Ms Christina Yu Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist
- Patient age group
- Adults
- Consultant registered on
- 05/08/1997
- Primary medical qualifications
- MD MRCOG
- Foreign languages
- Gender
- Female
- Services
- Hospitals
Background
Ms Christina Yu is a maternal and fetal medicine subspecialist. She graduated from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and completed her subspecialty training at St Mary's Hospital and King's College Hospital, London. In 2004, Dr Yu was awarded an MD from the University of London after studying the use of low dose aspirin (150mg) vs placebo in the prevention of pre-eclampsia in women with abnormal uterine artery Dopplers at 23 weeks gestation.
Ms Yu’s special interests include in-utero fetal therapy, such as laser for twin-twin transfusion syndrome, and in-utero transfusion in cases of fetal anaemia.
Expertise
High-risk obstetrics, fetal medicine
Research & publications
Poon LC, Volpe N, Muto B, Yu CK, Syngelaki A, Nicolaides KH. (2012) Second-trimester uterine artery Doppler in the prediction of stillbirths. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2013;33:28-35.
Yu CKH, Ertl R, Skyfta E, Akolekar R, Nicolaides K. (2012) Maternal serum vitamin D levels at 11-13 weeks of gestation in pre-eclampsia. J Hum Hypertens. 2012; 27: 115-8.
Ertl R, Yu C, Samaha R, Akolekar R, Nicolaides KH. (2012) Maternal serum vitamin D at 11-13 weeks in pregnancies delivering small for gestational age neonates. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2012; 31: 103-8.
Nanda S, Yu CKH, Nicolaides KH. (2011) Maternal serum adiponectin at 11-13 weeks of gestation in pre-eclampsia. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2011; 29:208-15.
Yu CK, Ertl R, Samaha R, Akolekar R, Nicolaides KH. (2011) Normal Range of Maternal Serum Vitamin D at 11-13 Weeks' Gestation. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2011; 30:94-9.