Perinatal Surgery Fellowship Research

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Research is required during the perinatal surgery fellowship.

Baylor College of Medicine in partnership with Texas Children’s Fetal Center is constantly seeking new and better treatments to improve outcomes for mothers and babies in pregnancies involving fetal abnormalities. Through our strengths in research and our commitment to strong interdisciplinary collaboration, we continue to gain new insight into these rare and complex conditions, translating that knowledge into improved diagnoses and treatments that are changing the lives of families around the world.

We are known for developing innovative fetal interventions that offer new hope even in the most challenging cases while improving the safety of fetal surgery for mother and baby.

Ongoing Research Topics

Complicated Twin Pregnancies
Vein of Galen
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Lung Lesions
Congenital Heart Disease
Gastroschisis
Omphalocele
Spina Bifida
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction (LUTO)
Vascular Anomalies
Maternal Psychosocial Health

Basic and Translational Research

Fetal Center Biobank
Device Innovation and Development

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Fellow Research

Fetoscopic laser ablation of placental anastomoses in twin-twin transfusion syndrome using 'Solomon technique'. Ruano R, Rodo C, Peiro JL, Shamshirsaz AA, Haeri S, Nomura ML, Salustiano EM, de Andrade KK, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Carreras E, Belfort MA. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2013.

Perinatal outcome after fetoscopic release of amniotic bands: a single-center experience and review of the literature. Javadian P, Shamshirsaz AA, Haeri S, Ruano R, Ramin SM, Cass D, Olutoye OO, Belfort MA. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2013

Fetal laryngoscopy to evaluate vocal folds in a fetus with congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS). Ruano R, Cass DL, Rieger M, Javadian P, Shamshirsaz AA, Olutoye OO, Belfort MA. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2014

Perinatal outcomes based on the institute of medicine guidelines for weight gain in twin pregnancies. Shamshirsaz AA, Haeri S, Ravangard SF, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Gandhi M, Ozhand A, Spiel M, Trout S, Sadowski A, Hussain N, Campbell WA, Shamshirsaz AA. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014

Short-term neonatal outcomes in diamniotic twin pregnancies delivered after 32 weeks and indications of late preterm deliveries. Shamshirsaz AA, Ravangard SF, Ozhand A, Haeri S, Shamshirsaz AA, Hussain N, Spiel M, Ogunleye O, Billstrom R, Sadowski A, Turner G, Timms D, Egan JF, Campbell WA. Am J Perinatol. 2014

Fetal cardiac tamponade in a case of right-side congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Salmanian B, Shamshirsaz AA, Cass DL, Javadian P, Ruano R, Ayres NA, Mehollin-Ray A, Belfort MA. Obstet Gynecol. 2014

Prenatal diagnosis of CLOVES syndrome confirmed by detection of a mosaic PIK3CA mutation in cultured amniocytes. Emrick LT, Murphy L, Shamshirsaz AA, Ruano R, Cassady CI, Liu L, Chang F, Sutton VR, Li M, Van den Veyver IB. Am J Med Genet A. 2014

Does early second-trimester sonography predict adverse perinatal outcomes in monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies? Allaf MB, Campbell WA, Vintzileos AM, Haeri S, Javadian P, Shamshirsaz AA, Ogburn P, Figueroa R, Wax J, Markenson G, Chavez MR, Ravangard SF, Ruano R, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Salmanian B, Meyer M, Johnson J, Ozhand A, Davis S, Borgida A, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA. J Ultrasound Med. 2014

Fetal Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction Complicated by Bladder Perforation. Espinoza AF, Sun RC, Krispin E, Nassr A, Shamshirsaz AA. Neoreviews. 2021

Two-port, exteriorized uterus, fetoscopic meningomyelocele closure has fewer adverse neonatal outcomes than open hysterotomy closure. Espinoza J, Shamshirsaz AA, Sanz Cortes M, Pammi M, Nassr AA, Donepudi R, Whitehead WE, Castillo J, Johnson R, Meshinchi N, Sun R, Krispin E, Corroenne R, Lee TC, Keswani SG, King A, Belfort MA. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021

Iatrogenic chorioamniotic separation and septostomy following fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Krispin E, Mustafa HJ, Sun RC, Donepudi R, Espinoza J, Nassr AA, Belfort MA, Sanz Cortes M, Mostafaei S, Harman C, Turan O, Shamshirsaz AA. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2022

Overtreatment of Transient Maternal Hyperthyroidism Resulting in Fetal Goiter. Espinoza AF, Krispin E, Sun RC, Espinoza J, Nassr A, Shamshirsaz AA. Neoreviews. 2021

Dichorionic twin pregnancy complicated by duodenal atresia and umbilical cord ulceration with intrauterine fetal demise. Krispin E, Danner DJ, Donepudi R, Belfort MA, Fuller M, Gandhi M. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2022

Twin twin transfusion syndrome with and without selective fetal growth restriction: Predictors of donor demise. Donepudi R, Krispin E, Mustafa H, Espinoza J, Nassr AA, Belfort MA, Sanz Cortes M, Mostafaei S, Harman C, Turan O, Shamshirsaz AA. Prenat Diagn. 2021

Outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for twin-twin transfusion syndrome: An established alternative for inaccessible anterior placenta. Krispin E, Nassr AA, Espinoza J, Donepudi R, Sun RC, Sanz-Cortes M, Mostafaei S, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA. Prenat Diagn. 2021

Efficacy of long-term indomethacin therapy in prolonging pregnancy after fetoscopic laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: a collaborative cohort study. Mustafa HJ, Krispin E, Tadbiri H, Espinoza J, Shamshirsaz AA, Nassr AA, Donepudi R, Belfort MA, Cortes MS, Pederson N, Harman C, Turan OM. BJOG. 2022

Surgical management of first-trimester heterotopic dichorionic diamniotic Cesarean scar pregnancy. Krispin E, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2022

Preplacental abruption following laser photocoagulation in monochorionic twin gestations complicated by twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Krispin E, Shamshirsaz AA, Sun RC, Nassr AA, Donepudi R, Espinoza J, Belfort MA, Castro EC, Sanz-Cortes M. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2022

Prenatal Diagnosis and Management of Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius Syndrome. Espinoza AF, Krispin E, Cortes MS, Kirk S, Hui SK, Wagner KB, Despotovic J, Shamshirsaz AA. Neoreviews. 2022

Perinatal outcomes of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome associated with evidence of twin anemia polycythemia using different standardized definitions. Nassr AA, Gessner M, Mostafaei S, Hessami K, Espinoza J, Donepudi RV, Sanz Cortes M, Krispin E, Sun RC, Qaderi S, Turan OM, Mustafa HJ, Harman C, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2022

Impact of middle cerebral artery pulsatility index on donor survival in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Krispin E, Shamshirsaz AA, Mustafa HJ, Sun RC, Espinoza J, Nassr AA, Sanz-Cortes M, Ugoji CH, Harman C, Turan O, Belfort MA, Donepudi R. Prenat Diagn. 2023

Systematic classification and comparison of maternal and obstetrical complications following 2 different methods of fetal surgery for the repair of open neural tube defects. Krispin E, Hessami K, Johnson RM, Krueger AM, Martinez YM, Jackson AL, Southworth AL, Whitehead W, Espinoza J, Nassr AA, Cortes MS, Donepudi R, Belfort MA. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023

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