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Radiology and Medical Imaging

Beth M. Kline-Fath, MD

Title

Chief, Fetal Imaging

Appointment

Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

beth.kline-fath@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-1856

Bio

Beth M. Kline-Fath, MD, received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Cincinnati. After Radiology Residency at the University of Cincinnati, she completed a fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and worked in private practice for several years before returning to Cincinnati Children's for fellowship training in Pediatric Neuroradiology. Since joining the Neuroradiology Staff, she has developed the Fetal Imaging Program for the department and is a staff member of the Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati. In addition, to general Pediatric Neuroradiology, her areas of interest include Fetal Imaging and MR Spectroscopy.

Credentials

MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 1989.

Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 1989-1993.

Fellowships: Pediatric Radiology, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH 1993-1994; Pediatric Neuroradiology, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH, 2003-2004.

Certification: Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pediatric Radiology, American Board of Radiology, 1998; Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology, June 1993.

Publications, Most Recent

Kline-Fath, B.; Calvo-Garcia, MA.; O'Hara, S.M.; Crombleholme, T.M.; Racadio, J.M. Water Imaging (Hydrography) in the Fetus: The Value of a Heavily T2-Weighted Sequence. Pediatr Radiol, Feb 2007; 37:133-140.

Kline-Fath, B.; Calvo-Garcia, M.A.; O'Hara, S.M.; Crombleholme, T.M.; Racadio, J.M. Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Cerebral Ischemia is Not the Only Fetal Finding. Pediatr Radiol, Jan 2007; 37:47-56.

Bunch, P.T.; Kline-Fath, B.; Imhoff, S.C.; Calvo-Garcia, MA.; Crombleholme, T.M.; Donnelly, L.F. Allantoic Cyst: A Prenatal Clue to Patent Urachus. Pediatr Radiol,Oct 2006; 36:1090-1095.

Kline-Fath, B.; Oestreich, A.E. MRI of the Fetal Brain, Normal Development and Cerebral Pathologies (Book Review). Radiology, May 2005; 235: 568.

Daltro, P.; Fricke, B.L.; Kline-Fath, B.M.; Werner, H.; Rodrigues, L, et al. Prenatal MRI of Congenital Abdominal and Chest Wall Defects. AJR Am J Roentgenol, Mar 2005; 184:1010-1016.

Professional Organization Memberships

Special Interests

  • Fetal imaging
  • Pediatric neuroimaging

Presentations, Most Recent

The Role of MRI in Fetal Diagnosis. Fetal Grand Rounds, Cincinnati Children's, Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati: Cincinnati, OH, June 7, 2007.

How I Do It: Fetal MRI. The Society for Pediatric Radiology: Miami, FL, April 17-21, 2007.

The Abnormal Newborn Cranial Ultrasound. The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: New York, NY, March 15-19, 2007.

Cranial Sonography of the Perinatal Hypoxic Ischemic Injury. Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound: San Francisco, CA, October 2006.

Beginnings and Beyond: MR Intrauterine Evaluation of Diagnosis. Mini-fellowship in Pediatric Neuroradiology, Cincinnati Children's: Cincinnati, OH, October 2006.

Basic Fetal MR – Virtual Lecture Hall Series: American College of Radiology, August 2006.

Fetal Treatment: Diagnostic and Management. Akron's Children's Hospital: Akron, OH, August 2006.

Calvo, M.A.; Kline-Fath, B.; O'Hara, S.M.; Bitters, C.; Nielsen, D, et al. Prenatal Diagnosis of Complicated Monocorionic Twin Gestatations. International Society of Pediatric Radiology: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2006.

Fetal Lung Anomalies. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: Washington, DC, March 2006.

Fetal Imaging with Emphasis on Lung Lesions. Body Imaging Mini-Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's: Cincinnati, OH, March 2006.

Fetal MR as an Adjunct. Surgical / Radiology Conference, Cincinnati Children's: Cincinnati, OH, November 2005.

CNS Malformations: Prenatal Diagnosis with Postnatal Correlation. Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound: Chicago, IL, October 2005.

Fetal CNS Development and Malformations. Neuroradiology Mini-Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's: Cincinnati, OH, October 2005.

Bunch, P.; Kline-Fath, B.; Imhoff, S. Allantoic Cyst, A Prenatal Clue to Patient Urachus. Southern Pediatric Radiology Society: Asheville, NC, September 2005.

MRI and Intracranial Anomalies. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: Orlando, FL, June 2005.

Reviewing

  • American Journal of Neuroradiology
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Radiographics

Related Areas

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