External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Thomas’ Hospital Westminster Bridge Road, London, UK, SE1 7EH
The New Cancer Centre, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, UK. W12 0HS
Research interests
Mr Sayasneh has an h-index score of 11 on Google score with 336 publication citation since 2009. The main thrust of his MD research, since August 2011, is related to 2 arms of the IOTA study. IOTA is an international collaboration designed to produce robust information on the characterisation and long term behaviour of ovarian masses. The IOTA studies recruited over 5000 masses in over 30 countries as has informed national guidelines in many countries including the UK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ovarian_Tumor_Analysis_trial. Mr Sayasneh was the main coordinator of the IOTA4 study which was a prospective trial investigating the different models (ultrasound and biomarkers) to characterise ovarian masses (http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN20772153). Recently, with collaboration with the applied computer science team from Buckingham University, his research team have developed and validated a novel computer software to read static ultrasound images of ovarian masses.
Personal interests
radical and ultra-radical surgery in gynaecological oncology, advanced laparoscopic gynaecological surgery, gynaecological ultrasonography
Awards received
1) Best abstract presentation, ISUOG, Rome, Italy, 2016.
2) Hall of Fame recognition by UZ, Leuven, Belgium 2015.
3) Academic Distinction Degree: Awarded by Oxford College (ODL), UK, in Professional Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology, 2010.
4) Academic Distinction Prize: Awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education in Syria.1997.
5) Postgraduate Academic Distinction Award from the Arab Board of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Damascus, Syria. 2001.
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
Most recent publications
1- A giant mucinous borderline neoplasm of the mesentery misdiagnosed as an adnexal cyst – a case report and literature review. Clin Obstet Gynecol Reprod Med 2017
2- Evaluating the risk of ovarian cancer before surgery using the ADNEX model: a multicentre external validation study. Br J Cancer. 2016
3- Can risk factors, clinical history and symptoms be used to predict risk of ectopic pregnancy in women attending an early pregnancy assessment unit?. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2016
4- The accuracy of ultrasonography performed by examiners with varied training and experience to predict the specific pathology of adnexal masses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2014
5-Multicentre external validation of IOTA prediction models and RMI by operators with varied training. Br J Cancer. 2013
6- A multicenter prospective external validation of the diagnostic performance of IOTA simple descriptors and rules to characterize ovarian masses. Gynecol Oncol. 2013
7- Changes seen in the ultrasound features of a presumed decidualised ovarian endometrioma mimicking malignancy. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2012.
8- Do pocket-sized ultrasound machines have the potential to be used as a tool to triage patients in obstetrics and gynecology?.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012
9- Presurgical diagnosis of adnexaltumours using mathematical models and scoring systems: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hum Reprod Update. 2014
10- The potential use of pocket-sized ultrasound machines in obstetrics and gynecology. Europe Diagnostic Imaging Magazine. May 2013
11- The characteristic ultrasound features of specific types of ovarian pathology (Review). Int J Oncol (Accepted October 2014
12- Are serum HE4 or ROMA scores useful to experienced examiners for improving characterization of adnexal masses after transvaginal ultrasonography?. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2014
13- A comparison between an ultrasound based prediction model (LR2) and the risk of ovarian malignancy algorithm (ROMA) to assess the risk of malignancy in women with an adnexal mass. Gynecol Oncol. 2013
14- Differentiating stage I epithelial ovarian cancer from benign disease in women with adnexal tumors using biomarkers or the ROMA algorithm. Gynecol Oncol. 2013.
15- Preoperative identification of a suspicious adnexal mass. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 .
16- Improving strategies for diagnosing ovarian cancer: a summary of the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) studies. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2013.
Courses offered to GPs
Most recent oral presentations
Multi-class characterisation of ovarian masses before surgery using the ADNEX model: a prospective multicenter external validation study. ISUOG, Rome, Italy.
Live ultrasound scanning of ovarian cancer, ISUOG, Rome, Italy. September 2016.
Gynaecological cancer management research abstract session, Chairman, ISUOG, Rome, Italy. September 2016.
Ovarian mass characterisation. Guy’s and St Thomas’ GP training day. London. April 2016
