Advanced Fetal Care Center

Thanks to advances in medical technology, many conditions that can affect the health of your unborn baby can be diagnosed prior to birth. At the Advanced Fetal Care Center (AFCC) at NYU Langone Health, our doctors provide the expert care needed to ensure the healthiest birth possible for you and your baby.

The AFCC provides a full spectrum of fetal interventions, including minimally invasive in utero procedures. We are one of the few centers in the Northeast that offer fetal surgery. Under the direction of Jose L. Peiro Ibanez, MD, PhD, the AFCC serves as a referral destination for conditions in which a prenatal intervention may significantly alter outcomes.

Our coordinated, multidisciplinary team collaborates through every step of your care journey—from diagnosis to treatment options and next steps—and delivers integrated, family-centered care. The AFCC includes leading experts in maternal-fetal medicine, genetics, and diagnostic testing, as well as highly specialized pediatric experts in cardiology, general surgery, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, plastic surgery, neonatology, urology, nephrology, and ear, nose, and throat care.

During your first appointment, your clinical team completes a comprehensive maternal-fetal assessment and advanced diagnostic imaging to confirm or further confirm your diagnosis. They review the results with you and your family and provide clear recommendations. This approach ensures that all of your providers coordinate seamlessly and that you are part of every decision in your care journey.

Nationally Recognized for Quality Care and Safety

We have received advanced perinatal care certification from the Joint Commission, recognizing our excellence in caring for pregnant people and newborns. Our neonatal intensive care unit at Tisch Hospital, along with our obstetric and maternal-fetal medicine services, have been designated by New York State as a Regional Perinatal Center, meaning our doctors provide the highest available level of care for high-risk pregnancies. In our Congenital Cardiovascular Care Unit, our doctors treat the most complex heart conditions, and our Pediatric Congenital Heart Program has the best risk-adjusted survival rate of any hospital in New York State.

NYU Langone is also a member center of the North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet), dedicated to advancing fetal therapy through collaboration, research, and education. Dr. Peiro serves as the chair of the NAFTNet Innovation Committee.

At Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, we are committed to personalizing the healthcare experience for every patient. Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care leads this mission through support services and resilience programs, family partnership programs, and safety and quality initiatives that advance the health and well-being of children and families.

NYU Langone provides an integrated continuum of care—beginning with prenatal diagnosis and continuing through birth and childhood—and we ensure parents and babies receive safe, coordinated, and advanced care under one health system.

Research and Innovation

We are dedicated to advancing research that improves outcomes for pregnant patients and babies before and after birth. Our multidisciplinary teams collaborate on clinical studies and innovative technologies to better diagnose, monitor, and treat complex fetal conditions. We strive to set new standards in fetal medicine and share our findings to benefit families and providers worldwide.

Clinicians and researchers are actively working on establishing clinical research studies, including:

• Clinical Trial Phase I-II for Percutaneous Stitching Device to Close Membranes After Fetoscopy

Our translational research team’s projects include developing surgical models for fetal conditions such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, myelomeningocele, gastroschisis, and hydrocephalus to understand the underlying mechanisms and identify treatments for these conditions.

Contact Us

If you are a physician who would like to refer a patient, or a pregnant person who has received a diagnosis at another hospital and would like to refer yourself, please call 844-NYU-4MFM (844-698-4636) or email FetalCare@NYULangone.org. Our fax number is 929-455-9906.

For patients in New York City, we are located at 159 East 53rd St, Floor 4, New York, NY 10022.

For our Long Island–based patients, we are located at 1111 Franklin Ave, Floor 3, Garden City, NY 11530.