Established in 1996, the Fetal Medicine Unit of The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of The Chinese University of Hong Kong has become the largest fetal medicine centre in Hong Kong. The Unit is accredited by both the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as the subspecialty training centre. Besides local trainees, the unit also attracts many doctors and scientists from China and various countries to come for training.

2002

2009

  • Array Comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) for prenatal diagnosis of microdeletion / duplication syndromes in 2009

2011

2012

  • Cervical ring pessary for prevention of preterm delivery
  • SafeT21 non-invasive DNA testing for common fetal trisomies (in collaboration with Department of Chemical Pathology CUHK)

2013

  • First trimester combined screening in Down syndrome 
  • Fetoscopic endotracheal occlusion (FETO) for diaphragmatic hernia
  • Maternal carrier screening of Fragile X disease
  • Expanded Newborn screening for Inborn error of metabolism (in collaboration with Department of Paediatrics and Department of Chemical Pathology CUHK)
  • BAC-on-beads (BoBs) for rapid prenatal diagnosis of common trisomies and 9 microdeletion syndromes

2014

  • Pre-implantation genetic screening

2019

  • FetalSeq for identifying microdeletion/duplication syndromes

2020

  • ChromoSeq for detecting microdeletion/duplication syndromes, balanced translocations/inversions/insertions, and uniparental disomy (or suspected parental consanguinity)

The Unit is accredited by both the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as the subspecialty training centre. Besides local trainees, the unit also attracts many doctors and scientists from China and various countries to come for training.

The unit also co-organises various high-quality training courses with international organisations including Fetal Medicine Foundation and International Academy of Medical Ultrasound. The latest development of the unit is One-stop clinic for prenatal screening of Down syndrome andlaser therapy for Twin-twin transfusion syndrome.

 

 

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