Academic Affiliations
- Section Head of Fetal Cardiology, Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS
- Director, DMC/WSU/PRB Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program
- Associate Director, Combined Maternal-Fetal Medicine / Medical Genetics and Genomics Fellowship Program
- Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Education and Training
- M.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
- Residency – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Aultman Hospital
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship – University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, St. Peter’s University Hospital
Research Accomplishments
- Developed a novel sonographic method that allows the automatic display of standard fetal cardiac views (Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography, or FINE) by application of intelligent navigation technology to cardiac volume datasets
- Developed other novel fetal cardiac algorithms using four-dimensional sonography that allows generation of cardiac views
- Developed novel means to evaluate fetal cardiac function using four-dimensional sonography, as well as other technologies
- Authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, 180 scientific abstracts, and 25 book chapters
Awards and Recognitions
- Research Excellence Award, Wayne State University School of Medicine (2016)
- Teaching Excellence Award, Perinatology Research Branch (2012, 2013, and 2014)
- Top Reviewer of American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2012, 2018)
- Board of Governors, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
- Section Leader, Fetal Cardiology Scientific Forum at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Chair, AIUM Fetal Echocardiography Community of Practice
- Editorial Advisory Board, Prenatal Cardiology Journal
- Best Oral Presentation Award (Co-Investigator), 12th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Spain, 2015
- Best Oral Communications Award (Co-Investigator), 25th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Imaging technology including MRI, Quebec, 2015
- Best Oral Communications Award (Co-Investigator), 25th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maternal and fetal Doppler including fetal growth, Quebec, 2015
- Three Research Excellence Awards (Co-Investigator), 3rd BIRTH Congress: Clinical Challenges in Labor and Delivery, Brazil, 2015
- Zuspan Awards from Perinatal Resources (Co-Investigator), International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP) World Congress, Louisiana, 2014
- Research Award (Co-Investigator), Ultrasound meets Magnetic Resonance Congress, Austria, 2013
- Alfred Kratochwil Award for Best Oral Communication on 3D Ultrasound (Co-Investigator), 19th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Germany, 2009
Research Interests
- Prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies and congenital heart disease
- Fetal cardiac evaluation (anatomy and function) using three- and four-dimensional sonography, as well as other novel techniques
- Three- and four-dimensional sonography in obstetrics
- Maternal and fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Select Publications
- Cardiac measurements of size and shape in fetuses with absent or reversed end-diastolic velocity of the umbilical artery and perinatal survival and severe growth restriction before 34 weeks’ gestation. DeVore GR, Portella PP, Andrade EH, Yeo L, Romero R. J Ultrasound Med 2020 October (online ahead of print).
- New and advanced features of fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) or 5D Heart. Yeo L, Romero R. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020 May:1-19.
- Fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) detects 98% of congenital heart disease. Yeo L, Luewan S, Romero R. J Ultrasound Med 2018;37:2577-2593.
- Color and power Doppler combined with fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE) to evaluate the fetal heart. Yeo L, Romero R. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2017;50:476-491.
- Fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography (FINE): a novel method for rapid, simple, and automatic examination of the fetal heart. Yeo L, Romero R. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013;42:268-284.