Navigating pregnancy with obesity

Join us for our webinar in Navigating pregnancy with obesity. This free 2-hour long webinar on Wednesday 20 of August will feature an international panel of experts in ultrasound.

This webinar will take place on Wednesday 20 August 2025, led by Prof. Asma Khalil and Dr Carman Lai and sponsored by General Electric HealthCare.

This course is relevant to obstetrics, sonographers, general practitioners and anyone involved in ultrasound.

This webinar is available to watch on-demand, please find out more on GE HealthCare's website.

Why attend?

This course is free to attend and aimed at anyone who wants to increase their knowledge and understanding in navigating pregnancy with obesity.

Learning objectives:

Understand the maternal and fetal risks associated with obesity in pregnancy, and discuss how these risks impact clinical management and outcomes.
Identify evidence-based interventions to reduce complications in pregnant women with obesity, including lifestyle, medical, and ultrasound-based approaches.
Develop practical skills to optimize first-trimester ultrasound screening and overcome imaging challenges in women with high BMI, including technical adjustments and tips for improved visualization.
Enhance the ability to perform and interpret ultrasound-guided fetal procedures in women with high BMI, improving confidence in managing complex obstetric presentations.

Program

*subject to change

Registration

Date: 20th August 2025

Time: 12:00 - 14:00 BST (UTC+1)

Start time in different time zones

New York	London	Berlin	India	Beijing	Sydney	Brazil
07:00	12:00	13:00	16:30	19:00	21:00	08:00

Please check a world clock website for your own time, for example: https://www.timeanddate.com/

Key speakers

Prof. Asma Khalil (UK) ISUOG Trustee, Honorary Treasurer

Professor of Fetal Medicine, St George’s Hospital, University of London, Director of Fetal Medicine Unit Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Vice-President of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynae, UK

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. 

Dr Carman Wing Sze Lai (Australia) Courses Sub-Committee member

MBBS, MRCOG, FHKCOG, MFM cert (RCOG and RANZCOG)

Dr. Carman Lai received her training in Maternal Fetal Medicine in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. She has worked as an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lai is currently a Maternal Fetal Medicine consultant at Gold Coast University Hospital, where she and her team have established a high-risk obstetric clinic. Her research interests include assessing placental function and using digital technology to improve obstetric outcomes.

Country: Australia

Field: Obstetrics, Maternal Fetal Medicine

Specialties: Fetal anomalies, fetal growth restriction, fetal wellbeing assessment, high risk obstetrics

Languages: English, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)

A/Prof. Conrado Coutinho (Brazil) Clinical Standards Committee member, Courses Sub-Committee member

Prof Conrado Milani Coutinho is Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a senior consultant in Maternal Fetal Medicine. His special interests are in the use of ultrasound for the prediction, prevention, and diagnosis of fetal and placental anomalies, as well as major obstetric syndromes. Prof Coutinho holds MSc and PhD degrees in Tocogynecology from the University of São Paulo and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Fetal Medicine at St. George’s University Hospital, London, UK.

Prof Conrado is a postgraduate supervisor at his institution, president of the Perinatology Committee at the Brazilian Federation of ObGyn (FEBRASGO), associate editor of RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics, and serves on the ISUOG Clinical Standards Committee and Educational Courses Subcommittee.

Country: Brazil

Field: Obstetrics; Ultrasound; Maternal Fetal Medicine

Specialties: Fetal biometry and wellbeing; Maternal and fetal Doppler; Fetal anomaly screening and management; Fetal growth restriction; Multiple pregnancy; Preterm birth prediction and prevention; Placenta accreta spectrum disorders; Infections in pregnancy.

Languages: English; Portuguese; Spanish

Link to social media profile: X: @CoutinhoConrado

Dr Meetan Preet (India) Courses Sub-Committee member

Fetal Imaging specialist and consultant Fetal medicine at Prime Diagnostics center, Chandigarh, India

Dr Meetan Preet, is currently working as a Fetal Imaging specialist and consultant Fetal medicine at Prime Diagnostics center, Chandigarh, India. She has obtained her post doctoral fellowship from Mediscans in Chennai, India under Prof. S. Suresh.

Meetan is also working as a Consultant and Advisor to Medgenome Genetic Labs, India.

She has been a gold medalist during her graduation. She has several publications in national and international journals.

Her special interests include the fetal face and 3D, 4D in field of fetal medicine.

Country: India

Field: Ultrasound; Obstetrics; Fetal Medicine

Specialties: First trimester screening for Anomalies, Fetal biometry and wellbeing; Second trimester Anomaly scan; 3D and 4D in obstetrics; Materno-fetal Dopplers and fetal growth restriction.

Languages: English; Hindi