Darrell L. Cass BA, MD, FACS

Dr. Cass serves as Director of Fetal Surgery. He was former faculty in the Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Cass was Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Texas Children's Fetal Center; one of only 3 centers in the world to perform successful open fetal surgery for life-threatening fetal malformations (CCAM and sacrococcygeal teratoma). Dr. Cass is a pediatric general and thoracic surgeon with particular expertise in fetal treatments and the surgical care and management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), lung malformations (CCAM, CPAM, sequestration), esophageal atresia, ECMO, omphalocele, chest wall deformities (i.e. pectus excavatum), minimally invasive surgery, newborn surgical conditions, and ovarian disorders. Dr. Cass is a former NIH-funded research investigator for study of scar less fetal tissue repair and fetal vascular wall healing.