Advanced Fetal Care Center

Fauza DO, Marciniak A, Jennings RW, Snyder EY. Repopulation of the spinal cord with neural stem cells in a model of fetal myelomeningocele. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Jennings RW, Wilkens-Haug L, Bulich L, Myers LB. EXIT with a trial of ventilation: improved survival in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Kaviani A, Young A, Fuchs JR, Oh JT, Jennings RW, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: downregulation of immune-associated antigens in mesenchymal amniocyte culture. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Kaviani A, Oh JT, Jennings RW, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: promyogenic differentiation of mesenchymal amniocytes in vitro. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Downard CD, Garza JJ, Clayton N, Maher TJ, Jennings RW, Fauza DO. Myometrial blockade with botulinus toxin as a potential method of premature labor prevention after fetal surgery. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Myers LB, Bulich L, Mizrahi A. Methods of fetal resuscitation during fetoscopic cardiac valve balloon dilation. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Myers L, Bulich L, Mizrahi A, Barnewolt CE, Nemes L, Kim HB, Jennings RW. Ultrasonic guidance for location of the trachea during the EXIT procedure for cervical teratoma. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Tworetzky W, Jennings RW, Wilkens-Haug L, Lock J, Ponkey S, Myers LB, Bulich L, Barnewolt CE, Estroff JA. Successful balloon aortic valvuloplasty in a mid gestation fetus. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Chang RW, Dzakovic A, Sunday M, Wilson JM, Jennings RW, Fauza DO. Enhancement of short term fetal lung growth after tracheal occlusion through intrapulmonary hyperoncotic pressure. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Fuchs J, Hannouche D, Terada S, Zand S, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Umbilical cord blood as a cell source for cartilage engineering. Presented before the "Eighty-eighth Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons," San Francisco, CA, 2002.

Fuchs JR, Nasseri BA, Li Zhang H, Kaviani A, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: myocardial augmentation. Presented before the"9th Annual New England Surgical Resident Research Presentation Day," Boston, MA, 2002.

Barnes C, Kaipainen A, Sanoudou D, Freedman D, Mulliken J, Kim HB, Fauza DO, Beggs A, Folkman J, Fishman S. The role of placenta in the origin of hemangiomas. Presented at the "Third Annual Conference on Sex and Gene Expression," San Jose, CA, 2002.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. A Comparative Analysis of Engineered Cartilage Constructs. Presented before "Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons," San Diego, CA, 2002.

Garza JJ, Downard CD, Clayton N, Maher TJ, Fauza DO. Clostridium botulinum toxin inhibits myometrial activity in vitro: possible application on the prevention of premature labor after fetal surgery. Presented before the "Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association," Phoenix, AZ, 2002.

Fuchs JR, Nasseri BA, Li Zhang H, Kaviani A, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: myocardial augmentation. Presented before the "Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association," Phoenix, AZ, 2002.

Fauza DO, Marciniak A, Jennings RW, Snyder EY. Treatment of fetal myelomeningocele with neural stem cells: preliminary experience. Presented before the "Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association," Phoenix, AZ, 2002.

Kaviani A, Young A, Fuchs JR, Jennings RW, Oh JT, Fauza DO. Reduced immunogenicity of amniocytes during expansion in vitro: implications for heterologous tissue engineering applications. Presented before the "Eighty-eighth Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons," San Francisco, CA, 2002.

Kaviani A, Jennings RW, Fauza DO. Amniotic fluid-derived fetal mesenchymal cells differentiate into myogenic precursors in vitro. Presented before the "Eighty-eighth Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons," San Francisco, CA, 2002.

Fuchs J, Hannouche D, Terada S, Zand S, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Umbilical cord blood as a cell source for cartilage engineering. Presented before the "Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2002 Annual Meeting", Boston, MA, 2002.

Kaviani A, Young A, Fuchs JR, Jennings RW, Oh JT, Fauza DO. Reduced immunogenicity of amniocytes during expansion in vitro: implications for heterologous tissue engineering applications. Presented before the "Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2002 Annual Meeting", Boston, MA, 2002.

Dzakovic A, Kaviani A, Jennings RW, Wilson JM, Fauza DO. The effects of increased intrapulmonary oncotic pressure upon fetal lung growth. Presented before the "XXXI International Symposium of Pediatric Surgery," Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria, 2002.

Garza J, Clayton N, Kaviani A, Maher TJ, Fauza DO. Indomethacin inhibits uterine activity in situ: possible application on preterm labor prevention after fetal surgery. Presented before the "Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2001 Annual Meeting," San Francisco, CA, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: chest wall reconstruction. Presented before the "Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2001 Annual Meeting," San Francisco, CA, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: in utero tracheal augmentation in an ovine model. Presented before the "Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2001 Annual Meeting," San Francisco, CA, 2001.

Dzakovic A, Kaviani A, Jennings RW, Wilson JM, Fauza DO. Positive intrapulmonary oncotic pressure enhances short term lung growth acceleration after fetal tracheal occlusion. Presented before the "Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2001 Annual Meeting," San Francisco, CA, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: chest wall reconstruction. Presented before the "Eighty-seventh Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons," New Orleans, LA, 2001.

Kaviani A, Guleserian KJ, Perry TE, Dzakovic A, Jennings RW, Ziegler MM, Fauza DO. The amniotic fluid as a source of cells for fetal tissue engineering: Initial human experience. Presented before the "Eighty-seventh Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons," New Orleans, LA, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Analysis of fetal cartilage constructs in vitro. Presented before the "Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association," Naples, FL, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: in vitro analysis of muscle constructs. Presented before the "Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association," Naples, FL, 2001.

Fauza DO, Barnewolt CE, Brown SD, Jennings RW. Ultrasound-guided fetal tracheal occlusion. Presented before the "Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association," Naples, FL, 2001.

Kaviani A, Guleserian KJ, Perry TE, Dzakovic A, Jennings RW, Ziegler MM, Fauza DO. The amniotic fluid as a source of cells for fetal tissue engineering: Initial human experience. Presented before the "XLVIII Annual International Congress of the British Association of Pediatric Surgeons," London, United Kingdom, 2001.

Kaviani A, Perry TE, Dzakovic A, Jennings RW, Ziegler MM, Fauza DO. The amniotic fluid as a source of cells for fetal tissue engineering. Presented before the "Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons and Eleventh Council Meeting of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons, " Kyoto, Japan, 2001.

Barnewolt CE. Accurate prediction of congenital cytomegalovirus infection based on fetal ultrasound and MRI. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Barnewolt CE. Integrative approach to the prenatal diagnosis, parental counseling, postnatal characterization and surgical repair with bladder exstrophy. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Barnewolt CE. Precise definition of genitourinary anatomy in the cloacal malformation by fetal MRI. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.

Estroff JA. Terminal myelocele demonstrated by fetal ultrasound and MRI: An in utero mimicker of closed myelomeningocele. Presented before the "Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the International Foetal Medicine and Surgery Society," La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2002.