Karin Lust Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand ASM 2015

Karin Lust

Karin Lust is the Clinical Director of Obstetric Medicine and a General Physician at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH). She is also the Deputy Director of Physician Training at RBWH and an Associate Professor, University of Queensland. Karin completed her advanced training in General Medicine and Obstetric Medicine at the RBWH and Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane. She specializes in the care of women with all medical problems in pregnancy. Her medical interests include preconception care of women with medical problems, venous thromboembolism in pregnancy and cardiac disease in pregnancy. Karin undertakes multidisciplinary clinics in Diabetes and Cardiac disease in pregnant women as well as General Obstetric Medical clinics. She is actively involved in Obstetric Medicine education and training to midwives, students and doctors and participates in clinical research. She is the Past President of the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand and is currently on the National Maternal Mortality Advisory Committee.