Masterclass in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ultrasonography

Prof. Karim D Kalache is the Division Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Sidra Medicine, overseeing prenatal care for pregnant women in Qatar and the Gulf. He manages high-risk obstetrical patients with a main focus on prenatal diagnosis in clinical research. Previously, Prof. Kalache served as Vice Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin which is also a joint institution of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In 2008, Prof. Kalache was appointed Professor in Obstetrics at the same institution. Prior to that Prof. Kalache was a Senior Lecturer and an Honorary Consultant in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the Princess Anne Hospital of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. In 2001, he led the Fetal Imaging Department at the Perinatology Research Branch of the National Institutes of Health in Detroit Michigan.

He presented the Stuart Campbell lecture for authoring the most cited article in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2009.

Notable Publications: Prof. Kalache has authored and co-authored over 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters on topics related to fetal imaging. Read more.

Country: Qatar

Field: Obstetrics

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; fetal heart; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; placental anomalies; ultrasound in labor

Languages: English; French; German

Dr. Ashok Khurana commenced his medical studies at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India in 1975, and, after completing his MBBS went on to do a post graduate (MD) degree in Radiology which he completed in 1984. During this period he had the unique experience of establishing the ultrasound services at this premier institution under the guidance of Prof. Sneh Bhargava who is widely regarded as the “guru” of contemporary medical imaging in India. It was during this time that he also had the opportunity to train at the ultrasound department of the Herlev Hospital in Denmark under the tutelage of Prof. Hans Henrik Holm, a pioneer in ultrasound technology and its medical applications. Armed with this experience he went on to establish a private medical facility in New Delhi, with the vision of providing world class ultrasound services. Read more.

Country: India

Field: Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Specialties: Color Doppler, 3D and 4D ultrasound, ultrasound guided surgical procedures, transrectal scans, transvaginal scans.

"In a country where more mothers and newborns die than anywhere else in the world, there has been an increasing need to incorporate quality ultrasound in antenatal care. It has been heartening to s ee the change in the way ultrasound scans are now carried out in many parts of my country. ISUOG’s education has played a major role in this. I have drawn hugely on the name and academic content of ISUOG to run major ISUOG events in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi and Mumbai as well as smaller, personalised courses. This has included professing ultrasound guidelines, projecting guidelines for the appropriate use of Doppler studies and spreading awareness of ISUOG's online academic content. Future direction includes taking the mission of ISUOG to the remotest areas, increasing awareness of the utility of ISUOG educational material in gynecological ultrasound, and increasing the visibility of the White Journal."

Dr Karunakar MARIKINTI
MD(AIIMS-Delhi) MNAMS (AIIMS-Delhi) FRCOG (UK) CST (UK) MSc (Spain) RCR/RCOG D-USS (UK)
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecology and Obstetrics UAE & UK
www.conceiveivf.ae  www.primehealth.ae www.bournhall-clinic.ae  www.carefertility.com 

Summary:

• Patient-centric Evidence Based Reproductive health care Provider for Simple or Complex Male and Female Infertility/IVF, Recurrent IVF failures, Recurrent Miscarriage. 
• 20 yrs of experience at UK’s largest & most advanced Fertility Units starting with Noble Prize winner, Prof Robert Edwards @ World’s first IVF Centre, Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge, UK in 2001.
• Highly focused to transplant skills and expertise to well-targeted women’s healthcare providers through structured, self-sustainable ambulatory gynaecology, ambulatory obstetrics reach out models.
• Telehealth - Preventive Gynaecology and Obstetrics Health Care

Qualification/training – Europe & India:

• MSc in ART: Master’s degree in Biotechnology and Human Assisted Reproduction (Valencia University, Spain) 2017.
• Fellowship in Recurrent Miscarriage, St. Mary’s hospital, London-World’s largest Miscarriage Centre  
• Fellowship in Fetal Medicine (Leeds General Infirmary, UK)
• Diploma in Ultrasound RCR/RCOG (LGI, UK)
• Advanced Certification in USS in OBGYN (King’s College, London)
• FRCOG -2007
• CST-GMC UK)
• Six year Residency in OBGYN at India’s Premier Healthcare organisation, ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, DELHI.

Notable publications:

• Marikinti K, Venkat G, Nair S, Linara E, Ahuja K. Outcome of hysterosalpingo contrast sonography (HyCoSy) for patency of fallopian tubes in 101 single women (SW) and lesbian women (LW) seeking donor insemination (DI).  In: Fertility & Sterility. ASRM program supplement; September 2009. 
• Marikinti K; Rai R.; Lo W.; Hameed A.; Regan L “pregnancy outcome in women with a history of recurrent miscarriages. Effect of age, ethnicity and history infertility” In Hum Reproduction. Volume 23 supplements 1, July 2008: Abstract book ESHRE 2008.  
• Marikinti K., Mathews T., Ball J., Brinsden P. Ultrasound and Hysteroscopic Findings in women with a history of Difficult Embryo Transfers. In: Fertility & Sterility. Abstracts, ASRM 2003. September 2003 vol. 80 Sup.3; 125.
• Marikinti K, Brinsden PR.'The presence of blood in the transfer catheter negatively influences outcome at embryo transfer'. Hum Reprod. 2005 Jul; 20(7): 2029-30.
• ART: Author of a chapter based on original data on Diagnostic Hysteroscopy in Assisted Conception in, P R Brinsden ed. Text Book of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction. 3rd edn. London: Taylor & Francis, 2005:107-127. Bourn Hall clinic

Country: United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates

Field: Reproductive Endocrinology, Miscarriage, Ultrasound, Health & Medical Education

Specialties: Gynecology and Obstetrics

Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil

"Ultrasound is the third eye of any healthcare provider caring for women for their simplest to the most complex Reproductive Medical and Healthcare needs. ISUOG, has been backbone of standards in the knowledge and practice of this most important diagnostic tool for the wellbeing of women, bringing together most"