John Svigos

BIOGRAPHY

CURRENT ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS:
• Associate Professor, Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia
• Member of Faculty of Medicine, University of Udayana, Bali, Indonesia
• Senior Visiting Medical Specialist, Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Adelaide Women’s & Children’s Hospital
• Visiting (Overseas) Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sanglah Hospital , Denpasar
• Consultant and Specialist Medical Officer (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Department of Defence, Central Area, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC)
• Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Women’s Health Specialists, 2nd Floor, 77 King William Road, North Adelaide, South Australia

EDUCATION:
• 1970 MB, BS (Credit) University of Adelaide
• 1973 Dip Obst RCOG United Kingdom (London)
• 1976 MRCOG United Kingdom (London)
• 1978 FAGO Australia (Melbourne)
• 1979 FRACOG Australia (Melbourne)
• 1988 FRCOG United Kingdom (London)
• 1999 FRANZCOG Australia (Melbourne

HONORS AND AWARDS:
• 1976 TG Wilson Travelling Scholarship in Obstetrics, University of Adelaide; South African Council Travelling Scholarship RCOG
• 1985 Silver Jubilee Travelling Scholarship, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia
• 1990 Gold Medal, Federation of Obstetrical & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI)
• 2006 Inaugural Inductee, South Australian Reproductive Medicine Hall of Fame RANZCOG
• 2008 President’s Medal, RANZCOG
• 2010 Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

MEMBERSHIPS:
• Foundation Fellow and Foundation Councillor, RANZCOG
• Diplomate, Member, Fellow, RCOG
• National Association of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (NASOG)
• Medical Insurance Australia Group (MIGA)
• Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ)
• Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia & New Zealand (SOMANZ)
• Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (USA)
• International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (ISPO), Past President
• Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AOFOG)
• Pacific Society of Reproductive Health
• International Federation of Gynaecology & Obstetrics (FIGO)
• New York Academy of Sciences
• Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society (AGES)
• Australian Association of Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons (AAVIS)
• South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association (SASMOA)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Continuing research in substance abuse in pregnancy, development of protocols of obstetric management, preterm labour prediction, multiple pregnancy fetal reduction and selective feticide and management of urinary incontinence.

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