Alain Chalhoub Dr.

Obstetrics

• Preconception, antenatal and post-natal care.
• Special interest in natural procreative technology as means to achieve or to avoid pregnancy, based on the Creighton Model Fertility Care System of vaginal discharge.
• Early pregnancy care including miscarriage, recurrent miscarriages, ectopic and molar pregnancy.
• Screening for Down syndrome and genetic counselling
• Early detection and screening for fetal anomalies.
• Management of normal and low risk pregnancy and follow up of fetal growth by ultrasound 
• Management of antenatal complications, high-risk pregnancy and obstetric emergencies
• Management of medical complications with pregnancy
• Fetal medicine and assessment of fetal well-being
• Management of bleeding in early and late pregnancy.
• Management of vaginal delivery and intra-partum complications
• Operative obstetrics including vaginal deliveries, caesarean sections and management of miscarriage, cervical cerclage and instrumental vaginal delivery
• Management of post-partum haemorrhage
• Postpartum care

Obstetric procedures including:

• High and low risk vaginal deliveries
• Painless vaginal delivery
• Vaginal birth after caesarean section
• Induction of labour and pre-induction cervical ripening
• Operative vaginal delivery
• Management of intrapartum injuries to the birth canal
• High and low risk caesarean sections
• Medical and surgical management of major obstetric haemorrhage (i.e. uterine compressing sutures, uterine and pelvic devascularisation, uterine tamponade, packing, and peripartum hysterectomy)
• Expectant, medical and surgical management of miscarriage
• Medical and surgical management of ectopic pregnancy
• Cervical cerclage
• Other obstetric manoeuvers including external cephalic version and internal podalic version

Gynaecology

• Management of vaginal infections, sexual transmitted diseases and pelvic inflammatory diseases
• Medical and surgical management of abnormal uterine bleeding and menstrual disturbances (endometrial biopsy, endometrial ablation, polypectomy and IUCD extraction)
• Management of premenopausal and post-menopausal bleeding
• Endometrial sampling procedures
• Management of dysmenorrhea and endometriosis
• Postmenopausal care, follow up and management of menopausal symptoms
• Natural family planning
• Reproductive endocrinology, including management of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), amenorrhea, hirsutism, hyperandrogenism and galactorrhea
• Operative gynaecology including open, laparoscopic, and hysteroscopic procedures.
• Early detection and management of breast and female genital tumours including follow up and surgical management of ovarian cysts and uterine fibroids
• Management of breast disorders
• Management of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss
• Adolescent gynaecology, including management of puberty disorders, menstruation abnormalities and dysmenorrhea
• Hysteroscopic surgeries including: hysteroscopic management of abnormal bleeding (endometrial biopsy, endometrial polypectomy, myomectomy), hysteroscopic myomectomy of submucosal fibroids, hysteroscopic removal of uterine polyps, and hysteroscopic contraceptive device extraction
• Diagnostic an operative laparoscopy and adhesiolysis
• Colposcopy and management of premalignant lesions of the cervix
• Hysterosalpingography
• Aesthetic vaginal rejuvenation and cosmetic gynaecology