Medical Advisory Board
All of our evidence-based content is reviewed by a Medical Advisory Board. It’s composed of doctors and other professionals who together help ensure BabyCenter provides the most up to date and accurate pregnancy and parenting information on the web. Our members are highly respected experts, selected to provide a depth and range of experience in their field. Their specialties include preconception, pregnancy, paediatrics and parenting.
Konstantinos is a paediatric allergy consultant at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Christine is a breastfeeding counsellor with more than a decade's experience helping and supporting mothers to feed their babies.
Dorothy is a psychologist and author with expertise in early years play and child development.
Richard Gilham
Richard is a consultant clinical psychologist in the NHS.
Dr Angharad Rudkin
Angharad is a clinical child psychologist who works with children and their families experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Jane Shaw is a qualified dentist who works part-time in a family practice in Tenterden, Kent.
Hamed is a retired senior consultant gynaecologist and lead fertility clinician. He previously worked as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist for the NHS.
Babatunde Gbolade
Babatunde is a consultant gynaecologist and fertility control specialist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. As well as specialising in sexual and reproductive health, he is a senior clinical lecturer, delivering training to graduate and postgraduate doctors.
Dr Thanos Papathanasiou
Thanos is a lead clinician and gynaecologist specialising in fertility. He specialises in female hormonal conditions and has published a book on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Claudia is a qualified GP and medical adviser at Flo, a women’s health and period tracking app.
Dr Morag Martindale
Morag is a GP and family planning doctor with a particular interest in women’s health and parenting.
Dr Karoline Pahl
Karoline is a GP with experience of working in various hospital departments including obstetrics and gynaecology.
Dr. Kellie Scott
Kellie is a family physician practicing in St. Thomas, Ontario. She is a member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Gemma is a specialist health visitor. She works in a team devoted to supporting a healthy bond between parents and children.
Harriet Gibbs
Harriet Gibbs is an experienced health visitor specialising in support for families with sleep issues. She also volunteers for the Twins Trust, supporting families with twins or more.
Jill Irving
Jill runs a private health visiting practice and spends much of her time advising parents how to get their children to sleep through the night.
Zoe Ralph
Zoe works as a specialist health visitor for the NHS and privately as a lactation consultant.
Cathy is a lecturer in midwifery at the University of Nottingham and former principal editor of MIDIRS Digest, a publication for midwives.
Emma Dufficy
Emma is a midwife with a special interest in promoting natural labour and birth, and breastfeeding.
Clare Herbert
Clare is a senior midwife and team leader. She has a keen interest in preconception care, gestational diabetes and mental wellbeing.
Andrea Lennox
Now retired, Andrea worked as a registered midwife in Toronto and has been the Head Midwife at both St. Joseph's Health Centre and Sunnybrook Hospital. She has practiced in urban settings as well as having practiced and taught midwifery in Nunavik, Quebec.
Becky Taylor
Becky is a midwife sonographer specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, with a special interest in fertility and early pregnancy.
Denise Tiran
Denise is a midwifery lecturer, author, and internationally-renowned authority on complementary therapies in midwifery.
Kerry is a naturopathic doctor practicing in Toronto, Ontario. She is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) and is a member of the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Doctors (CCNM).
Jacalyn is a registered dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario. She has a Masters of Health Science in Nutrition Communication.
Dr Sarah Schenker
Sarah is a qualified registered dietitian and registered public health nutritionist.
Sasha Watkins
Sasha is a registered dietitian with experience in paediatric nutrition.
Joseph is a leading consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and senior lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Dr. Suzanne Wong
Suzanne is a gynaecologist and obstetrician at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto. She is also an associate professor at the University of Toronto.
Now retired, Dwight was lead neonatologist at Kingston Hospital, Surrey.
Dr. Linsey Mutch
Linsey is a paediatrician at North Bay Regional Health in Ontario. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Hanna is a senior physiotherapist specialising in women's health and musculoskeletal dysfunctions.
Krista Roesler is a registered psychotherapist and trained life coach based in Ontario.
- Allergies
- Breastfeeding
- Child development
- Dentistry
- Fertility
- General practice
- Health visiting
- Midwifery
- Naturopathy
- Nutrition
- Obstetrics
- Paediatrics
- Physiotherapy
- Psychotherapy
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Allergies
Dr Konstantinos KakleasKonstantinos is a paediatric allergy consultant at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Breastfeeding
Christine GriffinChristine is a breastfeeding counsellor with more than a decade's experience helping and supporting mothers to feed their babies.
Child development
Dorothy EinonDorothy is a psychologist and author with expertise in early years play and child development.
Richard Gilham
Richard is a consultant clinical psychologist in the NHS.
Dr Angharad Rudkin
Angharad is a clinical child psychologist who works with children and their families experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Dentistry
Jane ShawJane Shaw is a qualified dentist who works part-time in a family practice in Tenterden, Kent.
Fertility
Hamed Al-TaherHamed is a retired senior consultant gynaecologist and lead fertility clinician. He previously worked as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist for the NHS.
Babatunde Gbolade
Babatunde is a consultant gynaecologist and fertility control specialist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. As well as specialising in sexual and reproductive health, he is a senior clinical lecturer, delivering training to graduate and postgraduate doctors.
Dr Thanos Papathanasiou
Thanos is a lead clinician and gynaecologist specialising in fertility. He specialises in female hormonal conditions and has published a book on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
General practice
Dr Claudia CarmaciuClaudia is a qualified GP and medical adviser at Flo, a women’s health and period tracking app.
Dr Morag Martindale
Morag is a GP and family planning doctor with a particular interest in women’s health and parenting.
Dr Karoline Pahl
Karoline is a GP with experience of working in various hospital departments including obstetrics and gynaecology.
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Kellie is a family physician practicing in St. Thomas, Ontario. She is a member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Health visiting
Gemma CatonGemma is a specialist health visitor. She works in a team devoted to supporting a healthy bond between parents and children.
Harriet Gibbs
Harriet Gibbs is an experienced health visitor specialising in support for families with sleep issues. She also volunteers for the Twins Trust, supporting families with twins or more.
Jill Irving
Jill runs a private health visiting practice and spends much of her time advising parents how to get their children to sleep through the night.
Zoe Ralph
Zoe works as a specialist health visitor for the NHS and privately as a lactation consultant.
Midwifery
Cathy AshwinCathy is a lecturer in midwifery at the University of Nottingham and former principal editor of MIDIRS Digest, a publication for midwives.
Emma Dufficy
Emma is a midwife with a special interest in promoting natural labour and birth, and breastfeeding.
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Clare is a senior midwife and team leader. She has a keen interest in preconception care, gestational diabetes and mental wellbeing.
Andrea Lennox
Now retired, Andrea worked as a registered midwife in Toronto and has been the Head Midwife at both St. Joseph's Health Centre and Sunnybrook Hospital. She has practiced in urban settings as well as having practiced and taught midwifery in Nunavik, Quebec.
Becky Taylor
Becky is a midwife sonographer specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, with a special interest in fertility and early pregnancy.
Denise Tiran
Denise is a midwifery lecturer, author, and internationally-renowned authority on complementary therapies in midwifery.
Naturopathy
Dr. Kerry BarlowKerry is a naturopathic doctor practicing in Toronto, Ontario. She is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) and is a member of the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Doctors (CCNM).
Nutrition
Jacalyn GoodwinJacalyn is a registered dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario. She has a Masters of Health Science in Nutrition Communication.
Dr Sarah Schenker
Sarah is a qualified registered dietitian and registered public health nutritionist.
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Sasha is a registered dietitian with experience in paediatric nutrition.
Obstetrics
Joseph AquilinaJoseph is a leading consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and senior lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Dr. Suzanne Wong
Suzanne is a gynaecologist and obstetrician at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto. She is also an associate professor at the University of Toronto.
Paediatrics
Dr Dwight LindoNow retired, Dwight was lead neonatologist at Kingston Hospital, Surrey.
Dr. Linsey Mutch
Linsey is a paediatrician at North Bay Regional Health in Ontario. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Physiotherapy
Hanna DabbourHanna is a senior physiotherapist specialising in women's health and musculoskeletal dysfunctions.
Psychotherapy
Krista RoeslerKrista Roesler is a registered psychotherapist and trained life coach based in Ontario.
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