Miss Kasia Maksym

Born in Warsaw, Poland, Miss Maksym attended Warsaw Medical University, graduating as a physician in 1999. Soon after completing an internship, she started her speciality training in the Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Warsaw Medical university, at Duchess Anna Mazowiecka’s Hospital, with a special interest in Maternal and Fetal medicine.

After moving to the UK, Miss Maksym spent some time as Research Fellow in Harris Birthright Centre at Kings College Hospital, mastering her ultrasound skills. Appointed as Speciality Doctor at University College London Hospital in 2014 in their Maternal and Fetal Assessment Unit, she became active in audit and research studies addressing high risk pregnancy management. She has presented work at several conferences and professional meetings. Teaching, in the form of lectures and seminars as well as everyday bedside practical work with students, is a prominent part of her professional activity.

In 2017 she took on the role of Maternal and Fetal Medicine Research Fellow at the Fetal Medicine Unit of University College London Hospital, with a special interest in intrauterine growth restriction. She is a member of EVERREST Consortium, an international group developing treatment for fetuses affected by early onset severe intrauterine growth restriction. She is nearing completion of her PhD at University College London, concentrating on biophysical and molecular changes of the maternal-placental-fetal circulation and placentation in pregnancies affected by intrauterine growth restriction. In 2022 she was appointed Consultant in Obstetrics at University College London Hospital.