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Fetal Medicine Service
The National Maternity Hospital provides a referral service for maternal and fetal high risk pregnancies. We receive referrals from every obstetric department in the country.
The service is provided by 7 sub-specialists in Maternal Fetal Medicine, with daily fetal medicine clinics. We have a dedicated and supportive team of fetal medicine midwives and administration staff members.
Consequently, we can usually see urgent referrals within 24-48 hours of referral.
Fetal Medicine Services include:
- Prenatal diagnosis: First trimester screening & Fetal anomaly scanning.
- Invasive testing: Amniocentesis, Chorionic Villis Sampling & Cordocentesis.
- Antenatal Neonatology clinics.
- Fetal Echocardiography: Joint Fetal medicine & Paediatric cardiology in collaboration with CHI Crumlin.
- National Neurosurgical Clinic: in collaboration with paediatric neurosurgeons and neurosurgical nurse specialist from CHI Temple Street.
- Surgical clinics: with CHI Crumlin & Temple St.
- Fetal Therapy: Laser ablation for treatment for Twin to Twin transfusion, Insertion of bladder or chest shunts & Fetal blood transfusions.
- Red Cell Isoimmunisation MDT.
- Deep phenotyping clinic: Joint NMH Fetal medicine & Perinatal Genetics & Genomics.
- Management of multiple pregnancy: Complications of Monochorionic twins, higher order multiple pregnancy & laser ablation for twin to twin transfusion syndrome.
- Placental insufficiency assessment: Assessment of Fetal growth, Maternal & Fetal Doppler studies.
- National Placenta Accreta Spectrum MDT: Ultrasound assessment.
The Fetal Medicine Team at The National Maternity Hospital:
Dr Siobhan Corcoran, Director of Fetal Medicine
Professor Jennifer Walsh, Master National Maternity Hospital
Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe, Consultant Fetal Medicine
Dr Stephen Carroll, Consultant Fetal Medicine
Professor Rhona Mahony, Consultant Fetal Medicine
Dr Clare O’Connor, Consultant Fetal Medicine
Dr Ann McHugh, Consultant Fetal Medicine
Barbara Cathcart, CMM2 Fetal Medicine
Michelle Greene, CMS Fetal Medicine
Ella Connaughton, CMM1 Fetal Medicine
Cecelia Mulcahy, CMS Ultrasound
Lisa Hyland, CMS Ultrasound
Heather Hughes, CMM3 Ultrasound and Fetal medicine
Ciara McKenna Medical Social Worker
Valeria Fettache, Fetal medicine administrator
Sarah Jane Belmont, Maternity care assistant
Contact Details
Mobile: (086) 028 5343
E: fetalmedicinemidwife@nmh.ie
These clinics are busy and you may have a long waiting time so we advise against bringing children with you. Recording devices are not permitted
The Ultrasound Department is located on the 2nd floor of the main hospital.