The Ian Donald Gold Medal is awarded once a year to an individual who has made a significant scientific contribution to the advancement of diagnostic ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and who has changed the way ultrasound is practiced through research or innovation.

Professor Davor Jurkovic is a professor of gynaecology and director of the gynaecology diagnostic and outpatient treatment unit at University College Hospital, London. He is an internationally recognised expert in gynaecological and early pregnancy ultrasound. He has published extensively on these topics and has edited five books. He has helped to develop and run the RCOG training programmes in gynaecological ultrasound, acute gynaecology and early pregnancy. He is also a founding member of the educational charity Focus on Gynaecology. In 2020 he was awarded Ian Donald Gold Medal by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology for his contribution to the advancement of diagnostic ultrasound through research and innovation. 

Country: UK 

Specialties: Gynaecology and Gynaecology diagnostic and treatment unit and Early pregnancy unit 

Languages: English; Croatian 

2020 Gold Medal Award article

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Major research interest: Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasound

More than 250 scientific publications

Invited speaker at more than 100 scientific meetings since 2005

Teacher at more than 100 national and international courses

Course organizer of more than 40 postgraduate courses in ultrasound

Editor of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005 – 2011

Honorary officer of numerous scientific associations and committees

One of the founders of the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) and International

Endometrial Tumor Analysis (IETA) collaborations

Fellow ad eundum of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)

Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2022

Received the Ian Donald Gold Medal 2019. The Ian Donald Gold Medal is awarded once a year to an individual who has made outstanding scientific contribution to the advancement of diagnostic ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and who has changed the way ultrasound is practiced through research or innovation.

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