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Fetal Institute

The UTHealth Houston Fetal Institute consists of a multidisciplinary team of experts from various fields such as genetics, imaging, neonatal-perinatal medicine, and neurosurgery. Faculty Collaborators from UTHealth Houston and external institutions bring their expertise to advance research and clinical care in fetal medicine.

UTHealth Houston Faculty Collaborators

Payam Zandiyeh

PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Director, Biomotion Laboratory

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Christopher F Janssen

DVM

Assistant Professor Non-Tenure Research

Mary Robinson

DVM, DACLAM

Executive Director and Associate Professor of the Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care (CLAMC)

Juan J Herrera

PhD

Associate Professor Non-Tenure Research

Shuning Huang

PhD, MS

Assistant Professor

KuoJen Tsao

Professor and Chief, Division of General & Thoracic Pediatric Surgery, Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Co-Director, The Fetal Center

Mary T Austin

Assistant Professor, Division of General & Thoracic Pediatric Surgery

Stephen A. Fletcher

Professor, Division Of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Hope Northrup

Professor, Medical Genetics Division, Division Chief

Kit-Sing Au

PhD, MPhil, BSc

Associate Professor, Medical Genetics Division

Blair K Stevens

MS, CGC

Associate Professor, Director, Prenatal Genetic Counseling Services

Jennifer H Johnston

Clinical Assistant Professor

Courtney B Rupp

Director, Business Development and Training Practice Plan

Suzanne Lopez

MD, FAAP

Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Vice Chair of Education, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Director, Fetal Center Neonatal Services, Associate Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program

Gabriel Anzueto

Assistant Professor and Division Chief, Raghuthaman Family Professor in Pediatric Neurology and Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Medical Director, Dan L Duncan Children’s Neurodevelopmental Clinic at the Children's Learning Institute

Peng R. Chen

Professor, Vice Chair in Cerebrovascular Research;Director of Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Paul R Hillman

MD, PhD, FABMGG

Associate Professor, Medical Genetics Division

Sarah L Wilson

Assistant Professor, Child & Adolescent Neurology, Associate Director, Child Neurology Residency Program, Director, Neurodevelopmental Program

Candice J Burley

PhD, MSN, RNC-NIC

Assistant Professor

Xiaoqian Jiang

PhD

Associate Vice President for Medical AI, Chair of the Department of Health Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and the Christopher Sarofim Professor at UTHealth Houston

Xiaobo Zhou

PhD

Dr. and Mrs. Carl V. Vartian Professor in Clinical Informatics Joint appointment with the McGovern Medical School and School of Dentistry

Dejian Lai

PhD, MS

Statistician / School of Public Health

External Faculty Collaborators

Fetal Intervention	Eric Bergh, MD, Principal Investigator, Long-term Pediatric Outcomes Program Director
Genetics	Elin Grundberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Genetics	Tomi Pastinen, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Genomic Medicine Center, Children’s Mercy Research Institute in Kansas City
Spina Bifida Radiology	Rajan Patel, MBBS Faculty Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Neuroradiology, Baylor College of Medicine