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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. This educational event will focus on the multi-disciplinary approach to the evaluation, care and intervention for a spectrum of congenital diseases including fetal heart disease, stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, vascular lesions, spina bifida, TTTS, placental abnormalities, CDH and anomalies of the fetal airway, thorax, kidneys & urinary tract. The program will also include a special topic update on innovative advances in differences of sex development, cell therapy and genetics relating to fetal diagnose

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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 testing

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.


Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


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. This conference is jointly provided by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

About The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health

The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health is a leader in the research and care of pregnant women with fetal complications. As one of only a few comprehensive fetal centers in the country, the Institute offers prenatal counseling, care and intervention, if needed. Our specialists performed more than 2,000 consultations last year for all types of fetal conditions with expectant parents from across the country. No patient was turned away. The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health partners with world-class specialists at Lurie Children’s, one of the top pediatric hospitals in the nation, as well as the top-ranked Northwestern Medicine’s Prentice Women’s Hospital.

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