Annals of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Dr. Pietro CIGNINI

Head
Center for Health in Pregnancy
Nuova Villa Claudia
Rome, Italy
Tel: +39-3471832919

Dr. Cignini Received his MD in 2000 from “Sapienza” University of Rome, went on to complete his internship at “Umberto I” Hospital in Rome, his residency at Regina Elena National Institute for Cancer Treatment and Research in Rome, and his fellowship in ultrasound Doppler and new technologies in Gynecology-Obstetrics and Reproductive in Umberto I Hospital in Roma. Active in the ultrasound community, Dr. Cignini has directed and organized a host of postgraduate ultrasound courses. Among his many roles in the ultrasound community, he is an elected fellow of the Italian College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a current board member of the Italian Society of Fetal Echocardiography. He serves as Executive Editor the Journal of Prenatal Medicine from 2007. He is also in the Editorial Board of Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction (APJR), English, Speciality and Advisor Editorial Board, Webmed Central , board of Scientific Board Mediterranean Society for Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Hypertension in Pregnancy, Editorial Board of the International Journal of Radiology Public Knowledge Project (ISSN 2313-3406) and Editorial Board of the Gynecology, Obstetrics & Women's Health SOJ. His contributions to the field of fetal maternal Medicine have been recognized by the receipt of two University of Rome "La Sapienza" awards for studies of fetal lung maturity. He contributes to some international studies sponsored by the National Centre of Research (CNR) in Rome in intramniotic surfactant. Having authored many peer-reviewed articles, he has focused his research on the detection and significance of fetal anomalies. Dr. Cignini did the original research that linked nuchal thickening directly to progesterone use. He has also made important contributions to the implementation of fetal biometric charts for fetal neurosonography. He has contributed chapters textbooks in the field. More recently he has turned her attention to imaging in gynecology and has just publish a textbook in 2014 entitled Gynecologic Ultrasound – a problem based approach.