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Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Program

Children’s Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Program is dedicated to helping families by providing fetal diagnosis, counseling and treatment for structural, functional or genetic disorders. The program brings together perinatal, pediatric and surgical specialists from Children’s and UW Medical Center – all in one location at Children’s Hospital.

Care for pregnant women will continue to be provided by their own obstetricians or by perinatologists.

In addition to offering expert, multi-specialty care before birth, our program provides families with continuity of care by linking them with the Children’s specialists who will care for the child after birth.

Referrals

Common Reasons for Referral

  • Abnormal prenatal screening
  • Genetic testing or genetic counseling
  • Maternal health conditions such as diabetes, which might affect the fetus
  • Family history of a congenital abnormality or genetic disorder

Making Referrals

To make a referral call Brittany Peterson at 206-987-5629. Please fax patient demographic and chart materials to 206-987-3839 when making a referral so our team may review and coordinate necessary specialists, and our staff may then contact the patient for scheduling.

Services

  • High-risk obstetrical ultrasound
  • Fetal cardiac ultrasound
  • Fetal genetic testing and amniocentesis
  • Genetic counseling
  • Pediatric surgical and medical consultation
  • Fetal-to-neonatal continuity-of-care coordination

Examples of Diagnoses or Conditions Treated

  • Congenital heart disease
  • Cleft lip and palate
  • Neural tube defects such as spina bifida
  • Brain or skeletal malformations
  • Chromosome abnormalities such as Down syndrome
  • Abdominal wall defects such as omphalocele or gastroschisis
  • Lung lesions such as CCAMs and diaphragmatic hernia
  • Intestinal atresias
  • Urologic abnormalities

Physician Leadership

  • Mark Lewin, MD, director, Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Program, and chief, Division of Cardiology
  • Ian Glass, MD, director, Medical Genetics
  • Michael Gravett, MD, chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, and director, Perinatal Services, Children’s
  • Craig Jackson, MD, medical director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Dan Ledbetter, MD,attending surgeon, General and Thoracic Surgery

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