Laurent J. Salomon MS, MD, PhD

Prof Laurent J. Salomon is a senior consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital and full professor at Paris Descartes University since 2012. He has developed a special interest and skills in fetal medicine and surgery, imaging technologies in pregnancy including fetal ultrasound and MRI, twin pregnancies, as well as teaching processes, quality control, and statistics in healthcare. He is specialized in the management and follow-up of high-risk pregnancies and deliveries. He also offers maternity care to women with low-risk pregnancies, with the expertise to provide care in cases when complications occasionally arise. He completed a Ph.D. in Physics with distinction (Paris XI Sud, Science University – Orsay), and applied Functional Imaging of the placenta. He also completed an MSc in Medical Statistics with distinction at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He is the associate director of the Master's Degree in Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine at Paris Descartes University. He is a previous Editor of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and was involved in the board as well as many committees and task-forces of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG). Laurent also serves on a regular basis as an expert for different Health Authorities, as well as for international research projects. Laurent has co-authored more than 200 papers in the peer-reviewed English medical literature and several textbooks. Laurent J SALOMON is also the co-founder and project co-leader of LUMIERE.