Stephen Tong

Obstetrics Professor; researching ways to make pregnancy even safer.

Author - The Birth Book @the_birthbook
Co-Director, @mercyperinatal

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[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

@MercyPerinatal and the mercy family are super excited you are joining us!

[Brett J. Manley 🤷🏼‍♂️ @drbretty]

Life news: I’m excited to be moving to the Mercy Hospital for Women @MercyPerinatal as the inaugural Professor/Director of Newborn Research @UniMelbMDHS

I will miss the babies, families and my wonderful colleagues @thewomens, but can’t wait for this new challenge!

#neotwitter

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

You are too kind, thanks for the post @DrSue_Walker. I wrote this to make birth less mysterious and scary for women. I hope my clinical colleagues might recommend it to the many they care for. Thanks to all! @the_birthbook

[Sue Walker @DrSue_Walker]

You could be forgiven this last week for thinking comedy & babies don’t mix #ArjBarker.
Not at all. Check out 2nd Ed of The Birth Book. Kind, wise, warm- and funny from @ProfStephenTong.
It’s your ‘access all areas’ pass to Birth Suite- if improv’s not your thing.

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

Please join us for the first Global Obstetrics Journal Club today.

Imagine... Editor-in-Chief of BJOG (Aris), Sue, Sarah Stock (UK) having a chatsky... like your hospital JC on steroids!

The interview Sue did with Kypros Nicolaides alone is worth joining us for - so good.

[MercyPerinatal @MercyPerinatal]

Our April ✨Twilight ✨ session will be the launch of ‘Global Obstetrics Journal Club’.
Join us at 5pm Melbourne/8am London on Wednesday April 17 to discuss some of the hottest papers and topics that should interest everyone practicing Obstetrics in 2024.
Our international star-studded line up includes: ✨Professor Sarah Stock✨ and exclusive author interviews with ✨Professor Kypros Nicolaides✨ and ✨Professor Francesc Figueras✨.
This one is not to be missed. Twilight is free and always will be, but you need to register! https://t.co/aJTQYIyTRf

#mercyhospitalforwomen #fetalmedicine #perinatalmericine #twilightmedicine

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

THE BIRTH BOOK, 2nd Edition released TODAY!

I am delighted to announce the 'rebirth' of The Birth Book. 🎉 @the_birthbook

Updated throughout, I added chapters on birth of twins 👫, and birth options after a previous caesar 🔃.

Please grab a copy

https://t.co/T84EnOPLdk

[The Birth Book 📚🤰👶 @the_birthbook]

The Birth Book was written with the sole aim of empowering women with facts of the modern care of labour and birth - a craft shaped and refined over centuries to keep mums and babies safe. The second edition is now available for preorder via https://t.co/5juwHz8uqQ 🩵🩷

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

Super excited to announce a second edition of The Birth Book. Added chapters on vaginal birth after a Caesar, and birthing twins 👯. Please consider supporting the book by buying a copy when it hits the shelves (and recommending it to pregnant women. I wrote it just for them).

[The Birth Book 📚🤰👶 @the_birthbook]

📣🩷 Announcing The Birth Book: 2nd Edition will be on shelves APRIL 4 🩵📣

Featuring two BRAND NEW chapters on birthing twins and birthing after caesarean section, the edition is available for pre-order NOW at https://t.co/VLIG924OB6 🩵🩷

#pregnancy #birth #thebirthbook

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

Finally, the day has arrived! The organisers let me peek at the program (😂) and it’s incredible.

I will be sure to be hovering over my laptop at the dot of 12, hoping to nab a hot ticket to GOU 2024! 🤞🤞

[MercyPerinatal @MercyPerinatal]

Now Taylor Swift fever is over, time for #GOU2024 fever! ✨In just 2 hours tickets go on sale for the 2024 Global Obstetric Update - it's our 10th GOU, not one to be missed!

Check out the amazing lineup and more information here 👉 https://t.co/yGWt8ic8ed

[BMC Medicine @BMCMedicine]

New Editorial closing our Maternal Factors article collection (https://t.co/jNGJqUgq0k) from @ProfStephenTong, @LouisMuglia @ozannelab and Katrien Benhalima: https://t.co/WFSUciZg9n
With thanks to @KronckeSusanne who was the in-house editor overseeing the collection.

[MercyPerinatal @MercyPerinatal]

Can anyone else hear the Chariots of Fire? 🔥
#GOU2024 tickets will go on sale next month! Thu 29 Feb at noon - show off your olympic skills and hurry to mark your calendars, get time off, and sign up to GOU!

Check out the world class confirmed lineup below - more to come!
🥇Professor John Kingdom, Canada
🥇Professor Sarah Stock, Scotland
🥇Professor Andrew Shennan OBE, UK
🥇Professor Cathy Cluver, South Africa
🥇Professor David A MacIntyre, UK
🥇Dr Lina Bergman, Sweden
🥇Professor Craig Pennell, Newcastle
🥇Professor Brett Manley, Melbourne
🥇Dr Anthea Lindquist, Melbourne
🥇Associate Professor Roxanne Hastie, Melbourne

Did we mention that it is our 10th GOU?! It's a big one!🎂

More information here: https://t.co/RBUbBA1SAq

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

@MercyPerinatal Oh wow! This is super exciting! I have never missed GOU ever, and will do what it takes to get a prized ticket to GOU 2024! 🎟️

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

@MercyPerinatal Please join us! Sue Walker and myself like to think we are nice bosses! The position also reports to Sarah Marcola who is one of the nicest people I know. We are a fun team.

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

@Nishaobgyn Brilliant summary Nisha. Thanks for coming yearly to support GOU

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

@AutismDrMom @MercyPerinatal Ekkk! What sort of weird conference did you go to?

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

@drsuewalker and I, co-directors of Mercy Perinatal, are excited to see the launch of Prepare, our new consumer podcast. Co-hosted by @Alison__Abboud and @Littlerang7. Both gloriously lively and intelligent, they are a midwife/obstetrician dream team. Please check out Prepare!

[Alison Abboud @Alison__Abboud]

It’s here! We hope that this new podcast can be a resource for consumers and a referral tool for clinicians. Evidence based with expert guests, to provide information from pre-conception to the fourth trimester. Missed my cohost today @Littlerang7 #Prepare

Episodes out now!

[Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino @DrTKaituuLino]

Register now so you don’t miss out!! This is going to be a brilliant seminar! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼@MercyPerinatal @ReproductionSRB @mypsanz @SOM_ANZ @ANZPRA1 @UniMelbMDHS @veskiorg

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

Thanks to Ali and Rangi for hosting this exciting new podcast for Mercy Perinatal. Episodes out soon! (Sadly, Spotify yet to offer the same cash deal they gave to H and M. We live in hope…)

[Alison Abboud @Alison__Abboud]

Who knew it could be this fun talking about placentas? I did 🙋🏼‍♀️

@Littlerang7 and I got to talk all things placentas and preeclampsia with @ProfStephenTong for @MercyPerinatal’s newest initiative “Prepare”, a podcast for patients. Coming soon!

[MercyPerinatal @MercyPerinatal]

Prof Fabricio Costa is an internationally renowned academic known for his research into ultrasound and risk prediction. He will tell us about an amazing resource that takes out the guesswork when we counsel patients

Don’t miss out. Sign up to #GOU2023!✨
https://t.co/a6AIzoPt7q

[MercyPerinatal @MercyPerinatal]

In a special session on day one of #GOU2023, A/Prof Cath Cluver (MFM) and Prof Adrienne Gordon (Academic Neonatologist) will walk us through the main fetal kidney abnormalities that can happen. From pregnancy care to neonatal follow-up

Don't miss out! 👇
https://t.co/a6AIzoPt7q

[Stephen Tong @ProfStephenTong]

@drsuewalker @MercyPerinatal is excited to take a road trip and visit our friends (and supporters) in Geelong! We can’t wait.

If you live locally, please join us in person. We would love to meet you.

[Sue Walker @drsuewalker]

Hey- Mercy Perinatal is going in the road! 🚘🚍🚌
On Wed we’re heading to Geelong for ‘Predicting & Preventing at Twilight’
1. Cervical length and preterm birth. 2. What aspirin can (& can’t!) do 3. What’s new in newborn screening. One click to register! https://t.co/sUYIaCPn9t