Perinatal Doppler and Vascular Focus Group

Chair: Christoph Lees (UK)

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.

Andrew Breeze (UK)

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.

Pavel Calda (Czech Republic) ISUOG Fellowship, 2014

Country: Czech Republic

Field: Gynecology/Obstetrics

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; preeclampsia; preterm delivery; 3D & 4D ultrasound; genetics; gynecological ultrasound; early pregnancy; safety of ultrasound

Languages: English; German; Czech; Slovak

Rabih Chaoui (Germany) ISUOG Fellowship, 2014

Andrea Dall'Asta (Italy)

Mariusz Dubiel (Poland)

Catherine Ebbing (Norway)

Enrico Ferrazzi (Italy)

Tiziana Frusca (Italy)

Saemundur Gudmundsson (Sweden)

Kurt Hecher (Germany)

Country: Germany

Field: Obstetrics

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

Languages: English; German

Past roles:

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

Cornelia Hofstsetter (Germany)

Jorg Kessler (Norway)

Torvid Kiserud (Norway) Ian Donald Gold Medal winner, 2015

Country: Norway

Field: Obstetrics

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; fetal heart; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; safety of ultrasound; fetal circulation

Languages: English; Norwegian; Amharic

2015 Gold Medal award article

Dr. Asma Khalil (UK) ISUOG Ambassador to Egypt and North Africa

"I am committed to supporting ISUOG’s membership growth and providing educational opportunities in underrepresented regions of the world."

"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."