Nancy Pelosi Joins UCSF On Friday to Launch Fetal Treatment Center.
WHAT: Ribbon-cutting ceremony for UCSF Medical Center's new Fetal
Treatment Center, made possible in large part by a $500,000
federal appropriation initiated by U.S. Representative Nancy
Pelosi and a grant from the Lucile Packard Foundation.
WHEN: Friday, March 24, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
WHERE: UCSF Fetal Treatment Center,
Ambulatory Care Center - First Floor
400 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco
WHO: U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Mark Laret, CEO, UCSF Medical Center
Michael Harrison, MD, director, Fetal Treatment Center at
UCSF
Diana Farmer, MD, chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery at
UCSF
Fetal Treatment Center patients and their families
CONTACT: Media interested in the ribbon-cutting ceremony or
arranging interviews with UCSF specialists and patient
families should contact the UCSF News Office at
(415) 476-2557.
The UCSF Fetal Treatment Center The Fetal Treatment Center at the University of California, San Francisco is a multidisciplinary care center dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term follow-up of fetal birth defects. is world renowned for its expertise and innovation in the treatment of a host of complex and potentially fatal congenital defects in utero in utero (in u´ter-o) [L.] within the uterus. in u·ter·o adj. In the uterus. in utero adv. . The Center integrates specialists in surgery, genetics, obstetrics and perinatology perinatology /peri·na·tol·o·gy/ (-na-tol´ah-je) the branch of medicine (obstetrics and pediatrics) dealing with the fetus and infant during the perinatal period. per·i·na·tol·o·gy n. , radiology, nursing, and neonatal medicine neonatal medicine n. See neonatology. together in a top-notch team to provide patients and referring physicians with one-stop for a thorough approach to fetal treatment, from initial diagnosis through long-term follow up. In the next few weeks, the Fetal Treatment Center will launch a state-of-the-art World Wide Web portal See portal. to allow patients and referring physicians from across the country and around the world to communicate with Center physicians in real time over a secure Internet connection. Physicians can review diagnostic images, such as ultrasound pictures, as well as see and be seen by patients at remote locations, thereby streamlining the consultation process. This is the 25th anniversary year of the first open fetal surgery Open fetal surgery is an invasive form of fetal intervention in the treatment of birth defects where the pregnant uterus is opened up for direct surgery on the fetus. Overview in the world, performed under the leadership of UCSF's Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison, following a lifelong study of both Western classical and North Indian classical music, has forged “a new harmonic world” (New York , MD, who pioneered the entire field of fetal treatment. In 1981, a UCSF UCSF University of California at San Francisco team performed the first surgery on a fetus in utero, ushering in a new era of fetal intervention for life-threatening medical problems. UCSF is a leading university that consistently defines health care worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical research, educating graduate students in the life sciences, and providing complex patient care. |
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