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UI Women’s Health

Gynecologic Ultrasound

Maternal Fetal Medicine

UI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

UI Experts Offer Treatment
For High Risk Pregnancy

The Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Clinic is directed by staff perinatologists (high risk pregnancy experts) and obstetric geneticist, and assisted by a nurse clinician, genetics counselor, and nurses. Services include:

  • Specialized ultrasound testing to rule out anomalies
  • Counseling services for families regarding options for treatment, follow-up, and future childbearing
  • Cordocentesis (fetal blood sampling)
  • Intrauterine transfusion (IUT) for Rh disease and other disorders.
  • Fetal therapy, i.e., shunts in fetal bladder or chest
  • Amniocentesis
  • CVS (Chorionic villos sapling)
  • Level II, Level III targeted detailed ultrasound

All scans are supervised and interpreted by board-certified obstetricians, maternal fetal medicine specialists, or geneticists with extensive ultrasound expertise and experience in fetal anomalies and intrauterine treatment. State of the art imaging modalities include power and color Doppler and others.

The staff perinatologists see patients with problems including:

  • Advanced maternal age
  • Serum screening abnormalities (first trimester screening)

 

 

Contact Us

For Appointments
Phone: 319-356-2294

On-line Appointment Request

All appointments are subject to RN or MD approval.

Clinic Location
Pomerantz Family Pavilion
(Elevator M to Level 3)

UI Hospitals and Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242

UI Hospitals and Clinics buildings and campus are non-smoking environments.

 

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