The ISUOG Scientific Committee are leading the development of the 2024 World Congress program. They will be creating sessions that bring together cutting edge research and the leading experts in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.
Scientific Committee members
Executive Committee, Honours Committee, Nominations Committee, Fetal MRI Special Interest Group, UOG Editorial Board
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
Scientific Committee, Honours Committee, UOG Editorial Board
Later, he was the Medical Director of Monash Ultrasound for Women, Adj. Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University and Head of Perinatal Services at the Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne before relocating back to Brazil in mid-2018 as the Head of the Ultrasound Service, Dapartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ribeirao Preoto, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo. Currently, he is the Acting Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Gold Coast University Hospital and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Prof. Costa’s clinical and research interests focus on the use of ultrasound in maternal-fetal medicine, especially pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction and preterm labour. In addition, he has special interest in first trimester screening, including non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). He also supervises trainees and post-graduate students on ultrasound in gynaecology.”
Country: Australia
Field: Obstetrics and Reproduction
Specialities: Fetal Anomaly Screening T1 & T2; Aneuploidy; Fetal Anomalies; Maternal and Fetal Doppler; Fetal Growth Restriction; Preeclampsia; Preterm Delivery; 1st trimester screening including NIPT and Pre-Eclampsia; Ultrasound in reproduction
Languages: English, Portuguese
Prof. Thierry Van den Bosch defended his PhD in 2007 on the diagnosis of endometrial disease. His clinical research focuses on the diagnosis of endometrial and myometrial pathology, endometriosis and fertility exploration. He has published over 150 papers and has been over 100 times invited speaker at international conferences in English, Dutch and French.
He completed his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the KU Leuven (Belgium) and at the University of Pretoria (South Africa). In 1992 he was appointed consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, of the University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Hospital (South-Africa). In 1994 he moved back to Belgium. He worked as gynecologist at the Regional Hospital RZ Tienen, consultant UZ Leuven and KU Leuven and became the Head of department in RZ Tienen.
He currently works at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital UZ Leuven, at the Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, and is Senior Clinical Investigator of the Scientific Research Fund (FWO) Flanders, Belgium.
Country: Belgium
Field: Gynecology
Specialties: Gynecological ultrasound
Languages: English; French; Dutch
Helen Feltovich MD MS, lives in New York City where she practices medicine and leads an international research collaborative with physics and engineering colleagues Profs Tim Hall and Ivan Rosado-Mendez (Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Prof Kristin Myers (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University). She also provides clinical direction for the Iris Fund, a nonprofit founded by Brittney Crystal and dedicated to preterm birth research. Together, the team combines artificial intelligence, quantitative ultrasound and computational modeling to create digital twins of pregnancy for studying the mechanics of birth. Their goal is to bring insight into the question every pregnant patient wants to know: when will I deliver? Helen has been active within ISUOG for the past 2 decades, attending almost every World Congress, serving on the society’s Outreach and Scientific Committees, and helping to develop the Practice Guideline for the use of ultrasound in the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth. She has been active in similar initiatives through her roles on the governing boards and committees within the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine, and the Perinatal Quality Foundation. She is also a charter member of a scientific review section for the NIH, and an expert advisor to the NIH on home use of ultrasound and artificial intelligence applications to obstetric ultrasound.
Publications:
Feltovitch H, Gall TJ. Quantative imaging of the cervix: setting the bar. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013 Feb 41 (2): 121-8
Myers KM, Feltovitch H, Mazza e etal, The mechanical role of the cervix during pregnancy. J Biomech 2015; Mar 11 (epub ahead of print)
Country: USA
Field: Obstetrics
Specialties: Fetal Anomaly Screening 1T and 2T; fetal anomalies screening; aneuploidy screening; fetal anomalies; fetal growth restriction; safety in ultrasound; fetal growth; detection of fetal and neonatal growth abnormalities in low and middle income countries.
Languages: English
Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Parma where he is the Chairman of the Unit.
Prof Tullio Ghi was born in Italy in 1973. Following the studies at the Medical School of the University of Bologna, he completed his residence in Ob-Gyn at the S.Orsola Hospital of Bologna. From 2000 until 2001 he was at King’s College Hospital for a fellowship in Fetal Medicine. He has a phD in fetal Medicine at the University of Milan (2002-2005). From 2003 to 2014 he served as consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Bologna. Since 2014 he is based at the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Parma, where he has been appointed as Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of the Residency School in Obstetrics and Gynecology and President of the Midwifery School. He is the Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Parma.
His main field of research is on obstetrics, ultrasound in labor and prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies. He has published more than 250 articles and several books. He is member of the Scientific Committee of the International Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
He is in the board of the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the past president of the Italian Society of Preeclampsia.
In 2019 he has founded the ISLANDS group (International Society of Labor and Delivery Sonography).
He is the president elected of the Midwifery School and the Director of the Residency School of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Parma.
Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Baylor College of Medicine
Dr Sanz Cortes current academic position is in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas), as an Associate Professor. She is a fetal surgeon at Texas Children's Hospital providing care for patients who receive any fetal intervention from the time of pre-surgical evaluation, surgery and until delivery. Part of her clinical care is also dedicated to the management of the fetal neurosonology clinic at the same center. She is also very invested in multiple research projects related to fetal conditions that require utero therapy from a multidisciplinary approach and with particular emphasis on advanced imaging techniques. She is passionate about research mentorship, education, development of biomedical devices and innovation. One of the main focus of her research has been dedicated to understanding the effects of fetal spina bifida repair and its minimally invasive approach, leading initiatives such as the International Consortium for Fetoscopic Myelomeningocele Repair.
Other current affiliations that she holds are: Member of the Steering Committee of Texas Children's Hospital Fetal Center, Steering Committee of the North American Fetal Therapy Network, Scientific Committee of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG), part of the Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Prenatal Diagnosis journal editorial boards.
Country: USA
Field: Obstetrics
Specialties: Fetal anomalies; fetal brain; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; fetal therapy and intervention
Languages: English; Spanish
Dr Srdjan Saso is a Gynaecological (Cancer) Surgeon at Imperial College NHS Trust and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London. Dr Saso is a great believer in translational clinical and academic work and projects that have the potential for ‘cross-fertilisation’ between medical and non-medical specialties. His main academic and clinical interest lies in gynaecological surgery (cancer and non-cancer) and the diagnostic application of ultrasound, with a particular focus on fertility-sparing surgery and oncofertility in general. Hence, the management of gynaecological issues in women who have not started or completed their families.
His other main research themes focus on the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (and technology in general) in gynaecology. He is currently a PI on a machine learning and ovarian cancer diagnosis project. In addition, he is co-Principal Investigator on a point-of-care ovarian cancer diagnostic tool project and a co-Investigator on a project developing biomaterials strategies for preventing endometrial fibrosis and promoting endometrial regeneration.
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Gynaecological Surgery and Oncology, Ultrasound Diagnostics
Specialties: Gynaecological Surgery, Gynaecological Cancers, Oncofertility, Fertility-sparing Surgery, IOTA, Ultrasound Diagnostics
Languages: English, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, French
ISUOG International Faculty Member
Dr Mala Sibal is a consultant gynecologist in the Department of Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecological Ultrasound at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. Her special interests are gynecological ultrasound and teaching. She serves as the Gynecological Ultrasound Faculty and Course Director at 'Gynecology Academy' (www.gynac.org), an online learning portal with alumni from 56 countries, offering training in gynecological ultrasound, fetal medicine, infertility management, and maternal medicine. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Medical Ultrasound Society of Karnataka (the state where she practices).
Dr Sibal has authored the book ‘Ultrasound in Gynecology: An Atlas and Guide’ (Springer, 2017), which has over 51,000 downloads. She has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences, delivering over 400 lectures across 62 cities in 22 countries. She is also an IOTA ambassador and has conducted 24 IOTA Certification Courses.
She has published multiple journal articles on gynecological ultrasound. During her medical studies she graduated top of her class in Gynaecology & was awarded ‘Best outgoing female student’ award.
Country: India
Field: Obstetrician and Gynecologist specializing in Fetal Medicine and Obstetric & Gynecological Ultrasound
Specialties: Gynecological ultrasound, 3D/4D Ultrasound, Gynecological oncology, Endometriosis
Languages: English, Hindi, Persian
Dr. Sándor Nagy is specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Clinical Genetics. He is the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Petz Aladár University Teaching Hospital and Dean of Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at Széchenyi István University of Győr, Hungary. His special interests are Ultrasound imaging technologies and fetal MRI, Fetal neurosonography, Perinatology, Education and training in ultrasonography. Sándor completed a PhD in Clinical Medicine (Semmelweis University – Budapest), applied to Clinical significance of subchorionic hematomas in the first trimester of pregnancy. As a perinatology fellow he’s spent a year at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NewYork, NY 2001-2002.
Sándor is a director of a Master Degree for Sonographers in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Széchenyi University. He is the President of the Hungarian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (HSUOG) and General Secretariat of the Hungarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. and Vice President of the Hungarian Society of Perinatology. Involved in many committees and task forces of national societies. Sándor also serves on a regular basis as an expert for the Hungarian Health Authority as well as for international research projects. He is also acting as President of OB/GYN Department of Medical College (Ministry of Home Affairs).
Country: Hungary
Field: Obstetrics; Imaging; Fetal Medicine
Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; screening of aneuploidies and fetal anomalies; neurosonography; maternal and fetal Doppler; basic training for medical students and sonographers
Languages: English; Hungarian