Consultant Obstetrics, Obstetric Haematology & Medical Education – Leeds Teaching Hospitals

MD, FRCOG, FHEA

Etienne is a consultant obstetrician with a special interest in obstetric haematology, diabetes in pregnancy and medical education. He works at Leeds Teaching Hospitals which is a large tertiary referral centre and was appointed in 2012. Prior to this he undertook his specialty training in obstetrics and gynaecology in the West Yorkshire region and was an academic registrar for the latter part of his training.

Etienne is heavily involved in obstetric haematology, both regionally and nationally. He leads the obstetric haematology service in Leeds and runs a weekly thrombosis and haemostasis clinic as well as a monthly clinic for pregnant patients with haemoglobinopathies, ITP and red cell disorders. These clinics are part of the Maternal Medicine Centre for Yorkshire and Humber. He is actively involved in the British Society of Haematology (BSH) Obs Haem group and was recently part of the BSH guideline working group which led to the publication of the anticoagulation management of pregnant women with prosthetic heart valves (published in the British Journal of Haematology, 2023). He has presented both nationally and internationally on obstetric haematology themes and has co-authored around 40 articles.

He was recently involved in a multi-centre worldwide research project to study the effect of Covid-19 infection on venous thromboembolic risk in pregnancy, which has recently been submitted for publication.

Etienne is also involved in medical education as Co-Lead of the Year IV MBChB course within the University of Leeds School of Medicine and was awarded the Clinical Teaching Excellence Award (2014) and the Leeds Distinguished Scholar Award (2019) for his involvement in undergraduate education. He was a College Tutor in his department for several years.

He is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists extended multiple choice question (EMQ) sub-committee and regularly examines at the MRCOG Part 3 OSCE exam.

He was born in Malta but now considers himself to be an honorary Yorkshireman. He loves travelling, swimming and reading, and never says no to a good espresso macchiato.