Handbook of Obesity in Obstetrics and Gynecology

By:   Chu Chin Lim (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Victoria Hospital UK), Chu Chin Lim (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Victoria Hospital, UK)
Edited by:   Tahir A. Mahmood (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy and Clinical Senior Lecturer University of St. Andrews UK), Chu Chin Lim (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Victoria Hospital, UK)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   750g
ISBN:   9780323899048
ISBN 10:   0323899048
Pages:   454
Publication Date:   17 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tahir Mahmood, CBE, MD, FRCPI, FFRSH, MBA, FACOG, FRCPE, FEBCOG, FRCOG Consultant Gynecologist and Clinical Director Women , Children and Clinical Services Directorate , Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK Past Vice-President Standards, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2007-2010); President, European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (EBCOG, 2014-2017); Past President of Edinburgh Obstetrical Society ( 2012-2014); Past President of the Northern Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Scotland ( 1999-2011), National Lead for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Audit in England and Wales (2010-2015), FIGO Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy Working Group ( 2014-2016); and is currently International UNFPA Consultant for EECA Region, Chair of EBCOG Standards of Care and Position Statements Group, and Life Trustee Lindsay Stewart R&D Foundation of the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists. In the recent past, he has held honorary senior Clinical Lectureships at the Universities of Edinburgh, Dundee and St. Andrews in Scotland. He has edited 10 manuscripts and has published more than 200 research papers and chapters. He was appointed as Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s honours list (2012) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the 2nd Dr Lim graduated from Queens University, Belfast, in 1992. He completed his training program in Northern Ireland and higher specialty training in Ninewells hospital, Dundee University, and also completed a Fellow training program in University of Otago, New Zealand, in Urogynecology. Dr Lim was appointed as Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist to NHS Fife in 2004 and currently is committee member for Clinical Governance Group for British Society of Urogynecology. His research interests include minimal access surgery and well-being of obese women both in obstetrics & gynecology.