Beth M. Kline-Fath, MD

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Chief, Fetal and Neonatal Imaging
Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Professor, UC Department of Radiology

beth.kline-fath@cchmc.org
Board Certified

About

Biography

Beth M. Kline-Fath began the fetal imaging program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. As section chief of fetal imaging, she has trained many other physicians, presented international and national, and worked on many committees to advance this new specialty. Dr. Kline-Fath also served as chief editor and wrote several chapters for a textbook Fundamentals and Advanced Fetal Imaging: MRI and US. Recently, Beth Kline-Fath has worked to implement the use of an innovative small bore dedicated MR unit in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Interests

Pediatric radiology; fetal and neonatal imaging

Services and Specialties

Publications

Prenatal Opioid Exposure Is Associated with Punctate White Matter Lesions in Term Newborns. Merhar, SL; Bann, CM; Mack, N; Newman, JE; Limperopoulos, C; Ambalavanan, N; Davis, JM; DeMauro, SB; Lorch, SA; Wilson-Costello, DE; Poindexter, BB; Kapse, K; Kline-Fath, BM; Murnick, JG. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2025; 284:114669.

Slice-to-Volume Reconstruction of Fetal Brain MR Imaging in Clinical Practice. Nagaraj, UD; Greer, JS; Debnath, P; Tkach, JA; Kline-Fath, BM. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2025; 46:1726-1730.

Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Fetuses With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Nagaraj, UD; Dudley, JA; Lam, K; Kline-Fath, BM; Merhar, SL; Mangano, FT; Yuan, W. Prenatal Diagnosis. 2025; 45:1045-1052.

Variability in antenatal prognostication of congenital diaphragmatic hernia by magnetic resonance imaging across the North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet). Abbasi, N; Kajal, D; Johnson, A; Ryan, G; Sanz-Cortes, M; Lee, S; Shah, PS; Perrone, EE; Boyd, K; Chapman, T; Rypens, F; Snyder, EJ; Ladino-Torres, M; Aw-Zoretic, J. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2025; 65:771-777.

Maternal Hypertension and Adverse Neurodevelopment in a Cohort of Preterm Infants. Jain, S; Ting Fu, T; Barnes-Davis, ME; Sahay, RD; Ehrlich, SR; Liu, C; Habli, M; Parikh, NA. JAMA Network Open. 2025; 8:e257788.

Fetal MRI of Prenatal Scalp Lesions: A Pictorial Essay. Wilke, F; Siala, S; Dahmoush, H; Kline-Fath, BM; Guimaraes, CV. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI. 2025; 46:144-152.

Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure and risk for cognitive delays in infants born very premature. Mahabee-Gittens, EM; Harun, N; Glover, M; Folger, AT; Parikh, NA; Altaye, M; Arnsperger, A; Beiersdorfer, T; Bridgewater, K; Cahill, T; Wineland, K; Wuertz, S; Wuest, D; Yuan, W. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14:1397.

Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Prenatally Identified Congenital Aqueductal Stenosis by Fetal MRI. Smith, NJ; Nagaraj, UD; Kline-Fath, BM; Bierbrauer, KS; Habli, M; Venkatesan, C. Prenatal Diagnosis. 2024; 44:1574-1584.

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Risk of Early Brain Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Term among Infants Born at ≤32 Weeks' Gestational Age. Jain, S; Barnes-Davis, ME; Fu, TT; Sahay, RD; Ehrlich, SR; Liu, C; Kline-Fath, B; Habli, M; Parikh, NA. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 273:114133.

Fetal craniofacial anomalies in amniotic band sequence. Sriwastwa, A; Kline-Fath, BM; Bierbrauer, KS; Venkatesan, C; Nagaraj, UD. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2024; 54:1933-1934.

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