Day 2 | Session 3| Concurrent | Preterm birth and prevention
Preterm birth prevention
A summary of preterm birth in a New Zealand context and why it is important.
Dr Daisy Wildash
Obstetrician Gynaecologist
Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora - Capital Coast & Hutt Valley
Dr Daisy Wildash is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora - Capital Coast & Hutt Valley.
With a special interest in ultrasound and preterm prevention, she runs a preterm birth prevention clinic at Wellington Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital. She also works at Fertility Associates as well as dabbling in private gynaecology.
Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and traveling. She is also an avid reader and loves giving book recommendations.
Outcomes when born outside of a tertiary centre - inborn vs outborn
A paediatric perspective on current evidence for prioritising preterm delivery in tertiary centres. Reviewing the evidence on short and long term outcomes for babies outborn versus inborn and why it is beneficial to aim for in-utero transport wherever possible.
Dr Clare Pemberton
Paediatric Registrar
Born and raised in Ōtorohanga, a small town in rural King Country. Whakapapa to Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato Tainui iwi. Clare is in her sixth year of being a doctor, having spent three years as a Paediatric Junior doctor working in Te Matau-a-Māui - Hawke’s Bay.
Addressing the postcode lottery: establishing a rural preterm prevention clinic
Rachael will be sharing the experience of establishing a Preterm Prevention Clinic in Te Tai Tokerau (Northland). This mahi was driven by the Carosika Collaborative’s call to improve equity in preterm birth care across Aotearoa. When Rachael returned to Whangārei as an Advanced Trainee, she was (and still is!) passionate about ensuring that whānau had access to the same quality of care as those living just two hours down the road.
Dr Rachael Windsor
FRANZCOG Advanced Trainee
Whangārei
Rachael Windsor is currently working in Whangārei, a secondary level hospital in NZ, at the time of Aotearoa ASM 2027 she will be a newly minted FRANZCOG. Having trained in Waikato, Hawkes Bay and Auckland City, Rachael has returned to Northland to pursue a career in general Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She loves the variety this brings but has a particular passion for high-risk obstetrics.
She lives with her builder husband and two girls, who always end the day with "how many babies did you deliver today Mumma?" They spend their summers in a dilapidated retro caravan cruising the coast of Northland.