Mr Tom Bourne Ph.D., FRCOG

In 2006 I was made a Reader in Acute Gynaecology and Gynaecological Ultrasonography at St Georges University of London.Previously I was chairman of the European society for endosonography in gynaecology and obstetrics (ESEGO). In 2005 was went onto the board of the Association of Early Pregnancy Units. In 2006 I was elected onto the board of the International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG) having served on the scientific and meetings committees and developed the programme for its scientific meeting . In 2006 I co-hosted the world congress of obstetrics and gynaecology with Kypros Nicolaides (almost 2000 registrants).In 2006 I have been invited to speak at FIGO and ESHRE as well as the RCOG. My clinical fellows have spoken at FIGO, ISUOG, ESHRE, Blair Bell and ASUM meetings. Previously I have been an invited speaker at the national ultrasound meetings in Australia, Sweden, UK, Canada, Brazil and numerous others. I have given lectures at hospital throughout the world by invitation.I am a medical advisor to the ectopic pregnancy trust. I have longstanding international collaborations with the University of Leuven and Oslo. I have been asked to peer review articles for several journals and was previously on the editorial board of "Ultrasound in Obstetrics and gynaecology"

I am currently supervisor for the MD thesis of 2 clinical fellows and 1 clinical lecturer. One will submit in January 2007 (final draft now), the others in Summer of 2007. I have 2 other clinical fellows starting research projects currently. I have supervised peer reviewed publications for over 19 SpR's or clinical fellows. I am on the steering committee of the IOTA international ovarian tumour analysis trial looking at over 1000 ovarian masses. I am also on the steering committes for the internation trial on pregnancies of unknown location (IPULA) and am currently about to start a European collaboration on the role of high definition imiaging in O& G as well as on early fetal growth. We have a coherant research programme in relation to the management of early of early pregnancy complications. We have a particular interest in the management of pregnancies of unknown location and ectopic pregnancy as well as several other aspects of the use of ultrasound in gynaecology.All these trials involve the development of protocols and overseeing publications and research technique for other colleagues. I have a lead role in a collaboration between St Georges and the University of Leuven Depts of Biostatistics and Gynaecology. This involves the generation of ideas and supervision of projects. In 2006-7 this has generated several peer reviewed papers in International Journals

Publications

Books:

The early pregnancy unit handbook
Ed: Bourne T.H and Condous G
Informa Healthcare 2006

A comprehensive guide to the management of early pregnancycomplications

Peer reviewed papers:

The practical application of a mathematical model to predict the outcome of pregnancies of unknown location (PULs)
Kirk E, Condous G, Haider Z, Lu C, Van Huffel S, Timmerman D, Bourne T
Ultrasound Obstets Gynecol, 2006; 113: 251-256

Do early pregnancy ultrasound measurements correlate with fetal
nuchal translucency at 11-14 weeks?
Prefumo F, Condous G, Kirk E, Thilaganathan B, Bourne T
Ultrasound Obstets Gynecol, 2006; 27: 628-631

The non-surgical management of ectopic pregnancy
Kirk E, Condous G, Bourne T
Ultrasound Obstets Gynecol, 2006; 26: 91-100

The use of ultrasound based “soft markers” for the prediction of pelvic pathology in women with chronic pelvic pain — can we reduce the need for laparoscopy?
Okaro E, Condous G, Khalid A, Timmerman D, Ameye L, Van Huffel S, Bourne T
BJOG, 2006; 27: 311-315

Predicting the outcome of pregnancies of unknown location: Bayesian networks with expert prior information compared with logistic regression.
Gevaert O, De Moor B, De Smet F, Kirk E, Van Calster B, Bourne T, Van Huffel S, Moreau Y, Timmerman D, Condous G.
Human Reproduction, 2006; 21 (7): 1824-1831

Failing pregnancies of unknown location: a prospective evaluation of the human chorionic gonadotrophin ratio.
Condous G, Kirk E, Haider Z, Van Calster B, Van Huffel S, Timmerman D, Bourne T
BJOG, 2006; 113: 521-527

The conservative management of cervical ectopic pregnancies.
Kirk E, Condous G, Haider Z, Syed A, Ojha K, Bourne T
Ultrasound Obstets Gynecol, 2006; 27: 430-437

There is no role for uterine curettage in the contemporarydiagnostic workup of women with a pregnancy of unknown location
Condous G, Kirk E, Lu C, Van Calster B, Van Huffel S, Timmerman D, Bourne T
Human Reproduction, 2006; 21: 2706-2710

The impact of the availability of ultrasonography in the acutegynaecology unit
Haider Z, Condous G, Khalid A, Kirk A, Mukri F, Van Calster B, Timmerman D,Bourne T
Ultrasound Obstets Gynecol, 2006; 28: 207-213

Transvaginal sonographic diagnosis of appendicitis in acute pelvic pain
Haider Z, Condous G, Ahmed S, Kirk E, Bourne T
J Ultrasound Med, 2006; 25 (9): 1243-1244

Hyperemesis gravidarum: is an ultrasound scan necessary?
Kirk E, Papageorghiou A.T, Condous G, Bottomley C, Bourne T
Human Reproduction, 2006; 21 (9): 2440-2442

Pregnancies of unknown location: Consensus statement
Condous G, Jurkovic D, Timmerman D, Goldstein S, Valentin L, Bourne T
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2006; 28: 121-122

The validation of the most commonly used protocol for the treatment of ectopic pregnancy with single dose methotrexate
Kirk E, Condous G, Van Calster B,Haider Z, Van Huffel S, Timmerman D, Bourne T
Human Reproduction, 2006; 22(3):858-863.

Prospective cross-validation of three methods of predicting failing pregnancies of unknown location
Condous G, Van Calster B, Kirk E, Timmerman D, Van Huffel S, Bourne T
Human Reproduction, 2006; Epub ahead of print

The accuracy of first trimester ultrasound in the diagnosis of Hydatidiform mole
Kirk E, Papageorghiou A, Condous G, Bottomley C, Bourne T
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 2007; 29: 70-75

The outpatient management of Bartholin’s abscess: an evaluation of the Word catheter
Haider Z, Condous G, Kirk E, Bourne T
ANZJOG,2007; 47: 135-138