Sleep and oxygenation study (SOX)
Events during sleep may have an important impact on placental health and pregnancy outcome.
Biography
Alison is the Clinical Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) at the Mercy Hospital for Women (MHW). She obtained her medical degree from Monash University in 1997, her FRANZCOG in 2007 and completed her RANZCOG subspecialty certification in Maternal Fetal Medicine in 2012.
Alison holds MFM consultant positions at the Mercy Hospital for Women and as a PIPER Perinatal consultant at the Royal Children's Hospital. She has a particular interest in managing complex twin pregnancies and is a surgical member of the Victorian Fetal Therapy Service that offers advanced fetoscopic procedures. Her other interests lie in preterm birth prevention, complex fetal ultrasound procedures and in fetal neurology.
In addition to her substantial clinical responsibilities, Alison’s passion is medical education. She coordinates the Mercy Hospital’s weekly Grand Round program, the joint MHW/Austin Health fetal MRI and Postmortem meetings, and is a key organizer of Mercy Perinatal's Medical Disorders in Pregnancy and Global Obstetric Update conferences.
Alison is also active in RANZCOG activities, and is an ex-officio member of the Maternal Fetal Medicine subcommittee, having held the Chair position from 2021-2025.