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• Professor David Williams
• The Portland Hospital
• University College London
• University College London Hospital

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Physician (Honorary Senior Lecturer) Maternal Medicine
Institute for Women's Health
University College London Hospital
London
WC1E 6AU

Research interests

Professor Williams' research team are investigating the pathophysiology and management of pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction and acute fatty liver of pregnancy.
Other team members are studying how pregnancy outcome predicts the future health of all the family.

Publications

Original and review articles on pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes in Lancet, BMJ, Circulation and Diabetes Care.
Williams DJ (Guest Editor). Maternal Medicine. Best Practice and Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2015: Vol 29.5
Hillman S, Peebles DM, Williams DJ. Paternal Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Fetal Growth Restriction: A case-control study. Diabetes Care 2013; 36 (6): 1675-1680
Wright HV and Williams DJ. Thyrotoxicosis in Pregnancy. Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review 2013; 24: 2 108-128
Williams D and Craft N. Easily Missed? Pre-eclampsia. BMJ 2012; 345: e4437 doi: 1136/bmj.e4437
Williams DJ. Long-term complications of preeclampsia. Seminars in Nephrology 2011; 31: 111-122.
Noori M, Donald AE, Angelakopoulou A, Hingorani AD, Williams DJ. Prospective study of placental angiogenic factors and maternal vascular function before and after preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Circulation 2010; 122: 478-487
Williams DJ. Nutrition in Pregnancy. In Oxford Textbook of Medicine (fifth edition). Eds, Warrell DA, Cox TM, Firth JD & Benz EJ. Oxford University Press, Oxford, (2010).
Williams DJ. Medical management of normal pregnancy. In Oxford Textbook of Medicine (fifth edition). Eds, Warrell DA, Cox TM, Firth JD & Benz EJ. Oxford University Press, Oxford, (2010).
Bellamy L, Casas JP, Hingorani AD, Williams DJ. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus after Gestational Diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet; 2009: 373: 1773-79.
Williams D and Davison J. Chronic Kidney Disease in Pregnancy. BMJ 2008; 336: 211-215.
Williams DJ and Mayahi L. Prescribing in pregnancy. ‘Maternal medicines and the fetus’ Rodeck & Whittle’s Fetal Development 2nd Edition, Pp 158-180. (2008).
Bellamy L, Casas JP, Hingorani AD, Williams DJ. Pre-eclampsia and the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in later life: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2007; 335: 974-977
Williams DJ and de Swiet M. Cardiac disease in pregnancy. In The Textbook of Perinatal Medicine, 2nd edition. Ed in chief Asim Kurjak 195, 2076-2090; (2006).
Williams DJ. Renal Disorders in Pregnancy. In High Risk Pregnancy. (Third Edition) Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eds James DK, Steer PJ, Weiner CP & Gonik B. pp 1098-1124 (2006).
Williams DJ. Pregnancy: a stress test for life. Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology 15: 465-471 (2003)

Courses offered to GPs

Annual course on 'Maternal medical complications in pregnancy' at The Royal College of Physicians, London.
GP seminars to groups, organised through private secretary
MSc Pregnancy and Childbirth, University College London