Post by Edward Park

I was honoured to be invited to speak on our work at Boston Children's Hospital at the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. This project reflects many years of effort to better understand oesophageal atresia beyond the immediate challenges of surgical repair. Building on this foundation, our work focused on brain MRI findings in children with oesophageal atresia, developed through collaboration between Boston Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Together, we were able to build the largest cohort-level MRI analysis in this population, with a shared focus on an increasingly important question: can early brain MRI help redefine how we understand neurological risk in children with oesophageal atresia? My sincere thanks to the BDRP members and committee for their valuable feedback, and for awarding me a Travel Award for this presentation. I am also very grateful to UCL for supporting this experience through the UCL Global Experience Bursary.