RT Book, Section
A1 Bianchi, Diana W.
A1 Crombleholme, Timothy M.
A1 D'Alton, Mary E.
A1 Malone, Fergal D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106395450
T1 Acknowledgments (Second Edition)
T2 Fetology: Diagnosis and Management of the Fetal Patient, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-144201-5
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106395450
RD 2024/04/24
AB Diana  W.  Bianchi,  MD:  Since  the  publication  of  the  first  edition  of  Fetology,  I  have  jokingly  referred  to  it  as  my  “third  child”.  It  weighs  7  pounds  and  it  is  never  far  from  my  mind!  Alternatively,  I  refer  to  it  as  my  “external  hard  drive”,  because  it  is  a  convenient  compilation  of  all  the  facts  I  need  or  want  to  know  when  I  perform  a  prenatal  genetic  consultation  for  a  fetus  with  an  anomaly  or  an  abnormal  karyotype.  However,  in  the  past  10  years,  many  sections  of  the  book  have  become  outdated.  We  seriously  questioned  whether  we  had  the  time  or  energy  to  perform  a  thorough  revision  for  a  second  edition.  In  the  end,  Drs.  Crombleholme,  D'Alton,  and  I  decided  that  we  could  do  it  only  if  we  added  a  fourth  author.  The  choice  of  Fergal  Malone  was  a  natural  one,  given  his  long  association  with  Tufts  and  his  expertise  in  prenatal  diagnosis  and  fetal  medicine.  In  contrast  to  the  first  edition,  when  Drs.  Crombleholme,  D'Alton,  and  I  would  meet  for  coffee  in  one  of  our  offices  at  Tufts  to  review  and  discuss  the  chapters,  we  are  now  scattered  across  the  US  and  Ireland.  Thus,  most  of  the  writing  and  editing  for  the  second  edition  was  done  via  email,  with  occasional  “marathon”  meetings  at  the  McGraw-Hill  offices  in  Manhattan.  Thanks  to  our  editors,  Alyssa  Fried  and  Karen  Davis,  we  received  food,  shelter,  and  administrative  support  during  those  sessions.