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Beth M. Kline-Fath, MD

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

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.

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

Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1993.

Fellowships: Pediatric Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1994; Pediatric Neuroradiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004.

Interests

Pediatric radiology; fetal and neonatal imaging

Services and Specialties

Radiology

Research Areas

Radiology

Publications

Prenatal Evaluation of Intracranial Hemorrhage on Fetal MRI: A Retrospective Review. Epstein, KN; Kline-Fath, BM; Zhang, B; Venkatesan, C; Habli, M; Dowd, D; Nagaraj, UD. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2021; 42:2222-2228.

Early micro- and macrostructure of sensorimotor tracts and development of cerebral palsy in high risk infants. Chandwani, R; Kline, JE; Harpster, K; Tkach, J; Parikh, NA; Altaye, M; Arnsperger, A; Beiersdorfer, T; Bridgewater, K; Cahill, T; et al. Human Brain Mapping. 2021; 42:4708-4721.

Effects of prenatal opioid exposure on functional networks in infancy. Merhar, SL; Jiang, W; Parikh, NA; Yin, W; Zhou, Z; Tkach, JA; Wang, L; Kline-Fath, BM; He, L; Braimah, A; et al. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 2021; 51.

Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Prenatally Diagnosed Dandy-Walker Malformation, Vermian Hypoplasia, and Blake Pouch Cyst. Venkatesan, C; Kline- Fath, B; Horn, PS; Poisson, KE; Hopkin, R; Nagaraj, UD. Journal of Child Neurology. 2021; 36:1111-1119.

Pediatric hanging and strangulation: is vascular injury a true risk?. Kline-Fath, BM; Seman, JM; Zhang, B; Care, MM. Pediatric Radiology. 2021; 51:1889-1894.

Utilization of 3-T fetal magnetic resonance imaging in clinical practice: a single-institution experience. Nagaraj, UD; Calvo-Garcia, MA; Merrow, AC; Zhang, B; Tkach, JA; Kline-Fath, BM. Pediatric Radiology. 2021; 51:1798-1808.

Evaluation of Posterior Fossa Biometric Measurements on Fetal MRI in the Evaluation of Dandy-Walker Continuum. Nagaraj, UD; Kline-Fath, BM; Horn, PS; Venkatesan, C. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2021; 42:1716-1721.

Prenatal opioid exposure is associated with smaller brain volumes in multiple regions. Merhar, SL; Kline, JE; Braimah, A; Kline-Fath, BM; Tkach, JA; Altaye, M; He, L; Parikh, NA. Pediatric Research. 2021; 90:397-402.

Value of pre- and postnatal magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of congenital central nervous system anomalies. Nagaraj, UD; Venkatesan, C; Bierbrauer, KS; Kline-Fath, BM. Pediatric Radiology. 2021.

Perinatal Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Diffuse White Matter Abnormality on Term-Equivalent Age Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Infants Born Very Preterm. Parikh, NA; Sharma, P; He, L; Li, H; Altaye, M; Priyanka Illapani, VS; Arnsperger, A; Beiersdorfer, T; Bridgewater, K; Cahill, T; et al. Journal of Pediatrics. 2021; 233:58-65.e3.

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