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The goals and objectives of the Society are:

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          To promote basic and translational research leading to the development of fetal therapies           

          

         To raise public and scientific awareness of the need for development of fetal treatments       

 

         To develop and maintain an international registry of treated patients and their outcomes to facilitate reporting and sharing of results. This database will not be publicly accessible and data should be anonymized.

 

         To promote the establishment of mutually beneficial collaborations among its members

Our mission
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To accelerate clinical applications of stem cell transplantation and  gene therapy approaches, to treat fetuses with congenital disorders. 

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Our vision
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Eliminate disease before it starts 

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Current President

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Graça Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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President Elect 2025

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Past President(s)

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Anna David, PhD

UCL Institute for Women's Health​

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Secretary

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Citra Mattar, MD

 National University of Singapore

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Treasurer

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William H. Peranteau, MD

Children's Institute for Surgical Science at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Board of Directors 

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Graça Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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Karin Blakemore

 Prenatal Genetics, Prenatal Diagnostic Center

John Hopkins Medicine

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Paolo De Coppi, MD, PhD

UCL Institute of Child Health in London

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Alan W. Flake, MD, FACS, FAAP

Children's Institute for Surgical Science at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Cecilia Götherström, PhD

Karolinska University Hospital 

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Tippi Mackenzie, MD

University of California San Francisco â€‹

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Christopher Porada, PhD

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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Magnus Westgren, MD, PhD

Karolinska University Hospital 

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Founding Presidents

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Tippi Mackenzie, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Division of Pediatric Surgery and the Fetal Treatment Center

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Graça Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD

 Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Fetal Research and Therapy Center

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