Professor Basky Thilaganathan

Basky Thilaganathan is Director of Fetal Medicine at St George’s Hospital, London. He has authored over 450 publications with a major interest is placental dysfunction leading to pre-eclampsia, growth restriction and stillbirth (TED talk: http://bit.ly/2i1SqDk). He led on the algorithm-based screening at St Georges which has led to an 80% reduction in preterm pre-eclampsia and a 30% reduction in perinatal death (https://vimeo.com/rcog/authorinsights16361). He is the Clinical Director of the Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement (https://vimeo.com/638468663/23d205d029) located at the RCOG and is Editor Emeritus of  Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology . He represents the RCOG on the UK National Screening Committee and the DH Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle oversight committee. The unit he leads was recently covered in a TV series https://rb.gy/awdjf and the Times magazine https://rb.gy/votfy

Pregnancy ultrasound, Fetal medicine