UM/JACKSON FETAL SURGEONS REUNITE WITH PATIENTS TREATED IN THE WOMB

Children treated in the womb and their families; Rubén Quintero, M.D., director of the Fetal Therapy Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Hospital Center and the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Eftichia Kontopoulos, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

The Fetal Therapy Center at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center will host Fetal Reunion 2012, an event uniting children who were treated in the womb with fetal surgeons Rubén Quintero, M.D., and Eftichia Kontopoulos, M.D.

03, 2012, 11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Jungle Island
1111 Parrot Jungle Trail
Miami, FL 33132

Dr. Quintero is a pioneer in the field of fetal medicine, treating birth defects in utero via a minimally-invasive approach – by personally designing surgical instruments and techniques. This event raises awareness about current treatment options for life-threatening fetal conditions.

One of the babies whose life was saved by Drs. Quintero and Kontopoulos is Leyna Gonzalez. While in her mother’s womb, Leyna, 2, had an oral teratoma, a large, life-threatening tumor growing from her mouth. Drs. Quintero and Kontopoulos operated on Leyna in utero, resecting the tumor and saving her life. This was the first case of its kind in the world. Leyna and her family will attend Fetal Reunion 2012.

*The reunion takes place at Jungle Island.