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While surgeons and neonatologists often lead, maternal\u2013fetal medicine (MFM) specialists and other interdisciplinary members play essential roles. Team composition and ownership vary across centers, shaped by geography, program origins, historical practices, and evolving institutional norms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Describe the variation in CDH-specific care models among sample children's hospitals across the USA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>This was a qualitative study evaluating care models among 12 children's hospitals in the USA. Data were obtained by surveying each center with an emphasis on multidisciplinary approach, current practice patterns from fetal diagnosis to discharge and long-term follow-up specific to CDH.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>We describe a representative sample of 12 children's hospitals whose CDH programs range from primary neonatology service to a dedicated CDH unit and multiple variations of team structure starting from prenatal consults to initiation of extracorporeal life support (ECLS).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>We found that there is significant heterogeneity in this sample cohort in CDH care models with a common underlying theme of a core team of clinicians with expertise and majority of their dedicated service time allotted to this specific congenital anomaly. Our analysis highlights key elements such as multidisciplinary collaboration and seamless care transition that are essential for optimizing outcomes. A tailored, standardized model incorporating best practices across institutions with available local resources may offer the most practical path toward consistent, high-quality care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2930-4027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,17]],"date-time":"2026-08-17T22:53:33Z","timestamp":1787007213000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["One Size Does Not Fit All: Comparing CDH Team Structure Across Children's Hospitals in the United States of America"],"prefix":"10.1055","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7009-4821","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sharada Hiranya","family":"Gowda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, United States","place":["Houston"],"department":["Department of 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