Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Dr. N. Scott Adzick Receives Clinical and Translational Science Distinguished Investigator Award for Bringing Fetal Surgery from the Lab to the Clinic

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PHILADELPHIA, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Honoring his pivotal role in transforming fetal surgery from the theoretical to the routine, the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) has awarded N. Scott Adzick, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the 2021 ACTS Distinguished Investigator Award for Translation from Proof-of-Concept to Widespread Clinical Practice.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Surgeon, Dr. N. Scott Adzick, Receives Prestigious Award for Pioneering Contributions to Fetal Surgery. (PRNewsFoto/The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Adzick has long been recognized as a leader in the field of fetal medicine and has dedicated his career to pursuing groundbreaking prenatal treatments for birth defects. During his postdoctoral appointment at University of California, San Francisco, he and his research colleagues developed fetal surgical techniques using animal models, some of the first research ever done on this practice, which at the time was still in its infancy.

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