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Our Services at the Advanced Fetal Care Center

At the Advanced Fetal Care Center (AFCC), we provide comprehensive prenatal evaluation, advanced imaging, and personalized treatment plans through our multidisciplinary team to help patients achieve the best outcomes. We support your family with seamless and coordinated care across specialties throughout pregnancy and delivery.

Level 4 NICU

NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital is a Level 4 NICU, designated by New York State as a Regional Perinatal Center for newborns with complications resulting from premature birth or other causes.

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During your first appointment, you’ll receive a maternal-fetal assessment and advanced diagnostic imaging to confirm the fetal diagnosis. Then our team will meet with you to discuss a personalized care plan.

Some diagnoses may require delivery and immediate postnatal intervention at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, where our dedicated fetal surgery and neonatal teams are available 24/7 for critical care and surgical management.

Not every patient will need immediate intervention. In these cases, families may continue routine obstetric care locally, and our AFCC team will coordinate with referring providers to ensure continuity and shared management throughout pregnancy and after delivery.

Maternal–Fetal Medicine Services

Our experts provide screening, monitoring, and treatment for expectant mothers experiencing high-risk pregnancies.

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Our goal is to provide seamless, comanaged care from your entire team while giving families access to advanced expertise and resources.

Prenatal Diagnosis

We use the latest diagnostic technology to determine the health of your unborn child, including three- and four-dimensional ultrasound, fetal MRI, and fetal echocardiogram starting as early as 11 weeks of pregnancy. Imaging services are available in Manhattan and Brooklyn and on Long Island.

We offer prenatal testing, including fetal blood sampling, chorionic villus sampling, fetal tissue biopsy, amniocentesis, and fetoscopy, to evaluate the health of your baby. We also offer genetic screening for chromosomal abnormalities and other conditions that can be inherited from one or both parents.

Prenatal Treatments

Our providers help treat and manage several conditions that can be diagnosed before birth, including complications that can occur during twin pregnancies and developmental conditions that may affect your baby’s heart, lungs, abdominal wall, and other body systems. We perform the following procedures:

  • Neural tube defect repairs (e.g., fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair)
  • Fetal endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
  • Fetoscopic laser photocoagulation of placental vessels: a minimally invasive treatment that stops blood transfer between fetuses in twin pregnancies
  • Ex utero intrapartum treatment, also known as EXIT procedure, to treat airway obstruction, severe lung lesions, and certain tumors
  • Fetal shunt placement to treat urinary tract blockage or fluid buildup in the chest
  • Amnioreduction to achieve a healthy amount of amniotic fluid
  • Fetal injections of medications
  • Fetal blood transfusion to treat anemia
  • Selective reduction procedures, including microwave ablation for TRAP sequence

Our team of neonatologists continue to care for your child after birth, providing immediate access to any additional treatment or therapies your child may need.