Dr Nick Kametas
Consultant in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics
- Year Qualified
- 1991
- Qualifications
- MD(Res), FRCOG
- Specialty
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Special Interests
- General obstetrics
- Maternal and fetal medicine
- High risk obstetrics
- Hypertension and renal disease in pregnancy
Biography
Dr Kametas is a Consultant Obstetrician and Sub-specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at King’s College Hospital. He has trained in major teaching hospitals in London and is an advocate of empowering parents with knowledge and providing continuity of care in order to enhance their experience and minimise risks during pregnancy.
Dr Kametas completed his postgraduate training in London and his fellowship in maternal and fetal medicine at the Harris Birthright Centre for Fetal Medicine, King’s College Hospital, under the guidance of Professor Nicolaides. He completed his research thesis with a title: “Maternal cardiovascular adaptation in normal and complicated pregnancies”. He has been a member and Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists since 2005 and 2018 respectively.
Dr Kametas specialises in high risk pregnancies. His clinical work focuses on pregnancies complicated by maternal hypertension and kidney disease. He is the lead for the management of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and responsible for the medical and research service of the Antenatal Hypertension Clinic.
Apart from offering obstetric follow-up to high-risk pregnancies, he also supports the provision of routine care to a group of low-risk mothers booked at King’s College Hospital.
Dr Kametas is an Honorary Reader at King’s College London and his research focuses on the development of models for individualising treatment and prediction of complications in pregnancies complicated by hypertension. He has an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate training.
Find out more about Dr Kametas’s research.