Beth M. Kline-Fath, MD

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

Radiology

Research Areas

Radiology

Publications

329 Prenatally identified congenital aqueductal stenosis: short- and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. Smith, NJ; Venkatesan, C; Kline-Fath, B; Habli, M; Nagaraj, U; Bierbauer, K. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2024; 230:s187.

Using MRI-derived observed-to-expected total fetal lung volume to predict lethality in fetal skeletal dysplasia. Mehollin-Ray, AR; Stover, S; Cassady, CI; Zhang, B; Calvo-Garcia, M; Kline-Fath, B. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2024; 54:43-48.

DTI of Opioid-Exposed Fetuses Using ComBat Harmonization: A Bi-Institutional Study. Dudley, JA; Nagaraj, UD; Merhar, S; Mangano, FT; Kline-Fath, BM; Ou, X; Acheson, A; Yuan, W. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2023; 44:1084-1089.

Early surgery in very preterm infants is associated with brain abnormalities on term MRI: a propensity score analysis. Kojima, K; Liu, C; Ehrlich, S; Kline-Fath, BM; Jain, S; Parikh, NA. Journal of Perinatology. 2023; 43:877-883.

MRI Findings in Third-Trimester Opioid-Exposed Fetuses, With Focus on Brain Measurements: A Prospective Multicenter Case-Control Study. Nagaraj, UD; Kline-Fath, BM; Zhang, B; Vannest, JJ; Ou, X; Lin, W; Acheson, A; Grewen, K; Grant, PE; Merhar, SL. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2023; 220:418-427.

Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure and risk of brain abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging at term in infants born very preterm. Mahabee-Gittens, EM; Kline-Fath, BM; Harun, N; Folger, AT; He, L; Parikh, NA. 2023; 5:100856.

Imaging Similarities Between Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome Type 1 and Aicardi Syndrome: Prenatal and Postnatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Findings in 4 Patients. Venkatesan, C; Countee, E; Wong, B; Spaeth, C; Kline-Fath, BM; Nagaraj, UD. Journal of Child Neurology. 2023; 38:31-37.

Further expansion and confirmation of phenotype in rare loss of YWHAE gene distinct from Miller-Dieker syndrome. Baker, EK; Brewer, CJ; Ferreira, L; Schapiro, M; Tenney, J; Wied, HM; Kline-Fath, BM; Smolarek, TA; Weaver, KN; Hopkin, RJ. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2023; 191:526-539.

Diffuse excessive high signal intensity in the preterm brain on advanced MRI represents widespread neuropathology. Kline, JE; Dudley, J; Illapani, VS P; Li, H; Kline-Fath, B; Tkach, J; He, L; Yuan, W; Parikh, NA. Neuroimage. 2022; 264:119727.

Attention-guided deep learning for gestational age prediction using fetal brain MRI. Shen, L; Zheng, J; Lee, EH; Shpanskaya, K; McKenna, ES; Atluri, MG; Plasto, D; Mitchell, C; Lai, LM; Guimaraes, CV; et al. Scientific Reports. 2022; 12:1408.

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