Welcome to the website of the MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society (the UK obstetric medicine society). We aim to support clinicians across all disciplines to improve pregnancy outcomes for mothers with medical problems. This website seeks to provide guidance and resources, as well as a forum for discussion to encourage the formal expansion of this exciting specialty.
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Latest News

Announcement: ISOM 2022, Toronto, Canada

Published 09/05/2022

Date: September 21-23
Venue: Sheraton Centre Toronto, Canada
Co-hosts: NASOM (North American Society of Obstetric Medicine)

NOTE: This meeting was DELAYED from October 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Abstract Submission is now open! For further infomation click here!

Next Webinar: 25th May ’22 19:30 BST

Published 09/05/2022

Obstetric Medicine: Interactive Cases
25th May 2022 19:30 BST

May 2022: To register click here!

Recordings of the webinars will be available after the event for 4 weeks for anyone! A Zoom link will be available on our Archive Page and circulated on Twitter. The link will expire after 4 weeks.

All videos are available to MOMS members on our Archive Page.

Please contact education@obstetricmedic.org.uk for any problems with registration, queries or comments regarding these webinars.

Professor David Williams, Professor of Obstetric Medicine, Inaugural Lecture

Published 26/04/2022

Professor David Williams, Professor of Obstetric Medicine in the Department of Maternal & Fetal Medicine at the at EGA Institute for Women’s Health/UCL, would like to invite you to his Inaugural Lecture on ‘Obstetric Medicine: 9 months of care for the sick mother giving a lifetime of health for the family’.

Thursday 5th May at 5.30 pm, Darwin Building, B40 Lecture Theatre, University College London

This will be followed by a drinks reception in the South Cloisters, Wilkins Building from 6.30 pm.

To register and sign up for this event please go to the Eventbrite Link – Professor David Williams, Inaugural Lecture



Professor David Williams Inaugural Lecture
‘Obstetric Medicine: 9 months of care for the sick mother giving a lifetime of health for the family’


Professor David Williams is a consultant obstetric physician who specialises in the medical care of pregnant women. His research group investigates the causes and treatment of pregnancy syndromes.

In his clinical role he leads multi-disciplinary obstetric clinics with specialists from neurology, rheumatology, inflammatory bowel disease and cancer. His particular expertise is in the management of pregnant women with kidney disease and hypertension.

His research team investigates the causes and treatment of gestational syndromes including pre-eclampsia and acute fatty liver of pregnancy, and placental inflammation causing recurrent pregnancy loss. He has developed the concept that pregnancy syndromes unmask future health disorders in the mother and her family. His group are funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), UCL/UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, Wellbeing of Women and the Rosetrees Trust.

Professor Williams led the NICE guidelines for the management of medical disorders during childbirth and hypertension in pregnancy. He is chairman of the Wellbeing of Women Charity Research Advisory Committee that annually awards over £1million of grant money for women’s health. He is a member of the UK Independent Advisory Group on maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.

Most recently he has worked as part of a national team to implement new clinical maternal medicine networks throughout the UK. Locally, he leads the North Central London maternal medicine network. Most importantly, he trains obstetric physicians of the future.

Next MOMS Webinar: 29th March ’22 19:30 BST

Published 23/03/2022

Exercise in Pregnancy: can there be too much of a good thing?’
29th March 2022 19:30 BST

March 2022: To register click here!

Recordings of the webinars will be available after the event for 4 weeks for anyone! A Zoom link will be available on our Archive Page and circulated on Twitter. The link will expire after 4 weeks.

All videos are available to MOMS members on our Archive Page.

[UPDATE 5th Apr 2022] Recording now available for members here

Please contact education@obstetricmedic.org.uk for any problems with registration, queries or comments regarding these webinars.

APEC: Webinar on PlGF Testing

Published 21/02/2022

Action on Pre-Eclampsia are hosting a free webinar on PlGF testing.
Click on “Continue reading” below for more details!

[ADDENDUM: April 2022] Did you miss this? View the recording via our Training hub under “Other Resources (Webinars & Podcasts)” and explore for more free learning!

Join our FREE Webinar on PlGF testing.

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