The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Dr. Peranteau is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and the Adzick-McCausland Distinguished Chair in Fetal and Pediatric Surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). In addition to a clinical pediatric and fetal surgeon, Dr. Peranteau is the co-director of the Center for Fetal Research at CHOP where he runs a translational research lab focusing on prenatal and early postnatal cell and gene therapies. He has led teams on some of the initial studies demonstrating the feasibility of in utero CRISPR-mediated gene editing in relevant animal models and has led preclinical animal studies of in utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantation which are foundational for ongoing clinical trials. His research is/has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, including the NIH Director's New Innovator Award and the NIH Common Fund's Somatic Cell Genome Editing program, as well as the American College of Surgeons, the Gerber Foundation, and the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics and the Orphan Disease Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
CRISPR and Base Editing Before Birth: Hype or Hope?
Sunday, February 8, 2026
8:50 AM - 9:10 AM
Sunday, February 8, 2026
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM