Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati

The Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati offers a one-month fellowship rotation in maternal-fetal medicine for maternal-fetal medicine fellows. During this rotation, MFM fellows gain specialized experience in the multidisciplinary, multimodal evaluation and treatment of pregnancies complicated by fetal abnormalities.

Clinical research opportunities are also available with this program.

How to Apply

The fellowship rotation in fetal therapeutics for maternal-fetal medicine program accepts applications on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications for Ohio training licenses should be submitted at least 12 weeks in advance.

To apply, contact Foong-Yen Lim, MD, surgical director, at foong.yen.lim@cchmc.org or 1-513-636-6259.

 The Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati offers a one-year fellowship in fetal surgery.

The Fetal Care Center’s Fetal Surgery Fellowship offers fellows a comprehensive, 12-month course of training in complex fetal surgery and related care best practices. Fellows participate in all EXIT, fetoscopic and open fetal surgical cases, and participate in prenatal counseling and postnatal management. They acquire skills in interpreting prenatal ultrasound, MRI and echocardiography.

Fetal surgery fellows also have the opportunity to be involved in related clinical research. Fellows are expected to present at weekly Fetal Care Center conferences and participate in clinical research trials. Each fellow completes a research project in some aspect of prenatal diagnosis, fetal treatment or fetal surgery; projects should be of sufficient quality that they are worthy of publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Learn more details or apply for the fetal surgery fellowship.

Fetal grand rounds are held in conjunction with neonatology grand rounds on the first Friday of every other month in the Research Auditorium (R-3381) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.  You can take a post-test for CME credit.

2013 Webcasts

• April 5, 2013:  Myelomeningocele:  An Update
  William Polzin, MD, and Beth Kline-Fath, MD
  View Grand Rounds
  To complete the evaluation and post-test for credit, a link is embedded in the video's "links" section. It is marked with a double paperclip.
  
• The following planning committee member/faculty has indicated commercial support relationship(s): Dr. Kline-Fath's spouse is a GE stockholder and Dr. Kallapur is on the speakers bureau for Ikaria and receives grant/research support from Merck.
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  Commercial support:  None
  
• February 1, 2013:  Amniotic Fluid:  What Does it do and Should We Replace it When it is Gone?
  Paul Kingma, MD, PhD
  View Grand Rounds
  To complete the evaluation and post-test for credit, a link is embedded in the video's "links" section. It is marked with a double paperclip.
  
• The following planning committee member/faculty has indicated commercial support relationship(s): Dr. Kallapur is on the speakers bureau for Ikaria and receives grant/research support from Merck.
  *All planning committee members'/faculty /faculty identified conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity were resolved prior to the activity. Educational Grant for this activity: None
  Commercial support:  None

2012 Webcasts

• October 5, 2012:  Antenatal Challenges in Selected Fetal Complications
  Mounira Habli, MD
  View Grand Rounds
  To complete the evaluation and post-test for credit, a link is embedded in the video's "links" section. It is marked with a double paperclip.
• The following planning committee member/faculty has indicated commercial support relationship(s): Dr. Kallapur is on the speakers bureau for Ikaria and receives grant/research support from Merck.
  *All planning committee members'/faculty /faculty identified conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity were resolved prior to the activity. Educational Grant for this activity: None
  Commercial support:  None
  
• August 3, 2012:  Fetoscopic Interventions
  Foong Lim, MD
  View Grand Rounds
  This presentation is not available for online viewing.
• The following planning committee member/faculty has indicated commercial support relationship(s): Dr. Kallapur is on the speakers bureau for Ikaria and receives grant/research support from Merck.
  *All planning committee members'/faculty /faculty identified conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity were resolved prior to the activity. Educational Grant for this activity: None
  Commercial support:  None
  
• June 1, 2012:  Ethical Considerations in Fetal Intervention
  Curtis Sheldon, MD
  View Grand Rounds
  To complete the evaluation and post-test for credit, a link is embedded in the video's "links" section. It is marked with a double paperclip.
• The following planning committee member/faculty has indicated commercial support relationship(s): Dr. Kallapur is on the speakers bureau for Ikaria and receives grant/research support from Merck.
  *All planning committee members'/faculty /faculty identified conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity were resolved prior to the activity. Educational Grant for this activity: None
  Commercial support:  None
  
• April 6, 2012:  Maternal Aspects of Hepatitis C
  Jeanne Sheffield, MD
  View Grand Rounds
  To complete the evaluation and post-test for credit, a link is embedded in the video's "links" section. It is marked with a double paperclip.
• The following planning committee member/faculty has indicated commercial support relationship(s): Dr. Kallapur is on the speakers bureau for Ikaria and receives grant/research support from Merck.
  *All planning committee members'/faculty /faculty identified conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity were resolved prior to the activity. Educational Grant for this activity: None
  Commercial support:  None
  
• February 3, 2012:  Prenatal Diagnosis of Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence (TAPS) and Neonatal Implications
  William J. Polzin, MD
  View Grand Rounds
• Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None

2011 Webcasts

• December 2, 2011:  An Update On Prenatal MMC Repair
  Foong-Yen Lim, MD; Karin Bierbrauer, MD; Charles Stevenson, MD; Beth Kline-Fath, MD
  View Grand Rounds
• Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None
  
  
• October 7, 2011:  Multiple Gestation and Fetal Growth Abnormalities
  Mounira Habli, MD
  Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati
  View Grand Rounds 
• Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None 
  
  
• August 5, 2011:  25 Years of Fetal Interventions for Bladder Outlet Obstruction - Have We Made A Difference?
  Pramod Reddy, MD
  Director, Division of Pediatric Urology
  View Grand Rounds
  The following planning committee member/faculty has indicated commercial support relationship(s): Dr. Reddy is a consultant for Pfizer.
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  Commercial support for this activity: None
  
  
• June 3, 2011:  Preterm Labor:  Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention Strategies
  Ron Jaekle, MD
  University Hospital
  View Grand Rounds
  Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
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• February 4, 2011:  CDH Update:  Current Outcomes, Future Initiatives
  Timothy Crombleholme, MD, FACS, FAAP
  Director, Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati
  Director, Center for Molecular Fetal Therapy
  View Grand Rounds 
• Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None 

2010 Webcasts

• December 3, 2010:  Developing Population-Based Perinatal Lifecourse Data Bases:  The MA PELL Data System Model
  Milton Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH
  Senior Scientist in Maternal and Child Health
  MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy
  MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Visiting Professor of Pediatrics
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  View Grand Rounds 
• Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None 
  
  
• November 11, 2010:  Why is the Short Cervix Linked to Pre-term Birth?
  Jay D. Iams, MD
  Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  The Ohio State University
  Co-chair, Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative (OPQC)
  View Grand Rounds
• Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None 
  
  
• October 1, 2010:  Unraveling Family Mysteries Through Fetal and Newborn Diagnostic Dilemma
  Haynes Robinson, MD
  Fetal Treatment Center of Northeast Ohio
  Akron Children's Hospital
  View Grand Rounds
• Planning committee members/faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None 
  
  
• Aug. 6, 2010:  Congenital Cystic Lung Lesions
  Sundeep G. Keswani, MD
  Assistant Professor
  Division of General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  View Grand Rounds 
• Planning committee members / faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None
  
  
• June 4, 2010:  Bladder Outlet Obstruction:  Current Protocols in Good and Poor Prognosis Patients
  William Polzin, MD
  Associate Director of Fetal Care Center
  Maternal and Fetal Medicine
  Good Samaritan Hospital
  Eva Rubio, MD
  Radiologist
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  View Grand Rounds 
• Planning committee members / faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None
  
  
• April 2, 2010: Fetal Surgery for the Multidisciplines
  Sundeep G. Keswani, MD
  Assistant Professor of Surgery
  Division of Pediatric and Thoracic Surgery
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati
  View Grand Rounds
• Planning committee members / faculty were determined to have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this activity.
  Commercial support: None