In conversation with Dr David Coggin-Carr

Welcome to the fifth episode of season two of Conversations in Fetal Medicine, where we talk to Dr David Coggin-Carr.
 
David is a UK+US dual-certified obstetrician, subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, and early career clinical academic with additional training and expertise in Integrative Medicine and medical acupuncture. He currently practices full-spectrum MFM in both Vermont and upstate New York and additionally serves as Associate Medical Director of the Birthing Center and Associate Director of Quality for Obstetrics at the University of Vermont Medical Center. His clinical interests include planned vaginal breech birth, assisted vaginal birth, fetal growth restriction and electronic fetal monitoring. His research interests are focused on the evidence-based integration of acupuncture and related techniques into conventional maternity care, as well as the exploration of novel applications of acupuncture in animal models of high-risk pregnancy. His lab is currently examining the efficacy, safety and mechanisms of action of electroacupuncture in a rat model of maternal obesity characterized by insulin resistance and uteroplacental insufficiency. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Acupuncture in Medicine (published by SAGE and owned by the British Medical Acupuncture Society) since 2015.

After graduating from UCL medical school in 2004, he spent 12 years in UK postgraduate training during which time he was awarded an MSc in Western Medical Acupuncture by the University of Hertfordshire and a PhD in Fetal Medicine from UCL under the supervision of Anna David and Jacqueline Wallace at the University of Aberdeen (to which he relocated for 18 months). His thesis was entitled “Evaluation of
Prenatal Adenoviral Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Therapy in the Growth-Restricted Sheep Fetus and Neonate”. He began subspecialty training at St George’s, University of London, completed the RCOG ATMs in Maternal Medicine and Advanced Labour Ward Practice and ultimately gained his CCT in general O&G, but subsequently made the decision to emigrate to the USA and retrain in O&G and MFM.

He spent his first year as an intern at NYU (including a stint at Bellevue, the USA’s oldest public hospital) and then moved on to the University of Vermont for a further three years’ of Ob/Gyn residency followed by three years’ of MFM fellowship. While finally working in a substantive post (as an attending physician and Assistant Professor), he is currently rounding out 20 years’ of postgraduate training by completing a 1-year faculty fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health.

We have not included any patient identifiable information, and this podcast is intended for professional education rather than patient information (although welcome anyone interested in the field to listen). Please get in touch with feedback or suggestions for future guests or topics: conversationsinfetalmed@gmail.com, or via Twitter (X) or Instagram via @fetalmedcast. 

Music by Crowander ('Acoustic romance') used under creative commons licence. Podcast created, hosted and edited by Dr Jane Currie.