Fetology Chicago: Practice & Discovery

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Participate Virtually or In-Person at the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center on Northwestern’s campus downtown Chicago (303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611)

Supporting Families Session: 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. | General Sessions: 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. 

Course Description

Fetology Chicago is an educational event focused on educating professionals about advances in fetal medicine. This event is sponsored by The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education. 

The focus this year will be on the multi-disciplinary approach to evaluation, care and intervention for a spectrum of congenital diseases including TTTS, vasa previa, conjoined twins, cleft lip and palate, Currarino syndrome, micrognathia, omphalocele-exstrophy-imperforate anus-spinal defects (OEIS), caudal regression, Vein of Galen malformation, fetal central nervous system vascular malformations, spina bifida, and neuraxial disorders. The program will also include a topic update on novel treatment for ectodermal dysplasia and cystic fibrosis, neonatal cardiac surgery, fetal cardiac intervention, genetic abnormalities in congenital heart disease, and supporting families through difficult decisions.

See Last Year's Program Agenda

Registration Fee

The registration fee for this event is $20. 

Please note that individuals planning to claim CME credit or nursing contact hours need to register individually. Event recordings will be available to registrants for one month after the live event.

Target Audience

The curriculum is designed for obstetricians, maternal fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, cardiologists, radiologists, sonographers, nurses, pediatric surgical specialists, genetic counselors, and other perinatal specialists and staff.

Educational Objectives

• Discuss recent advancement in the treatment of common fetal conditions that are amenable to fetal surgery
• Describe the evidence that currently exists for the practice of fetal intervention
• Identify current knowledge gaps that limit broader application of fetal surgery
• Characterize innovative approaches currently used in the study of fetal intervention
• Review the indications, outcomes and future directions in congenital heart disease diagnosis and research
• Recognize the advances in diagnostics technology, including medical imaging for the fetus and genetic therapies

Accreditation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Please note: We are currently awaiting final accreditation confirmation. Official details are expected to be available by late June 2025.

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program and Self-Assessment

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Continuing Nursing Professional Development

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

In order to obtain nursing contact hours, you must attend the entire activity and complete the evaluation.

Questions?

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