Shaughn O'brien DSC, MD, MBBCh, FRCOG

Professor Shaughn O’Brien is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Keele University School of Medicine having been appointed Foundation Professor in 1989. His clinical post over that period of time was Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Royal Stoke University Hospital. Prior to this, he was a Consultant at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine and a Senior Lecturer at the University of London. From 2004-7 he was Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, chairman of the (now) British Society for Biopsychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology, chairman of the International Society for Premenstrual Disorders plus many more roles. For most of his career, he undertook the whole spectrum of the speciality and developed clinical and research interests in disorders related to female hormones particularly PMS/PMDD, PCOS and menopause.