Dr Linden Stocker

BM BS, MRCOG, MSc (genomics), PhD

Training and education

• Graduated from the University of Nottingham, 2007
• PhD at the University of Southampton, 2018
• Completed post graduate training in Wessex in 2020
• Completed subspecialty training in fetomaternal medicine in Leeds, 2022
• Masters in Genomics, University of Exeter, 2024

Experience

Dr Linden Stocker has worked as a consultant in the Trust since January 2023. She undertakes fetal medicine scans during pregnancy and invasive procedures. She also is the obstetric co-lead for the maternal cardiac clinic and for multiple pregnancies (twins).

Dr Stocker is also involved in research in pregnancy, and has a keen interest in circadian rhythms and how these affect reproduction, as well the genetic control of these cycles. She is also involved in post graduate education and teaching at the University of Southampton.

Research

• Rimmer MP, Henderson I, Parry-Smith W, Raglan O, Tamblyn J, Heazell AEP, Higgins LE; UKARCOG NESTT working group authors. (2023) Worth the paper it's written on? A cross-sectional study of Medical Certificate of Stillbirth accuracy in the UK. Int J Epidemiol, 52(1):295-308.
• Caldwell M, Stocker et al, (2022) Pregnancies in women with Turner Syndrome: A retrospective multicentre UK study, BJOG 129(5):796-803.
• Owens G, Sivalingam V, Bharathan R, Abdelrahman M, Beirne J, Blake D, Collins A, Davies R, Dilley J, Farquharson M, Frimpong D, Gomes N, Hawco S, Ilenkovan N, Jones E, Jones S, Khan T, Leung E, Otify M, Parnell L, Rimmer M, Ryan N, Sanderson P, Stocker L, Wilkinson M, Wong SC, Wan L (2020) Are obstetrics and gynaecology trainees confident and competent in the care of frail gynaecological oncology patients? Int Journal of Gynanecological Cancer 30 (12):1959-1965.
• Stocker L.J., Cagampang F.R., Lu S., Ladyman T., Cheong, YCC (2020) Is sleep deficit associated with infertility and recurrent pregnancy losses? Results from a prospective cohort study, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 100(2):302-313.
• Rimmer MP, Stocker, L.J. et al, Al Wattar BH, Provision of obstetrics and gynaecology services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of junior doctors in the UK National Health Service (2020), BJOG;10.1111/1471-0528.16313.
• Townsend R, Stocker L, Khalil A (2019) Variation in outcome reporting in randomized controlled trials of interventions for prevention and treatment of fetal growth restriction. Ultrasound in Obstetrics Gynaecology. 53(5):598-608.
• Stocker, L.J., , F., Cheong, Y. (2017) Identifying stably expressed housekeeping genes in the endometrium of fertile women, women with recurrent implantation failure and recurrent miscarriages. Scientific Reports, 7(1):14857.
• Stocker, L.J., Hardingham, K., Cheong, Y.(2016) A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Whether Listening to Music at Time of Embryo Transfer Effects Anxiety Levels. Gynecol Obstet, 6:40.1.
• Stocker L.J., Wellesley, D.G, Stanton, M.P., Parasuraman, R., Howe, D.T. (2015) The Increasing Incidence Of Fetal Echogenic Congenital Lung Malformations: An Observational Study, Prenat Diagn.35(2):148-53.
• Stocker L.J., Bewley, S.J., Cheong Y, (2014) Influence of Shift Work on Early Reproductive Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Obstet Gynecol.124(1):99-110.
• Stocker L.J, Glazebrook, J., Cheong, Y. Are skin scar characteristics associated with the degree of pelvic adhesions at laparoscopy? (2014) Fertility and Sterility, 101(2):501-5.
• Bailey J.L, Stocker L.J, Newman T.A., Macklon N.S., Woo Yin Ling, Cheong Y, Expression of neuronal markers in women with and without endometriosis, Human Reproduction 2013; 28(9):2502-10.
• Dissanayake VH, Tower C, Broderick A, Stocker LJ, Seneviratne HR, Jayasekara RW, Kalsheker N, Broughton Pipkin F, Morgan L. (2007) Polymorphism in the epidermal growth factor gene is associated with birthweight in Sinhalese and white Western Europeans. Mol Hum Reprod. 13(6):425-9.