TMBS E341: Dr. Scott Adzick – Surgeon-in-Chief of CHOP, Founder & Director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment

by Mark Bishop3 days ago

January is Birth Defects Awareness Month. Dr. Scott Adzick MD is the Surgeon-In-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and discusses with Mark the breakthroughs in fetal diagnosis now and what future treatment will look like. It’s the 30th Anniversary of the fetal center at CHOP and it is remarkable how Dr. Adzick and his team’s research and innovations have shaped the field of fetal medicine.

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January is Birth Defects Awareness Month. Dr. Scott Adzick MD is the Surgeon-In-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and discusses with Mark the breakthroughs in fetal diagnosis now and what future treatment will look like. It’s the 30th Anniversary of the fetal center at CHOP and it is remarkable how Dr. Adzick and his team’s research and innovations have shaped the field of fetal medicine.

BIO ~ DR. SCOTT ADZICK 

Dr. Scott Adzick is the Surgeon-in-Chief, at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is the director of the Hospital’s Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, the largest and most comprehensive fetal program in the world.  

Having welcomed expectant mothers from all 50 states and more than 70 countries.  An innovator in fetal medicine since the field’s inception, Dr. Adzick has dedicated his career to the pursuit of groundbreaking prenatal treatment for birth defects, has made pioneering contributions to fetal surgery, and today continues to explore cutting-edge treatment options.  

Since 1995, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has performed over 2,000 fetal surgeries on babies with prenatally diagnosed birth defects. 

Website: fetalsurgery.chop.edu 

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