Professor Euan Wallace MBChB, MD, FRCOG, FRANZCOG

Clinical Director, Centre for Women's Health Research

Professor Euan Wallace graduated in Medicine from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where he completed his research and clinical training before joining Monash University in 1996. He has established and leads a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Group within MIMR’s Centre for Women’s Health Research.

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine group focus on basic and clinical aspects of pregnancy. The team has an international reputation for its Down Syndrome screening program and the role of inhibins and activins in pregnancy. More recently, the group has established research programs in fetal growth restriction, in utero infection and early pregnancy events. In collaboration with Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL), the group is a world leader in amnion “stem cell” biology.

Professor Wallace is also Director of Obstetric Services at Southern Health – the largest provider of women’s services in Victoria. His clinical appointment is in high risk pregnancies, including recurrent miscarriage, multiple pregnancy, hypertension and endocrine disease in pregnancy. He heads the RANZCOG “Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance Education Program” - a national education program for doctors and midwives. He is also involved in a range of other professional education activities locally and nationally.

He sits on a number of State government committees including committees for a number of grant funding authorities, such as NHMRC. Prof Wallace has over 160 peer-reviewed publications relating to his research.