Biography
Born: Cospicua, Malta 18/02/1955.
Educated: St. Aloysius College
[Malta], Junior College [Royal University of Malta], University of
Malta, Catholic University of Leuven [Belgium], National Research
Institute for Mother and Child [Warsaw, Poland]. Furthered specialised
medical training in the Cliniques Universitaires St.
Raphael/Gasthuisberg [Leuven, Belgium] and the Royal Maternity Hospital
[Belfast, N. Ireland].
Qualifications:
Medical Doctorate [University of Malta, 1979], Accreditation
Certificate in Obstetrics-Gynaecology [Leuven, Belgium, 1985], Member
of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists [U.K.,
1986], Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians
& Gynaecologists [U.K., 2000], Doctor of Medical
Sciences [Warsaw, Poland, 1997], Member of the Royal
College of Physicians of Ireland [Ireland, 2001], Accreditation
Certificate in Obstetrics-Gynaecology [S.A.C., Malta, 2003].
Current employment: Consultant
Obstetrician-Gynaecologist & Consultant i/c Diabetic Pregnancy
Joint Clinic, Department of Health, Malta; Associate Professor and Head
of Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine
& Surgery and Institute of Health Care, University of Malta;
Specialist Obstetrician-Gynaecologist in Private Practice.
Serves as Honorary Chief Medical Officer to the Special Rescue Group -
St. Lazarus Corps, and as Hospitaller & Historian to the Grand
Priory of the Maltese Islands of the Military and Hospitaller Order of
Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.
Interests: Reproductive epidemiology
and diabetes in pregnancy. Maltese history with
emphasis on medical history. Natural Sciences
particularly in field of geology, herpetology and mammology.
Reference: "Dictionary of Maltese Biographies"
(ed. Sciavone MJ) 2009, PIN:Malta, p.1415-1416
