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medical journals and has participated with more than 350 presentations in medical congresses. Dr Sifakis is a member of the Board of Hellenic Society in Perinatal Medicine. His research has been awarded several times, and is focused on the aetiopathogenesis of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction, antenatal diagnosis of rare genetic syndromes, and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis by the use of free fetal DNA and fetal cells in the maternal

University. Vrachnis has 35+ publications in peer-reviewed journals; he wrote or edited 8 books and 20+ chapters in books; over 200 presentations at national and international meetings. He is in charge of Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course, Greece, and is a member of ALSO (UK) and ALSO (USA) Advisory Faculties. He recently developed a handson Advanced Life Support in Gynecology (ALSG) course. Currently he is a President of Hellenic Society of Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergency and a member of the board of Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

circulation and the endocervical canal.

Dr Sifakis is a consultant in Obstetrics & Gynecology, and a Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. He was trained for three years in Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine at the University of Connecticut, CT, USA, and at the Kings' College Hospital, London, UK. He has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed

Nikolaos Vrachnis completed Ob/Gyn training in United Kingdom (UK) in 2001. He received postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, Cardiff University, UK, and in 2005 completed his thesis, "Inflammation and preterm labor", at the Athens University Medical School. He currently works as a Lecturer, "Obstetrics-Gynecology and Fetal-Maternal Medicine", at the same
