Pathology of the Placenta: A Practical Guide

Provides a consensus from internationally recognised experts

Describes best current understanding of human placental pathology

Focuses on human singleton third trimester placenta

Author: T. Yee Khong
Publisher: Springer
Published: 01/10/2019
Pages: 395
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9783319972138

About the Author
Dr. T. Yee Khong, MBChB, MD, MSc, FRCPath, FRCPA, FAMM, GAICD, is a Consultant Pathologist at SA Pathology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia. He qualified in medicine from University of Sheffield, UK and did his pathology training at St George's Hospital Medical School, London and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. He is Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, at the University of Adelaide and a former President of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
Dr. Eoghan Mooney, MBChB, MRCPI, FRCPath, FFPath (RCPI), was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he now lives and works. He is a graduate of the National University of Ireland (University College Dublin). Following pathology training in Dublin and in Duke University, North Carolina, USA he completed his Fellowship in Gynaecologic and Breast pathology in the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC. He has been a consultant pathologist for 17 years, based in the National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent's University Hospital and has published in the area of placental pathology for 20years.
Dr. Peter G.J. Nikkels, MD, PhD, is a staff member in the Department of Pathology, University Hospital Utrecht, the Netherlands. He qualified in medicine from Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands and did his pathology training at the Department of Pathology, University Hospital Groningen, the Netherlands where he became a consultant pathologist. He has published extensively in placental pathology.
Dr. Terry K. Morgan, MD, PhD, completed residency training, a surgical pathology fellowship and cytopathology fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. He is Associate Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, at the Oregon Health & Science University. He is the director of placental pathology and the focus of his research laboratory is to determine how abnormal blood flow to the placenta leads to common maternal pregnancy complications and fetal programming of adult onset disease in theirprogeny.
Dr. Sanne J Gordijn, MD, PhD, completed her residency training inUniversity of Groningen, the Netherlands and is a consultant in obstetrics witha special interest in perinatology. Her research interests are in perinatalautopsy, placental pathology and classification of perinatal mortality.