We are excited to announce the appointment of two new talented Fetal Medicine Consultants in our department! OUH Fetal Medicine OUH Maternity OUH #Fetalmedicinefamily

Christina Aye graduated from University of Oxford & completed MFM Subspec Training in OUH. She will be running Fetal Medicine and Cardiology clinics in OUH & Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust & has a specialist interest in the impact of pregnancy complications on cardiovascular health

Angelo Cavallaro completed his Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine training at the University of Naples Federico II before moving to the UK in 2014. He will be running Fetal Medicine and Cardiology clinics in OUH and OUH Horton General and has a specialist interest in fetal growth

Excellent presentation this week by our talented medical student Talia Rose Hubble on her extremely topical BBA project! #nextgenerationofmfmdoctors #fetalmedicineresearch #fetalmedicinefamily Mr Lawrence Impey Dr Christos Ioannou Christina Aye Angelo Cavallaro Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health OUH Maternity

Many thanks to Christoph Lees and team for presenting at our Fetal Medicine Club on High Intensity Focused Ultrasound to treat TTTS this week! Truly fascinating! Mr Lawrence Impey Dr Christos Ioannou Rebecca Black Angelo Cavallaro Christina Aye Lauren Jane Green OUH Maternity

Congratulations to Mr Lawrence Impey et al. for their latest publication in ACTA ObGyn Scand showing that emergency cervical cerclage is as effective in twin pregnancies as it is in singletons. Well worth a read! OUH Maternity OUH #MFMresearch obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

A week ago, around 40 OUH staff including doctors, midwives, theatre staff, ODPs, nurses and porters from fetal medicine and maternity, obs anaesthetics, paeds anaesthetics, ENT and neonatology came together to ensure the safe delivery of a special little baby.

NHS teamwork at its finest. Well done, team OUH! OUH OUH Maternity OUH Fetal Medicine

Fascinating new paper suggesting that isolated raised UmbA Doppler in normally grown fetuses between 28-34 weeks’ gestation is associated with subsequent development of SGA tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Sam Mathewlynn Angelo Cavallaro Dr Christos Ioannou Mr Lawrence Impey

Extremely interesting paper reporting the encouraging trend of decreased perinatal mortality and severe morbidity following the introduction of a universal 36 week scan in our trust. Worth a read! Mr Lawrence Impey Dr Christos Ioannou Angelo Cavallaro OUH Maternity obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Fascinating article published in The Lancet suggesting the use of CPR at term significantly reduced severe neonatal morbidity compared to fetal growth assessment alone supporting the care pathways currently in place in OUH Maternity thelancet.com/journals/lance…