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Dr Tara Selman

Dr Tara Selman is a consultant who specialises in complex fetal problems and prenatal diagnosis.

Training and education

  • Undergraduate training University of Birmingham
  • PhD (University of Birmingham, School of Medicine)
  • Sup speciality training Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS foundation trust

Experience

Dr Selman has worked for the Trust since January 2018 having previously been a consultant in Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. She is responsible for complex fetal problems and prenatal diagnosis. With Dr Van Herwijnen she also provides a dedicated services for the women at risk of spontaneous preterm delivery.

Key achievements

  • Lead for subspeciality training in Wessex
  • Preterm birth lead for the LMS
  • Pregnancy outcome representative for BMFMS

Research

  • Sayqa Arif, Aliyah Chaudhary,Paul F Clift,;R Katie Morris, Tara J Selman, Sarah E Bowater, Lucy E Hudsmith,Peter J Thompson, Sara A Thorne. Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with a Fontan Circulation and Proposal for a Risk-Scoring System: Single Centre Experience. Accepted for Journal of Congenital Cardiology 2017;1:10
  • Plunkett E, Bull S, Gertig R,Bowater s, Clift P, Hudsmith L, Thorne S, Morris k, Selman TJ, Thompson P. 73 Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Women with Aortopathy: Experience in a Tertiary Joint Cardiac Obstetric Centre. Heart 2016;102:A53-A54.
  • Bowater SE, Selman TJ, Hudsmith LE, Clift PE, Thompson PJ, Thorne SE. Long term outcome following pregnancy in women with a systemic right ventricle - is deterioration due to pregnancy or a consequence of time? Congenit Heart Dis. 2012 Sep 12. doi: 10.1111/chd.12001.
  • Selman TJ, Morris RK, Zamora J, Khan KS. The quality of reporting of primary test accuracy studies in Obstetrics and application of the STARD criteria. BMC Women’s BMC Womens Health 2011;11:8.
  • Morris RK, Selman TJ, Zamora J, Khan KS. Methodological quality of test accuracy studies included in systematic reviews in obstetrics and gynaecology: sources of bias. BMC Women’s Health 2011;11:7
  • Morris RK, Selman TJ, Harbidge A, Martin WL, Kilby MD. Fetoscopic laser coagulation for severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: factors influencing perinatal outcome, learning curve of the procedure and lessons for new centres. BJOG 2010;117:1350-1357
  • Morris RK, Selman TJ, Verma M, Robson SC, Kleijnen J, Khan KS. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the test accuracy of ductus venosus Doppler to predict compromise of fetal/neonatal wellbeing. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.2010;152(1):3-12