Day 2 | Session 1| Keynote | Tackling preeclampsia in 2025: the new frontier
Tackling preeclampsia in 2025: the new frontier
Preeclampsia remains a leading contributor to maternal and perinatal mortality worldwide. Current management involves waiting and watching, but could treatment be possible? A way to safely prolong the pregnancy for both mum and baby?
This talk will address what's now and what's new in preeclampsia.
Professor Sue Walker AO, FAHMS, GAICD
Sheila Handbury Chair of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Head of Department | Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, The University of Melbourne
Co-Director Mercy Perinatal | Mercy Hospital for Women
Professor Sue Walker is the Sheila Handbury Chair of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Head of Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health at The University of Melbourne. Sue is also co-director of Mercy Perinatal - a 3 pillar centre of excellence committed to clinical care, education and research in high-risk pregnancy. Her own research interests focus on improving the detection and management of fetal growth disorders, treatments for pre-eclampsia, and prevention of stillbirth.