Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

MBCHB, FRANZCOG

Dr Abbas Al-wasffi has specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for over 13 years, he is Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG). Dr Al-wasffi has a gentle and kind demeanour and compassionately cares for women with gynaecological concerns or at any stage of their pregnancy.

Dr Al-wasffi completed his training at Campbelltown & Liverpool Hospitals, as well completed his fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and pelvic surgery at Campbelltown & Bankstown Hospitals. He is also involved in teaching medical students from the Sydney south West Medical School.

Married with two children, Dr Al-wasffi appreciates the joys of parenthood along with the anxieties around pregnancy and childbirth. Having been involved in the management of many pregnancies, he has developed the skills required to minimise risk and give the assurance to expecting patients. He works with women and their partners to facilitate a successful and enjoyable birth process. He is a conjoint lecturer at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University. Dr Al-wasffi is available at his consultation room in Campbelltown and Fairfield, He is a consultant at Campbelltown & Fairfield Public Hospitals as well as Sydney South west Private & Campbelltown private hospitals.

Dr Abbas Al-wasffi and his multi-disciplinary team of specialists aim to offer professional and effective Obstetric & Gynaecological services to achieve the best clinical and lifestyle outcomes for his patients.

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Qualifications

• MBCHB
• A.M.C Certificate 2003
• RANZCOG membership 2013
• FRANZCOG 2015

Registration

• General unconditional Registration with Medical board of Australia since 2003 (AHPRA)
• Medical registration number: MED0001195082
• RANZCOG membership -2013
• FRANZCOG -2015

Appointments

• Senior VMO – Campbelltown Public Hospital
• VMO – Campbelltown Private Hospital
• Senior VMO – Fairfield Public Hospital
• VMO – Sydney South West Private Hospital (Liverpool private Hospital)

Australian Work Experience

• 2019- VMO Campbelltown Hospital
• 2018 – VMO at Bankstown Hospital, NSW
• 2017 – VMO at Fairfield Hospital, NSW
• 2016- VMO at Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW
• 2015- VMO, Rockhampton Hospital, QLD

Areas of Experience & Advances Skills

• Advanced laparoscopy- (Total laparoscopic hysterectomy).
• Advanced laparoscopy level 5 and selected areas of level 6 (endometriosis Surgeries)
• Advance abdominal and pelvic surgery in the gynaecology field (pelvic floor repair surgeries, urethral slings procedures, and complex abdominal surgeries, Vaginal hysterectomies).
• Advanced hysteroscopy procedures (hysteroscopic resection of fibroids).
• Performing advanced obstetric ultrasound to assess high risk pregnancy in the Feto- maternal unit at Campbelltown Hospital.
• Management of high-risk pregnancies.
• Management and follow of gynaecological oncology patients in liaise with Liverpool oncology team.
• Colposcopy clinic, and management of complex cervical pathologies.

Training Background

RANZCOG Elective Training

• He completed all my ITP/ fellow training in Australia – 6 years training program
• 2015: Provisional fellow/ senior registrar at Bankstown Hospital, NSW.
• 2014: Provisional fellow /senior registrar at Campbelltown Hospital, NSW.

RANZCOG ITP Training

• 2013- Fairfield Hospital-NSW (4th year)
• 2012- Liverpool Hospital –NSW (4th year).
• 2011-Bankstown Hospital-NSW (3red year).
• 2010-Campbelltown Hospital hospital-NSW (2nd year).
• 2009- Liverpool hospital-NSW (1styear)

Other Work Experience

• 2008: senior resident O&G Royal Prince Alfred Hospital-NSW.
• 2007: senior resident O&G Liverpool Hospital -NSW.
• 2006: Registrar/ Emergency Department at Blacktown – Mt Druitt Hospital - NSW.
• 2005: Registrar, Emergency Department - NSW.
• 2003-2004: Senior Resident Officer rotation at Launceston General Hospital -Tasmania.

Publications & Research Activity

RANZCOG approved research project

(Should morbidly obese women (BMI> 35 Kg/m2) be delivered at term)

Maternity unit/Campbelltown Hospital

Abstract

(For the purpose of this discussion, morbid obesity will defined as body mass index of greater than 35 Kg/M2)

The prevalence of obesity among Australians has risen dramatically, and a reported 35% of Australian women between the ages of 25 and 35 are either overweight or obese. Obesity in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of maternal, peripartum, and neonatal complications. However, specific guidelines for the management of obese pregnancies are lacking. We hypothesized that induction of obese women at term would decrease the rate of maternal and foetal complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prenatal and maternal outcomes of pregnancies in obese women whose labour is induced at term (37 to 40 weeks gestation) versus the standard management of induction post-term (41 weeks to 41 weeks + 10 days). Our data suggest that early induction at term reduces the risk of failed induction (OR=0.41, CI=0.21-0.78) and caesarean delivery (OR=0.46, CI=0.25-0.83), reduces the total duration of labour (p<0.0001), and reduces the length of hospital stay (p<0.0001).

Conclusion

Induction of labour at term in morbidly obese women with BMI > 35 kg/m2 reduces the rate of epidural failure, the rate of delivery by Caesarean section, the total duration of labour, the length of hospital stay, and the likelihood of delivering a large infant, compared with induction post-term. However, early induction did not have a significant effect on other maternal and foetal outcomes. Given these favourable outcomes and the associated reduction in the use of hospital resources we propose that induction at term should be considered in obese pregnancies although a larger study is required to confirm the results of our study

Teaching Activities

• Conjoint Lecturer, School of Medicine, WSU.
• Participate in teaching activates for medical students and internes, and M&M meeting, ITP trainees.
• Involved in writing & reviewing the Hospitals protocols in Sydney South west area services.
• Organized teaching program for the ITP trainee which includes weekly lecture and journal club.
• Involved with training and supervision of the ITP trainees during the daily clinical activities at Campbelltown & Fairfield hospitals in the birthing units and at the operative theaters.
• Organizing weekly meeting for discussion the management of high-risk obstetric cases.
• Involved in regular teaching of medical students which include lecture and subject discussions, OSCE examinations.
• Organizing three monthly QA meeting /Gynaecology adverse outcome
• Involved in regular teaching, supervision and OSCE examination of the medical students of Sydney south west medical school/Campbelltown campus.

Management Activity

• Coordinate the daily and weekly activities in the Birthing units, clinics, and the theatre activities at Campbelltown & Fairfield Hospitals.
• Coordinate the VMOs weekly rosters as a senior VMO at Fairfield Hospital.

Risk Management

He actively involved in organizing the following

• Prenatal mortality and morbidity meeting.
• Gynaecological morbidity meeting.
• Contentiously review and discuss the hospital /area health managements guidelines and evaluate them with most recent research/ evidence base medicine and discuss the area health protocols with midwives’ educator at the birthing unit.

CPD Activities

• 2009 Introduction of ultrasound for obstetric –Gold Coast
• 2011 Vaginal hysterectomy course-Townsville Hospital
• 2011 Colposcopy /LLETZ COURSE
• 2012 Anatomy of complication course –Dunedin, New Zealand
• 2012 Laparoscopy/ animal laboratory course Nepean Hospital
• 2013 AGES Meeting, QLD, Sydney
• 2014 AGES Meeting – Sydney
• 2015 Anatomy of complication workshop / Perth, WA
• 2015 AGES Meeting –Sydney
• 2015 Urodynamic hands-on course/ workshop-Sydney