Top first time winners - physicians

Adriano Pienaro Chrisostomo 
25 solved cases, Brazil

Dr Chrisostomo works at IMMEF – Instituto da Mulher e Medicina Fetal (Institute for Women and Fetal Medicine) in Curitiba (South of Brazil). 

He has worked as a doctor of fetal medicine and prenatal diagnosis for about 16 years.

Congratulations!

Simon Castro, 23 solved cases, Mexico

Dr Castro lives in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 
He works in the obstetrics and gynecology department at a local general hospital.
"I like to go to the beach together with my family, Cancun is our preferred place. My favorite hobby is in the night to turn on my laptop and read everything related with prenatal diagnosis, my favorite web place is TheFetus net. We never learn enough, there is always something around the corner, and when you think you know it all, something new comes out and that is what makes my life and work more interesting."

Congratulations!

 
Firas Abdeljawad, 22 solved cases,  Palestine

 
Dr Abdeljawad from Palestine is working in Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem. He did a 2-year fellowship in fetal medicine in London with professor Kypros Nicolaides. After finishing the fellowship in 2010, he came back to Palestine to start working in hospital and private clinic . 

Congratulations! 

 
Peter Conner, 20 solved cases, Sweden

Dr Conner works at the center for Fetal Medicine at the Karolinska university hospital in Stockholm Sweden since 1995.

"TheFetus.net is a great site for everyone involved in fetal medicine. I enjoy the challenge of the case of the week especially syndromes and skeletal dysplasias  that offer a new opportunity to learn and see something new. When I have some free time I spend it with my family and dog or on the golf course".

Congratulations!

 
Inessa Safonova, 20 solved cases,  Ukraine

 
Dr Safonova has been working in ob/gyn ultrasound at Kharkiv regional perinatal center about 13 years. She is also an assistant of professor at the Medical Postgraduated Academy. 
 

Congratulations!

Celine Descriaud, 19 solved cases,  France

Dr Descriaud, 36 years old, is the mother of 3 wonderful children, 2 boys and1 girl (11, 9 and 2 years old).

She lives and works as an obstetrician and gynecologist in Saint Avertin (near the city of Tours) in the Loire Valley in France. Fetal scanning is her principal clinical activity. 

Congratulation!!

Murad Esetov, 18 solved cases, Dagestan

 
The Republic of Dagestan (also spelled Daghestan) is a republic of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and the largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea. With a population of  2,910,249. 

Dr Esetov works as a doctor in the prenatal diagnosis of the Republic Clinical Hospital in Makhachkala for over 20 years. He has two daughters, a son and four grandchildren. 

He also sent some very interesting cases. Thanks for your support to the website.

Selcuk Pervaz, 18 solved cases,  Turkey

Dr Pervaz lives and works as a radiologist in his private office, in Manavgat, a small city near Antalya. He loves fetal ultrasonography and loves pencil drawing. Here is his self portrait.

Emad Abd-Alraheem Elshorbagy, 17 solved cases, Egypt

 

Dr. Elshorbagy is working as consultant of imaging diagnosis, especially in ultrasound at Nasr City hospital of health insurance – Cairo – Egypt. He has practised the subspecialty of Obs/Gyn ultrasound since 1990. 

Congratulations!

 
Omer Ata, 16 solved cases, Turkey

 
Nabil Thawabteh, 16 solved cases, Palestine

Dr. Nabil Thawabteh from Palestine , MBBS , OBS & GYN , Fetal medicine consultant, graduated from Jordan university hospital, specialized in AL-Makased  hospital in East Jerusalem, and had an instructive course in fetal medicine from Queen Elizabeth hospital in Bermingham UK, and now working in fetal medicine unit in Al-Makased hospital and in Razan medical center for IVF and assisted reproduction in Ramallah  

Previous top winners - physicians

Philippe Deblieck, 26 solved cases, Germany

Dr Deblieck is also one of the enthusitatic doctors who has sent the cases and followed up the website for many years.

"Many little people doing many little things in many little places can change the face of the world" and theFetus.net with these cases from all the world make me feel that I am not alone in my little pratice in Germany. As I wrote to Philippe for several years, The Fetus is simply … the fifth dimension of Ultrasound. I am happy to belong to this great international  family !"

Congratulations!

Christa Faschingbauer, 26 solved cases, Germany

Dr Faschingbauer has been among top winners for many years. She is a very quick-witted responder and her accurate answers come immediately after a new COW is posted. She also managed to solve all our cases this year.

Congratulations!

Emmanuel Julien, 26 solved cases, France

Dr Julien has been concentrating on fetuses with birth defects for many years. His experience helped him to solve our cases with an ease and so is among the winners for this year again.
Emmanuel loves painting and here is his first self portrait oil on canevas from 1987.



"I am a child and it is always a pleasure to play Sherlock Holmes by trying to find the COWs and it is a very good way of learning and of remaining awake"

Nickolay Petrovich Veropotvelyan,  
26 solved cases, Ukraine

Dr Veropotvelyan is from Ukraine and works as a director of the Multiregional Medical Genetics and Prenatal Diagnostics Center in Kryvyi Rih. He is also a vice-president of the Perinatal Medicine Ukrainian Association and specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Genetics, Ultrasound diagnostics and also in Organization and management of public health. He is married and has two sons.

 
Victoria Bogomazova, 25 solved cases, 

 
Dr Bogomazova lives and works in Donetsk City (Eastern Ukraine) as a doctor of Prenatal Diagnostics in the Donetsk Regional Medical Association for more than 20 years.

"I like my specialty; it demands the constant improvement of my professional skills, strong wish to learn something new for me. Every year, I participate in the international conferences, where I can share my experience and familiarize myself with the world tendencies in modern medicine.

I like reading, attending of the classical music concerts, and I also like bicycle tours. 
I wish you a happy New Year and scoring big successes in your work."

 
Albana Cerekja, 25 solved cases, Italy

This is the third time, Dr Cerekja is in the top winners list. She always try to solve all the cases and is among the first persons who sent the answer right after we posted the new cases.:)

Victoria Lysenko, 25 solved cases, Ukraine

Victoria has been practicing ultrasound for 18 years. She is married, has two children (son and daughter) and a little grandson. She likes reading, painting and going on trips.

Besides her family and other activities she found a time for our cases and this year is the second year that she is in the top winner list.

 
Seerat Malhotra, 25 solved cases, 

Dr Malhotra is an Ob-Gynecologist currently working in Oman as a senior consultant. 

"I was waiting for the opportunity to be in winners list so that I could thank Dr Jeanty for putting up such a wonderful site which keeps us on our toes & gives us a continuous drive to update, learn & keep up with a fast growing subspeciality of Ob-gyn ultrasound. The devotion of his time is exceptional & incomparable."

Congratulations!!!

 
Miguel Merino, 25 solved cases, 
El Salvador

Dr Merino lives in Salvador, he is working as a perinatologist in a private clinic and gynecologic hospital. He participated in the website since 1999.

Ebubekir Unlu, 25 solved cases, Turkey

Dr Unlu is retired and opened a new private office, in Mugla--Turkey. TheFetus.net is his biggest hobby.:)

He is also one of the enthusiated solvers for most of the cases.


Congratulations!!!

Previous top winners - sonographers

Dianna stands among top winners for many years. She is one of those quick responders who are eagerly waiting for a new case of the week.
" I work at Desert Perinatal as a sonographer. I have a husband, two dogs and an African Grey parrot. Hobbies: listening to music, reading, walks with the dogs.  Pretty boring stuff!"

Congratulations!

Susan Byers,  solved cases, USA

Susan has been dedicated solver of our cases for several years. 

She is the Ultrasound Education Coordinator for a large maternal-fetal medicine division that now includes 16 other sonographers.  

"I spend much of my free time outdoors with an adopted, very energetic Airedale terrier I adore.  I reside in southern coastal Maine and enjoy visits with family & friends as well as doing projects on my home. I reference TheFetus.net many, many times on a daily basis and could not live without it!  Thank you so much to my friend Philippe and all the people that love, and take care of TheFetus.net."

Laurie Briare,  solved cases, USA

Laurie has worked in Maternal Fetal Medicine  since 1994.

Bethany Boyette, solved cases, USA

Congratulations!

"One of the things I love about MFM sonography and TheFetus.net is the opportunity to solve a challenging case and see some rare and unusual anomaly or syndrome. Some weeks I can’t wait for Thursday to come around so that I can read the new COW that has been posted"