Dr Prathiba (Preth) M. De Silva MRCOG PhD PGCert(MedEd)

• PhD in Gynaecology; University of Birmingham 2023
• Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (MRCOG) 2022
• PGCert(MedEd) in Medical Education; University of Birmingham 2019
• Medicine & Surgery (MBBS); Imperial College London 2014
• BSc(Hons) in Medical Sciences with Global Health; Imperial College London 2012

Preth obtained his medical degree (MBBS) from Imperial College London in 2014, where he also achieved an intercalated BSc in Medical Sciences with Global Health. Preth received the Enid Linder and the Cambrian Society prizes during his undergraduate degree. He also received a Wellbeing of Women award to conduct research on his elective, which he spent investigating maternal mortality in Takoradi, Ghana.

Preth was successfully appointed to an Academic Foundation Post in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in the West Midlands Deanery in 2014 where he joined Professor Arri Coomarasamy’s team as a research fellow. Following this, Preth commenced specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2016 rotating through New Cross Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital where he took time out of training to undertake a Clinical Teaching Fellowship under the supervision of Professor Justin Clark in 2018. Here, he spent a year designing and implementing teaching innovations for the Year 5 Obstetrics & Gynaecology medical students rotating through Birmingham Women’s Hospital.

Preth then undertook a PhD entitled “The diagnosis and treatment of endometrial pathology in the outpatient setting” in 2019 under the supervision of both Professor Justin Clark and Professor Arri Coomarasamy which was awarded by the University of Birmingham in 2023. After returning back to specialty training in 2022, Preth was appointed as a Clinical Lecturer to Professor Justin Clark in 2023 splitting his time between the University of Birmingham as a post-doctoral researcher and Birmingham Women’s Hospital as a specialist registrar.

• 4^th Year iBSc Women’s Health module
• 5^th Year MBBS Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• RCOG/BSGE Diagnostic & Operative Hysteroscopy course
• RCOG Research Skills for Women’s Health study day
• BSGE RIGS Intermediate Laparoscopy Course
• MRCOG Part II/III Courses

Preth currently supervises 2 MD students

Preth’s research interests lie in evidence synthesis and clinical trials related to gynaecology and gynaecological surgery.

Preth has published a number of systematic reviews investigating how best to provide and perform outpatient hysteroscopy which has culminated in the creation of a national RCOG green-top guideline in outpatient hysteroscopy which is currently under review.

Preth has successfully designed, conducted and closed a pilot randomised-controlled trial investigating the role of routine ultrasound and hysteroscopy against current standard practice in patients who have retained pregnancy tissue following miscarriage (HYsteroscopic Miscarriage MaNagement; HYMMN trial).

Research Groups and Centres

Preth belongs to Professor Justin Clark’s research team which has expertise in conducting systematic reviews, observational studies and multi-centre trials evaluating interventions and health technologies for diagnosing and treating gynaecological conditions.

• Co-founder and lead faculty member of the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) Ambulatory Care Network (ACN)
• Clinical examiner for the Year 5 MBBS OSCE examinations at the University of Birmingham
• Peer-reviewer for Facts, views & vision in ObGyn; the official Journal of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE)