Miss Claire Helene Ross Clinical director for gynaecology, sexual health, reproductive and retroviral medicine

Background

Claire is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist. She qualified from Guy's, King's and St Thomas Hospitals Medical School in 2006, trained in London and has a particular interest in early pregnancy, emergency gynaecology, recurrent miscarriage and complex termination of pregnancy.

 

Expertise

Emergency gynaecology, early pregnancy pain and bleeding, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, recurrent miscarriage, complex termination of pregnancy, obstetrics, ovarian cysts.

Research & publications

Tubo-ovarian abscess: A proposed new scoring system to guide clinical management 2021. Yongue, G, Mollier, J, Anin, S, Ibeto, L, Ross, C, Ayim, F & Guha S. International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.13932

Postpartum pyrexia. Ross, C. & Arulkumaran, S 2018. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2018.04.001

Attitudes to abortion amongst medical, nursing and auxillary staff at a London teaching hospital. Ross, C., Lodhia, A & Nair, V. Poster presented at The Joint British Society of Abortion Care Providers/Royal Society of Medicine Conference ‘Excellence in Abortion Care’, RSM London, October 2017.

Uptake of contraception at the time of abortion at a tertiary referral centre. Ross, C., Lodhia, A. & Nair, V. Poster presented at The Joint British Society of Abortion Care Providers/Royal Society of Medicine Conference ‘Excellence in Abortion Care’, RSM London, October 2017.

Co-morbidities amongst women undergoing termination of pregnancy and its impact on the method of termination. Lodhia, A., Ross, C., and Nair, V. Poster presented at The Joint British Society of Abortion Care Providers/Royal Society of Medicine Conference ‘Excellence in Abortion Care’, RSM London, October 2017.

Expectant management of tubal ectopic pregnancy at West Middlesex University Hospital. Ross, C., Nunes, N., Backos, M. & Hollamby, S. 2016. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2016; 123 S2: 238.

Expectant management of tubal ectopic pregnancy: a safe alternative to methotrexate. Ross, C, Hollamby, S., Backos, M & Nunes, N. Poster oral presentation presented at the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Conference, Cardiff, November 2016.

Tubo-ovarian abscess and severe pelvic inflammatory disease: going against the stereotype. Yongue, G., Ghosh, S., Ross, C. & Guha, S. Poster oral presentation presented at the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Conference, Cardiff, November 2016.

The role of expectant management of tubal ectopic pregnancies. Ross, C., Hollamby, S., Backos, M & Nunes, N. 2016. Poster oral presentation and discussion - presented at The World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rome, September 2016.

Expectant management of tubal ectopic pregnancy at West Middlesex University Hospital. Ross, C., Nunes, N., Backos, M. & Hollamby, S. 2016. Poster presented at RCOG World Congress, Birmingham, June 2016.

Perinatal outcomes in women who present with reduced fetal movements. Lakasing L., Ross, C., Narain, S. & Sharma, S. 2014. Poster presented at RCOG World Congress, Brisbane, June 2015.

A patient presenting with a perivascular epithelioid cell tumor in the broad ligament: a case report. Ross C., Sharma S., Louca, O., Scurr, M., Hayes A. & Judson I. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5: 383-388.

A systematic review of the effect of oral antioxidants on male infertility. Ross C., Morriss A., Khairy M., Khalaf Y., Braude P., Coomarasamy A. & El-Toukhy T. Reproductive Biomedicine Online 2010; 20: 711-723.

Validity of the in vitro fertilisation league tables: influence of patients' characteristics. Johnson A, El-Toukhy T, Sunkara K, Khairy M, Coomarrasamy A, Ross C, Bora S, Khalaf Y, Braude P. BJOG International 2007; 114: 1569-1574.

The effect of small intramural uterine fibroids on the cumulative outcome of assisted conception. Khalaf Y, Ross C, El-Toukhy T, Hart R, Seed P, Braude P. Human Reproduction 2006; 21: 2640-4