Midwest Fetal Care Center
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Midwest Fetal Care Center combines years of experience for the diagnosis and treatment of complex fetal conditions. Our multidisciplinary team is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive care plans available while achieving excellent outcomes.
Our team of doctors, nurses and perinatal social workers coordinate all aspects of your care from diagnosis to postoperative recovery and long-term follow-up. It’s this collaboration that allows us to create the very best care plan for your unique situation.
Leadership
Saul Snowise, MD
Medical director
Maternal-fetal specialist
Lead fetal interventionist
Dr. Snowise is a board-certified maternal fetal medicine physician with subspecialty training in fetal surgery. As director of MWFCC, Dr. Snowise has clinical expertise in prenatal diagnosis and management of fetal anomalies, complicated twin pregnancies, and fetal intervention procedures. He performs both operative fetoscopy and open fetal surgery.
Lisa Howley, MD
Director of Fetal Cardiology
Pediatric and fetal cardiologist
Dr. Howley is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist with subspecialty training in pediatric and fetal echocardiography. Her expertise spans from prenatal cardiac diagnosis and management to cardiac monitoring during fetal surgery. In addition, Dr. Howley is a skilled cardiology educator and research investigator.
Joseph Lillegard, MD, PhD
Research Director
Pediatric Surgeon
Fetal Surgeon
Dr. Lillegard is a board-certified pediatric surgeon with subspecialty training in fetal surgery. His clinical expertise in open fetal repair of myelomeningocele, in utero tumor resections, and EXIT procedures. He is the MWFCC research director and actively involved in both single- and multi-center research studies.
James Fisher, MD
Assoc. research director
Pediatric surgeon
Fetal Surgeon
Dr. Fisher is a board-certified pediatric surgeon with subspecialty training in fetal surgery. His clinical expertise includes performing operative fetoscopy for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome and open fetal surgery for open neural tube defects. In addition, Dr. fisher is involved in numerous fetal research studies.
Joseph Petronio, MD
Neurosurgeon
Dr. Petronio is a board-certified neurosurgeon with clinical expertise in caring for babies with suspected congenital malformations involving the brain and spine. He is an integral member of the MWFCC open fetal surgery team and leads the team during surgical closure of a neural tube defect.
Andrea Lampland, MD
Neonatologist
Neonatal Director
Dr. Andrea Lampland is a board-certified neonatologist with expertise in neonatal respiratory support, care of extremely preterm infants, neonatal transport and medical education. She has an extensive research background and continues to direct the research laboratory and neonatal research department.
Departments
Abby Meyer, MD
Robert Tibesar, MD
Melinda Stober, RN, BSN
Fetal care coordination lead
Shukri Jumale, RN, BSN
Jennifer Kouri, RN
Kimberly Palmer, RNC
Shannon Van Brunt, RN
Michelle Wenner, RN
Pam Velasco MA, BSN, RN
Amber Volk, MS, MA, LGC
Lead genetic counselor
Jamison Beek, MS, CGC
Beth Hall, MS, CGC
Saul Snowise, MD
Medical director
Maternal-fetal specialist
Lead fetal interventionist
Dr. Snowise is a board-certified maternal fetal medicine physician with subspecialty training in fetal surgery. As director of MWFCC, Dr. Snowise has clinical expertise in prenatal diagnosis and management of fetal anomalies, complicated twin pregnancies, and fetal intervention procedures. He performs both operative fetoscopy and open fetal surgery.
Kristi Borowski, MD
David Lynch-Salamon, MD
Heidi Thorson, MD
Donald Wothe, MD
Andrea Lampland, MD
Neonatologist
Neonatal Director
Dr. Andrea Lampland is a board-certified neonatologist with expertise in neonatal respiratory support, care of extremely preterm infants, neonatal transport and medical education. She has an extensive research background and continues to direct the research laboratory and neonatal research department.
Katie Braski, MD
Tom George, MD
Heidi Kamrath, MD
Cristina Miller, MD
Erin Plummer, MD
Elizabeth Zorn, MD
Benjamin Reynolds, MD
Lead
Fiona Danahy, MD
Lisa Howley, MD
Director of Fetal Cardiology
Pediatric and fetal cardiologist
Dr. Howley is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist with subspecialty training in pediatric and fetal echocardiography. Her expertise spans from prenatal cardiac diagnosis and management to cardiac monitoring during fetal surgery. In addition, Dr. Howley is a skilled cardiology educator and research investigator.
Bradford Chu, MD
David Gremmels, MD
Christina Hills, MD
Joanna Lowisz, MD
Amy Lund, APRN, CNP, DNP
Rodrigo Rios III, MD
Joseph Petronio, MD
Neurosurgeon
Dr. Petronio is a board-certified neurosurgeon with clinical expertise in caring for babies with suspected congenital malformations involving the brain and spine. He is an integral member of the MWFCC open fetal surgery team and leads the team during surgical closure of a neural tube defect.
Joseph Lillegard, MD, PhD
Research Director
Pediatric Surgeon
Fetal Surgeon
Dr. Lillegard is a board-certified pediatric surgeon with subspecialty training in fetal surgery. His clinical expertise in open fetal repair of myelomeningocele, in utero tumor resections, and EXIT procedures. He is the MWFCC research director and actively involved in both single- and multi-center research studies.
James Fisher, MD
Assoc. research director
Pediatric surgeon
Fetal Surgeon
Dr. Fisher is a board-certified pediatric surgeon with subspecialty training in fetal surgery. His clinical expertise includes performing operative fetoscopy for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome and open fetal surgery for open neural tube defects. In addition, Dr. fisher is involved in numerous fetal research studies.
David Schmeling, MD
Anne Seaton, MSW, LICSW
Lead perinatal social worker
Heather Daugherty, MSW, LICSW
Jill Palmer, LICSW
Heather Prudden, MSW, LICSW
John Nicotra, MD
Lead Fetal Radiologist
William Mize, MD
Lisa LaForest, MD
Paula Wickham, RDMS
Ultrasound supervisor
Jeanine Walk, RDMS
Fetal lead sonographer
Ellen Carlson, RDMS
Maria Haugh, RDMS
Katie Willihnganz-Lawson, MD
Joel Hutcheson, MD
Yuri Reinberg, MD
A service of Abbott Northwestern Hospital