CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Launches Fetal Surgery Program

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (CHA HPMC), a member of CHA Health Systems, recently announced a new partnership with Los Angeles Fetal Surgery to provide life-saving and revolutionary fetal surgery to pregnant women and their unborn babies with birth defects. It will be the only fetal surgery center in the U.S.

Los Angeles Fetal Surgery, a joint program between USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, offers minimally invasive fetal treatments to reduce or cure adverse outcomes due to fatal conditions, which would otherwise result in the baby’s death or irreversible organ damage. Dr. Ramen Chmait, an international expert in minimally invasive fetal surgery, will direct the program. He has produced over 200 manuscripts and book chapters in fetal medicine and surgery over the past 20 years.

“The goal of the Los Angeles Fetal Surgery Program at CHA Hollywood Presbyterian is to treat unborn babies with innovative treatments while providing families with emotional support,” said Ramen Chmait, MD, who also serves as an OB-GYN with Keck Medicine of USC.