Who does fetal echo?

Perinatologists,: Radiologists and obstetricians who specialize in maternal/fetal ultrasound. They perform complete ultrasonic evaluation of fetus, including estimated size & weight, heart, brain, kidneys, genitalia, bladder, lungs etc.

MFM, Ped/cards.: Only a minority of maternal-fetal medicine and/or pediatric cardiology specialists can competently perform and interpret fetal echocardiography. It is rare for radiologists to specialize in this field.

MFM, pedi cardiology: Only maternal-fetal medicine specislists and pediatric cardiologists have had sufficient training to assess the fetal cardiac anatomy and its myriad perturbations adequately. In fact, most mfms will perform the initial cardiac echo and refer to a pediatric cardiology expert in congenital heart defect for additional input and final diagnosis/plan of care.

many specialists: When Fetal ultrasonography was being developed in the early 1980s it became evident that it would be an extraordinary advance forPrenatal Diagnosis. At Universities across the nation departments of OB and radiology went to war for the rights to perform the studies.In places like Vanderbilt and Brigham and Women's, the radiologists won. At the U of Wisconsin the Geneticists won.