GAZETTE


Fellows’ admission


ceremony – 25 September 2015


The President had the privilege of admitting five Fellows ad eundem and 124 new Fellows during an admission ceremony held at the College on Friday 25 September.


Fellowship ad eundem is awarded to people who are not members of the College, but who have contributed to the advancement of the science or practice of O&G and whom Council considers have furthered the interests of the specialty. The five Fellows ad eundem admitted in September were:


Eardley Holland Gold Medal


Also awarded at the September Fellows’ admission ceremony was the Eardley Holland Gold Medal. This medal is awarded to a Fellow or Member of the College for original work of outstanding merit in the science of obstetrics and gynaecology, or for outstanding work as a practitioner or teacher of such sciences, or for the authorship of literary work or work upon such sciences. The recipient of this award for 2015 is Professor Kyprianos Nicolaides FRCOG. Prof Nicolaides is a world expert


Professor Bart Fauser


Professor Bissallah Ekele


in fetal surgery and interventions. His research with Professor Stuart Campbell and Professor Charles Rodeck in the 1980s produced some very important papers on the use of fetoscopy in the management of a wide range of conditions such Rhesus iso-immunisation, fetal hydrops and intrauterine growth restriction, and procedures such as blood and tissue sampling in the diagnosis of single gene defects. Professor Nicolaides then pursued all blood sampling procedures by taking blood from the placental cord insertion, popularising the term ‘cordocentesis’. The technique was initially pioneered in France in 1983 by Fernand Daffos,


Professor Ashley Moffett Professor Philippa Saunders


Professor Kyprianos Nicolaides FRCOG


but Nicolaides developed the single operator method and soon investigated many aspects of fetal physiology and pathophysiology such as fetal blood gases and acid–base status; correlations between fetal blood gases and Doppler; fetal metabolism, fetal endocrinology, fetal immunology, fetal hematology and fetal biochemistry in diabetic pregnancies. His research in prenatal diagnosis covers a wide span of topics extending into the many realms of prenatal ultrasonography, cytogenetic studies and Doppler velocimetry. The ‘lemon’ and ‘banana’ signs in spina bifida which he described in 1986 are simple and yet the most important ultrasonic signs in the detection of this condition. Prof Nicolaides’ studies on the


Professor Yves Ville


You can read about their pioneering work on the RCOG website at:


http://bit.ly/1MX4Tz6


relationship between fetal abnormalities and chromosome defects, and other data on nuchal translucency, for example, remain the most significant data on these subjects. In 1992, he began a series of studies on the measurement of nuchal translucency in the first-trimester fetus, a project which he carried on for eight years and which has transformed the way obstetrics is practised in many parts of the world.


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