Ms Maria Kyrgiou Senior lecturer - consultant gynaecologist and gynaecologic oncologist

Background

Ms Kyrgiou is a senior lecturer at Imperial College, London and a consultant gynaecologist and gynaecologic oncologist. She has trained in obstetrics and gynaecology and subsequently specialised in advanced minimal access surgery (laparoscopy and hysteroscopy) and gynaecologic oncology at the West London Gynaecological Cancer Centre at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She completed a master's of science (MSc) in advanced gynaecological endoscopy at the University of Surrey and a doctorate thesis in ovarian cancer chemotherapy. She has expertise in the management of cervical, vulva and endometrial pre-invasive and invasive disease and has led research investigating the impact of their treatment on reproduction. Her main clinical interest is colposcopy, gynaecologic oncology, fertility-sparing surgery for gynaecological malignancies, endometriosis, menstrual disorders and surgery for benign and (pre) cancerous gynaecological conditions.

Expertise

Cervical and vulval pre-invasive disease and colposcopy, gynaecological cancer (cervical, vulval, endometrial and ovarian cancer, etc), minimal access surgery, endometriosis - adenomyosis, fibroids, early pregnancy, rapid access services for gynaeological cancer, fertility sparing surgery for gynaecological cancer

Research & publications

Theophilou G, Paraskevaidi M, Lima KMG, Kyrgiou M, Martin-Hirsch PL, Martin FL, 2015, Extracting biomarkers of commitment to cancer development: potential role of vibrational spectroscopy in systems biology, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, Vol:15, ISSN:1473-7159, Pages:693-713

Kyrgiou M, Horwell D, Farthing A, 2015, Laparoscopic radical abdominal trachelectomy for the management of stage IB1 cervical cancer at 14 weeks' gestation: Case report and review of the literature, BJOG - An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ISSN:1470-0328

Papakonstantinou K, Kyrgiou M, Lyons D, Soutter WP, Ghaem-Maghami S, 2014, Management of stage Ia1 squamous cervical cancer and the importance of excision margins: a retrospective study of long-term outcome after 25 years of follow-up, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol:211, ISSN:0002-9378

Kyrgiou M, Mitra A, Arbyn M, Stasinou SM, Martin-Hirsch P, Bennett P, Paraskevaidis E, 2014, Fertility and early pregnancy outcomes after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis, British Medical Journal, Vol:349, ISSN:1756-1833

Gajjar K, Ahmadzai AA, Valasoulis G, Trevisan J, Founta C, Nasioutziki M, Loufopoulos A, Kyrgiou M, Stasinou SM, Karakitsos P, Paraskevaidis E, Da Gama-Rose B, Martin-Hirsch PL, Martin FL, 2014, Histology Verification Demonstrates That Biospectroscopy Analysis of Cervical Cytology Identifies Underlying Disease More Accurately than Conventional Screening: Removing the Confounder of Discordance, PLOS One, Vol:9, ISSN:1932-6203

Woo YL, Kyrgiou M, Bryant A, Everett T, Dickinson HO, 2012, Centralisation of services for gynaecological cancer, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ISSN:1469-493X

Arbyn M, Kyrgiou M, Simoens C, Raifu AO, Koliopoulos G, Martin-Hirsch P, Prendiville W, Paraskevaidis E, 2008, Perinatal mortality and other severe adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: meta-analysis., Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), Vol:337

Kyrgiou M, Salanti G, Pavlidis N, Paraskevaidis E, Ioannidis JPA , 2006, Survival benefits with diverse chemotherapy regimens for ovarian cancer: Meta-analysis of multiple treatments, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol:98, ISSN:0027-8874, Pages:1655-1663

Kyrgiou M, Koliopoulos G, Martin-Hirsch P, Arbyn M, Prendiville W, Paraskevaidis E, 2006, Obstetric outcomes after conservative treatment for intraepithelial or early invasive cervical lesions: Systematic review and meta-analysis, The Lancet, Vol:367, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:489-498

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