Asma Khalil

Asma Khalil is a Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Foetal Medicine at St George's Hospital, University of London. She gained her MD at the University of London in 2009. She also has a Master's degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an MRC scholarship. She is a subspecialist in Maternal and Foetal Medicine. She is the Lead for the Twin and Multiple Pregnancy service at St George's Hospital, and also leads the Reproductive Health Research Group there.

She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, and many review articles and chapters. She has been awarded numerous research prizes at national and international meetings. Her research interests include twin pregnancy, foetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.

She is passionate about innovation, and is the inventor of HAMPTON, an award-winning digital innovation which enables pregnant women to monitor their blood pressure safely at home. She is a National Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow.

She is committed to the implementation of clinical guidelines in practice and believes they could help reduce inequalities in care across the NHS. She held a three-year Fellowship with NICE and has been a member of the NICE Clinical Standards Committee and Expert Advisor to the NICE Centre for Clinical Guidelines.

She is an Editor for the Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology journal. She works closely with the Twins Trust charity, and together they have set up the world-first Twins Trust Centre for Research and Clinical Excellence at St George's Hospital.