Maternity Unit
Meet the team
Dr Stephen N SturgissConsultant Obstetrician
Mrs Chris WilkinsonDirectorate Manager for Women's Services
Dr Paul AyukConsultant Obstetrician
Professor John M DavisonConsultant Obstetrician
Dr Andrew D LoughneyConsultant Obstetrician
Dr Enid MichaelConsultant Obstetrician
Dr Paul MoranConsultant Obstetrician
Dr Sheila MacphailConsultant Obstetrician
- Consultant Obstetrician
- Tel: 0191 282 5867
- GMC Code: 2716642
- Qualifications: BM PhD FRCOG
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Special Interests
Fetal medicine - ultrasound diagnosis of structural abnormalities and prenatal screening and diagnosis.
High risk obstetrics and monitoring of pregnancy
Support in pregnancies after a pregnancy loss in the 2nd or 3rd trimester
Education and Training
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Biography
Sheila qualified in Southampton and has worked in the North East of England since 1984. She spent 2 years in Toronto training in fetal medicine before being appointed to a consultant post in Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics in Newcastle in 1995.
She provides a diagnostic service for families with an increased risk of known genetic conditions and is experienced in both Chorion Villus Biopsy and Amniocentesis. She is also an assistant medical director of the trust since 2003 with specific responsibility for Education.
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Directorate
Women's Services
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Hospital Base
Royal Victoria Infirmary
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Clinics Provided
Fetal medicine and genetics clinic – Monday 08.30-13.00
Fetal medicine general clinic Monday 13.00-17.00
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Name of Secretary
Barbara Young
Professor Steve RobsonConsultant in Fetal Medicine
- Consultant in Fetal Medicine
- Tel: 0191 2824132
- GMC Code: 2292899
- Qualifications: MBBS MD MRCOG
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Special Interests
Fetal Medicine
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Biography
Subspecialty trained in Maternal and Fetal Medicine (UCL, London). Appointed as Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics at Newcastle University in 1993 and promoted to Professor of Fetal Medicine in 1994. Previously Head of Antenatal Services at NUTH. Currently President of British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society and Chairman of RCOG Academic Committee.
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Directorate
Women's Services
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Hospital Base
Royal Victoria Infirmary
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Clinics Provided
Fetal Medicine (Tuesday – all day every week)
Surgical termination of pregnancy (Wednesday pm)
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Name of Secretary
Sue Convery
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Any other Information
Clinical research interests include the diagnosis and management of fetal anomalies and the screening and prevention of preeclampsia and preterm birth.
Dr Marie SmithConsultant Obstetrician
Dr Susan E TweedieConsultant Obstetrician
Dr Jason WaughConsultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine
- Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine
- Tel: 0191 282 5856
- GMC Code: 3340536
- Qualifications: BSc MBBS DA MRCOG
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Special Interests
Blood pressure complications in pregnancy
Kidney Disease in Pregnancy
Heart Disease in pregnancy
Medical Education
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Biography
Jason trained in maternal medicine in Sheffield, New Zealand and Leicester before working as a consultant in Leicester for 5 years. He is now lead consultant for maternal medicine in Newcastle upon Tyne and has established maternal medicine training programmes for obstetricians in both cities. He has developed the model within NUTH of Specialist clinics for Medical Disorders in Pregnancy allowing women to be seen jointly by an obstetrician and specialist physician at the same visit. The maternal medicine teams philosophy is to provide a seamless transition from pre-pregnancy advice through to postnatal care for all women with pre-existing diseases or who have had pregnancy complications in the past.
As well as publishing books on Maternal Medicine for Midwives his current research interests are hypertension in pregnancy and renal and cardiovascular disease in pregnancy. As well as running funded research projects in this area he has published extensively in these fields and produced national guidelines for the management of pre-eclampsia and renal disease.
He is currently president of the Macdonald UK Obstetric Medicine Society, represents Maternal Medicine on the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society and is a clinical expert for the charity Action on Pre-eclampsia (APEC).
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Directorate
Women's Services
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Hospital Base
Royal Victoria Infirmary
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Clinics Provided
Pre-pregnancy clinic (Weekly - RVI)
Diabetes Pre-pregnancy clinic (Monthly – Newcastle Diabetes Centre on the Campus for Ageing and Vitality (formerly known as Newcastle General Hospital))
Combined Heart Disease and Pregnancy (Monthly - Freeman Hospital's Cardiothoracic Centre)
Medical disorders and high risk pregnancy (Weekly - RVI)
Combined Kidney Disease and Pregnancy (Weekly - Freeman Hospital)
Combined Diabetes and Pregnancy (Weekly - Freeman Hospital)
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Name of Secretary
Lindsey Redhead
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Any other Information
Jason is the training program Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Northern deanery and is the Editor in Chief of The Obstetricians and Gynaecologist (TOG) the Royal College’s Continuing Professional Development Journal.
