Spina bifida, a birth defect that can have effects ranging from mild to severe, requires specialty care, which Upstate Medical University provides through its Spina Bifida Clinic. Nienke Dosa, MD, a professor of pediatrics and the medical director of the Spina Bifida Clinic, and Julia Duff, executive director of the Spina Bifida Association of New York State, explain what is understood about the condition and how it is sometimes treated with surgery before birth. “The Informed Patient” is a podcast that covers health, science and medicine, featuring experts from Central New York’s only academic medical center. Upstate Medical University has four colleges (Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions and Graduate Studies); a robust research enterprise; and an extensive clinical health care system that extends way beyond Syracuse. Click here for more: https://www.upstate.edu/informed/