soni, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Susan S. Spinner, MSN, RN
Senior Director, Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment
Post-graduate Courses
Feb. 10:
- Nahla Khalek, MD, MPH, MMedEd: “Pearls and Paradigms: Collaboration between MFM and subspecialities in maternal fetal surgery presented jointly with the North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet)”
- Christina Paidas Teefey, MD, PMH-C: “Psychological Impact of Fetal Diagnosis and Intervention in Expectant Parents”
- Katie M. Schmidt, MSN, CRNP: “Supporting Patients and Families with Multidisciplinary Collaboration and a Fetal ONTD Advanced Practice Nurse Program Coordinator”
Feb. 12:
- Christina Paidas Teefey, MD, PMH-C: “Psychosocial Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Anomalies”
- William Peranteau, MD: “Solve the Problem Before It Happens: Fetal Genome Editing with Q&A”
Posters and Presentations
Feb. 13:
- Juliana S. Gebb, MD, poster: “Value of ‘lethal’ ultrasound markers identifying fetuses with lethal skeletal dysplasia before/after 28 weeks”
Feb. 14:
- Juliana S. Gebb, MD, oral presentation: “Reliability of ‘lethal’ ultrasound markers in identifying fetuses with truly life-limiting skeletal dysplasia”
- Haley Crane, MS, poster: “Utility of genetic testing in fetuses with suspected lethal skeletal dysplasia on sonography”
- Shelly Soni, MD, posters:
- “Outcomes in monochorionic diamniotic pregnancies with proximate placental cord insertions”
- “Influence of growth restriction on perinatal outcomes in singleton pregnancies with fetal congenital heart disease”
- “Risk factors for preterm delivery in monochorionic diamniotic pregnancies undergoing selective cord occlusion”
For the latest presentation schedule, locations, and details, please refer to the conference website.
Upcoming events
- Can’t make it to SMFM24? Connect with us at our upcoming conference in Philadelphia in May. Our From the Start: Center for Fetal Diagnosis & Treatment Conference will take place from Thursday, May 2, 2024, 8:30 AM to Saturday, May 4, 2024, 5:30 PM.
- Upcoming Fetal Firesides virtual CME lectures. Our just-released Spring 2024 calendar includes sessions on the following topics:
- Mar. 6: Lymphatic Malformations: From Prenatal Diagnosis to Postnatal Treatment. Speakers: Julie Moldenhauer, Sally Cohen-Cutler, and Anne Marie Cahill
- Apr. 10: What Fetal MR Adds to Ultrasound in Complex Brain Malformations. Speakers: Shelly Soni and Matthew Whitehead
- May 15: Conjoined Twins: The CHOP Experience. Speakers: Nahla Khalek and Holly Hedrick
- June 5: Fetal Skeletal Dysplasia: Can We Predict Outcome and What Should We Do If We Can't? Speakers: Juliana Gebb, Haley Crane, and Nina Paidas Teefey
Resources
We encourage you to explore our library of educational materials and clinical resources, which include:
- Visit www.chop.edu/fetal-courses for a full library of fetal medicine education.
- Diagnostic tools for your practice
- Flip charts (for managing CDH, TTTS and MMC)
- CDH diagnosis with lung-to-head ratio
- CCAM/CPAM volume ratio prognostic tool
- Recent articles from our In Utero Insights newsletter
- Fetal medicine research
- Referral guidelines
Visit fetalsurgery.chop.edu/professionals for more. If you have questions or would like to request any educational materials, please contact us at any time.
Get to know us
Tour our Fetal Center: A video tour walks families through what to expect when they're referred to our center.
Tour our Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit: In this video, a mom who delivered her daughter in the SDU introduces viewers to the unit, what makes it unique, and what families can expect if they deliver there.
Expert Care for CDH: CHOP cares for more babies born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia than any hospital in the world. This video follows one family on their journey from prenatal diagnosis of CDH through delivery, treatment, and discharge home.
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To refer a patient, get a second opinion, or for a general conversation, please call us at 800-468-8376 (800-IN-UTERO) or use our online contact form.
To arrange a virtual meeting with any of our CHOP team members, please email Kristen Behrens at BEHRENSK1@email.chop.edu.
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