Join Us for the Next OB Grand Rounds on Screening Prenatal Sonography Principles and Modern Practice

Pediatrix's commitment to clinical and research excellence is evidenced by our comprehensive educational and professional development opportunities offered online or during live sessions. The Pediatrix® OB Grand Rounds series addresses pertinent issues that influence the clinical practice of obstetric medicine. 

On May 19 at 1 p.m. ET, Nikolaos Zacharias, M.D., explores "Screening Prenatal Sonography Principles and Modern Practice."

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Dr. Zacharias earned his medical diploma with excellence from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

After moving to Houston in 1998, he completed his Obstetrics & Gynecology residency at Baylor College of Medicine, where he was elected chief resident by his faculty and peers in 2001. He received the Council for Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) Academic Achievement Award four consecutive years for scoring at the top 3% of his U.S. peers.

Dr. Zacharias' passion for prenatal sonography and profound interest in pregnancy complications led him to a Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, TX, where he received the UTMB Hospital Academic Fellowship Award. Upon completing his fellowship, he was recruited back to Baylor College of Medicine in 2005, where he served as an Assistant Professor of OB/GYN and MFM until 2013. While at Baylor, Dr. Zacharias served as the Medical Director of the Harris Health System Prenatal Ultrasound Screening Program, the founding Medical Director of the Ben Taub Maternal-Fetal Medicine Prenatal Ultrasound Unit and one of the founding members of the Texas Children's Fetal Center.

He serves teaching faculty at Ben Taub General and Texas Children's Hospital. Dr. Zacharias received BCM's student-faculty teaching award in 2011 and was elected to America's Top Obstetricians & Gynecologists (2012).

After eight successful years at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Zacharias was recruited as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth). During his time at UTHealth, Dr. Zacharias served as the Medical Director of the Prenatal Diagnosis and Testing Center at Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital. He continued his focus on education at UTHealth, receiving the UTHealth annual Dean's teaching award three years in a row for his excellence in medical student, OB/GYN resident and MFM fellow education.

Dr. Zacharias authored several chapters and published in peer-reviewed journals in perinatology, reporting the first case of lethal congenital Zika virus syndrome in the United States (2016). He has a keen interest in placenta accreta spectrum and is a co-author of the paper with the largest dataset on this topic in the literature (2014). He is the author of the "Perinatal Mortality" chapter on UpToDate, the trusted online physician resource. Please plan to join us for this important webinar and check out our catalog of previous webinars available on demand.

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The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Live activity for a maximum of 1 nursing contact hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.