Mr Nazar Najib Amso   
     

Qualified (MB ChB) in Baghdad, Iraq in 1974 and since 1980 he has lived and worked in the UK. Obtained the membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1985 and subsequently a PhD from London University in 1996 following research in reproductive medicine. Since 1998, Has been a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wales College of Medicine and latterly, at the Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, contributing to research, medical education and clinical services. Has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists since 1999 and Founding Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since its formation.

His two principal research themes have been ultrasound (1984-current) and reproductive medicine (1985-current). Contribution to research in ultrasound dates back to 1984 when he joined the first large ultrasound-based ovarian screening programme in the general population at the Kings College Hospital, London (1984-1987). Several publications emanated from that project and more recently, he has also contributed to national ovarian cancer screening programme both in women with a familial history of ovarian or breast cancer (1999-current) and the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (2001-current). He has always had a keen interest in the applications of Doppler ultrasound and more recently the newly introduced 3-D technique