DrMaya Al-Memar

Maya Al-Memar qualified from Imperial College London, School of Medicine in 2007. She completed basic clinical training in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital before being appointed to the North West Thames Deanery Obstetrics and Gynaecology programme in 2009. She became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in November 2012.

In October 2013, she deferred her clinical training commencing a PhD programme at Imperial College London (Division of Surgery and Cancer, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Hammersmith Hospital) under the supervision of Professor Tom Bourne and Professor Phillip Bennett. Her PhD is based on a large clinical study, the EPOS Study, which has involved longitudinal follow up of over 1000 pregnancies from early in the first trimester. During her PhD, she was appointed as the Tommy's fellow at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea hospital at the National Centre for Miscarriage Research. She is also a member of the trial steering committee for the Mife-Miso Trial.

Maya is currently in the writing up phase of her PhD and continues her research work both in the early pregnancy field and gynaecology. She continues to develop interest in ultrasound based diagnostics in early pregnancy and gynaecology and biomarker discovery. She is one of the Principal Investigators of the IOTA-7 study in the UK.