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Fred received his degree in medicine from the St Petersburg State Medical University and his early training was in Russia and Israel. He came to London to work with the Harris Birthright Centre for Fetal Medicine at Kings College Hospital, and is currently a specialist in prenatal diagnostics and fetal medicine at UCLH. He has over 20 years of experience scanning fetuses and works with the ISUOG (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) as an ambassador and director of training programmes internationally. He is particularly interested in the training and support of doctors in other countries to help them to protect and preserve the health of mothers and unborn babies. Fred runs many ultrasound and fetal medicine courses in the UK (ISUOG supported courses), Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Peru, Portugal, Russia (ISUOG supported courses), Turkey and Ukraine, where many doctors have no opportunity to participate in expensive international congresses and courses. He also is Director of the Ultrasound Network Ltd in London, a provider of ultrasound training courses, 3D & 4D ultrasound training, fetal echocardiography training and hands on training in ultrasound. Simona is a consultant in Fetal Medicine at the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Head of Nuada Fetal Ultrasound. She graduated with Honours from the School of Medicine and Surgery in Italy. She then came to London and worked for five years as a clinical research fellow under the supervision of Professor Kypros Nicolaides at Kings College Hospital. During this time Simona has been involved in the teaching of new scanning techniques and the principles and practice of first and second trimester antenatal screening for aneuploidy both locally and internationally, as an invited speaker. Simona defended with Honours her PhD Thesis in Fetal Medicine, and has a dual specialist accreditation in both Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Her main academic interest is screening for chromosomal abnormalities with over 40 peer-reviewed publications. Simona is the NIHR CRN: North Thames Clinical Lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth. Nuada Fetal Ultrasound Our consultants Our facilities Our Harley Street specialist consultation and treatment centre offers state-of-the- art facilities in beautiful surroundings. 19 Harley Street London W1G 9QD 0207 036 8800 Dr Fred Ushakov Dr Simona Cicero
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Fred received his degree in medicine from the St Petersburg State Medical University and his early training was in Russia and Israel. He came to London to work with the Harris Birthright Centre for Fetal Medicine at Kings College Hospital, and is currently a specialist in prenatal diagnostics and fetal medicine at UCLH.
He has over 20 years of experience scanning fetuses and works with the ISUOG (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) as an ambassador and director of training programmes internationally.
He is particularly interested in the training and support of doctors in other countries to help them to protect and preserve the health of mothers and unborn babies. Fred runs many ultrasound and fetal medicine courses in the UK (ISUOG supported courses), Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Peru, Portugal, Russia (ISUOG
supported courses), Turkey and Ukraine, where many doctors have no opportunity to participate in expensive international congresses and courses.
He also is Director of the Ultrasound Network Ltd in London, a provider of ultrasound training courses, 3D & 4D ultrasound training, fetal echocardiography training and hands on training in ultrasound.
Simona is a consultant in Fetal Medicine at the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Head of Nuada Fetal Ultrasound. She graduated with Honours from the School of Medicine and Surgery in Italy. She then came to London and worked for five years as a clinical research fellow under the supervision of Professor Kypros Nicolaides at Kings College Hospital.
During this time Simona has been involved in the teaching of new scanning techniques and the principles and practice of first and second trimester antenatal screening for aneuploidy both locally and internationally, as an invited speaker. Simona defended with Honours her PhD Thesis in Fetal Medicine, and has a dual specialist accreditation in both Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Her main academic interest is screening for chromosomal abnormalities with over 40 peer-reviewed publications.
Simona is the NIHR CRN: North Thames Clinical Lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth.
Nuada Fetal UltrasoundOur consultants
Our facilitiesOur Harley Street specialist consultation and treatment centre offers state-of-the-art facilities in beautiful surroundings.
19 Harley StreetLondonW1G 9QD0207 036 8800
Dr Fred UshakovDr Simona Cicero
Nuada Fetal UltrasoundOur services
Nuada Fetal Ultrasound provides advanced fetal ultrasound scans performed to the highest standards and with extensive counselling by consultants and doctors specialised in Fetal Medicine.
Our core competence is to provide state of the art ultrasound scans in order to exclude most of the severe fetal anomalies as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and give the parents early reassurance.
Type of scan Weeks Aim
Viability scan 7-11 To confirm viability To confirm the gestational ageTo exclude an ectopic pregnancyTo diagnose a multiple pregnancy
Viability and Harmony Non Invasive Prenatal test (NIPT)
10 To confirm viability and screen for Down’s syndrome by NIPT
Nuchal and Early Pregnancy Anomaly Scan
11-13 To confirm viability To confirm the gestational ageTo screen for chromosomal abnormalities To diagnose major structural abnormalitiesTo diagnose a multiple pregnancy
Anomaly scan 20-23 To diagnose fetal structural abnormalitiesTo evaluate the position of the placentaTo screen for pre-eclampsia and IUGR
Cervical assessment 20-23 To screen for premature labour
Detailed cardiac scan 12-23 To detect cardiac abnormalities
Fetal growth and well-being scan
24-42 To determine the fetal growth patternTo estimate the fetal weightTo examine the fetal movementsTo evaluate the position of the placentaTo measure the amniotic fluid volumeTo assess the blood flow to the placenta and fetus To detect fetal abnormalies with late manifestation
