Healing in the Womb: Advances in Fetal Surgery

Dates and Times

Start: 1/28/2026 3:00 PM
End: 1/28/2026 3:00 PM

Objectives

1. Indications for fetal intervention across organ systems

Identify which fetal pathologies are candidates for prenatal intervention across brain/spine, thorax, heart, gastrointestinal, urogenital, head and neck, and monochorionic twin disease.

2. Fetal pleural effusion

Interpret prognostic factors (hydrops, mediastinal shift, chromosomal anomalies) and survival expectations in fetal pleural effusions.

3. Echogenic lung lesions (CPAM and BPS)

Differentiate CPAM from bronchopulmonary sequestration by embryology, vascular supply, and imaging phenotype.

4. Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) and EXIT

Recognize CHAOS as a lethal obstructive physiology without intervention and identify EXIT as the only viable strategy for neonatal survival.

5. Fetal urinary tract obstruction

Apply prognostic criteria (renal morphology, anhydramnios, fetal urinary biochemistry) to distinguish salvageable from futile cases

6. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)

Use ultrasound and MRI to stage CDH severity via lung-to-head ratio and observed-to-expected LHR.

Identify candidates for fetal endotracheal occlusion (FETO) and understand its gestational-age–specific risk profile and trial-based outcomes

7. Fetal cardiac intervention

Define the physiologic rationale for fetal aortic and pulmonary valvuloplasty in preventing progression to single-ventricle physiology.

8. Myelomeningocele

Explain the pathophysiology of in-utero neural injury and hindbrain herniation

Compare prenatal versus postnatal repair using MOMS and MOMS-II data for shunt dependence, motor function, and neuroanatomic outcomes.

9. Monochorionic twin disease

Interpret placental angioarchitecture and its role in TTTS, TAPS, TRAP, and sIUGR.

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Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.