Team
Ms Ashwini Bilagi
Ms Ashwini Bilagi is a consultant in Fetal Medicine and Maternal Medicine at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBH). She is the clinical lead for the management of multiple pregnancies and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. She is in charge of multidisciplinary meetings for high-risk obstetric cases at SWBH. She is the research lead for obstetrics for the trust and the senior academic tutor for Aston Medical students. She is an external reviewer for the perinatal mortality and morbidity for our local maternity and neonatal network. Her present positions have enabled her to be a senior member of a team that provides the full range of specialist services within maternity care whilst also having an active involvement in teaching and research. She is the research lead for Obstetrics and has supervised an MD student from Aston University. She has extensive experience in the management of multiple pregnancies, complex Fetal medicine conditions and high-risk obstetrics. She maintains a keen interest in teaching and regularly conducts simulation training and OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) sessions for medical students.
Qualifications & Experience
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MB BS, RGUHS India 2003
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Diploma in faculty of family planning 2007
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MRCOG (2009)
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MSc by research from the University of Birmingham (2017)
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CCST in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (2018)
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Subspecialist Accreditation in Maternal & Fetal Medicine (2018)
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Consultant in Fetal Medicine & Maternal Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (since 2018)
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Clinical lead for multiple pregnancy and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (since 2018)
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Senior academy tutor (SATe) in obstetrics and gynaecology for the University of Birmingham (from 2021 to 2023)
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Lead for high-risk Obstetrics multidisciplinary meetings at SWBH (since 2019)
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External examiner for perinatal mortality and morbidity for black country LMNS (since 2022)
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Senior academy tutor (SATu) in obstetrics and gynaecology for Aston University (since 2023)
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MD project co-supervisor, Aston University (since 2021)
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Lead for Obstetric Research, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (since 2021)
Publications
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Buruiana, F., Bilagi, A. (2023). Cervical Cancer in Pregnancy. In: Singh, K., Gupta, B. (eds) Case-Based Gynecological Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/978-3-031-36179-1_28
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Parris, D., Arrifin, N., Bilagi, A. (2023). Management of Gynaecological Malignancies in Pregnancy: Borderline Ovarian Tumor, Ovarian Cancer. In: Singh, K., Gupta, B. (eds) Case-Based Gynecological Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/978-3-031-36179-1_26
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Bilagi A, Burke DL, Riley RD, Mills I, Kilby MD, Morris RK. Association of maternal serum PAPP-A levels, nuchal translucency and crown rump length in first trimester with adverse pregnancy outcomes: Retrospective cohort study. Prenat Diagn. 2017.
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Morris RK, Bilagi A, Devani P, Kilby MD. Association of serum PAPP-A levels in first trimester with small for gestational age and adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. Prenat Diagn. 2017;37(3):253-65.
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Korwar V, Botchu R, Bilagi A, Shahabdeen M M: ‘Fat Necrosis of Omentum as a Cause of Intestinal Obstruction’. The Internet Journal of Surgery. 2006. Volume 8 Number 2
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Bilagi A, Burke D, Mills I: Can first trimester serum pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) predict adverse pregnancy outcome? Retrospective cohort study. Online RCOG World Congress 2016 supplement of BJOG.
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Churchill A, McGregor F, Bilagi A, Overton T. New imaging techniques to diagnose orbital cysts in utero. Ophthalmologist: Clinical and Therapeutic Journal. 2019 Feb 25;3(1).
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Case report on ‘Maternal and Neonatal seizures secondary to severe hyponatraemia from acute intrapartum water overload’. h ps://doi.org/10.1016/j.preghy.2018.08.399 (accessed on 26/9/2023)