Leuven Symposium in Fetal Therapy: From Origins to New Horizons. A tribute to Prof. Dr. Jan Deprest

Programme

8:30-8:40 - Opening by Roland Devlieger

Part 1: Chairs Paolo De Coppi & Jute Richter

8:40-9:00 - Kypros Nicolaides

• Foundations of Fetal Medicine and the Birth of Fetal Therapy

9:00-9:40 - Monochorionic twins

• Liesbeth Lewi - Predicting and Treating Complications in Monochorionic Twins
• Eduard Gratacos - Fetal Therapy in sIUGR: From Placental Pathophysiology to Clinical Management

9:40-10:20 - Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

• Alexandra Benachi - FETO for CDH: Development, Trials, and Lessons Learned
• Francesca Russo – Why is feto not enough and how can we further improve outcomes

10:20-10:40 - Coffee break

Part 2: Chairs Paolo De Coppi & Francesca Russo

10:40-11:20 - Myelomoeningocoele

• Speaker TBA - From Open Repair to Fetoscopic Approaches: The Surgical Journey
• Hannes Van Der Merwe - Preventing early delivery in MMC

11:20-12:00 - Fetal shunts and anemia

• Monique Haak - Indications, Outcomes, and Complications of Fetal Shunting: What Decades Have Taught Us
• Enrico Danzer (TBC) - Reducing complications rate: the VORTEX shunt
• Roland Devlieger - Fetal transfusions: Technique, Safety, and novel alternatives

12:15-13:00 - Genetics and new frontiers 

• Rabih Chaoui – Fetal Medical Therapy: new horizons
• Jan Deprest - Fetal Therapy, what’s next?

13:00: Lunch