Management of Multiple Pregnancies

Edited by:   Leanne Bricker, Julian N. Robinson, Baskaran Thilaganathan (St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London)
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 160mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   780g
ISBN:   9781108843195
ISBN 10:   1108843190
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   27 October 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Leanne Bricker undertook undergraduate training in South Africa and then in the UK specialised in OBGYN and subspecialised in Fetomaternal Medicine. She was Director of Fetal Medicine at Liverpool Women's Hospital in the UK (2003–2014) and served on the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society executive committee (2009–2014). Since 2014 she has been Chair of Fetal Medicine at Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE. She has published over sixty papers, abstracts and book chapters. She is an expert in the management of multiple pregnancy and was involved in the development of the UK NICE guidelines for the management of multiple pregnancy and the RCOG green top guideline for the management of monochorionic twin pregnancy. Julian N. Robinson is the Chief Medical Officer at Newton Wellesley Hospital, where he was also the Medical Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine for nine years before serving eight years as Chief of Obstetrics at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. His professional interests include Quality and Safety and his clinical and research interests include Obstetrics, Prenatal diagnosis, and multiple pregnancy. He is a Diplomate of the American Boards of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine and a Fellow of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Basky Thilaganathan was appointed Director of Fetal Medicine at St George's Hospital in 1999. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications in indexed journals. His major research interest is placental dysfunction leading to pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction and stillbirth (TED talk: http://bit.ly/2i1SqDk). He has led on the implementation of algorithm-based screening at St Georges which has led to an 80% reduction in preterm pre-eclampsia – the severest form of the disease (https://vimeo.com/rcog/authorinsights16361). He is the Clinical Director of the Tommy's National Centre for Maternity Improvement (https://vimeo.com/638468663/23d205d029) located at the RCOG and is Editor Emeritus of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the medical journal affiliated to ISUOG. He is a Council Member on the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) and represents the RCOG on the UK National Screening Committee and the DH Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle oversight committee. He is also the Clinical Lead for the first dedicated high-throughput cfDNA screening NHS lab to undertake cfDNA aneuploidy screening (NIPT) in pregnancy (www.theSAFEtest.co.uk).