Diego Aryes de Campos

Diego Aryes de Campos, MD, PhD is Associate Professor at the Medical School – University of Porto and Senior Consultant at the S. Joao Hospital in Porto, Portugal. Co-inventor of the “Omniview-SisPorto®” system for computer analysis of fetal monitoring signals (Speculum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006), was the medical consultant for the development of the “Lucina®” obstetric simulator (CAE Healthcare, Montreal, Canada, 2014). Principal investigator for the FM-Alert randomised controlled trial. Published 97 papers in international Medline-indexed journals, edited 4 books, authored 59 book chapters, and has given 105 invited lectures at international scientific meetings. Editor-in-chief of the “Acta Obstetrica e Ginecologica Portuguesa” in 2006-2010, Associate Editor of “ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology” in 2012-2014, and since 2015 of “RBGO – Gynecology and Obstetrics”. He has chaired the scientific committee of the 1st and of the 2nd European Congress of Intrapartum Care (ECIC). Secretary-General of the “Federation of Portuguese Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FSPOG”, co-ordinator for obstetric simulation for the “Portuguese College of Obstetrics and Gynecology”, and presided over the “National Commission for Reduction of Cesarean Section rates”, nominated by the Portuguese Ministery of Health, that led to a 10% decrease in overall national cesarean section rates between 2009 and 2014. Council Member of the “European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology – EBCOG”, and co-ordinator of EBCOG Part 2 Exam – Evaluation of clinical skill. Executive Board member of the “European Association of Perinatal Medicine – EAPM” and is a member of its study group on intrapartum monitoring. Since 2010 he integrates the “Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health committee” at the “International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FIGO”, where he co-ordinated the 2015 revision of the “FIGO guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring”. Participated in the World Health Organisation consensus panels for “Recommendations on antenatal care” and “Intrapartum care and reduction of unnecessary caesarean section” in 2016.