Desiree Fiorentino, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Maternal/Fetal Medicine-OB/Gyn
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
2d Fl., The Hub for Clinical Collaboration
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
2d Fl., The Hub for Clinical Collaboration
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 305-987-0830
Education
BA (English, summa cum laude)
University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2009.
MBA
University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2013.
MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 2014.
Permanent linkBA (English, summa cum laude)
University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2009.
MBA
University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2013.
MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 2014.
Selected Publications
Soni S, Mathew L, Khalek N, Fiorentino D, Jampa A, Oliver ER, Gebb J.: A predictive scoring model for perinatal loss in monochorionic diamniotic twins with selective fetal growth restriction managed expectantly. Pregnancy (Hoboken) 2: e70300, Apr 2026.Huynh MH, De Leon Benedetti L, Mathew L, Mohamed MK, Oliver ER, Debari SE, Gebb JS, Khalek N, Soni S, Fiorentino D, Adzick NS, Coleman BG.: Assessment of fetal endometrial thickness: a key to the prenatal diagnosis of ovarian cysts. Pediatr Radiol Jan 2026.
Vinit N, Fiorentino D, Le Huynh MH, Coleman BG, Flake AW, Bales C, Gebb JS, Soni S, Khalek N, Partridge EA.: Outcome of Prenatally Diagnosed Fetal Liver Lesions: Implications for Prenatal Management. Fetal Diagn Ther Jan 2026.
Fiorentino D, Paidas Teefey C, Soni S, Khalek N, Jampa A, Heuer GG, Flake AW, Hedrick HL, Peranteau WH, Adzick NS, Moldenhauer JS, Gebb JS.: Maternal Subcutaneous Seroma following Open Maternal Fetal Surgery for Closure of Fetal Open Neural Tube Defects. Fetal Diagn Ther Jan 2026.
Gebb JS, Jampa A, Bakunina V, Barr K, Fiorentino D, Soni S, Oliver ER, Khalek N.: Impact of preoperative second-trimester vaginal bleeding on operative factors and outcomes in patients undergoing laser for twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Pregnancy (Hoboken) 2: e70198, Dec 2025.
Burrill N, Fiorentino D, Coleman B, Crane H, Pilchman L, Schindewolf E, Wright R, Khalek N: Diagnosis of Au Kline Syndrome in a fetus with lower urinary tract obstruction: Case report and literature review. Presented at the Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mar. 2024.
Peterson JA, Szeto L, Wodoslawsky S, Futterman ID, Silverstein JS, Fiorentino DG, Li D, Al-Kouatly HB, Simpson LL, Roman AS, Strong NK: Genetic counseling practices among outpatient obstetric providers in the Northeast. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM 5(11): 101150, Nov. 2023 Notes: Epub Sept. 6, 2023.
Fiorentino D, Dar P: Prenatal screening for microdeletions and rare autosomal aneuploidies. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology 66(3): 579-594, Sept. 1 2023 Notes: Epub July 13, 2023.
Fiorentino D, Hjorten R, Kopp J, Myrie J, Reznik S, Wang T, Winkler C, Reidy K: Association of fetal APOL1 risk variants with adverse maternal outcomes in preeclampsia. Presented at the Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT Mar. 2023.
Song J, Gonsalves Z, Karlsen A, Fiorentino D, Dar P, Rabin-Havt S, Klugman S: Prenatal diagnosis of 7q, Xq/Yq deletion mosaicism in an alobar holoprosencephaly fetus: A case report and review of the literature. Presented at the Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT Mar. 2023.