Fetal Surgery

Fetal surgery (sometimes referred to as prenatal surgery) is a surgical sub-specialty of pediatric surgery that includes any of a broad range of surgical techniques that are used to treat birth defects in fetuses who are still in the pregnant uterus. Fetal surgery can also be performed by perinatologists as it is part of the curriculum of maternal-fetal medicine fellowships.

Notable Fetal surgeons

 * Dr. Addison Montgomery (Director of Medicine and staff, OB/GYN at Seaside Health and Wellness, OB/GYN, neonatal-fetal surgeon at St. Ambrose Hospital, and former Chief of OB/GYN and Neonatal Surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital)
 * Dr. Vanessa Hoyt (Attending Perinatologist at St. Ambrose Hospital)
 * Dr. Vivian Carlsmith (Attending Obstetrician-Gynecologist/Perinatologist at UCLA)

Notes and Trivia

 * Although pediatric surgeons are capable of performing neonatal surgeries, neonatal surgeons are far more skilled.
 * There are only 8 people in the world, including Addison, who can perform neonatal surgery on a world-class level.
 * Perinatologists are also considered fetal surgeons as they perform fetal surgeries in-utero.
 * Although Dr. Lucy Fields is a maternal-fetal medicine fellow, she had not finished her fellowship by the time she left Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, and is not considered a fetal surgeon.