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Dr. Francois Luks is Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is a member of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at Hasbro Children's/Rhode Island Hospital. He is Co-Director of the Fetal Treatment Program and Director of the Brown Program in Fetal Medicine. He is Course Director for the Multidisciplinary Fetal Medicine Course (BIOL 5720), a pre-clinical seminar taught to PLME and medical students. He has authored or co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and over 100 abstracts. His research interests include fetal development and fetal surgery, and in particular the etiology of Twin-to-twin Transfusion Syndrome. He was the site Principal Investigator for the first randomized study on endoscopic fetal surgery for this syndrome; the Brown Fetal Treatment Program was the only North-American center participating in the study. The Program is a founding member of the North American Fetal Treatment Network (NAFTNet), a newly established and NIH-sanctioned research and education network. Dr. Luks currently serves, or has served, on numerous hospital-, university- and extramural committees, including the Rhode Island Hospital Medical Executive Committee, the Brown Biomedical Faculty Council, the Brown Medical Faculty Executive Committee and committees of the Society of University Surgeons, the North American Fetal Therapy Network and the American and Canadian Associations of Pediatric Surgery.

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