OVERVIEW

2024 Fetology Chicago: Practice and Discovery is organized by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and will be held on Sep 19, 2024 at Simpson & Kimberly Querrey Biomedical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

Description:
Fetology Chicago is an educational event focused on educating professionals about advances in fetal medicine. The focus this year will be on the multi-disciplinary approach to evaluation, care and intervention for a spectrum of congenital diseases including TTTS, vasa previa, conjoined twins, cleft lip and palate, Currarino syndrome, micrognathia, omphalocele-exstrophy-imperforate anus-spinal defects (OEIS), caudal regression, Vein of Galen malformation, fetal central nervous system vascular malformations, spina bifida, and neuraxial disorders. The program will also include a topic update on novel treatment for ectodermal dysplasia and cystic fibrosis, neonatal cardiac surgery, fetal cardiac intervention, genetic abnormalities in congenital heart disease, and supporting families through difficult decisions.

Learning Objectives:
• Discuss recent advancement in the treatment of common fetal conditions that are amenable to fetal surgery
• Describe the evidence that currently exists for the practice of fetal intervention
• Identify current knowledge gaps that limit broader application of fetal surgery
• Characterize innovative approaches currently used in the study of fetal intervention
• Review the indications, outcomes and future directions in congenital heart disease diagnosis and research
• Recognize the advances in diagnostics technology, including medical imaging for the fetus and genetic therapies