The ASPRE pre-eclampsia trial: implications for basic research and clinical practice

Basky Thilaganathan was appointed Director of Fetal Medicine at St George ’s Hospital in 1999 and Professor of Fetal Medicine in 2008. His research interests are focused on Maternal-Fetal medicine, with a particular interest on maternal cardiac function, placental function, fetal growth, and pre-eclampsia (TED talk:http://bit.ly/2i1SqDk). He completed his post-graduate training at King ’s College London and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals, culminating in his Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1995), MD in Fetal Medicine (1996), and Certificate of Completion of Training (1998). He undertook his undergraduate training at King’s College London, wher e he obtained a BSc in Genetic Engineering (1995) and MBBS (1988). He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) and an Honorary Doctorate (PhD) from Uppsala University in 2007. He has authored two undergraduate and five post-graduate text books in ob stetrics and fetal medicine. He is the lead trainer for the Maternal-Fetal medicine sub-speciality training programme at St George’s Hospital and Editor-in Chief ofUltrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the medical journal affiliated to ISUOG. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications in indexed journals. He is a Council Member on the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) and represents the RCOG on the UK National Screening Committee. He is also the Clinical Lead for the dev...
Source: Cardiovascular Research - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research