Rahila Khan MBBS MD FRCOG
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Rahila Khan joined Pyper Medical Services in 2021 and has completed `Expert Report Writing course’ of InSpire MediLaw. Her current post is Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. Since 2010, she has been the lead in Maternal Medicine and Diabetic pregnancy at Worthing Hospital with broad experience in all aspects of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, including high-risk pregnancies and intrapartum management.
She obtained her medical degree from Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh, and moved to UK for higher training in 1989. She became the member of RCOG in 1993. She then enrolled in a Fellowship Programme in Maternal Fetal Medicine at University of Connecticut Health Centre, USA, which included management of complex cases and obstetric ultrasound scanning.
After completion of the Fellowship, she worked as an Assistant Professor in O&G at BIRDEM General Hospital (Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic disorders) and used her UK and USA experience to improve care in complex cases. She was the lead in establishing epidural analgesia in labour at BIRDEM.
Rahila is an excellent team player, who can adapt to new situations, and this was the key factor which helped her to blend in with the different systems of working in UK, USA, and Bangladesh. This has given her extensive experience of O&G in 3 continents and different perspectives on treatment.
She has always had a special interest in audit and many recommendations from studies have been implemented in clinical practice to improve care and patient safety. She has been the principal investigator of several multi-centre research projects.
In her present post, she established a Maternal Medicine clinic to treat pregnant women with complex medical conditions and liaise with tertiary centres. She is also the lead for Diabetic Pregnancy and runs the joint antenatal clinic with a consultant endocrinologist.
Women with abnormal or traumatic experiences are seen in a postnatal debrief clinic and these cases are often discussed in Obstetric Risk Review meetings and presented in ‘Joint Perinatal Meetings’, developing her interest in risk management. Reflection on these cases, and several obstetric serious incident reviews, have led to an interest in medico-legal work.
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