Mr. William Dennes, PhD MRCOG
Mr. William Dennes,
PhD MRCOG
Practice Address: 92 Harley Street
London W1G 7HU
Fax: 020 7034 1301
Tel: 020 7034 1300
Nationality: British
CCST date: 5 October 2005
GMC Registration: 3405804
Specialist Registration: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Sub speciality: Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Medical Education: Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
(University of London),
1984 - 1989
Qualifications: MB BS (London) - 1989
PhD (Imperial College, London) – 2001
MRCOG - 2002
Present Appointments: Consultant in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine
King’s College Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS
Tel: 020 7737 4000 x 4326
Fax: 020 7346 3445
E-mail: william.dennes@kingsch.nhs.uk

Consultant in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine
The Portland Hospital for Women and Children
205-209 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5AH
Tel: 020 7580 4400
Fax: 020 7390 8012

Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine
Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0HS

Previous Appointments:  
August 2003 – January 2006 Sub-specialty trainee Maternal Fetal Medicine
Centre for Fetal Care
Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London
March 2003 – July 2003 Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Year 5)
Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London
March 2002 – February 2003 Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Year 4)
Watford General Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire
March 2001 – February 2002 Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Year 3)
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
March 2000 - February 2001 Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Year 2)
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
March 1999 - February 2000 Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Year 1)
Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex
February 1996 - February 1999 Research Fellow (Honorary Registrar).
Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Royal Postgraduate Medical School,
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London
August 1995 - January 1996 Senior House Officer in Gynaecology,
Hammersmith Hospital, London
February 1995 - July 1995 Senior House Officer in Obstetrics,
Hammersmith Hospital, London
August 1994 - January 1995 Senior House Officer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Louise Margaret Maternity Wing,
Cambridge Military Hospital,
Aldershot
August 1990 - January 1991 Senior House Officer in Accident and Emergency,
Accident and Emergency Department,
Guy’s Hospital, London
Committees: Clinical Consent Committee, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (2000 – 2001)

Obstetric Lead - Cord Blood Banking Committee, King’s College London (in collaboration with the Antony Nolan Cord Blood Bank)

  Obstetric Lead - Cord Blood Banking Committee, King’s College London (in collaboration with the Antony Nolan Cord Blood Bank)
  Council Member - Gerson Lehrman Group
Medico-legal Work: Preparation of Expert witness reports.
Teaching: Course Lecturer, OSCE Examiner
MBBS
King’s College Hospital, London
  Course Lecturer, Examiner and administrator:
MSc in Obstetric Ultrasound
MSc in Reproductive Biology
BSc in Paediatrics

Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Imperial College School of Medicine,
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London (2003 – 2005)
  Multiple Birth Foundation – National Screening Committee Study Day
Hammersmith Hospital
London. ‘The clinical perspective – what is possible?
  Legal and Ethical Issues in Reproductive Medicine
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology
Imperial College London. ‘Obstetric outcome of assisted reproductive techniques
Publications:  
Papers: H Gardiner, C Belmar, L Pasquini, A Seale, M Thomas, W Dennes, M Taylor, E Kulinskaya, R Wimalasundera. Fetal ECG: A Novel Predictor of Atrioventricular Block in Anti-Ro Positive Pregnancies. Heart. 2006.
  Elliott C L, Slater D M, Dennes W J B, Poston L, Bennett P R. Interleukin 8 expression in human myometrium: changes in relation to labour onset and with gestational age. Am J Reprod Immunol: 43: 5, 272-7, 2000
  Sawdy R J, Slater D M, Dennes W J B, Sullivan M. H, Bennett P R: The roles of the cyclo-oxygenases types one and two in prostaglandin synthesis in human fetal membranes at term. Placenta : 21: 1, 54-57, 2000
  Bartlett S. R, Bennett P. R, Campa J. S, Dennes W J B, Slater D. M, Mann G. E, Poston L. Poston, R: Expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in pregnant human myometrium. J Physiol (Lond): 521 (Part 3), 705-716, 1999
  Dennes W J B, Slater D M, Poston L, Bennett P R: Myometrial Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA expression does not change throughout gestation, or with the onset of labour. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 180: 2, 387-392, 1999
  Slater D M, Dennes W J B, Campa S J, Poston L, Bennett P R: Expression of cyclo-oxygenase types-1 and -2 in human myometrium throughout pregnancy. Mol Hum Reprod: 5: 1, 880-884, 1999
  Sawdy R J, Dennes W J B, Allport V, Slater D M, Elder M G, Sullivan M H, Bennett P R: Region and labour-dependent synthesis of prostaglandin E2 by human fetal membranes. Placenta: 20 (2-3): 181-184, 1999
  Slater D M, Dennes W J B, Sawdy R J, Allport V, Bennett P R: Expression of cyclo-oxygenase types-1 and -2 in human fetal membranes throughout pregnancy: J Mol Endocrinol: 22 (2): 125-130, 1999
  Dennes W J B, Slater D M and Bennett P R: Nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression in human fetal membranes: A possible role in parturition. Biochem Biophys Res Comm. 233: 276-278, 1997
  Dennes W J B, Slater D M and Bennett P R: Nitric Oxide and the control of human parturition. Con Rev Obs Gynae 9: 245-251, 1997
  Dennes W J B, Slater DM and Bennett PR: Differential expression of Nitric oxide synthase mRNA in fetal membranes, before and after the onset of labour. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 104: 633, 1997
Book Chapters: Dennes W J B and Fisk N M. ‘Scientific basis of twin-twin transfusion syndrome’. In: Multiple Pregnancy, Ed M. Kilby. Proceedings of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Study Group. London: RCOG. 2006.
  Lewi L, Dennes W J B, Fisk N M and Deprest J. ‘Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome – Prenatal Therapy’. In: Fetal Medicine, Eds M. G. van Vugt, L. Shulman. New York: Marcel Dekker. 2005.
  Dennes W J B and Bennett P R. ‘Preterm labour - the Achilles’ heel of fetal intervention’. In: The Unborn Patient: The Art and Science of Fetal Therapy. Eds M Harrison, M Evans, S Adzick, W Holzgreve. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. 2000
  Dennes W J B, Sawdy R J and Bennett P R, ‘Molecular Biology in Obstetrics’. In: Progress in Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 13. Ed J. Studd. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. 1999
  Dennes W J B, Elliot C L and Bennett P R, ‘Mechanisms of Preterm labour’. In: 1998 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Yearbook. London: RCOG. 1999
Published Abstracts: Bartlett S, Sawdy R, Dennes W J B, Bennett P R, Mann G E, Poston L. Cytokine regulation of nitric oxide synthase and cyclo-oxygenase-2 in cultured human myometrial cells. Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Atlanta, USA, February 1998. In Suppl. J Soc Gynecol Inv. 5: Abstract #F589. 1998
  Dennes W J B, Slater D M, Jones G D, Poston L and Bennett P R. Nitric oxide synthase expression in human myometrium, before and after the onset of labour. International Congress on Nitric oxide in reproductive and perinatal medicine, Genoa, Italy, September 1997. In Prenat Neonat Med: 2, 9, 1997
  Slater D M, Dennes W J B, Sawdy R, Davies V and Bennett P R. Cyclo-oxygenase type 2 selective NSAI’s for inhibition of preterm labour. 4th International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids. Edinburgh, July 1997. In Prostagland Leuko Essent: 57: (Abstract M11) 1997
  Dennes W J B, Slater D M and Bennett P R. Nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression in fetal membranes before and after labour. Society for Gynecologic Investigation, San Diego, USA, March 1997. In Suppl. J Soc Gynecol Inv. 4: Abstract #738. 1997
  Slater D M, Dennes W J B, Jones G D, Poston L and Bennett P R. Expression of COX-1 and COX-2 in human myometrium: Changes in relation to gestational age and labour onset. Society for Gynecologic Investigation, San Diego, USA, March 1997. In Suppl. J Soc Gynecol Inv. 4: Abstract #146.1997
Oral Communications: Dennes W J B, Pasquini L, Fisk N M, Gardiner H M. A comparison of conventional 2D fetal echocardiography and 3D Spatio-Temporal Image Correlation (STIC). International Fetal Medicine Surgery Society Meeting, Helsingor, Denmark. May 2005
  Dennes W J B, Slater D M, and Bennett P R: Expression and localisation of Nitric oxide synthase mRNA in human fetal membranes. Victor Bonney Society Meeting, Nuthurst Priory, May 1997
  Dennes W J B, Slater D M, Jones G D, Poston L and Bennett P R. Nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression in human myometrium throughout gestation, and before and after the onset of labour. Blair Bell Jubilee Competition, RCOG London. December 1997
Poster Presentations: Dennes W J B, O’Brien A, Vanderheyden T, Wimalasundera R, Fisk N M, Rutherford M A, Kumar S. Dandy-Walker variant malformations – correlation of MR imaging with detailed ultrasound examination. British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society meeting, Glasgow. April 2004
Societies:  
  Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Member of the Blair Bell Research Society
Member of The British Association of Perinatal Medicine
Member of The British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society
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