About us
GIFT-Surg is an international research project developing the technology, tools and training necessary to make fetal surgery a viable possibility. We focus on the treatment of congenital birth defects such as spina bifida, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The project is a collaboration between King’s College London, University College London and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, as well as clinical partners Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UZ Leuven.
Innovation
Minimally invasive surgery is paramount to ensuring safe and effective treatment for fetal surgery. Surgeons have greater ability to work in a fragile, complex and real-time environment more successfully. That’s why GIFT-Surg is divided into multiple work packages to better manage the delivery of components.
For patients
We are recruiting volunteers to support our research. If you, or someone you know, is affected by any of the conditions our research focuses on (congenital diaphragmatic hernia, spina bifida, or twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome) and would be interested in taking part, please view our current patient studies.
“Thanks to recent technological advances and innovative interventional imaging systems, fetal surgery is becoming an increasingly viable option for the treatment of congenital problems in the womb.
Our aim with GIFT-Surg is to bring breakthrough transformations and improvements in fetal therapy, resulting in safer minimally invasive techniques and better outcomes for the fetus and the mother.”
Professor Sebastien Ourselin,
Principal Investigator
Latest news and events
GIFT-Surg new MRI algorithm provides novel insight about placental blood flow in late pregnancy and stillbirth risk
A recent study co-led by GIFT-Surg and the University of Auckland used a newly developed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) algorithm to ...
GIFT-Surg researchers organise successful workshop on perinatal and paediatric image analysis
The fifth annual Perinatal, Preterm and Paediatric Image Analysis workshop (PIPPI), founded and co-organised by Dr Andrew Melbourne ...
GIFT-Surg present at the UCL/ Paris Descartes University Fetal Growth Restriction seminar
Rosalind Pratt and Andrew Melbourne were invited to speak about their work in collaboration with UCLH and GOSH at the UCL/Paris ...
