Miss Jackie Ross

Consultant Gynaecologist

Year Qualified: 1992
Qualifications: BSc, MBBS, FRCOG
Specialty: Gynaecology

Special Interests

Ambulatory gynaecological treatments
Benign gynaecological surgery
Early pregnancy complications
Gynaecological ultrasound
Outpatient diagnostics
Recurrent miscarriage

Biography

Miss Ross qualified as a doctor in 1992, having studied medicine and genetics at King’s College London. She was awarded prizes in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Surgery as a medical student.

After training for three years as a junior doctor she spent two years in research at King’s College Hospital, specialising in early pregnancy problems and gynaecological ultrasound. Miss Ross completed her training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in hospitals throughout the south east of England and joined the Specialist Register as a Consultant in 2003.

She was appointed as a Consultant at King’s College Hospital in 2004 and is currently the Clinical Lead in the Early Pregnancy and Gynaecology Assessment Unit. She is Vice Chair of the Association of Early Pregnancy Units and a medical advisor to the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust. She is also a course organiser for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) advanced skills training in Early Pregnancy and Acute Gynaecology, and South London RCOG ultrasound training co-ordinator for Gynaecology.

Her main areas of interest are the diagnosis and management of early pregnancy problems, recurrent miscarriage, and the ultrasound diagnosis of gynaecological malignancies and benign gynaecology.

Related services

Research

Ross JA (2019) ‘Diagnostic protocols for the management of pregnancy of unknown location‘, BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 126,(2):199
Harb HM, Knight M, Bottomley C, Overton C, Tobias A, Gallos ID, Shehmar M, Farquharson R, Horne A, Latthe P, Edi-Osagie E, MacLean M, Marston E, Zamora J, Dawood F, Small R, Ross J, Bourne T, Coomarasamy A, Jurkovic D (2018) ‘Caesarean scar pregnancy in the UK: a national cohort study‘, BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 125,(13):1663-1670
Ross JA, Unipan A, Clarke J, Magee C, Johns J (2018) ‘Ultrasound diagnosis of molar pregnancy‘, Ultrasound (Leeds, England), 26,(3):153-159
Jauniaux E, Memtsa M, Johns J, Ross JA, Jurkovic D (2018) ‘New insights in the pathophysiology of complete hydatidiform mole‘, Placenta, 62,():28-33
Jurkovic D, Memtsa M, Sawyer E, Donaldson AN, Jamil A, Schramm K, Sana Y, Otify M, Farahani L, Nunes N, Ambler G, Ross JA (2017) ‘Single-dose systemic methotrexate vs expectant management for?treatment?of?tubal?ectopic?pregnancy:?a?placebo-controlled randomized trial‘, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 49,(2):171-176
Farahani L, Sinha A, Lloyd J, Islam M, Ross JA (2017) ‘Negative histology with surgically treated tubal ectopic pregnancies – A retrospective cohort study‘, European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 213,():98-101
Morgan SR, Long L, Johns J, Angwin C, Maitra S, Ross JA (2017) ‘Are early pregnancy complications more common in women with hyperemesis gravidarum?‘, Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 37,(3):355-357
Jurkovic D, Knez J, Appiah A, Farahani L, Mavrelos D, Ross JA (2016) ‘Surgical treatment of Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy: efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided suction curettage‘, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 47,(4):511-7
Zosmer N, Fuller J, Shaikh H, Johns J, Ross JA (2015) ‘Natural history of early first-trimester pregnancies implanted in Cesarean scars‘, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 46,(3):367-75
Mol F, van Mello NM, Strandell A, Jurkovic D, Ross JA, Yalcinkaya TM, Barnhart KT, Verhoeve HR, Graziosi GC, Koks CA, Mol BW, Ankum WM, van der Veen F, Hajenius PJ, van Wely M, European Surgery in Ectopic Pregnancy (ESEP) study group, European Surgery in Ectopic Pregnancy ESEP study group (2015) ‘Cost-effectiveness of salpingotomy and salpingectomy in women with tubal pregnancy (a randomized controlled trial)‘, Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 30,(9):2038-47
Coomarasamy A, Williams H, Truchanowicz E, Seed PT, Small R, Quenby S, Gupta P, Dawood F, Koot YE, Bender Atik R, Bloemenkamp KW, Brady R, Briley AL, Cavallaro R, Cheong YC, Chu JJ, Eapen A, Ewies A, Hoek A, Kaaijk EM, Koks CA, Li TC, MacLean M, Mol BW, Moore J, Ross JA, Sharpe L, Stewart J, Vaithilingam N, Farquharson RG, Kilby MD, Khalaf Y, Goddijn M, Regan L, Rai R (2015) ‘A Randomized Trial of Progesterone in Women with Recurrent Miscarriages‘, The New England journal of medicine, 373,(22):2141-8
Bennett SA, Bagot CN, Appiah A, Johns J, Ross J, Roberts LN, Patel RK, Arya R (2014) ‘Women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss do not have evidence of an underlying prothrombotic state: experience with calibrated automated thrombography and rotational thromboelastometry‘, Thrombosis research, 133,(5):892-9
Poon LC, Emmanuel E, Ross JA, Johns J (2014) ‘How feasible is expectant management of interstitial ectopic pregnancy?‘, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 43,(3):317-21
Mol F, van Mello NM, Strandell A, Strandell K, Jurkovic D, Ross J, Barnhart KT, Yalcinkaya TM, Verhoeve HR, Graziosi GC, Koks CA, Klinte I, Hogström L, Janssen IC, Kragt H, Hoek A, Trimbos-Kemper TC, Broekmans FJ, Willemsen WN, Ankum WM, Mol BW, van Wely M, van der Veen F, Hajenius PJ, European Surgery in Ectopic Pregnancy (ESEP) study group (2014) ‘Salpingotomy versus salpingectomy in women with tubal pregnancy (ESEP study): an open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial‘, Lancet (London, England), 383,(9927):1483-9
Davison AZ, Appiah A, Sana Y, Johns J, Ross JA (2014) ‘The psychological effects and patient acceptability of a test to predict viability in early pregnancy: a prospective randomised study‘, European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 178,():95-9
Sana Y, Appiah A, Davison A, Nicolaides KH, Johns J, Ross JA (2013) ‘Clinical significance of first-trimester chorionic bumps: a matched case-control study‘, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 42,(5):585-9
Ross JA, Davison AZ, Sana Y, Appiah A, Johns J, Lee CT (2013) ‘Ovum transmigration after salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy‘, Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 28,(4):937-41
Papaioannou GI, Syngelaki A, Maiz N, Ross JA, Nicolaides KH (2012) ‘Yolk sac diameter in early pregnancy in maternal diabetes mellitus‘, Gynecologic and obstetric investigation, 73,(1):16-20
Cordina M, Schramm-Gajraj K, Ross JA, Lautman K, Jurkovic D (2011) ‘Introduction of a single visit protocol in the management of selected patients with pregnancy of unknown location: a prospective study‘, BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 118,(6):693-7
Papaioannou GI, Syngelaki A, Maiz N, Ross JA, Nicolaides KH (2011) ‘Ultrasonographic prediction of early miscarriage‘, Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 26,(7):1685-92
Papaioannou GK, Syngelaki A, Maiz N, Ross JA, Nicolaides KH (2011) ‘Sonographic markers of aneuploidies at 6-10 weeks of gestation‘, Early human development, 87,(7):453-6
Papaioannou GI, Syngelaki A, Maiz N, Ross JA, Nicolaides KH (2011) ‘Prediction of outcome in dichorionic twin pregnancies at 6-10 weeks’ gestation‘, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 205,(4):348.e1-5
Lautmann K, Cordina M, Elson J, Johns J, Schramm-Gajraj K, Ross JA (2011) ‘Clinical use of a model to predict the viability of early intrauterine pregnancies when no embryo is visible on ultrasound‘, Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 26,(11):2957-63
Papaioannou GI, Syngelaki A, Poon LC, Ross JA, Nicolaides KH (2010) ‘Normal ranges of embryonic length, embryonic heart rate, gestational sac diameter and yolk sac diameter at 6-10 weeks‘, Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 28,(4):207-19
Samuel M, Kumar U, Parsons J, Ross J, Taylor C (2009) ‘Retained fetal bones following termination of pregnancy mistaken for an intrauterine contraceptive device‘, The journal of family planning and reproductive health care / Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 35,(3):195-6
Hafner T, Aslam N, Ross JA, Zosmer N, Jurkovic D (1999) ‘The effectiveness of non-surgical management of early interstitial pregnancy: a report of ten cases and review of the literature‘, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 13,(2):131-6
Jurkovic D, Ross JA, Nicolaides KH (1998) ‘Expectant management of missed miscarriage‘, British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 105,(6):670-1
Ross JA, Hacket E, Lawton F, Jurkovic D (1997) ‘Massive ascites due to abdominal pregnancy‘, Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 12,(2):390-1
Ross JA, Jurkovic D, Zosmer N, Jauniaux E, Hacket E, Nicolaides KH (1997) ‘Umbilical cord cysts in early pregnancy‘, Obstetrics and gynecology, 89,(3):442-5
Ross JA, Jurkovic D, Nicolaides K (1997) ‘Coelocentesis: a study of short-term safety‘, Prenatal diagnosis, 17,(10):913-7