Our Faculty
Director, Monash Ultrasound for Women
Consultant Sonologist, Mercy Hospital for Women Melbourne
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Professor Simon Meagher was born and raised in Dublin Ireland. He attended medical school in Dublin, speciality training (Ob&Gyn) in London and subspeciality training in Ob/Gyn ultrasound in Melbourne Australia. Professor Meagher is the medical director of Monash Ultrasound for Women and oversees a staff of 50 providing a wide range of tertiary Ob&Gyn ultrasound services across South East Melbourne. He is a consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist at the Mercy Hospital for Women.
BSc (Hons), MB BCh BAO, FRCPI, FRCOG, FRANZCOG, DDU, COGU
Present Appointments:
◦ ISUOG Head of Courses committee
◦ ISUOG Ambassador to Asia and Pacific region
◦ ISUOG International faculty of speakers
◦ ISUOG Online education committee
◦ ISUOG VISUOG committee
◦ Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
◦ Medical Director, Monash Ultrasound for Women
◦ Honorary Lecturer Lecturer Monash University
Past Appointments:
◦ Chairman Standards of Practice Committee, Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
◦ Council Member, Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM)
◦ Board Member, Diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound (DDU) Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
◦ Examiner for Diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound (DDU), Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
◦ Board Director, Monash Ultrasound for Women (Monash IVF Group, Australia)
◦ Chairman Melbourne (Victorian) Obstetric Sonologists
Education:
Delivered over 700 guest lectures in 45 cities worldwide
Awarded ‘Sonologist of the Year’ by the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine in recognition of his teaching skills and his commitment and contribution to education worldwide.
Over 80 publications in peer review journals and textbook chapters relating to first-trimester screening and diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis and gynaecological ultrasound.
Publications:
Simon Meagher (researchgate.net)
94 Publications.
Citations 1115.
Research Interest Score 591.
h-index 16
PhD, GradCert Clin Epi, MBBS
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy
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A/Prof Lisa Hui is an obstetrician with subspecialist qualifications in maternal fetal medicine. She completed her clinical training in obstetrics and gynaecology in Sydney and performed her PhD research at the Mother Infant Research Institute in Boston before moving to Melbourne in 2013. She has clinical appointments at the Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, and The Northern Hosptial, Epping, and is Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne. In 2016 she was awarded an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and a Sylvia Charles Viertel Clinical investigatorship. She is a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Women's Health Committee, RANZCOG
Maternal Fetal Medicine subcommittee, and the Victorian Consultative Committee on Obstetric and Paediatric Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth subcommittee. She also serves in senior editorial roles with the scientific journals Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Prenatal Diagnosis
MBBS BSc MD MRCOG FRANZCOG
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | RPA · Department of Women and Babies
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As a specialist in maternal and foetal medicine, Professor Jon Hyett looks after pregnancies that have a high risk of complication - either for the mother, or for the foetus.
Professor Hyett has worked at RPA for five years, having trained in obstetrics, maternal and foetal medicine in the UK before working in Australia. At Royal Prince Alfred, he leads a research group which has a strong clinical focus and a continual dedication to research to maintain the highest standards of obstetric care.
The group’s main research interest is to predict risk of pregnancy complication, either at an early stage (12 weeks), or immediately before delivery (at 36 weeks).
The group is currently working on a way to predict the risk of pre-eclampsia, a disease harmful to both the mother and foetus. If a risk is found at 12 weeks’ pregnancy, simple treatments like aspirin may prevent the onset of this disease.
Professor Hyett’s team is also leading the way in Australia with non-intrusive ways to screen pregnant women. A simple blood test can be used to define the foetus’ blood group by testing minute amounts of foetal DNA found in the mother. The group is on the cusp of a breakthrough by testing how this method may be used to screen for Down Syndrome, and other complications, at as early as 10 weeks into a pregnancy.
Through a National Health and Medical Research Council grant, the group is also studying the effect of rotating babies that are badly positioned during labour to reduce the rate of caesarean sections.
High risk obstetrics is a rewarding and diverse speciality for Professor Hyett who is constantly kept busy with the range of research needs this field demands.
MBBS (Hons I) MRMed FRANZCOG
Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Repromed
Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics, SA Pathology
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Dr. Tristan Hardy is a consultant at Repromed and is undertaking training in genetic pathology at SA Pathology. His major interest is in the application of genomic technologies to all areas of reproductive and fetal medicine.
He has undertaken research in optimising preimplantation genetic testing for single gene disorders using next generation sequencing technology, and has a subspecialty clinic at Repromed with Dr. Jan Liebelt (Clinical Geneticist) reviewing patients who require preimplantation genetic testing.
He also consults to the Maternal Fetal Medicine Department at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide for issues relating to prenatal diagnosis and follow up of stillbirth and fetal abnormalities
MBBCH, MD, MRCOG, MSC(EPI), DFSRH, DIP(GUM)
Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
St George’s University Hospital
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Asma Khalil is a Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine at St George’s Hospital, University of London. She gained her MD at the University of London in 2009. She also has a Masters degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an MRC scholarship. She is a subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine. Asma is the Lead for the Twin and Multiple Pregnancy service at St George’s Hospital. She also leads the Reproductive Health Research Group at St George’s Hospital.
She has published more than 300 peer reviewed papers, and many published review articles and chapters. She was awarded many research prizes, both at national and international meetings. Her research interests include twin pregnancy, fetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
She is passionate about innovation. She is the inventor of the HAMPTON, which is an award-winning digital innovation which enables pregnant women to monitor their blood pressure safely at home. She is a National Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow.
She is committed to the implementation of clinical guidelines in practice and believes that they could reduce inequalities in care across the NHS. She had a three year Fellowship with NICE and has been a member of the NICE Clinical Standards and Expert Advisor to the NICE Centre for Clinical guidelines.
She is an Editor for the Ultrasound on obstetrics and Gynecology Journal. She works closely with the Twins trust Charity and together has set up the world-first Twins Trust Centre for Research and Clinical Excellence at St George’s Hospital.
BSc(Hons), GDipGenetCouns, PhD, MHGSA
Monash Ultrasound For Women genetic counselling department
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Monash Ultrasound For Women genetic counselling department is lead by Dr Melody Menezes (BSc(Hons), GDipGenetCouns, PhD, MHGSA). Melody received her Doctorate of Philosophy in Medicine in 2011, studying fetal development and medicine, and genetic counselling.
Melody’s studies at The University of Melbourne also included her Graduate Diploma in Genetic Counselling (2007). Her undergraduate study at The University of Guelph Ontario, Canada saw her achieve Honours, majoring in molecular biology and genetics (2005).
Melody has held a position as Post-doctoral Research Officer at both the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (Genetics Education and Health Research department) and the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service (Genetic Health Research). She has worked as Associate Genetic
Counsellor at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne and is in her 6th year as lecturer at The University of Melbourne, educating both undergraduates and masters students.
Melody’s role as an educator extends to national and international conferences and she has several publications in medical and counselling journals.
Of special interest to Melody is ethics in medicine, and prenatal screening and testing.
MSc, MD, PhD
Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Monash Medical Centre
Former Research Fellow of The Fetal Medicine Foundation
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Dr Rolnik completed his Obstetrics and Gynaecology training at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. He then went on to work with Professor Kypros Nicolaides and undertook the Diploma in Fetal Medicine at the Fetal Medicine Foundation in London.
During this time, Dr Rolnik became involved in the ASPRE trial, a large scale randomised trial investigating the role of low dose aspirin in preventing pre-eclampsia in the context of a large first trimester screening program. The findings from this study, published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, have the potential to lead to a paradigm shift not only in the prevention of pre-eclampsia, but also in the way antenatal care is delivered.
Dr Rolnik is currently working as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow at Monash Medical Centre