Safety Committee

The Bioeffects and Safety Committee is involved in the investigation of issues relating to the bioeffects and safety of ultrasound, and the provision of education and information within this field.

ISUOG's safety statements: click here.

Ultrasound safety phantom project: click here.

Notable publications: The Safe Use of Ultrasound in Medical Diagnosis, 3rd ed, edited by Gail Ter Haar, with contributions from Kjell Salvesen. Published by the British Institute of Radiology.
Click here to download the free PDF.
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Links: Bioeffects and Safety Committee Basecamp (access to committee members only)

Committee membership

Dr. Christoph Lees (UK) Chair, Perinatal Doppler and Vacular Focus Group

ISUOG Committees and Working Groups: Perinatal Doppler and Vascular Focus Group (Chair), Editorial Board of UOG, Safety Committee, Simulation Task Force, Scientific Committee

Country: UK

Field: Obstetrics

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; aneuploidies; fetal anomalies; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; preeclampsia; safety of ultrasound

Language: English

Christoph Lees is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist, Consultant Obstetrician and Head of Fetal Medicine at Imperial College London where he is Clinical Reader. He is visiting Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium, was RCOG inaugural National Ultrasound Officer 2010-2013 and Vice Chairman, RCOG Subspecialty Committee 2011-2013. His research focuses on pre-eclampsia, cardiovascular adaptation, Doppler, intra-uterine growth restriction and non-invasive fetal surgery.

Jacques Abramowicz (USA)

Prof. Christoph Brezinka (Austria)

ISUOG Committees and Working Groups: Bids Committee, Scientific Committee, Perinatal Doppler and Vascular Focus Group, Editorial Board of UOG, Safety Committee, Online Education Content Review (Chair)

Country: Austria

Field: Obstetrics/Gynecology/Reproductive Medicine

Specialties: Fetal biometry and wellbeing; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; gynecological ultrasound; early pregnancy; reproductive medicine; safety of ultrasound

Languages: English; French; Italian; Dutch

Christoph Brezinka is an associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the reproductive medicine department of Innsbruck Medical University. He has an active interest in Doppler in Perinatal and periconceptional medicine since 1986. Christoph was secretary of the International Perinatal Doppler Society and organised this society's merger with ISUOG in 2002.

Notable Publications:

Brezinka C (2012). "Rare but typical" - a review of extrauterine dislocations of IUD's. J Gyn Endokrinol 6:12-17.

Brezinka C and Spitzer D (2012). Ultraschall in der Reproduktionsmedizin [ultrasound in reproductive medicine]. In: Gembruch U, Hecher K, and Steiner H, editors. Ultraschall in Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (in press). Berlin: Springer.