Prenatal Diagnostic Center

The UCSF Prenatal Diagnostic Center provides comprehensive counseling, screening and testing for fetal conditions. The decision to use these services is belongs exclusively to each pregnant individual and family. Our role is to provide the information and support patients need to make the choices that are right for them.

Our center is part of the UCSF Women’s Health Center – a nationally designated center of excellence – and patients are ensured the highest quality care and service. They benefit from the most advanced technologies and procedures. Our practitioners bring a wealth of expertise and experience, having performed more than 60,000 amniocentesis procedures and 18,000 chorionic villus sampling procedures over the last 35 years.

Whether you’re planning a pregnancy or already navigating one, our genetic counselors are available to discuss your options for genetic screening. If you choose some type of screening, your counselor will meet with you afterward to explain the results, offer any appropriate follow-up tests and counsel you on your options.

In addition to providing the most advanced tests available, the Prenatal Diagnostic Center is working to develop less invasive ways to perform in utero screening and diagnosis of genetic disorders. Interested patients may have opportunities to participate in studies evaluating these methods.