Renowned Cyprus Professor Kypros Nikolaides, basen in the UK, was elected an external member, in the Medical Sciences section, of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts.

The selection took place during during the 66th plenary session of the Academy on September 17, following a proposal by the Order of Positive Sciences.

A press release says that Professor Nikolaides is internationally recognized as a leader in fetal medicine and prenatal surgery and his numerous contributions include the establishment of methods for detecting structural and chromosomal abnormalities, as well as effective intrauterine therapeutic interventions, namely fetal blood transfusions and endoscopic laser separation of communicating placental vessels in monochorionic twins.

Professor Nikolaides is internationally recognized as the founder of the measurement of nuchal translucency, the diagnostic technique that contributes to the early detection of genetic mutations associated with Down syndrome, while he is a pioneer in the research and applications of Cell Free DNA testing for the detection of chromosomal abnormalities in a woman’s peripheral blood, the press release reads.

He is a Professor of Fetal Medicine, Director of the Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King’s College Hospital and Founder/Director of the Fetal Medicine Foundation.

His numerous awards include the Excellence in Sciences, Letters and Arts of the Republic of Cyprus, the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix of the Hellenic Republic, the Ian Donald Gold Medal, the Eardley Holland Gold Medal, the European Maternity Prize, the Erich Sailing Prize, as well as Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Cyprus, Athens, Thessaloniki, Cairo, Warsaw, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, among others. He has been elected as a member of the US National Academy of Medicine.