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Prof. Asma Khalil is a Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine at St George’s University Hospital (University of London). She is a subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, specialising in scanning women and babies with complications in pregnancy. She is the lead for the Multiple Pregnancy service at St George’s Hospital, the referral unit for the South West London region, but also cares for women with low risk pregnancies.

Prof. Khalil gained her MD at the University of London in 2009 following two years’ research into pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure in pregnancy). She also has a Masters degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an MRC scholarship. She has published more than 45 peer reviewed research papers in medical journals, and many review articles and book chapters. She has been awarded many research prizes, at both national and international meetings.

Her research interests include hypertensive disease in pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, and other complications of pregnancy.

You can follow her on twitter @ProfAsmaKhalil

Notable publications: She has published more than 45 peer reviewed research papers in medical journals, and many review articles and book chapters. Read more.

Country: UK

Field: Obstetrics; Fetal Medicine

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; aneuploidies; fetal anomalies; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; multiple pregnancy; preeclampsia; prenatal diagnosis; fetal therapy; interventional procedures during pregnancy.

Languages: English; Arabic

"I am committed to supporting ISUOG’s membership growth and providing educational opportunities in underrepresented regions of the world. I have contributed to the Society’s scientific program, speaking at their Intensive education courses and even running two Approved courses of my own, which have become popular in their own right. One of these courses takes place in Egypt, the other in the UK, where there is a shortage in opportunities for basic training in the field. Through these initiatives I have introduced more than 70 new members to the Society in the last year alone and strive to continue delivering ISUOG’s resources in areas where there is most in need."

Dr Trigo is an Ob/Gyn who graduated at the University of Campinas, Brazil in 2015. He also specialized in women's ultrasound and obtained a master in sciences degree (MSc) from 2016 to 2017. 

From 2018 to 2021, he lived in Barcelona for his PhD in fetal medicine and fetal surgery at the University of Barcelona and KU Leuven with an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. He's currently in the process of defending his thesis. 

In 2021, he moved to Switzerland, where he currently finishes the validation of his Ob/Gyn specialisation.

Since medical school, Dr Trigo was always interested in research and teaching activities. He first joined ISUOG as a task-force member for the Intermedium curriculum, and is currently an official member of the Educational Courses Subcommittee.

Country: Brazil / Switzerland

Field: Obstetrics; Maternal Fetal Medicine

Main interests: Fetal surgery, Open spina bifida, Multiple pregnancies, Neurosonography, Fetal Growth Restriction, Intrapartum ultrasound

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Francesco D’Antonio, MD, PhD, is a professor and consultant in maternal-fetal medicine at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chieti, Italy. Dr. D’Antonio has previously worked in the Fetal Medicine Unit at St. George's Hospital, London, UK, in the High-risk Pregnancy Unit at Catholic University of The Sacred Heart Hospital, Rome, Italy and in the University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø. D’Antonio is in the Editorial Board of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

Country: Italy 

Field: Obstetrics, fetal medicine, prenatal imaging 

Specialties: Fetal brain, fetal heart, multiple pregnancies, fetal growth restriction, fetal magnetic resonance imaging, placenta accreta spectrum disorders. 

Languages: English; Italian 

Prof. Alexandros Sotiriadis is a consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology – Maternal and Fetal Medicine in the Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hippokrateio Hospital and a full Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His special interests include prenatal diagnosis and genomics, maternal and fetal complications and Evidence-Based Medicine. Alex completed a PhD in Medicine on recurrent pregnancy loss and was trained in Fetal Medicine under Prof. Kypros Nicolaides. 

Alex is the director of a Master Degree Program in Applied Prenatal Diagnosis at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is currently the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and served as a member in the ISUOG Clinical Standards Committee and the EFSUMB Publication Committee. He is also President Elect of the Hellenic Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

Country: Greece

Field: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Imaging, Evidence-Based Medicine

Specialties: fetal growth restriction, Doppler, maternal complication in pregnancy, fetal anomalies and genomics, evidence-based medicine

Languages: English, Greek, German

Dr Amarnath Bhide is currently Consultant in Obstetrics and fetal Medicine at the St. George’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom. He is a lead clinician for the Day Assessment Unit and honorary Senior Lecturer at St. George’s University of London. He is the co-director of the MFM sub-speciality program. He is a scientific editor of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and member of the editorial board for three other journals. 

He received basic training in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Mumbai, India, and subspeciality training in the UK. He Obtained a PhD from a Norwegian university. 

His research interests are in placental physiology and pathology, hypoxaemia and fetal cardiac function. His clinical interests are in invasive prenatal diagnosis and therapy, multiple pregnancy and problems with fetal growth. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and 17 book chapters. He has co-authored four books. He holds research collaborations with Karolinska University (Sweden), University of Oulu (Finland) and University of Tromso (Norway). He receives grant funding from UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). 

Country: UK

Field: Obstetrics

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; aneuploidies; fetal anomalies; fetal brain; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; fetal interventional procedures; multiple pregnancy; preeclampsia

Languages: English

Prof. Laurent Salomon is a senior consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital and full professor at Paris Descartes University. His special interests are imaging technologies including MRI, Twins, Fetal surgery, Statistics, Teaching processes and Quality control. Laurent completed a PhD in Physics with distinction (Paris XI Sud, Science University – Orsay), applied to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the placenta.  He also completed a MSc in Medical Statistic with distinction at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

Laurent is an associate director of a Master Degree in Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine at Paris Descartes University. He is on the Editorial Board of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and involved in many committees and task forces of ISUOG. Laurent also serves on a regular basis as an expert for the National Agency for Biomedicine, French Health Authority and National Security Agency in Health Products, as well as for international research projects. 

Country: France

Field: Obstetrics; Imaging; Fetal Medicine

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; aneuploidies; fetal anomalies; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; fetal interventional procedures; multiple pregnancy

Languages: English; French

Joanne Stone is a Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in New York, US. She was an Associate Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (2001-2009) and Assistant Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in New York, US (1992-2001). She was taking prominent positions in SMFM (The Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine) and other societies and professional organizations. In 2017, Joanne Stone was selected to the Executive Board of SMFM. She is well- known both nationally and internationally for her research publications.

Her numerous hospital appointments include:

•    President-Elect Faculty Council 2019-2021

•    Vice-Chair Diversity and Inclusion Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences (2018-present)

•    Benefits Chair Faculty Council (2017-present)

•    Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Healthcare System (2016-present)

•    Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital (2007-present)

•    Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2006-present)

•    Director, Perinatal Ultrasound, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount   Sinai (1995-present)

Joanne Stone was educated at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and continued her education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. As part of her postgraduate training, she spent two years working in the Mount Sinai Hospital as well as in the Long Island Jewish Hospital, and the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

Joanne Stone enjoys teaching and takes responsibilites to educate junior doctors. She is leading courses at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Embryology Course for medical students, running weekly research meeting with fellows, medical students and residents for research in MFM. In 2004, she was selected by new PGY-1 to serve as mentor. 

Alireza A. Shamshirsaz, MD, FACOG, currently serves as the Director of the Maternal Fetal Care Center (MFCC), Director of Perinatl Surgery Fellowship and Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has held the position of Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School since 2022. Dr. Shamshirsaz is a Fetal Surgeon and is dual board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as maternal fetal medicine. He also holds the positions of Vice Chair of the SMFM Education Committee, Co-editor in Chief of the Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal, and Chair of the Steering Committee of the North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet).

Over the course of his professional career in the field of maternal fetal medicine spanning two decades, he has published more than 280 peer-reviewed papers. These primarily focus on complex monochorionic pregnancies, lower urinary tract obstruction, neural tube defects, and placenta accreta spectrum disorders. He has also contributed to and led over 40 systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field. Additionally, he has spearheaded several international qualitative studies aiming to establish clinical guidelines for controversial topics within the field.

Professor Yves Ville is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital at the Paris Descartes University. He is the Chair and lead clinician in the largest fetal medicine and therapy unit in France. He has pursued a platform of work that has allowed clinical and academic progress of the subspecialty of fetal medicine, both nationally and internationally.

Country: France

Field: Obstetrics; Fetal Medicine

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1; fetal anomalies; fetal brain; fetal growth restriction; fetal interventional procedures; multiple pregnancy; preterm delivery; genetics

Languages: English; French

Prof. Eduard Gratacós is director and professor at BCNatal, a referral clinical and research center in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University Hospitals Clinic and Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona.  

Among other international positions, he has been Board and Scientific Chair at ISUOG, Editor-in-Chief at Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy and Director of the Erasmus Mundus European Doctorate in Fetal Medicine.  

His main research lines have been placental insufficiency, fetal programming and fetal therapy in general, including most recently artificial placenta. He has published +600 peer reviewed papers, directed +60 national and international research projects and +40 doctoral theses.  

He has provided training in maternal-fetal medicine to +400 specialists.  

He is the founder of Fetal Medicine Barcelona, which offers worldwide medical training, with over 25,000 users. 

Country: Spain

Field: Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Fetal Surgery

Specialties: Fetal growth restriction, preeclampsia, monochorionic twins, fetal surgery

Languages: English, Spanish

ISUOG Board Member (2000-2010)
ISUOG President (2006-2008)
Editor of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (since 2003), Deputy Editor-in-Chief since 2011 and Chairman of the 19th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (13-17 September 2009, Hamburg)

Country: Germany

Field: Obstetrics

Specialties: Fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; fetal interventional procedures; multiple pregnancy

Languages: English; German

Dr Roberto Romero, MD, D.Med.Sci., is Chief of the Perinatology Research Branch of the NICHD/NIH. He trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Yale University, where he was Director of Perinatal Research, before joining NIH.  Dr. Romero’s team has made seminal contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of ectopic pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies, prediction and prevention of preterm labor/delivery, and the role of infection/inflammation in preterm and term parturition. 

In addition, Dr. Romero is an author of over 1000 peer-reviewed publications and several books, including the medical best seller, Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Anomalies. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the recipient of 14 Doctorate Honoris Causa and Honorary Professorships from Universities worldwide. 

Dr. Romero has been honored by national and international professional societies for his medical and scientific contributions, including the Ian Donald Gold Medal (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology), the Erich Saling Award from the World Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Maternité Prize in Obstetrics, awarded by the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, and also, is the first obstetrician to receive the prestigious Asan Award in Medicine from the Asan Foundation in South Korea.   

Dr. Romero is Editor-in-Chief for Obstetrics of one of the oldest journals in its discipline, the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The journal has a circulation of 42,000 in the United States and has published seminal work that has the changed the lives of mothers and children. 

Prof. Suresh Seshadri is the Director of MediScan systems Diagnostic Ultrasound, Fetal Medicine and training Centre in Chennai, Tamil Nadu INDIA. The Centre was started in 1982 and is a tertiary referral centre for Prenatal diagnosis and Fetal Therapy.

He is also a Professor of Practice at the department of Medical Science, IIT Madras. His special interests include Fetal interventions, teaching ultrasound and Fetal Medicine, Device development for use in ultrasound training, developing fetal databases for ultrasound reporting including Birth defects registry and artificial intelligence. He is a visiting Professor in Perinatology in the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research in Chennai and The PSG institute of Higher Education Coimbatore. He is actively working for standardization of Obstetric Ultrasound through implementation of the ISUOG basic training across the country. Dr Suresh also is the CEO of the Voluntary Health Services Multispecialty Hospital, a public charity where he actively strives to provide affordable health care to the community. He is a Trustee of the Fetal Care Research Foundation, which helps the underprivileged and provides preventive, supportive and curative care for birth defects and rare disorders. He strongly believes that the best of medical technology should be available for the common man. His other interests include Nature and wildlife photography and Amateur radio.

Country: India

Field: Fetal Medicine

Specialties: Early diagnosis of fetal anomalies, Ultrasound autopsy correlation of anomalies, Fetal Interventions, Multiple pregnancy, Ultrasound training and simulation

Languages: English, Tamil

A/Porf. Mustafa is a maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist with expertise in the area of fetal diagnosis and therapy. She see patients primarily at the Fetal Center at Riley children’s Health, managing the care of high-risk pregnancies, including maternal and fetal conditions. Within her subspecialty, she has a wide range of training, research, and expertise in fetal diagnosis, fetal intervention, and diagnosis and management of abnormal placentation.

Her approach is to care for her pregnant patients thorough assessment including the innovative use of ultrasound approaches like first trimester ultrasound, fetal echocardiography, fetal neurosonography, and 3D/4D imaging for abnormal fetal and placental conditions. She always aspires to provide and create the best care options either through my extensive training by leading experts in the field or through innovative bench-to-bedside research with focus on fetal intervention and surgery for complicated monochorionic twin pregnancies, spina bifida, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, lower urinary tract anomalies and other fetal structural anomalies.

Prof Conrado Milani Coutinho is Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a senior consultant in Maternal Fetal Medicine. His special interests are in the use of ultrasound for the prediction, prevention, and diagnosis of fetal and placental anomalies, as well as major obstetric syndromes. Prof Coutinho holds MSc and PhD degrees in Tocogynecology from the University of São Paulo and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Fetal Medicine at St. George’s University Hospital, London, UK. 

Prof Conrado is a postgraduate supervisor at his institution, president of the Perinatology Committee at the Brazilian Federation of ObGyn (FEBRASGO), associate editor of RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics, and serves on the ISUOG Clinical Standards Committee and Educational Courses Subcommittee. 

Country: Brazil 

Field: Obstetrics; Ultrasound; Maternal Fetal Medicine 

Specialties: Fetal biometry and wellbeing; Maternal and fetal Doppler; Fetal anomaly screening and management; Fetal growth restriction; Multiple pregnancy; Preterm birth prediction and prevention; Placenta accreta spectrum disorders; Infections in pregnancy. 

Languages: English; Portuguese; Spanish 

Link to social media profile: X: @CoutinhoConrado 

Dr Surabhi Nanda is a Maternal Fetal medicine subspecialist with training from some of the busiest inner London hospitals catering to a variety of complex cases and have worked in one of the largest standalone maternity units in Europe. 

A special interest in multiple pregnancy and run the tertiary multiple pregnancy clinic with facilities for invasive procedures in higher order pregnancies. She also runs a joint obstetric neurology antenatal clinic. 

A special interest in finance and coding in Maternity services and look at ways to improve integration of healthcare information technology with core clinical practice. 

Lead undergraduate education in the department in conjunction with King’s College London for the delivery of MBBS 2020 curricula.