Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katharina Schuchter

• Head of the Prenatal Center in Vienna
• Head of med4women
• President of the Austrian Society for Pre- and Perinatal Medicine
• President of the Platform for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Austria (PIKÖ)
• Since 2017 teaching at the Sigmund Freud University (SFU) in Vienna
• Many years as a senior physician, as well as deputy head of prenatal diagnostics at Donauspital Vienna
  1996 – 2013

Postdoctoral training

• Specialist training in gynecology and obstetrics at SMZ-Ost Vienna (Scholarship: King's College Hospital in London, Prof. Stuart Campbell – fetal sonography)
• Habilitation topic: “Fetal nuchal translucency measurement and serum screening for the prenatal detection of Down syndrome”
• Diploma in Human Genetics of the Austrian Medical Chamber
• Specialization in pediatric and adolescent gynecology (German Working Group for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology)
• Diploma from the Training Center for Homeopathy in Gynecology at the Döbling Private Clinic

Specialized additional qualifications in the field of gynecological diagnostics and prenatal diagnostics

• Advanced Training Programme in Obstetric Ultrasound (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, England) 1991
• Certificate for the First Trimester Screening of the Fetal Medicine Foundation (Prof. Kypros Nicolaides, London) since 1996
• Diploma of Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Foundation, London 2007
• Ultrasound Certificate of the Austrian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine – ÖGUM Level II since 2007
• Regular recertifications for quality-assured sonography at ÖGUM and the Fetal Medicine Foundation

Medical awards as first author in the field of gynecological diagnostics and prenatal diagnostics

• Special Award of the Fetal Medicine Foundation 2001 (President: Prof. Kypros Nicolaides, Research and Developments in Fetal Medicine – London: “The combination of uterine artery Doppler and placental volume measurement in the first trimester for the prediction of high-risk pregnancies”)
• Otto Thalhammer Prize 2000 – Austrian Society for Pre- and Perinatal Medicine: “The combination of nuchal translucency and the triple test leads to improved prenatal detection of Down syndrome”
• Otto Thalhammer Prize 1997 – Austrian Society for Prenatal and Perinatal Medicine: “Results of routine fetal nuchal translucency measurement in 4,233 pregnant women in the 11th–13th week of pregnancy”

Active memberships

• International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG)
• Austrian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG)
• Austrian Society for Pre- and Perinatal Medicine
• Austrian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ÖGUM)
• Platform for Interdisciplinary Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Austria (PIKÖ)