Overview

Dr. Mona Aboulghar is based in the Fetal Medicine Unit of Cairo University - Cairo, Egypt. She specialises in ultrasound and fetal medicine, first and second trimester scanning , gynecological ultrasound in infertility and ART.

Relevant publications:

The use of vaginal natural progesterone for prevention of preterm birth in IVF/ICSI pregnancies. 
Aboulghar MM, Aboulghar MA, Amin YM, Al-Inany HG, Mansour RT, Serour GI.
Reprod Biomed Online. 2012 Aug;25(2):133-8. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.03.013.

13-14-week fetal anatomy scan: a 5-year prospective study.
Ebrashy A, El Kateb A, Momtaz M, El Sheikhah A, Aboulghar MM, Ibrahim M, Saad M.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;35(3):292-6. doi: 10.1002/uog.7444.

Country: Egypt

Field: Obstetrics/Gynecology

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening 1st trimester and 2nd trimester; fetal biometry and wellbeing; fetal anomalies screening; aneuploidy screening; fetal anomalies; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; multiple pregnancy; 3D & 4D ultrasound; early pregnancy; gynecological ultrasound; reproductive medicine; preterm delivery; fetal growth. 

Languages: English; Arabic

Dr Gihad CHALOUHI is the co-founder of SFFERe Centers (Spécialistes Fœtus Femme Enceinte et Reproduction) specialized centers in women’s Health. He is a senior consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital in Paris. His special interests are fetal surgery and imaging technologies including, prenatal ultrasound, fetal MRI, Twins, ultrasound education and the use of simulation in the latest. Gihad completed a PhD in feto-placental functional MRI with distinction (Paris Descartes University – Paris).

He created the first regional fetal surgery center in Lebanon (Middle-East), and successfully performed the first fetoscopic treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and other fetal pathologies, in the region.

Gihad is an ISUOG international faculty and has been involved in many committees and task forces of ISUOG. He recently was the chair of ISUOG’s Basic Training subcommittee for six years and contributed to finalizing its theoretical (lectures and online) and practical program as well as its certification. Gihad also serves on a regular basis as an expert in the French ultrasound College (CFEF; collège Français d’échographie Fœtale) and for the National Agency for Biomedicine, as well as for international research projects. 

Country: France

Field: Obstetrics; Imaging; Fetal Medicine; Fetal Surgery

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; Fetal surgery; fetal anomalies; fetal interventional procedures; multiple pregnancy; ultrasound education; simulation in ultrasound training

Languages: English; French; Arabic

Prof. Asma Khalil is a Professor of Fetal Medicine. She is the Obstetric Lead at the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA). She gained her MD at the University of London in 2008.   

Prof. Asma Khalil has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers, and many published review articles and chapters. She was awarded many research prizes, both at national and international meetings. She was awarded the 2021 FIGO Women's Awards: Recognising Female Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Her research interests include twin pregnancy, congenital infections, fetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.  

She had a fellowship with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).  committed to the implementation of clinical guidelines in practice. She is the Lead author of the ISUOG guideline on the role of ultrasound in twins and congenital infections. She also led the guideline team developing the FIGO guideline on twin pregnancies. She was a member of the NICE Guideline Committee updating the Twin and Multiple Pregnancy guidance.