Professor Ian Symonds B Med Sci (Hons) BMBS (Nottingham) MMedSci (Clin Ed) DM MRCOG FRANZCOG
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Professor
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School
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Appointments
Head of Discipline of Reproductive Medicine
Clinical Dean of John Hunter Clinical School
Senior Staff Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Biography
Dr Symonds took up the post of Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in October 2004 succeeding Professor William Walters as head of the discipline of Reproductive Medicine at Newcastle University. Ian was born Adelaide in 1959 but moved to the UK in 1972. He qualified with the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in the United Kingdom in 1983 and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine for research on the application of monoclonal antibodies in ovarian cancer in 1995. After completing his specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology he was appointed as a clinical senior lecturer in Derby, UK in 1998 before moving to Newcastle in 2004.
Awards
1990 - British Gynaecological Cancer Society Upjohn Prize for best scientific presentation
1990 - The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Young MRCOG award for scientific presentation submitted for the First International Scientific Meeting of the College.1992 - The Birmingham and Midland Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society Lindsay Park Memorial medal.
2002 - South Derbyshire Health Authority: Spirit of Southern Derbyshire award for contribution to creating a Healthy Community - High Commendation
2003 - Lord Dearing Award for Teaching and Learning - Given by the University of Nottingham for an "outstanding contribution to the development of teaching and student learning".
National & International Appointments
2004 Member of the Editorial Board The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
2005 Member of the Editorial Board of Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2005 Clinical panel member AMC overseas trained doctors examination
2005 Examiner for membership examination for RANZCOG
2006 Member of RANZCOG board of examiners
2006 Member of the MRANZCOG research assessment committee
2007 Co-ordinator of SAQ MRANZCOG examination
Memberships
British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Great Britain
UK Academy of teaching and learning in higher education
Association for the Study of Medical Education
Newcastle Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society
Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAME)
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation
Interests
Professor Symonds has a wide range of research interests in reproductive health. He has been principle investigator on projects on the detection of intrapartum fetal hypoxia by fetal ECG-ST analysis, treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, genetics of pre-eclampsia and infrared spectroscopic analysis of cervical smears.
He has a strong commitment to medical education and believes that excellence in training tomorrow's doctors should be at the heart of what a medical school does. He was the Course Co-ordinator for Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Nottingham University from 1997 to 2004. During that time he helped to develop programmes of inter-professional learning, primary care based learning, distance learning and overseas study. He was closely involved in the setting up of a new Graduate Entry Medical programme, based at Derby where he developed the admissions procedure based on the one pioneered by Newcastle. As well as undergraduate teaching he has also taught on masters courses in oncology and assisted reproduction, introduced a graduate training programme for research students and devised a training Fellowship for obstetricians wishing to specialise in medical education.. He has edited or co-authored 3 undergraduate textbooks on obstetrics and gynaecology and has a masters degree in clinical education.
Selected Publications
1. Price, M.R., Pugh, J.,Hudecz, F.,Griffiths, W., Jacobs, E., Symonds I.M., Jacobs,E.,Clarke, A., Chan, V.C. & Baldwin, R.W. C595 - A monoclonal antibody against the protein core of human urinary epithelial mucin commonly expressed in breast carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer 1990; 61: 681-6862. Kerslake, R.W., Perkins A.C., Symonds I.M., Powell M.C., Scott I.V., Wastie M.L., Symonds E.M. & Worthington B.S. A prospective comparison of MR imaging and immunoscintigraphy using OC-125 in the detection of recurrent ovarian carcinoma. Radiology 1990; 177: 242
3. Symonds, I.M., Price, M.R., Pimm, M.V., Perkins, A.C., Wastie, M.L., Baldwin, R.W. & Symonds, E.M. Preliminary report of tumour localisation and imaging of ovarian neoplasia with a new monoclonal antibody raised against urinary mucin. In: Klapdor R ed. Tumour Associated Antigens Oncogenes, Receptors, Cytokines in Tumour Diagnosis and Therapy at the Beginning of the Nineties, Munich: W Zukschwerdt Verlag 1992: 572-577
4. Symonds, I.M. Monoclonal antibodies in ovarian cancer. Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1992; 2(4): 212-217 (Review paper)
5. Perkins, A.C., Symonds, I.M., Pimm, M.V., Price, M.R., Wastie, M.L. & Symonds, E.M. Immunoscintigraphy of ovarian carcinoma using a monoclonal antibody (111In-NCRC48) defining a polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM) epitope. Nuclear Medicine Communications 1993; 14: 578-586.
6. Davies, Q., Symonds, I.M., Perkins, A.C., Kerslake, R.W., Wastie, M.L., Worthington, B.S. & Symonds, E.M. Magnetic resonance imaging, OC125 immunoscintigraphy and serum CA125 levels in the management of patients with suspected primary or recurrent ovarian carcinoma. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.1996; 16: 108-116
7. Symonds I.M. Ectopic pregnancy: modern management. Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1998; 8: 27-31.
8. Symonds I.M. Establishing an outpatient hysteroscopy service. Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1999; 9: 158-162
9. Vulval Pain Syndrome Study Day Derby 5 March 1999. Eds Nunns D and Symonds IM. Br J Obstet Gynae 1999; 19,(5),566-56810. Arulkumaran, S.; Symonds. I.M.; Psychosocial support or active management of labour or both to improve the outcome of labour. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1999; 106:617
11. Fraser, D., Symonds M., Cullen L., Symonds I., A University Department Merger of Midwifery and Obstetrics. Medical Teacher 2000; 22,(2),179-183
12. Symonds, I.M., Arulkumaran, S. Intrapartum fetal surveillance. All Wales Perinatal Survey & Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy. Annual report 1999
13. Symonds, I.M., Arulkumaran, S. Intrapartum fetal surveillance. The Bulletin of the Saudi Obstetric and Gynaecological Society 2000; 9(1)
14. Russell PA, Pharoah PD. De Foy K. Ramus SJ. Symonds I. Wilson A. Scott I. Ponder BA. Gayther SA. Frequent loss of BRCA1 mRNA and protein expression in sporadic ovarian cancers. International Journal of Cancer 2000 ;87:317-2
15. Symonds, I.M., Arulkumaran, S. Recent Trends in the management of postpartum haemorrhage. The Bulletin of the Saudi Obstetric and Gynaecological Society 2000; 9(1)
16. Symonds, I.M. Ultrasound, hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy techniques in the investigation of endometrial cancer. Controversies in Endometrial Cancer Balliere's Best Practice in Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2001;15(3) 381-391
17. Nunns D.& Symonds I. The Vulval Pain Syndromes. Journal of Pediatrics,Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2001:27(6);42-48.
18. Tobin, M., Rutten, F.,Chesters, M.,Chalmers, J.,Symonds, I., Fisher, S., Allibone, R., Hitchcock, A. Investigating the Potential for Infrared Microanalysis in Cancer Screening. European Clinical Laboratory 2002
19. Tamizian, O., Gilby, J., Symonds .I.M., Cust M.P.,Arulkumaran S.A. Immediate and associated complications of hysterectomy for benign disease. ANZJ Obstet Gynaecol, 2002 :42:2:292
20. Condous G.S., Arulkumaran S.A., Symonds, I., Chapman, R., Sinha A., Razvi, K. The "tamponade test" in the management of massive postpartum haemorrhage. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2003;101:767-72
21. Symonds, I., Cullen, L., Fraser, D. An Evaluation of a Formative Interprofessional Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination (ITOSCE): a Method of Shared Learning in Maternity Education. Medical Teacher 2003; 25:38-41
22. Cullen. L., Fraser, D., Symonds, I. Strategies for interprofessional education: the Interprofessional Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination for midwifery and medical students Nurse Education Today 2003;23 (6):427-433
23. I Symonds. Ultrasound, hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy in the investigation of endometrial cancer, Reviews in Gynaecological Practice, Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2003, Pages 11-1524. Symonds I Evidence based management of ectopic pregnancy. Sri Lankan Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2003; 25: 3-11
25. Tobin, M.J., Chesters, M.A., Chalmers, J.M., Rutten, J.M., Fisher, S.E., Symonds, I.M., Hitchcock, A., Allibone, R.A. and Dias_gunasekara, S. Infrared microscopy of epithelial cancer cells in whole tissues and in tissue culture, using synchrotron radiation. Faraday Discussion 2004;126:27-40
26. The GOPEC consortium. Disentangling maternal and fetal susceptibility for preeclampsia: a British multicentre gene study .American Journal of Human Genetics 2005 Jul;77(1):127-31
27. Fraser DM, Symonds IM., Cullen L. Multiprofessional or Interprofessional education in obstetrics and gynaecology The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2005; 7(4):271-275
28. Soltani H, Dickinson F, Symonds I. Placental cord drainage after spontaneous vaginal delivery as part of the management of the third stage of labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD004665. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004665.pub2.
29. Symonds IM. Screening for gynaecological conditions. Current Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2006; 16(6): 315-370
30. Shaw RW., Symonds IM., Tamizian O., Chaplain J., Mukhopadhyay S. Randomised comparative trial of thermal balloon ablation and levonorgestrel intrauterine system in patients with idiopathic menorrhagia (SUBMITTED TO ANZJOG 2006)
31. James D., Ferguson E., Powis D., Bore, M., Munro D., Symonds, I., James, B., Yates., J. Selection of medical students - how much more diversity do graduates bring compared to school leavers? (SUBMITTED to BMJ 2006)
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