Qualifications
- Medical School: Middlesex Hospital Medical School
- Qualification: MB BS
- Date of award: 1988
- Professional College: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Qualification: MRCOG - Member Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Date of award: 1993
- Professional College: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Qualification: FRCOG - Fellow Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Date of award: 2007
- Other degree or qualification: University of Oxford
- Qualification: BA - Bachelor of Arts
- Date of award: 1985
Awards and Prizes
RSM/ Society of Authors Asher prize for best new medical textbook 1999
Professional profile
Former Assistant Master at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
Subspecialty Training Director in Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Advisor to WHO
Author: Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Blackwell Science) currently in second edition. bestselling undergraduate textbook in the field and Asher Prize Winner
Private practice in pregnancy care and ultrasound
Clinical Excellence Award
Local: Level 1
Professional affiliations and memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Member of British Maternal Fetal Medicine Society
- Member of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research interests
Aetiology of neonatal handicap, particularly the role of labour
Fetal monitoring
Breech preentation
Prevention of preterm delivery
Summary of recent publications
Text Books
- Author(s): L. Impey and T. Child, Title: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Year: 2008, Publisher: Blackwell Wiley
Personal profile
I am married, and have one daughter and one son.
