D. Gary Benfield, MD, Fetal Treatment Center

If your unborn child has a suspected or confirmed medical condition or birth defect, we provide seamless, coordinated care throughout your pregnancy and delivery, as well as ongoing care for your baby after they are born.
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Department: 330-543-8295
About Fetal Treatment Center
Our maternal fetal medicine specialists work with reproductive geneticists, genetic counselors and other fetal specialists to establish or confirm a suspected condition. We use high-resolution fetal ultrasound and other prenatal tests, as well as family history, to help identify specific syndromes and causes of birth defects.
Our genetic counselors explain the prenatal tests and treatment options available to help you make the best decision for your baby's care. We provide educational and support resources for each stage of pregnancy - from diagnosis to delivery and beyond into pediatric care.
Our nurse case manager is your central contact and creates a personalized care plan for you and baby based on recommendations from our care team. She coordinates appointments with the fetal care team and any pediatric specialists needed to ensure ongoing care after birth.
Fetal Treatment Center
Akron Children's Fetal Treatment CenterConsidine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 5
Akron, Ohio 44308
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Department: 330-543-4500
Marya Strand, MD, MS
Chair, Department of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Thomas R. & Mary Lynn Crowley Endowed Chair in Neonatology and Maternal Fetal Medicine; Director, Division of Neonatology; Neonatologist
If you’re struggling with worry, sadness or other negative feelings during or after pregnancy, we have on-site psychologists to help you cope with difficult thoughts and feelings.
Our team of psychologists specialize in treating moms with:
- High-risk pregnancies
- Patients with serious medical or physical problems
- Teenage pregnancy and motherhood
- Postpartum depression and/or anxiety
Are you:
- Having difficulty concentrating or making decisions?
- Feeling worried, anxious or overwhelmed?
- Feeling sad, hopeless or crying a lot?
- Experiencing mood swings, irritability or anger?
- Feeling fatigued, having trouble sleeping or experiencing changes in appetite?
- Feeling out of control?
- Having thoughts of hurting yourself or your child(ren)?
- Having difficulty bonding with your baby?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, contact your medical provider or talk with NICU staff, to discuss a referral to one of our on-site psychologists, or call 330-543-4500.
Additional resources:
- National Maternal Mental Health Hotline for pregnant and new moms in English and Spanish.
- 24/7 Free, Confidential Hotline 1-833-943-5746 or visit https://mchb.hrsa.gov/national-maternal-mental-health-hotline
If you are in suicidal crisis, please call or text 988 or visit the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Referrals are initiated by a provider-to-provider discussion. Please ask your provider to call: 330-543-8295
Programs and Clinics
Conditions and Treatments:
22Q11.2 Deletion, Abdominal Wall Defects, Abdominal Cerclage, Achondrogenesis, Achondroplasia, Agenesis Of The Corpus Callosum, Ambiguous Genitalia, Amniotic Band Syndrome (Abs), Amniocentesis, Anencephaly, Anomalies Of Cortical Development, Anomalous Pulmonary Veins, Anorectal Malformations, Aortic Stenosis, Apert Syndrome, Arachnoid Cyst, Arterial Tortuosity, Arteriovenous Malformations, Arthrogryposis, Atrial Septal Defect, Atrioventricular Canal, Atrioventricular Canal Defect, Atypical Sex Chromosome, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Birth Defect, Bladder Exstrophy, Body-Stalk Anomaly, Brachial Cleft Remnant, Bradyarrhythmias, Bronchopulmonary Sequestration (Brs), Campomelic Dysplasia, Cardiomyopathy, Carrier Screening, Cerebral Calcifications, Cervical Cerclage, Cervical Insufficiency, Cervical Shortening, Cervical Teratoma, Choledochal Cyst, Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Chorioangioma, Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate, Clinodactyly, Cloacal Exstrophy, Clubfoot, Coarctation Of The Aorta, Colonic Atresia, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Congenital Heart Disease, Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome, Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation, Conjoined Twins, Craniofacial Anomalies, Craniofacial Microsomia, Craniosynostosis, Crouzon Syndrome, Crouzonodermoskeletal Syndrome, Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation, Cystic Hygroma In Early Pregnancy, Cystic Hygroma In Late Pregnancy, Cystic Lesions Of The Abdomen, Dandy Walker Syndrome, Dandy-Walker Malformation And Variants, Diabetes, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Diastrophic Dysplasia, Digeorge Syndrome, Double Inlet Left Ventricle, Double Outlet Right Ventricle, Down Syndrome, Duodenal Atresia And Stenosis, Ebstein's Anomaly, Echogenic Kidneys, Eclampsia, Ectopia Cordis, Ectrodactyly, Eisenmenger Syndrome, Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome, Encephalocele, Esophageal Atresia And Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Exencephaly/Acrania, Fetal Abnormalities, Fetal Anomaly, Fetal Arrhythmias, Fetal Distress, Fetal Echocardiography, Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR), Fetal Heart Complication, Fetal Heart Ultrasound, Fetal MRI, Fetal Spina Bifida, Fetal Thyroid Disorders, Gastroschisis, Genetic Defect, Genetic Disorders, Gestational Diabetes, Goiter, Hemifacial Microsomia, Hemivertebrae, Heterotaxy Syndrome, High Blood Pressure, High Risk Pregnancy, Hirschsprung's Disease, Holoprosencephaly, Hydranencephaly, Hydrocephalus, Hydronephrosis (Various Types), Hydrothorax, Hypertelorism, Hypertension Pregnancy, Hypophosphatasia, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Hypoplastic Left Ventricle, Hypoplastic Right Ventricle, Hypotelorism, Incompetent Cervix , Immune Hydrops, Imperforate Anus, Interrupted Aortic Arch, Intestinal Malrotation, Intra-Abdominal Calcifications, Intracardiac Tumors, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Intrauterine Death In One Twin, Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), Jarcho-Levin Syndrome, Jejunoileal Atresia And Stenosis, Klinefelter Syndrome, Liver Tumors, Low Fetal Fraction, Macrocephaly, Macroglossia, Malformation In Twins, Mesoblastic Nephroma, Microcephaly, Micrognathia And Agnathia, Microphthalmia/Anophthalmia, Monoamniotic Twins, Monochorionic Twins, Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney, Myelodysplasia, Myelomeningocele, Neural Tube Defects, Neuroblastoma, Neurofibromatosis, NIPT, Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis, Oligohydramnios, Omphalocele, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Other Autosomal Aneuploidies, Other Cystic Lesions Of The Chest, Ovarian Cysts, Overgrowth Syndromes, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Pentalogy Of Cantrell, Persistent Cloaca, Placenta Previa, Placenta Abnormalities, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Polydactyly, Polyhydramnios, Porencephaly, Preeclampsia, Preconception Genetics, Pregnancy Monitoring, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnant, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis, Pulmonary Agenesis, Pulmonary Stenosis And Atresia, Pyloric Atresia And Stenosis, Radial Aplasia, Renal Agenesis, Retinoblastoma, Sacrococcygeal Teratoma, Short Cervix, Short-Rib Polydactyly Syndrome, Single Umbilical Artery, Sirenomelia, Spina Bifida, Subchorionic Bleeding, Subchorionic Hemorrhage , Subchorionic Hematoma , Syndactyly, Tachyarrhythmias, Tetralogy Of Fallot, Tetrasomy 12P (Pallister-Killian Syndrome), Thanatophoric Dysplasia, Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, Transposition Of Great Arteries, Transabdominal Cerclage, Triple X Syndrome, Triploidy, Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), Trisomy X, Truncus Arteriosus, Turner Syndrome, Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence, Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (Ttts), Umbilical Cord Abnormalities, Umbilical Hernia, Vein Of Galen Aneurysm, Ventricular Septal Defect, Ventricular Septal Defects, Wilms' Tumor, Xxx, Xxy, Xyy