Joanna Girling is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at West Middlesex University Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London.
She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College School of Medicine London.
She trained in general medicine, obstetrics and obstetric medicine, and combines these interests in her clinical practice.
She runs a busy multidisciplinary Obstetric Medicine and Preterm Birth Clinic supporting women through complex pregnancies. She also leads the Maternal Medicine services in the hospital, coordinating and developing acute and chronic care for pregnant patients wherever they present.
She also has a strong interest in medical education, and has trained many obstetricians, physicians and midwives in Obstetric Medicine. Her ambitious goal is for all health practitioners to be confident in supporting patients before, during and after pregnancy.
She is the Clinical Director for the North West London Maternal Medicine Network.
She is an MBRRACE (Mothers and Babies, Reducing Risk through Audit and Confidential Enquiry) Obstetric Assessor.
She is the National Institute for Health Research Speciality Lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth in NW London and the Lead for Division 3. Her clinical research interests are broad, with publications in a wide range of obstetric medicine and prematurity fields.
She is on the editorial board of the BMJ journal Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin, which provides practical, independent and evidence-based information on drugs, medication and prescribing.