Fetal Surgery

Advances in medical procedures allow surgeons to operate on infants while they are in the womb to help prevent or treat birth defects like spina bifida before these babies are born. Dr. Stephen Emery and Dr. Stephanie Greene collaborated on an in-utero surgery and are working within the expanding field of fetal intervention. Guest: Dr. Stephen Emery, fetal surgeon & Director of the Center for Innovative Fetal Intervention at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Magee-Womens Hospital; Dr. Stephanie Greene, pediatric neurosurgeon & Director of Vascular and Perinatal Neurosurgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh