Safety Committee

Dr Federico Prefumo, MD, PhD, is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the University Hospital of Brescia, Italy. Dr Prefumo has previously worked at the Giannina Gaslini Institute in Genova, Italy and in the Fetal Medicine Unit at St. George's Hospital, London, UK. His main interests are in the field of high-risk obstetrics, maternal-fetal medicine, fetal therapy and prenatal diagnosis. He has also worked on endometriosis and gynecological imaging. Dr Prefumo is an Editor of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. For the years 2011-2012 and 2015-2017, he has been elected Vice-President of the Italian Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIEOG).

Country: Italy

Field: Obstetrics

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; aneuploidies; fetal anomalies; fetal heart; fetal brain; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; fetal interventional procedures; multiple pregnancy; preeclampsia; preterm delivery; ultrasound on the labour ward

Languages: English; French; Italian

Dr Stefania Carlucci is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the University Hospital of Foggia, Italy. She graduated in Medicine and Surgery and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Foggia. She was a Research Fellow at the Fetal Medicine Foundation, where she was actively involved in clinical research. She holds a Level II Master’s degree in Maternal-Fetal Medicine from the University of Turin and previously worked as a Fetal Medicine specialist at the Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo in Trieste.

She is a member of the Second Trimester Committee of the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SIEOG), where she is actively involved in educational activities. She holds the Italian National Academic Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) for Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is a member of the Editorial Board of a scientific journal.

Country: Italy

Field: Obstetrics, Fetal Medicine & advanced imaging, Maternal medicine

Specialties: fetal anomaly assessment in the first and second trimester, maternal and fetal Doppler; preeclampsia; fetal growth, fetal anomalies, fetal echocardiography.

Languages: Italian, English

Dr Piero Miloro is a Senior Delivery Manager at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UK, where he has worked since 2015. He is responsible for a portfolio of medical ultrasound calibration services delivered in accordance with relevant IEC and BSI standards, including hydrophone calibration, acoustic power measurement, and field and acoustic output characterisation. These services generate annual revenues in excess of £800,000 and operate under ISO/IEC 17025, with several holding external accreditation. He leads a team of eight scientists and engineers, manages the associated measurement facilities, and is responsible for quality and health and safety within the service area.

Dr Miloro has over a decade of experience in ultrasound metrology and safety. He serves on the Safety Committee of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and the Safety Group of the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS), and has contributed to international safety guidance and working groups, including activities with the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB). He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, with over 1,100 citations, and his work has contributed to the development of evidence-based guidance supporting the safe use of diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound worldwide.

Country: UK

Field: Physics and Engineering

Specialties: Safety of Medical Ultrasound

Languages: English, Italian

Dr Ioannis Papastefanou is an Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Sub-specialist in Fetal and Maternal Medicine and a Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London. He is Editor for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, ISUOG and a member of the ISUOG Safety Committee. On the clinical front his active clinical special interests include all aspects of fetal - maternal medicine and ultrasound scanning; prenatal diagnosis of genetic conditions and fetal anomalies; prediction and management of fetal growth restriction; prediction and prevention of stillbirth; prediction, prevention and management pre-eclampsia; non-invasive and invasive prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy.

He studied medicine at the University of Patras Greece; he holds two Master degrees; he obtained his PhD on the role of the 3D ultrasound scan for the prediction of pre-eclampsia and growth restriction from the Medical School at the University of Athens, Greece; he was a Research Fellow at the Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine at King’s College; he has been involved in a number of research projects in collaboration with the Fetal Medicine Foundation and the Fetal Medicine Research Institute, King’s College Hospital, London, UK.

Ioannis has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals in the field of maternal and fetal medicine. His research output involves, preterm birth, prenatal diagnosis, gestational diabetes, placental disease, pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction, prediction models for pregnancy complications and precision medicine applied in obstetrics. Committed to the effort for improving obstetric care, he currently collaborates with the Fetal Medicine Foundation to develop person-oriented care that prevents neonatal mortality and morbidity. Ioannis is devoted in improving maternal and fetal health, through applied clinical research, educational programs and individual advocacy. 

Country: Greece

Field:  Fetal and Maternal Medicine; Advanced Fetal Imaging; Obstetrics

Specialties: Fetal assessment first, second and third trimesters; Fetal biometry and wellbeing; Fetal anomalies screening; Aneuploidy screening; Intrauterine and fetal interventional procedures; Fetal cardiac scanning; Early fetal cardiac assessment; Fetal neurosonography; Fetal MRI; Fetal growth restriction; Maternal and fetal Doppler; Multiple pregnancy; Preeclampsia; Preterm delivery; Fetal and neonatal growth abnormalities;

Languages: English; Greek

Prof. Gail ter Haar took her first degree in Physics from Oxford University. Following a Master's degree in Medical Physics from Aberdeen University, she studied for her PhD in Physics at Guy's Hospital, in London. She also holds a D.Sc. in clinical medicine from Oxford.  Until recently, Gail led the Therapy Ultrasound Group in the Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, UK.  She now has honorary positions at the ICR, University College, London (in Mechanical Engineering) and the Nuffield Department of Surgery in Oxford.

Gail's research interests have always lain primarily in understanding the way in which medical ultrasound interacts with tissue, especially the physical mechanisms involved in producing bio-effects (primarily heating & acoustic cavitation) with a view to understanding its safety when used in diagnosis, and to harnessing these effects for therapeutic benefit.  Most recently her research has concentrated on developing devices and protocols for ultrasound based treatments of cancer. Her pre-clinical work encompasses the use of therapy ultrasound for immune stimulation, for blood brain barrier disruption, and the combination of therapy ultrasound with other therapeutic modalities, including radiotherapy.  She has an ongoing interest in ensuring the safety of diagnostic ultrasound and has served as the chair of the safety committees of EFSUMB and WFUMB.  She was actively involved in drawing up and revising safe use guidelines for these committees and for WFUMB.