Dr Carla Francisco Rodrigues is a Consultant in Maternal and Foetal Medicine with over 6 years of experience in the field.

Dr Carla obtained her MD in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal in 2003 and graduated as a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Dr Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal in 2012. She pursued training in Maternal and Foetal Medicine in London, UK and attained a Diploma in Foetal Medicine from the Foetal Medicine Foundation, London, UK in 2016. She completed her Ph.D in 2019, with her medical research thesis in Screening for preeclampsia in twin pregnancy.

Previously, Dr Carla has worked as a Consultant in Maternal and Foetal Medicine in Lisbon, Portugal. She was also an Obstetrics and Gynaecology affiliated teacher in Nova Medical School, Lisbon from 2017 to 2022.

She has published more than 30 original articles in national and international journals and has attended more than 50 national and international scientific meeting where she has presented her research papers.

Her expertise includes foetal ultrasound (dating and viability, first, second and third trimester scans; foetal cardiac scan; cervical and Doppler assessment) and prenatal invasive procedures (chorionic villus sample and amniocentesis).

Dr Carla speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.