Meet the team
Our multidisciplinary team is made up of consultant
obstetricians, specialist midwives and nurses and specialist
doctors.
Maternal Medicine secretary: 0117 342 5250
Consultant obstetricians
Dr Aamna Ali
Dr Aarthi Mohan, MRCOG, PhD
Dr Johanna Trinder, RFCOG
I am a consultant obstetrician with expertise in maternal
medicine. I qualified in London 1990, moved to Bristol in 1994 and
took up my consultant post at University Hospitals Bristol in 2003,
in obstetrics and maternal medicine.
I hold an honorary senior lectureship at the University of
Bristol and I am a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists. I am a member of the MacDonald Obstetric Medicine
Society, the British Maternal Fetal Medicine Society and secretary
of the UK Maternal Cardiology Society, since its foundation in
2019.
I have a long term interest in education, hold the diploma in
postgraduate medical education and have organised numerous local,
regional and national maternal medicine teaching events. I am also
head of school for O&G Postgraduate Education South West-Severn
and am a qualified coach/mentor, holding the Institute of Learning
and Management level 5 certificate in coaching and mentoring.
I have developed and led the tertiary maternal medicine service
at UHBW over the past 19 years and set up the Regional Cardiac
Obstetric Network ft in 2005, which was the first of its kind in
the UK. I have been invited to lecture and teach at many national
meetings and courses. I keep my knowledge up to date by attending
national and international meetings and am involved in contributing
to, and reviewing national guidelines on management of pregnant
women with medical problems. I have published research in the field
of maternal medicine, predominantly on the subject of heart disease
in pregnancy.
Outside of work I spend my free time dog-walking, gardening,
sailing and seeing friends.
Dr Louise Ashelby, MRCOG
Lead for endocrinology including diabetes and thyroid
disease.
Dr Rebecca Simms MD, MRCOG, DFRSH, MBChB
Consultant in obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine. I have
been a consultant in obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine at St
Michael's Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, since
2015. Prior to becoming a consultant, I trained in obstetrics and
gynaecology and then completed my subspecialist training in
maternal-fetal medicine (SST MFM) in the Severn postgraduate
deanery.
I have been the lead obstetrician for haematology since becoming
a consultant and I am a member of the British Society for
Haematology Obstetric Haematology Special Interest Group.
I work very closely with our obstetric haematologist and
colleagues at the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre. As our
Trust is the tertiary referral centre in the South West for
haematology, I am closely involved in managing women from across
our region with an extensive range of haematological conditions as
part of our experienced multidisciplinary team.
I am also the South Bristol Obstetric Academy lead for the
Reproductive Health and Care of the Newborn (RHCN) course, a part
of the University of Bristol's medical undergraduate degree.
Marie O'Sullivan MRCOG MSc (Medical
Education)
Consultant in obstetrics and maternal medicine.
I am a consultant based at UHBW in obstetrics and maternal
medicine, working across the Bristol and Weston sites.
Specialist midwives
Hannah Collins - Maternal Medicine
I qualified as a midwife in 2016, and worked in South Devon
until moving to Bristol in 2017.
I have worked in many different departments including Central
Delivery Suite, Antenatal/Postnatal Ward, Transitional Care Ward
and the Midwifery Led Unit.
I have worked as a core midwife on the antenatal /postnatal ward
since late 2019, and still do part time. I started this role as
maternal medicine specialist midwife in April 2022.
I have a special interest in women who have medical conditions,
how this affects their pregnancy, and vice versa. I attend our
maternal medicine clinics and will see women who are admitted to
the antenatal/postnatal ward on our daily ward rounds.
Vicky Fisher - Diabetes
I've worked at St Michael's hospital as a full-time midwife
since qualifying from the University of Worcester in 2005. I've
gained a wealth of experience caring for women during pregnancy,
birth and the postnatal periods, both in hospital and at home. I
believe it's important to get to know women and building meaningful
relationships throughout pregnancy, so particularly enjoyed my
years as a community midwife. I studied diabetes in pregnancy at
Warwick medical school and have held the post of diabetes
specialist midwife since 2018. I work closely with obstetricians,
diabetes nurses and endocrinologists to provide care for pregnant
women with all types of diabetes.
Lisa Boyce - Diabetes
Specialist consultants
Dr Stephanie Curtis BSc (Hons) MB ChB MD FRCP
FESC
Consultant Obstetric Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute
Dr Curtis is a consultant cardiologist, based at the Bristol
Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS
Foundation Trust. She specialises in congenital heart disease in
the adult (ACHD), heart muscle disease and aortic disease, as well
as obstetric cardiology. She has been in post as a consultant since
2008. She has been looking after pregnant women with heart disease
as part of a multidisciplinary clinic since 2003 and has a wide
experience of all aspects of obstetric cardiology, consulting daily
throughout the South West. She has published papers and book
chapters in her areas of expertise. Dr Curtis is a keen amateur
triathlete, runner and open water swimmer. She is an avid member of
the informal Bristol Heart Institute book club and is a single mum
to two teenage sons and a variety of pets!
Dr Victoria North
Consultant Obstetric Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute
Dr Amanda Clark
Consultant Haematologist
Dr Jonathon Tyrell-Price
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Jim Portal
Consultant Hepatologist and Endoscopy
