Training occurs at Lurie Children's and Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women's Hospital. The program is led by Dr. Aimen Shaaban, Director of The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health. The multidisciplinary team includes specialists in Pediatric Surgery, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, Neonatology, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Plastics, Urology, Radiology and Genetics.
During the course of the training year, fellows will participate in a variety of clinical and surgical components, including:
- Prenatal Counseling
- Postnatal Management
- Fetal Imaging: Fetal MRI, Fetal Echocardiography, Ultrasound
- Open fetal surgery
- Diagnostic and operative fetoscopy
- Fetal shunt placement
- Intrauterine transfusion
- Radiofrequency ablation
- EXIT procedures