Pregnancy Risk Network of Ferre Institute:

Working with women, families, and healthcare providers to reduce birth defects

PRN Mission Statement:
To be an accessible, comprehensive New York State teratogen information service providing information and counseling about harmful exposures related to pregnancy and breastfeeding, and communicating up-to date accurate information in an understandable way.

The Pregnancy Risk Network (PRN) is a comprehensive teratogen service funded by the NYS Department of Health and is a program of Ferre Institute located in Binghamton, NY.

The PRN is staffed by trained teratogen information specialists and genetic counselors who provide information about possible effects of medications, maternal illness, drugs and other exposures on the developing embryo/fetus and newborn. This service is provided to residents of New York who are pregnant, who are planning a pregnancy, or who are breastfeeding, and to their health care providers.

There are many exposures in pregnancy. Few are known teratogens. Reliable information about exposures can be difficult to find and challenging to interpret. At PRN specific conditions and factors relating to an exposure are considered in order to better understand what impact, if any, an exposure may have on pregnancy.

Teratogen Information Specialists at Pregnancy Risk Network have access to authoritative databases and medical literature, a team of genetic counselors and a network of national experts in the field of teratology (the scientific study of the causes of birth defects.)

To make this information accessible to all of New York State PRN is reaching out to underserved communities through the established relationships with family planning agencies, prenatal care programs, community health clinics, and genetic services across the state. PRN has a long history of collaborating with many other NYS agencies committed to reducing the impact of birth defects:

NYS Department of Health-Bureau of Maternal and Child Health

NYS Genetics Program

PEDECS(585) 275-3638
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
601 Elmwood Ave.
Rochester , NY 14642-8668

NYS Congenital Malformation Registry

NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services

Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

NYS Perinatal Association and Regional Perinatal Networks

March of Dimes

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Pregnancy Risk Network is an affiliate of MotherToBaby and the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS).

Do You Have Questions....

1-800-724-2454

Pregnancy Risk Network of Ferre Institute:

Working with women, families, and healthcare providers to reduce birth defects