The UTHealth Houston Fetal Institute advances fetal health research, education, and care across Houston and beyond. Located in the Texas Medical Center, the institute partners cross-institutionally and its reach spans medical, nursing, and scientific fields.
Leveraging the university’s expertise in informatics, analytics, and population health, the Fetal Institute aims to drive progress in fetal medicine through four core pillars.
Four Pillars
Clinical excellence
Improve fetal health and human development through timely diagnosis and intervention
Research innovation
Uphold ethical principles to produce groundbreaking and quality research to transform clinical practice
Promotion and outreach
Broadly disseminate the most current research findings to the scientific community and to patients, and expand access to care
Education and training
Provide high-quality training for the next generation of clinicians and researchers in fetal medicine
Research Spotlight: Ramesha Papanna, MD
Under the direction of Ramesha Papanna, MD, the UTHealth Houston Fetal Institute is dedicated to accelerating fetal health innovations to become the leading institution for groundbreaking fetal support. Dr. Papanna's work includes a first-of-its-kind treatment for spina bifida that has shown improved neurological outcomes, as well as translational research for treatments of vasa previa, twin-twin transfusion syndrome, and placenta accreta.
