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Kypros Nicolaides (born 1953) is an Anglo-Cypriot surgeon, broadcaster and the world's foremost expert in prenatal surgery.

Nicolaides was born in 1953 in Paphos, Cyprus. He studied medicine at King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry in London and soon after graduation joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1980, doing research with Professor Stuart Campbell and Professor Charles Rodeck as his first assistant, working mainly on fetoscopic techniques and procedures. He was well-known for his manual dexterity at procedures and the Rodeck-Nicolaides team soon produced some very important papers on the use of fetoscopy in the management of a wide range of conditions such Rhesus iso-immunization, foetal hydrops and intrauterine growth restriction, and procedures such as blood and tissue sampling in the diagnosis of single gene defects.

After the departure of Professor Rodeck, Nicolaides became director of the Harris Birthright Resea

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Paphos-born, Greek-Cypriot maternal and fetal medicin expert, Professor Kypros Nicolaides is recognised worldwide for fetal diagnostic, intervention and surgery developments. He was one of the world´s pioneers on fetal medicine

Over the past years we have seen that new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, are developing certain research fields even further. How do you think they will affect fetal medicin and the diagnosis of various syndromes and diseases?
“A very good question. Certainly, it will have an impact, in the sense that today with AI there is rapid growth in science specifically. In fetal medicine, we rely to a large extent on diagnosis with u

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Fetal attraction

British professor has spent decades diagnosing and treating babies in the womb.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

In some ways, Prof. Kypros Nicolaides is more suited to Israel than to England, the adopted home of the Cyprus-born, world-renowned "father of fetal medicine." Israel and Judaism, with their child-oriented ideology - there are more in-vitro fertilization centers per capita here than anywhere in the world - are attuned to his decades of work to save distressed fetuses. And Israelis - with their informality and tendency to tell their life stories to complete strangers - would likely understand his controversial methods of calming frightened patients. Israelis' desire for the "perfect baby" also suits Nicolaides, who discovered that nuchal translucency in a fetus is a marker for Down Syndrome. This leaves open the option for an early abortion. Ultrasound measures the almost-clear (translucent) space in the tissue at the back of a baby's neck. Babies with ab