Miss Marie-Klaire Farrugia

 Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Consultant Paediatric Urologist, Chelsea and Westminster NHS trust (2011 - present)
• Clinical Lead for Paediatric Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster and Imperial College Hospitals, London(present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Paediatric urology
• Vesicoureteric reflux
• Genital anomalies
• Hydronephrosis
• Prenatally-diagnosed kidney and bladder anomalies
• Pelviureteric junction obstruction
• Congenital megaureter
• Posterior urethral valves
• Hernia / hydrocoele / varicocoele / testicular swelling
• Day and night wetting/ incontinence
• Urinary tract infections / pyelonephritis / cystitis
• Labial adhesions / vaginitis
• Dupex kidneys / ureterocoele

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 Positions in public associations

• Clinical Lead for Paediatric Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster and Imperial College Hospitals, London
• Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatric Urology
• Executive Committee Member, Society for Fetal Urology

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
• Faculty on the British Association of Pediatric Urologists annual course; the Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Urology Workshop; North American Robotic Urology Surgeons (NARUS) Course; amongst others
• Miss Farrugia is a regular lecturer and guest speaker at conferences in London and internationally.

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 Education

• Medicine and Surgery degree, L-Università ta' Malta
• FRCSEd (Paed Surg), Paediatric Surgery, at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Certificate of Completion of Surgical Training in Paediatric Surgery (2009) and Paediatric Urology (2010)
• MD(Res) postgraduate research degree, University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health (2008)

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 Publications and conferences

• Miss Farrugia is an expert reviewer and author of leading paediatric urology journals and several book chapters.
• Farrugia MK. UVJ anomalies.In:the Pediatric Urology Book, an online textbook. Chief editors: Kyle Rove; Mohan S. Gundeti; Angela M. Arlen; Pedro-Jose Lopez. In press (2022)
• Farrugia MK. Congenital hydronephrosis. In: Pediatric Urology for Primary Care (an American Academy of Pediatrics publication). Editors: Greenfield S, Cooper C (2018)
• Farrugia MK, Stenbrecher H. Hernias and hydroceles. In: Pediatric Urology: Surgical Complications and Management. Editors: Wilcox D, Godbole P, Koyle M. Second edition (2013)
• Farrugia MK. A potpourri of pediatric urology. J Pediatr Urol. 2022 Jun;18(3):393-394. (2022)
• Farrugia MK. Vesico-amniotic shunt insertion prior to the completion of 16 weeks results in improved preservation of renal function in surviving fetuses with isolated severe lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO). Editorial Review J Pediatr Urol. 2022 Apr;18(2):129-130 (2022)
• Farrugia MK. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in infants: expert tips for success. Nat Rev Urol. 2021 Nov;18(11):641-642 (2021)
• Farrugia MK, Kilby MD Therapeutic intervention for fetal lower urinary tract obstruction: Current evidence and future strategies. .J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Apr;17(2):193-199 (2021)
• Farrugia MK. Fetal bladder outflow obstruction: Interventions, outcomes and management uncertainties. Early Hum Dev. 2020 Nov;150:105189 (2020)
• Ng J, Loukogeorgakis S, Sanna E, Derwig I, Yu C, Paramasivam G, Lees C, Farrugia MK. Postnatal outcome of prenatally-detected "simple" renal cysts: Are they really simple? Early Hum Dev. 2021 Jun;157:105382 (2021)
• Vallasciani S, Bujons Tur A, Gatti J, Machado M, Cooper CS, Farrugia MK, Zhou H, El Anbari M, Lopez PJ. Hydronephrosis Classifications: Has UTD Overtaken APD and SFU? A Worldwide Survey. Front Pediatr. 2021 Apr 12;9:646517. (2021)
• Walsh C, Wessely K, De Caluwe D, Rahman N, Farrugia MK. Radiology reporting of micturating cystourethrograms (MCUGs): What the paediatric urologists want to know. J Pediatr Urol. 2020 Dec;16(6):790.e1-790.e6 (2020)
• Loukogeorgakis SP, Burnand K, MacDonald A, Wessely K, De Caluwe' D, Rahman N, Farrugia MK. Renal scarring is the most significant predictor of breakthrough febrile urinary tract infection in patients with simplex and duplex primary vesico-ureteral reflux. J Pediatr Urol. 2020 Apr;16(2):189.e1-189.e7 (2020)
• Scarlett A, Mentessidou C, Farrugia MK, De Caluwe D, Rahman N. Urology robotic journey: demonstrating the learning curve in robotic-assisted pyeloplasties (RALP). Journal of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery Aug (2019) 

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 Prizes and awards

• Clinical Excellence Awards, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, awarded to clinicians who achieve over and above their duties (2015, 2019)
• Society for Fetal Urology (SFU) scientific program chair award (Sept 2016)
• Awarded a joint European Society of Pediatric Urology and American Academy of Pediatrics travelling fellowship for my research on the congenital obstructive megaureter.
• Joint European Society of Pediatric Urology and American Academy of Pediatrics travelling fellowship (2010)
• Kids Kidney Research Grant (2002)

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 Professional membership

• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• British Association of Paediatric Urologists
• British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons
• European Society for Paediatric Urology
• American Association of Pediatric Urology
• Society for Fetal Urology

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