ISTM

I qualified in 1972 and after house jobs I have worked almost exclusively in obstetrics and gynaecology.  These have been a combination of pure clinical posts, research posts but most often clinical academic posts which have included predominantly clinical work.     

This has allowed me to work in clinical academic units of major teaching hospitals including University of Nottingham, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, a pure clinical rotation between Brighton and the Middlesex Hospital London, a clinical lecturer posts back in Nottingham, a Consultant/Senior Lecturer post at Royal Free Hospital Medical School, University of London and most recently since 1989 Foundation Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Keele University Medical  School in Stoke-on-Trent North Staffordshire. 

I have undertaken active research throughout this time having two half day sessions per week in most posts.  I have produced over 300 publications including abstracts, peer-reviewed articles and original papers, 38 book chapters and 16 text books as author or senior editor.

Although I have been an academic obstetrician and gynaecologist I have always maintained a busy clinical practice.  These include gynaecology clinics, antenatal clinics with an emphasis on the high risk areas of teenage pregnancy and substance abuse. I do a weekly operating list of majors and minors and have the same on call commitment as my NHS colleagues.  I have focussed progressively more on medical and diagnostic gynaecology.

I have contributed significantly to Royal College activity through many roles, most recently as RCOG Vice President responsible for standards, including patient safety, professional standards, clinical standards and the broad area of the NHS reforms. I intend to continue in active clinical and academic practice at least until my retirement age (65) but beyond if legislation permits.  

ISTM research theme: Clinical and Diagnostic Science

Obstetrics research areas include pre-eclampsia, fetal monitoring by computerised ECG and Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy, labour war management including instrumental delivery and perineal trauma. 

My gynaecological research and writing has covered gynaecological endocrinology, menopause with my most notable output in the field of medical and diagnostic gynaecology, disorders of the menstrual cycle, particularly disorders of the menstrual cycle and premenstrual syndrome.

Research Grants Since 2000 (under reconstruction pending new website)

2010    £600,000 -  Quantify Disorders of Menstrual Cycle - Schering 
2004    Salary Research Fellow - Genetics PMS - Nuffield Hospital
2004    £3,000 - per patient payment - Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical
2005    £473,172 -  The Health Foundation Training Perineal Trauma
2004    £51,101 - Clinical Trials Co-ordinator - N.Staffs NHS R&D
2004    £1.2 M - Co-Principal Investigator of Multicentre study only £85,000 to Keele GOPEC Study - BHF
2003    £9,850 - SIFT spectrometry in detecting ovulation - NSMI
2003    £30,000 - Light therapy in PMS: RCT - Dezac/Forest Institute
2000    £10,000 - Neural Networks in Endometriosis NSMI
2000    £9,760 - Computer-based feedback of menstrual loss - NSMI
2000    £10,000 - Genetics of pre-eclampsia: a male factor? - NSMI
2000    £5,000 - Computing support PMS projects - Keele
2000    £210,000 -  Luteal Fluoxetine in PMS - Lilly Pharmaceutical

PUBLICATIONS 1979 – 2007 [Complete list available in full CV]

Yonkers K, O’Brien PMS and Eriksson E (2008) Update on the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome. Lancet (In press)

Dhingra V, Magnay J, O’Brien PMS, Chapman G, Fryer A, Ismail KMK (2007) Serotonin Receptor 1A c (-1019) G polymorphism associated with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Obstet Gynecol 110(4):788-792.

Halbreich U, Backstrom T, Eriksson E, O'Brien S, Calil H, Ceskova E, Dennerstein L, Douki S, Freeman E, Genazzani A, Heuser I, Kadri N, Rapkin A, Steiner M, Wittchen HU and Yonkers K.  (2007)  Clinical diagnostic criteria for premenstrual syndrome and guidelines for their quantification for research studies. Gynecol Endocrinol. 23(3):123-30

Thangaratinam S. Ismail K, Sharp S, Coomarasamy A, O'Mahony F, Khan K and O'Brien PMS (2007) TIPPS Review Group. Hypertension in Pregnancy 26; 131 – 138.

Halbreich U, O'Brien PMS, Eriksson E, Backstrom T, Yonkers KA and Freeman EW  (2007) Are there differential symptom profiles that improve in response to different pharmacological treatments of premenstrual syndrome / premenstrual dysphoric disorder? CNS Drugs 20(7):523-47 Indusekhar R, Usman SB and O'Brien S. (2007) Psychological aspects of premenstrual syndrome. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2:207-20. Pipkin FB, Kalsheker N, Morgan L, O'Malley S, Henfrey M, Arulkumaran S, Symonds I, Cameron A, Dominiczak A, McDade M, Lee WK, McCulloch J, Caulfield M, Farrall M, Kilby M, Davies L, O'Brien PMS, Habiba M, Dodd C, Baker PN, Macphail S, O'Shaughnessy K, Newcombe B, de la Salle P, Redman C, Jarrett P, de Swiet M, Williamson C, Byford E, Cheng F, Walker JJ, Samwiil L, Chapman G, Dennehy E, Keys R, Bjornsson S, Mercer C, Mohajer M, Thompson G, Fitzgibbon MN, Hackett G, Hinshaw K, Lim B, Liu DTY, Mackenzie W, Selinger M, Scudamore I, Sparey C, Tuffnell D, Ward S, Waugh J and Williams D 2007 Babies, pre-eclamptic mothers and grandparents: a three-generation phenotyping study Journal of Hypertension  25 (4): 849-854

Fernando RJ, Sultan AH, Kettle C, Radley S, Jones P and O'Brien PMS  2007Repair techniques for obstetric anal sphincter injuries  Obstetrics and Gynaecology 109 (2): 454-455 Magnay JL, Ismail KMK, Chapman G, Cioni L, Hoban PR, Jones PW and O’Brien PMS   (2006) Serotonin transporter, tryptophan hydroxylase and monoamine oxidase A gene polymorphisms in premenstrual dysphoric disorder: an association study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 195(5):1254- 9.

Smith D, Ismail KM, Diskin AM, Chapman G, Magnay JL,  Spanel P and  O'Brien S. (2006) Increase of acetone emitted by urine in relation to ovulation.  Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2006; 85(8):1008-11

Thangaratinam S, Ismail K, O’Brien S (2006) Evidence-based management of premenstrual syndrome. Eur Clinics Obstet Gynecol 2: 65-71

Thangaratinam S and O’Brien PMS (2006) Antidepressants and Premenstrual Syndrome. Gynaecological Forum 11(1), 8-10

Ismail K and O’Brien PMS (2005) Premenstrual syndrome. Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology 15(1):25-30

Crome I, Ismail KMK, Ghetau E, McAuley RJ, Bloor R, Jones P and O’Brien PMS (2005) Opiate misuse in pregnancy:  a retrospective case note series Drugs, Education, Prevention and  . Policy 12(6); 431-6 

GOPEC Consortium [O’Brien PMS:  co-principal investigator] (2005) Disentangling fetal and maternal susceptibility for pre-eclampsia: A British multicentre candidate gene study. American Journal of Human Genetics 77(1) 127-31

Wyatt KM, Dimmock P, Ismail K, Jones P and O’Brien PMS (2004)  Systematic Review of GnRH analogues with and without addback to treat Premenstrual Syndrome. BJOG 111; 585-93

Ghetau E, Ismail KMK, McAuley RJ, Bloor R, Crome I and O’Brien PMS (2004) Opiate misuse in pregnancy; findings of a retrospective case note series. Addiction Biology 9:96

Hassan I, Ismail KMK and O’Brien PMS (2004) PMS and the Perimenopause.  The Journal of the British Menopause Society 10(4); 151-6

Warrilow G, Kirkham C, Ismail KMK and O’Brien PMS - Keele Menstrual Menorrhagia Research Group (2004) Measuring Menstrual Blood Loss. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 6; 88-92

Dimmock P and O’Brien S (2003) SSRIs in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome. British Journal of Sexual Medicine 27(3), 28 - 30

Eriksson E, Endicott J, Andersch B, Angst J, Demyttenaere K, Facchinetti F, Lanczic M, Montgomery S, Muscettola G, O’Brien PMS, Studd J, Sundblad C and Young AH. (2002)  New perspectives on the treatment of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Arch Women’s Mental Health 4: 111-119

Wyatt K, Dimmock P, Hayes Gill B, Crowe J, Francon B and O’Brien PMS (2002) Menstrual Symptometrics: a simple computer-aided method to quantify menstrual cycle disorders. Fertility and Sterility 78(1): 96-101

Wyatt KM, Dimmock PW, Frischer M, Jones PW and O’Brien PMS (2002) Prescribing patterns in Premenstrual Syndrome. Biomed Central Women’s Health 2:4

Wyatt K M, Dimmock PW, and O’Brien PMS (2002) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for premenstrual syndrome. (Cochrane Review) Cochrane Library. Issue 4. Oxford: Update Software.

Wyatt K, Dimmock P Jones P and O’Brien PMS (2001) A systematic review to assess the efficacy of progesterone and progestagens in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome. BMJ 323: 776-80

Also published as a summary in:

Evidence-based Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4(2), 88-9
Abstracted by Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)

Wyatt KM, Dimmock PW, Walker TJ and O’Brien PMS (2001) Determination of total menstrual blood loss. Fertility and Sterility 76 (1): 125 - 131

Wyatt KM, Dimmock PW and O’Brien PMS (2001) Premenstrual syndrome- What are the benefits and harms of medical interventions for PMS? BMJ/ACP. Clinical Evidence –Issue 5 BMA Publishing

O’Brien PMS and Walker TJ (2001) Platelet angiotensin II may be a useful prognostic indicator for the development of pre-eclampsia in women with pregnancy-induced hypertension. Obstetrics & Gynaecology 21(2): 135-137

O’Brien PMS and Ismail K (2001) Evidence-based management of Premenstrual Syndrome. Pulse 61(15): 59-60

O’Brien PMS with UK Collaborative Group (2001) Continuous combined HRT. 2001 Br J Obstet Gynaecol 107, 1392-1400

O’Brien PMS (2001) Clinical aspects of PMS: an evidence-based approach. Archives of Women’s Health 3(4):&-8

Ismail K and O’Brien PMS (2001) Premenstrual syndrome. Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology 11:251-5

Dimmock P, Wyatt K, Jones P and O’Brien PMS (2000) Efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in premenstrual syndrome: a systematic review. Lancet 2000; 356:1131-36

Also published as a summary in:
           Evidence-based medicine 2001; 6: 75
           Evidence-based mental Health 2001; 4:43
           Evidence-based obstetrics and gynaecology 2001; 3: 32-33
           Childhood and adolescent psychiatry update 2000; 2:3-4
           Science News 2000; 158:231

Wyatt K, Dimmock P O’Brien PMS (2000) Premenstrual syndrome – What are the benefits and harms of medical interventions for PMS?
BMJ/ACP Clinical Evidence - Issue 4  BMA Publishing

O’Brien PMS, Wyatt K and Dimmock P (2000) Premenstrual Syndrome is real and treatable. The Practitioner 244:185 - 195

O’Brien PMS, Wyatt K and Dimmock P. Premenstrual syndrome (2000) Prescriber 11(17); 22-32

Crowe J, Hayes-Gill B, Francon B, Hardebecke L, Rogers D, Thong YK, Dimmock P, Wyatt K and O’Brien PMS (2000) Customisation of a personal digital assistant for logging premenstrual syndrome symptoms.
British Journal Healthcare Computing Information Management 17, 33-5

PEER-REVIEWED ABSTRACTS  2000 - 2007

Dhingra V Magnay J Ismail K O’Brien PMS 2006 Serotonergic genetic polymorphisms in premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Poster Royal Society of Medicine Annual Registrars’ Meeting

Thangaratinam S, Ismail K, Coomarasamy A, O’Mahony F, Khan K, O’Brien PMS  2005 Prioritisation of tests for the prediction of pre-eclampsia: a Delphi survey RCOG 6th International Scientific Meeting Cairo 2005 p227

Non-Scientific Publications

O’Brien PMS 2008 Working Party Report Role of Regional College Adviser RCOG Publication

Ismail K & O’Brien PMS 2007 Premenstrual Syndrome.  Distance Learning StratOG.net   RCOG Electronic Publication.

Management of Premenstrual Syndrome 2007 Green-Top Guideline Commissioned, Overseen and Edited as Chairman Standards Board RCOG publication.

O’Brien PMS 2007 Department of Health DH 18 Week Wait Commissioning Pathways DH Website

O’Brien PMS, Dhillon C, Bowen-Simpkins 2005 Mentoring For All. RCOG Publication.

Kettle C & O’Brien PMS 2004 Materials and Methods for Perineal Repair   RCOG Green-top Guideline No. 23 RCOG Publication.
 
O’Brien PMS & Ismail K 2003 Premenstrual Syndrome. Distance Learning StratOG RCOG Press

O’Brien PMS 2002 Richard Johanson 1957-2002: Life and Work. Midlands Medicine 22 (5):208-212

Young P & O’Brien PMS 2002 Richard Brian Johanson. Obituary. BMJ; 325: 497

Thangaratinam S, Ismail K, O’Mahony F, Coomarasamy A, Khan K, O’Brien PMS Accuracy of serum uric acid in predicting complications of pre-eclampsia: a systematic review RCOG 6th International Scientific Meeting Cairo 2005 p331

Thangaratinam S, O’Mahony F, Coomarasamy A, Khan K, O’Brien PMS, Ismail K. 2005 Proteinuria as a predictor of complications of pre-eclampsia: systematic review RCOG 6th International Scientific Meeting Cairo p331

O’Brien PMS 2004 Premenstrual and Postmenstrual Stress. JR Coll Physicians Edinb; 34 (suppl 13)41-48

Fernando RJ, Sultan AH, Kettle C, Radley S, Jones PW & O’Brien PMS 2004 Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury – Repair Technique and Outcome Abstract of the ACPGBI Annual Meeting Colorectal Disease 6: Suppl 1 24

Fernando RJ, Sultan AH, Kettle C, Radley S, Jones PW, O’Brien PMS 2004 Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Repair and Anal Incontinence – A Randomised Controlled Study Proceedings 30th British Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology S3.2 p 14

Fernando R, Sultan A, Kettle C, Radley S, O’Brien PMS 2004 Obstetric anal Sphincter injury Royal Society of Medicine Registrar’s Prize RSM London

Fernando R, Sultan A, Kettle C, Radley S, O’Brien PMS 2003 Research Urogynaecology Meeting, RCOG, London

Fernando R, Sultan A, Kettle C, Radley S, O’Brien PMS 2004 A randomised trial of overlap v end –to-end primary repair of the anal sphincter Abstract Neurology and Urodynamics 23: 5/6 411-412

Fernando R, Sultan A, Kettle C, Radley S, O’Brien PMS 2004-10-04 Obstetric anal Sphincter Injury – Does Repair technique affect outcome? Blair Bell research Society Meeting RCOG London 2003

Smith D, Ismail K, Diskin A, Chapman G, Magnay J, Spanel P, O’Brien PMS 2004 Urinary Acetone as an Indicator of Ovulation Proceedings 30th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology S2.4 p 14

Ismail KMK, Crome I, Ghetau E, Bloor R, Jones P, O’Brien PMS 2004 Opiate misuse in Pregnancy: Findings of a retrospective case note series. Proceedings: 30th British Congress of Obstetrics Gynaecology P20.05 p121

Hassan I, Ismail KMK, Siddiqui I, O’Mahony F, Camillaire S, O’Brien PMS 2004 Outcome of Pregnancies Complicated by Raised Second Trimester Maternal Serum AFP: Proceedings 30th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology P10.20 p 84

Ismail KMK, Magnay J, Chapman G, Hoban P, Jones PW, O’Brien PMS 2004  Serotonin transporter, Tryptophan hydroxylase and Monoamine oxidase gene polymorphisms in Premenstrual Syndrome Proceedings 30th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 14.23 p 105

Fernando RJ, Sultan AH, Kettle C, Radley S, Jones PW, O’Brien PMS (2004) Obstetric anal sphincter injury – repair technique and outcome. Colorectal Disease 6 (supp 1); 24

Cohen LS, O’Brien PMS, Davis S, Brown EB, Miner C, Jacobson JG. 2003 Predictors of Response to Luteal Phase Fluoxetine Treatment of PMDD NIMH 43rd Annual NCDEU Meeting Boca Raton, Florida

O’Brien PMS 2003 Consensus meeting on Hormone Replacement Therapy Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh

O’Brien PMS, Wyatt KM, Dimmock P 2002 Quantifying Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 42;4

O’Brien PMS, Wyatt KM, Warrilow G, Kirkham C. 2002 Retrospective versus Prospective Assessment of Menstrual Blood Loss Using the Menstrual Pictogram.  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 42: Issue 4

O’Brien PMS Wyatt K  Dimmock P 2002 Quantifying Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle 5th International Congress RCOG Sydney   *[Scientific Prize]

O’Brien PMS   Wyatt K Warrilow J Kirkham C 2002 Retrospective versus Prospective Assessment of Menstrual Blood Loss Using the Menstrual Pictogram   5th International Congress RCOG Sydney

Chapman G O’Brien PMS 2002 Serotonergic Mechanisms in PMS 5th International Congress RCOG Sydney

Chapman G O’Brien PMS 2002 Evaluation of the Senior Health Practitioner’s PMS Clinic 5th International Congress RCOG Sydney

Wyatt KM, Dimmock PW O’Brien PMS 2001 Determination of total menstrual blood loss 29th British Congress Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham

Dimmock PW, Ismail K, Wyatt K, O’Brien PMS 2001 Pharmacological suppression of ovulation as a treatment for premenstrual syndrome Poster:  29th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham

Dimmock PW, Henshaw C, Wyatt KM, O’Brien PMS 2001 A systematic review of cognitive-behavioural approaches to the treatment of premenstrual syndrome 29th British Congress  Obstetrics and Gynaecology Birmingham

O’Brien PMS, Dobson J, Kettle C, and Howell R 2001 Medical Students: Midwife practitioner lecturers in medical student education 29th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham

O’Brien PMS 2001 Clinical aspects of PMS: an evidence-based approach Archives of Women’s Mental Health 3(4): 7-8

Wyatt K, Dimmock P, Walker T, Crowe J, Hayes-Gill B, Francon B, O’Brien PMS 2000 Computerised quantification of disorders of the menstrual cycle Br J Obstet Gynaecol 107, 813-4

Wyatt K, Dimmock P, Jones P, O’Brien PMS 2000 Progesterone Therapy: A systematic Review of its Efficacy in the Premenstrual Syndrome Proceedings: 2nd International Congress on Hormones, Brain and Neuropsychopharmacology S156

Dimmock P, Wyatt K, Jones P, O’Brien PMS 2000 SSRIs and PMS: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Proceeding: 2nd International Congress on Hormones, Brain and Neuropsychopharmacology S112

O’Brien PMS. 2000 PMS/PMDD: Who should treat? Invited Lecturer: 2nd International Congress on Hormones, Brain and Neuropsychopharmacology

Wyatt K, Dimmock P, O’Brien PMS 2000 Computerised Quantification of Psychological and Physical Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle Proceedings of 2nd International Congress on Hormones, Brain and Neuropsychopharmacology   S155

I have extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience; this includes direct teaching and the establishment of professional practice and examination courses. I have been College tutor for RCOG and Postgraduate Clinical Tutor for the Trust. I have lectured at courses and conferences world wide as I have examined for theses and postgraduate examinations.

Postgraduate Theses Since 2000 (under reconstruction pending new website)

DSc [Submitted 2007]                    Prof PMS O’Brien: Disorders Menstrual Cycle
PhD Keele [Submitted 2007]          Mr Khaled Ismail:     Genetics of PMS
PhD Keele [2006]                           Dr Ruwan Fernando: Repair of Perineum
MPhil Keele [2003]                Mrs D Stokes: Ultrasound of early pregnancy
PhD Keele [Awarded 2002]           Mrs C Kettle: Techniques in Perineal Repair
MPhil Keele [2001]             Miss B Bloor: 2nd Trimester Ultrasound scans                                                                                                                             
PhD Keele [Awarded 2002]           Mrs C Kettle: Techniques in Perineal Repair
MPhil Keele [2001]             Miss B Bloor: 2nd Trimester Ultrasound Scans

Theses Examined since 2000 

MD Thesis    University of London (2005)
MD Thesis    Keele University (2003)
MPhil Thesis Keele University (2002)
PhD Thesis    Keele University (2002)

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

2004- 2007           Vice President RCOG

2002 - 2005          Chairman North Staffordshire Medical Institute
                               
1996 - 2000           Postgraduate Clinical Tutor North Staffordshire

1984 – 1989          Senior Lecturer and Consultant Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine   University of London                  

CLINICAL AND ACADEMIC TRAINING

1980-1984                 Lecturer/Senior Registrar University Hospital Nottingham

1979 - 1980               Lecturer/Registrar City Hospital Nottingham

1979 - 1979               Registrar Middlesex Hospital & Soho Hospital for Women

1978 - 1979               Registrar Brighton Hospitals

1977 - 1978               SHO O & G John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford
                    
1976 - 1977               SHO Gynaecology City Hospital Nottingham

1975 - 1976               Research Fellow University of Nottingham

1974 - 1975               SHO   Gynaecological Pathology Nottingham
                    
1973 - 1974               SHO Obstetrics & Gynaecology City Hospital Nottingham

1973 - 1973               House Physician General Hospital Nottingham

1972 - 1973               House Surgeon University Hospital of Wales

Consultations

• GMC Fitness to Practice
• Health Foundation Engaging with Quality Initiative
• Payment by Results
• Home and Water Births
• Obesity in Pregnancy
• GMC Licensing and revalidation

Clinical Excellence AwardsResponsible for RCOG CEAsAttended Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards annual Effected new Clinical Excellence Awards system designed and introduced by ACCEA.

• Brought Nominal Roll into College system.
• Designed and introduced objective scoring system.
• Improved communications with Members and Fellows

Introduced audit and monitoring of College procedures. Department of Health and NHS programmes

• National Service Framework Implementation and Mapping Group*
• Clinical Informatics—NHS Information Agency*
• Improving Working Lives—NHS*
• Skills for Health—DH*
• Maternity Support Worker Programme—NHS*
• Screening—DH

National Children’s and Maternity Service Expert Reference Group for Child Health and Maternity and CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) Mapping—DH*NCAA meeting—Getting beyond the concern Alliance for the Safety of Patients meetings*Care Record Development Board—NHS*National Clinical Assessment Authority*

• BMA CCSC O&G*
• NPSA Medical Advisory Panel*
• Health Foundation Engaging with Quality Initiative*
• 18 week pathways—DH*
• NHS Knowledge Base Internet Launch
• Choose and Book—NHS*
• NCAS Annual Conference
• Accelerated Policy Making Day, DH
• NHS Litigation Authority Professional Advisory Panel*

Other

• Attended BAMM Professional Council Meetings*
• Surgery Specialist Assessment working group
• Medical Protection Societies’ Dinner
• Royal College of Physicians Medical Professionalism Conference
• Meetings at House of Commons*
• RCM PEARLS Engaging with Quality meetings*

The following can found in my full CV
          
           Full publication list
           Extensive contribution to RCOG
           Responsibilities abroad
           Invited lectures
           Management responsibilities
           Postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
           Outside interests

Examinations

• MRCOG Parts I and II Delhi
• MRCOG Parts I and II Bangalore
• MRCOG Parts I and II Dubai

PRIZES AND AWARDS 

   Sophian Research Scholarship 1975 
    Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
    The Renin Angiotensin System in PMS & the Menstrual Cycle     
   
    Gladys Dodds’ Prize RCOG: Best original Paper 1993                
    Near Infra-red Spectroscopy for Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring

    Poster Prize 27th British RCOG Congress  Dublin  1995
    Quantification of premenstrual syndrome using a simple
    patient - operated hand-held  Computer-device
             
    Best Clinical Teacher Award,  UCL 2000 
    This Reflects Teaching in Medical & Diagnostic Gynaecology

    Best Scientific Paper International RCOG Congress, Sydney 2002
    Computerised quantification of Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle

    ALPSP/Charlesworth Publishing Award  2003
    “The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist”, RCOG

    A+ merit award by ACDA 2002                                        
    Renewed by ACCEA 2007

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Founder & Founding Editor-in-Chief: The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, CPD Journal Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1999 - 2004
Publications Officer RCOG 1996 - 1999
Editor of Study Group Proceedings RCOG Press 1997 - 2000
Editor of RCOG Year Book 1997-2000
Editor of two Editions of research methodology textbook for RCOG Press
Editor and author of MRCOG series book for RCOG Press
         
2000   Placenta: Basic Science and Clinical Practice
2000   Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle
2006   Psychological Problems in Obstetrics for the      MRCOG and Beyond
2007   Introduction to Research Methods for Specialists & Trainees (2nd Edn) 
2007   The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS & PMDD Informa Healthcare
                                  

• Member of International Editorial Board Current Obstetrics & Gynaecology Churchill Livingstone 1994 - 2002
• Member of Publications Management Committee RCOG 1996 – 2004
• Member of International Editorial Board Pan Minerva Medica Member of Editorial Board – Midlands Medicine 2002- 5
• Member Editorial Board: Essential Obstetrics Churchill Livingstone Member BJOG Management Board 2004-7   

Appendix – List of Responsibilities as Vice President RCOG

• approving elevation of UK Members to Fellowship.
• approving every consultant job description in England and Wales.
• helping doctors in difficulty
• reviews of units in trouble
• reviews of hospital reconfigurations
• other clinical governance issues.
• Devised Recruitment Prospectus and oversaw production
• Meeting to discuss obstetric standards and the reconfiguration of service in North London

College MeetingsWrote standards section of College Strategy, took part in strategy reviews

• Chaired several eponymous lectures, e.g. Victor Bonney Society Lecture, Fletcher Shaw Lecture, Wyeth Historical Lecture, J Y Simpson Oration
• Chaired Working Parties
  • Regional College Advisers
  •  Clinical Tutors’ Meeting
• Attended North West Consultants’ Meeting
• Attended meetings with specialist societies
• Attended interviews for Chairmen of various College Committees
• Wrote and took part in College entertainments at Christmas
• Lessons from Litigation—in association with APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers)
• Chaired Impact of STIs and HIV on Women’s Reproductive Health, joint RCOG/BASHH conference
• New Consultants’ Forum
• Gynaecological Travellers’ Club
• Gynaecological Research Society
• Attended Members’ and Fellows’ admission ceremonies held twice a year.
• Attended meetings of Heads of College Departments
• Gave lecture for Consumers’ Forum
• Attended lectures given by Fellows
• Meeting of Northern Ireland Consultants

International

• FIGO Conference in Malaysia
• RCOG International Congress in Cairo
• Regular meetings of RCOG Officers and Officers of Other Colleges, e.g. RCM, RCGP, German College of O&G, French College of O&G*
• Reception for Iraqi Members and Fellows
• Meetings of EBCOG Council in Brussels and Barcelona*
• Meetings of BMA UEMS*
• All-India Central Committee Conference in Delhi
• Southern India Conference in Bangalore
• CME meeting in Trichur
• Jordanian Committee conference in Amman
• Attended meeting with group of Croatian obstetricians and gynaecologists
• Annual meetings with doctors from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

College Committees attended

• Council (Officer) held every other month*
• Finance and Executive Committee (Officer) held every month*
• Standards Board (Chairman) held quarterly*
• Education Board (Ex Officio) held every other month*
• Services Board (Ex Officio) held four times a year*
• International Board (Ex officio) held twice a year*
• Guidelines and Audit Committee (Ex officio) held four times a year*
• Professional Standards Committee (Ex officio) held four times a year*
• Meetings Committee (Ex officio) held four times a year*
• Consumers’ Forum held three times a year*
• Publications Management Committee (Ex officio) held four times a year*
• Weekly Officers’ Meeting (Officer)*
• Independent Reconfiguration Panel (Chairman) held ad hoc
• Senior Staff Conference held every year*
• RCOG meeting with specialist societies held twice a year*
• RCOG/RCPCH/RCM Joint Standing Committee meetings held three times a year*

College Working Parties and Study Groups

• Bridging the Gap Between Appraisal and Assessment*
• Coroners’ Issues Working Party (Chairman)*
• Consultant Appointments working group*
• Data and Workforce Working Party*
• Data Collection Working Party*
• Maternity Standards Working Party*
• Performance and Service Reviews Working Group*
• Recruitment and Retention Focus Group*
• Regional Advisers’ Working Party*
• Roles and Responsibilities of College Tutors*
• Safer Childbirth Working Party*
• Work-Life Balance Sub-Group*
• College Tutors working group*
• Laparoscopy validation meeting
• Working Party on assessment tools / for doctors in further training

TEXT BOOKS 2000 - 2007 (under re-construction)

O’Brien PMS, Rapkin A and Schmidt P (2007) The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS & PMDD.  Informa Healthcare London  ISBN -10: 0415399742 

O’Brien PMS and Broughton Pipkin (2007) Introduction to Research Methods for Specialists and Trainees.  2nd Edition
RCOG Press London ISBN 978-1-904752-01-1

Ismail K, Crome I, O’Brien PMS (2006) Psychological Problems in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the MRCOG and beyond. RCOG Press London    ISBN 1-904752-09-8

O’Brien PMS, Cameron & MacLean (2000) Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle.  RCOG Press London     ISBN 1-900364-40-9

O’Brien PMS (2000) The RCOG Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Volume 8 Millennium Edition. RCOG Press London ISBN 1-900364-30-1

Kingdom J, Jauniaux E and O’Brien PMS (2000) Placenta: Basic Science & Clinical Practice.  RCOG Press London    ISBN 1-900364-31-x CHAPTERS 2000 - 2007

O’Brien PMS and Ismail KMK (2007)   History of Premenstrual the Disorders. In: O’Brien PMS, Rapkin A and  Schmidt P (Eds)  The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS & PMDD.  Informa Healthcare London.  p1-8 (In press)

Dhingra V and O’Brien PMS (2007) Quantification of Premenstrual Disorders.  In: O’Brien PMS, Rapkin A and Schmidt P (Eds)  The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS & PMDD. Informa Healthcare London.  p27 - 36 (In press)

O’Mahony and O’Brien PMS   (2007) Research and the specialist trainee. In: O’Brien and Broughton Pipkin (Eds) Research methods for Specialists and Trainees. RCOG Press. p1 - 6

O’Brien PMS (2007) Premenstrual Syndrome. In: Louden N, Glasier A and   Gebbie A (Eds) Handbook of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 5th Edition Churchill Livingstone London. p367-80

O’Brien PMS (2007) Premenstrual Syndrome. In: Edmonds DK (Ed) Dewhurst’s Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 7th edition.  Blackwell’s Scientific Publications Oxford. Ch 41

Indusekhar R, O'Mahony F and O'Brien PMS (2006) Gynaecology and the Older Patient. In: Pathy MS, Sinclair AJ and Morley JE (Eds) Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine Fourth Edition. John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Chichester. p1449-1458.

Ismail K Sunanda GV O’Brien PMS (2004) Estrogen Therapy: Interface Between Gynaecology & Psychiatry.  In: Bergemann N and Reicher-Rossler A (Eds) Oestrogen Effects in Psychiatric Disorders. Springer Wien New York. p271 - 287 

Govind A and O'Brien PMS.  (2004) Dysmenorrhoea and premenstrual syndrome. In: Dutta DC, Sisir DR and Sengupta BS (Eds) Postgraduate Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2nd Edition Churchill Livingstone London. 

Dent K, Kettle C and O’Brien PMS (2004)    Repair of Perineal Trauma.
In: Hillard T and Purdie D (Eds) Year Book of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 11; 132-141 RCOG Press London.

O’Brien PMS Ismail K Jain K (2004) Premenstrual Syndrome. In: Studd JWW (Ed) Management of the Menopause. Parthenon Publishing Lancaster. P111-7

O’Brien PMS, Ismail K and Dimmock P (2003) Premenstrual Syndrome. In: Shaw RW, Soutter P and Stanton S (Eds) Gynaecology 3rd Edition. Churchill Livingstone London. P401-32

O’Brien PMS (2000) Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle. In: Campbell S and Monga A (Eds) Gynaecology by Ten Teachers. Edward Arnold, London. P47-63

Wyatt K and O’Brien PMS (2000) Quantifying menstrual disorders: menorrhagia, PMS, dysmenorrhoea. In: O’Brien PMS, Cameron I and McLean A (Eds) Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle.  RCOG Press London. P153-166

O’Brien PMS (2000) Premenstrual Syndrome. In: Louden N, Glasier A and Gebbie A (Eds) Handbook of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. Churchill Livingstone, London. P357-70