Fetal Care Program

A pregnant patient looks out a window at OHSU.

It can be scary to learn your unborn baby may have a medical condition. At OHSU, you’ll find advanced care for complex fetal conditions. This includes treatments and services you won’t find elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest.

Our team sees more than 400 pregnant patients a year and provides care in more than 12 specialties. Your doctor can refer you to us for concerns about your baby or test results.

You’ll find:

  • The only program in the Pacific Northwest that keeps you and your baby in the same place throughout your care
  • The first center in the Pacific Northwest to do fetal surgery for spina bifida
  • Experts in maternal, fetal and newborn medicine
  • Treatments that use smaller cuts with faster recovery
  • A dedicated team of nurses
  • Genetic counselors and tests
  • Social workers who support you emotionally, connect you with mental health and other services, and help you navigate your care

We work closely with:

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What to expect

We respond to urgent referrals on the same day and other referrals within two business days. We’ll work with you to set up appointments that fit your schedule.

Intake phone call

Your first appointment is an intake phone call. We’ll call you to talk about:

  • Your medical and family history in detail
  • What medications you take
  • What to bring to your first clinic visit
  • Imaging scans
  • Visits with our fetal care team
  • Any support needs you have

Visiting us

The entrance to the Center for Women’s Health in the Kohler Pavilion at OHSU.

You’ll find us in the Kohler Pavilion on OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus in Southwest Portland. Go to the seventh floor of Kohler Pavilion and check in at the Center for Women’s Health.

You’ll have:

  • Advanced imaging, including a detailed fetal ultrasound to look at the baby’s anatomy and a fetal echocardiogram to look at the baby’s heart.
  • Visits with specialists to discuss your diagnosis, options and care plan

After your first visit, the rest of your appointments will depend on your diagnosis.

Support for patients

We offer:

  • Access to a team that can coordinate your pregnancy care and non-medical needs.
  • A tour of our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), if we recommend that you give birth at OHSU.
  • Help planning your delivery.
  • Help with feeding your baby.
  • Help with family planning.
  • Support for difficult decisions, including Bridges, a nationally respected program that helps families whose babies have chronic or serious conditions.

For patients

Appointments: Please ask your provider for a referral.

Questions: Call 503-418-4300.

Location

Center for Women’s Health

Kohler Pavilion, seventh floor
808 S.W. Campus Drive
Portland, OR 97239

Free parking for patients and visitors

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Get to know our fetal surgeons

OHSU fetal surgeons Raphael Sun and Andrew Chon.

Dr. Andrew Chon focuses on high-risk, complex pregnancies. Dr. Raphael Sun is an expert in fetal and prenatal care. Together, they are redefining what’s possible in prenatal care.

Patient stories

Adalee and Ayla: Surviving fetal hydrops

Newborn twins with large bows on their heads.

Adalee and Ayla’s 30-week ultrasound showed fetal hydrops. That’s when too much fluid builds up in a baby’s body. OHSU surgeons placed a shunt to drain the fluid and keep Adalee and Ayla healthy until their delivery. 

Lorenzo: A pioneering spina bifida repair

A baby with a breathing tube taped to his face smiles at his mother as she holds him on her lap.

Lorenzo's mother was five months pregnant when a routine scan showed her baby had spina bifida, meaning his spine hadn’t closed fully. OHSU fetal surgeons repaired his spine before birth in the first procedure of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

Khovny: Named for her doctors

A girl with braided hair hugs an older boy.

Khovny’s hydrops was found early in her mother’s pregnancy. She had excess fluid drained from her body until she was born at 33 weeks. Her parents named her for two of her OHSU doctors, Stephanie and Dmitry Dukhovny.

Isaac and Felix: Beating TTTS

A couple wearing face masks hold their newborn twins.

Isaac and Felix’s mother was 22 weeks pregnant when she learned her identical twins had twin-twin transfusion syndrome. The condition means the babies don’t get the right amount of blood. After surgery at OHSU, the boys went home healthy.