Mr Michael Magro

Mr Michael Magro qualified from St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, with a distinction in clinical science and clinical practice in 2009. He is an experienced Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT), one of the busiest maternity units in the country, where he provides tertiary-level care in both obstetrics and gynaecology. Mr Magro is the Labour Ward, maternity HDU and Triage lead, responsible for senior clinical and operational leadership coordinating day-to-day ward activity and acts as an expert and visible role model to support the multidisciplinary team. He has a distinction in Leadership in Healthcare, obtaining a PGCert from London Southbank University in 2017.

Mr Magro has extensive experience in the management of high-risk obstetrics, complex emergency obstetric care, benign gynaecology, advanced laparoscopic surgery and diagnostic gynaecological oncology.

Mr Magro also has substantial experience in maternity governance, patient safety and quality improvement. He co-led governance work for the Ockenden Reviews into maternity care at both Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, contributing to national maternity safety recommendations and service improvement initiatives.

Mr Magro has a broad range of clinical interests encompassing both surgical and medical obstetric and gynaecological care. His obstetric specialist interests are in high-risk obstetrics and antenatal care, the surgical treatment of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders, complex caesarean surgery, postpartum haemorrhage, operative delivery, and preventing surgical site infections. He has a particular interest in multidisciplinary surgical approaches for PAS and innovative techniques to reduce maternal morbidity.

Mr Magro’s principal clinical interests for gynaecology include advanced laparoscopic surgery including hysterectomy, treatment of endometriosis, ectopic pregnancy, pelvic pain, fibroids, menstrual disorders and hysteroscopy. He also has a strong interest in simulation-based training, patient safety, governance and systems improvement in maternity care.

Mr Magro’s research interests focus on maternity safety, litigation for cerebral palsy, placenta accreta spectrum disorders, maternal morbidity, obstetric haemorrhage, surgical innovation, post caesarean surgical site infections and instrumental delivery. He has a particular interest in fertility-preserving surgical techniques and multidisciplinary approaches to managing PAS. His work has explored long-term outcomes and evolving surgical strategies in PAS management, including the use of ultrasound-guided abdominal aortic balloon occlusion and excisional surgery techniques. He also has research interests in endometriosis, ectopic pregnancy and quality improvement in maternity care.He is one of a handful of UK obstetricians currently using OdonAssist, a novel device to assist vaginal birth with the aim of reducing maternal and fetal harm, and contributes to research as part of the national expert working group.

Mr Magro has held several senior leadership and management roles within maternity services. As Labour Ward Lead, is responsible for overseeing clinical governance, service delivery, multidisciplinary team working and implementation of patient safety initiatives within a busy London maternity unit. He co-led the governance chapters for the independent Ockenden Reviews into maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. These roles involved analysis of serious incidents, thematic review of maternity outcomes, formulation of safety recommendations and contribution to national maternity policy development. Mr Magro is the Vice Chairperson of the Multi-Professional Advisory Panel for the charity Baby Lifeline, leading educational strategy, multidisciplinary course development and national maternity safety initiatives. He is the course director for the ‘Learning from Adverse Events in Maternity’ training course, which is aimed at addressing national shortcomings in incident investigations and focuses on writing effective reports, adverse event analysis and compassionate family engagement.

Mr Magro has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in obstetrics and gynaecology. His publications include retrospective cohort studies, audit-based outcome analyses and reviews relating to complex obstetric and gynaecological care. His recent work includes publication of an 18-year retrospective audit of placenta accreta spectrum disorders managed within a large outer London teaching hospital, demonstrating favourable maternal outcomes associated with multidisciplinary PAS management and excisional surgical techniques. In 2023 he published work on reducing surgical site infections after caesarean section and talks internationally on this subject. He has also published research examining the relationship between endometriosis and ectopic pregnancy and on current knowledge and advances in the management of adenomyosis. Since 2020, Mr Magro has published 11 peer-reviewed articles and continues to contribute to the academic literature alongside a full-time NHS consultant practice.

Mr Magro is passionate about medical education and multidisciplinary training. Over the past five years, he has developed and delivered a broad range of educational programmes in obstetrics and gynaecology for doctors, midwives and multidisciplinary maternity teams. He has led simulation-based training initiatives focused on obstetric emergencies, postpartum haemorrhage, operative delivery, human factors in maternity care and laparoscopic skills. He has also contributed to national and international educational programmes on surgical site infection prevention and placenta accreta surgery. As Vice Chairperson of the Baby Lifeline Multi-Professional Advisory Panel, he played a central role in curriculum development and delivery of nationally recognised maternity safety training courses. Through this role he has trained hundreds of maternity professionals across the UK in investigative methodology and governance. He is actively involved in the supervision and training of undergraduate medical students, resident doctors and specialist trainees.