Moving quickly matters most when something isn't right with an unborn baby. The Prenatal Pediatrics Institute gets diagnosis and treatment advances to families faster.
Sometimes babies show signs of potential health risks even before they’re born. At Children’s National Hospital, the Prenatal Pediatrics Institute provides the diagnosis, treatment and support you and your baby need. Through research, expertise, coordinated and advanced care, personalized treatment plans and more, the Prenatal Pediatrics Institute is dedicated to helping your baby get the best possible start in life.
Our team – which includes top physicians in every specialty – can diagnose your baby and provide consultation with other specialists all in the same day. That way, we can create a treatment plan that’s just right for your family. We provide:
Our experts also work closely with you and your obstetrician or maternal-prenatal medicine specialist to help you understand your baby’s condition. This helps make sure your baby has a seamless transition from the womb to receiving the best care after birth.
For questions about the Prenatal Pediatrics Institute or to schedule an in-person appointment or telehealth visit, please call 202-476-7409.
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Adre Du Plessis Division Chief, Prenatal and Transitional PediatricsDirector, Prenatal Pediatrics InstituteDirector, Prenatal Brain Program
Jeffrey Becker Medical Director, Outpatient Cardiology
Sarah Clauss Advanced Imaging Cardiologist
Mary Donofrio Director, Prenatal Cardiology ProgramCo-Director, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Program Advanced Imaging Cardiologist
Anita Krishnan Associate Director, EchocardiographyAdvanced Imaging Cardiologist
Craig Sable Associate Division Chief, CardiologyDirector, Echocardiography
Kate Cilli Genetic Counselor
Anne Lawrence Genetic Counselor
Kimberly Chapman Medical Geneticist
Jamie Fraser Director, Myelin Disorders Program Director, Fetal Genetics Program Medical and Biochemical Geneticist
Kenneth Rosenbaum Medical Geneticist
Veronica Gomez-Lobo Director, Positive Reevaluation of Urogenital Differences (PROUD) Clinic Director, Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyPediatric and Adolescent Gynecologist
Michael Guerrera Director, Comprehensive Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program Hematologist
Roberta L. DeBiasi Division Chief, Infectious DiseasesCo-Director, Congenital Zika ProgramCo-Director, Congenital Infection Program Investigator, Children's Research Institute
Billie Lou Short Division Chief, Neonatology
Ashley Lucke Neonatologist
An Massaro Director, Residency ResearchAssistant Program Director, Pediatric ResidencyNeonatologist
Taeun Chang Director, Neonatal Neurology and Neonatal Neurocritical Care ProgramNeonatal and Prenatal Neurologist
Sarah Mulkey Co-Director, Congenital Infection Program Director, Prenatal and Neonatal Fellowship Prenatal and Neonatal Neurologist
Robert Keating Division Chief, Neurosurgery
Suresh Magge Neurosurgeon
John Myseros Vice Chief, Neurosurgery Neurosurgeon
Benjamin Martin Associate Chief, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Matthew Oetgen Division Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Laura Tosi Director, Bone Health ProgramOrthopaedic Surgeon
Megan Young Orthopaedic Surgeon
Brian Reilly Co-Director of the Cochlear Implant Program Otolaryngologist
Rahul Shah Vice PresidentChief Quality and Safety OfficerActing CMIO
Michael Boyajian Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Albert Oh Director, Cleft and Craniofacial ProgramDirector, Plastic Surgery FellowshipPlastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Gary Rogers Division Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Folasade Ogunlesi Pulmonologist
Dorothy Bulas Division Chief, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology
Anna Blask Radiologist
Judyta Loomis Radiologist
Jonathan Murnick Neuroradiologist
Eva Rubio Radiologist
L Gilbert Vezina Director, Neuroradiology Program Neuroradiologist
Andrea Badillo Surgeon
Philip Guzzetta Surgeon
Anthony Sandler Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief Joseph E. Robert Jr., Center for Surgical Care
Hans Pohl Chief, Division of UrologyUrologist
Naida Kalloo Medical Unit Director, Prince George's County Clinical Associate Professor, Urology and Pediatrics, CNH and George Washington University Hospital Urologist
Harry Rushton Jr. Emeritus Chair and Faculty, Division of Urology | Urologist
Lindsay Pesacreta Nurse Practitioner
When pregnant women experience elevated anxiety, stress or depression, these prenatal stressors can alter the structure of the developing fetal brain and disrupt its biochemistry - even if these women have uncomplicated pregnancies and high socioeconomic status, according to Children’s National Hospital research published online Jan. 29, 2020, in JAMA Network Open.