(From left) Terry Anderson, Richshelle White, and Robert Debbs.
Maternal Fetal Medicine at Princeton Medical Center (PMC) has earned accreditation in fetal echocardiography from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). It is the second clinical practice in New Jersey and the first across Penn Medicine to do so. A fetal echocardiogram is a specialized ultrasound test performed during pregnancy – usually between 18 and 24 weeks – to evaluate a fetal heart and diagnose congenital heart disease or other cardiac conditions. Diagnosing such conditions early enables parents-to-be and their healthcare providers to carefully consider treatment options.
Fetal echocardiograms at PMC are performed by certified ultrasonographers working with pediatric cardiologists from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). PMC has a longstanding partnership with CHOP to enhance neonatal and pediatric services at all levels of care. Richshelle White, RN, BSN, nurse manager of PMC Maternal Fetal Medicine, attributed the practice’s successful accreditation to the efforts of ultrasonographer Svetlana Kuteyeva, RDMS, working closely with Terry Anderson, MD, a pediatric cardiologist from CHOP, and Robert Debbs, DO, medical director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at PMC. “At Penn Medicine Fetal Medicine, we are committed to a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates the best technologies and specialists to achieve our mission,” Debbs said.
“Princeton Medical Center provides comprehensive, quality maternity care, and our clinical practice is a key component,” White said, “offering patients access to a wide range of diagnostic services and specialists who are recognized experts in managing high-risk pregnancies.”
The practice also holds accreditation in four other specialties from the AIUM, a multidisciplinary medical association dedicated to advancing the safe, effective use of ultrasound. Practices earn accreditation by meeting or exceeding nationally recognized performance standards.