Ian Donald School Book 09.indb - World Association of Perinatal ...

Chapter 4. WORLD IAN DONALD SCHOOL BRANCHES UruguayAna Bianchi, MD, PhDProfessorMontevideo, UruguayAddress:Rambla República del PerúNo. 1519, Ap. 201Montevideo-CP 11300UruguayE-mail: abianchi@asesp.com.uyProfessor ANA BIANCHI graduated as PhDin medicine from the Universidad de laRepública Oriental del Uruguay, Schoolof Medicine, in 1980. She also receivedtraining in the Latin American Centre inPerinatology and Human Development(CLAP), a technical Centre of the PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO)and World Health Organization (WHO).She completed her residency in Obstetricsand Gynecology in Paris (France)at the Antoine Béclère Hospital, withProf. EMILE PAPIERNICK where she stayeduntil 1986. She was later Resident inLaennec Hospital with Prof. JEAN YVESNEVEUX, and LAURENT FERMONT in theEchocardiology Service in Paris.Dr. BIANCHI has attended numerous trainingcourses in Uruguay and abroad.She has lectured local and in internationalmeetings and has organized nationaland international courses. She attendedthe Fetal Medicine Foundations programsin London Kings College, withProf. KYPROS NICOLAÏDES in 1999.From 1993 to 2000 she was nominatedby the School of Medicine of Uruguay tocreate the Department of Ultrasound andPrenatal Diagnosis for the three GynecologyServices in Montevideo. She joinedthe School of Medicine as an AssistantProfessor in 1993, and in 2007 she becamethe Director of the Perinatal Service ofthe Montevideo University Hospital. In2005 she became the Director of the Uruguaybranch of the Ian Donald School.At present, she is the Director of the FetalMedicine Department in the two biggestprivate Maternities of the country: AsociaciónEspañola de Socorros Mutuos(Spanish Association of Mutual Aids),and CASMU (Assistance Center of theMedical Union of the Uruguay).Dr. BIANCHI’s main contribution has beenin the field of prenatal diagnosis of fetalmalformations, echocardiography, andfeto-placental Doppler. She has been coauthorin several books and scientificpublications. She is an active member ofboth national and international ScientificSocieties.Montevideo University Hospital(Pereira Rossell).150