Awards and Grants
Eric B. Jelin NAFTNet-APSA Award for Best
Abstract in Fetal Diagnosis &Therapy
2024 Award Winner
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Felix Rafael De Bie, MD, PhD, MBE
Duke University Health Systems, Durham, NC
"Maternal Treprostinil and Fetal Tracheal Occlusion Have
Synergistic Effects on Lung Development in the
Rabbit Model of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia"
William Polzin Seed Grant
2024 Award Winner
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Lovepreet K. Mann, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Division of Fetal Intervention
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston
"Advancing fetoscopic repair: precision prediction via
morphometrics and amniotic fluid cell multiomics in spina bifida lesions"
NAFTNet Lifetime Achievement Award
2023 Award Winner
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Anthony Johnson, DO
NAFTNET Treasurer
2022-2024
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences,
Professor of Pediatric Surgery
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTHealth)
Co-Director, The Fetal Center
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Best Abstract in Fetal Therapy Sponsored by
NAFTNet in Memory of Liz Thom
2023 Award Winner
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Eric P. Bergh, MD
The Fetal Center at Children’s
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Assistant professor in the division of
Maternal-Fetal Medicine at
McGovern Medical School
"Fetoscopic Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion (FETO) versus
expectant care of severe left-diaphragmatic hernia in North America"
William Polzin Seed Grant
2023 Award Winner
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Braxton Forde, MD
Assistant Professor
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
“Creation of a novel, synthetic amniotic fluid for use in fetal therapy- in vivo testing”