Researcher

Title

• Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, CHU Sainte-Justine (2021)

• Fellowship en médecine fœto-maternelle. Université d’Ottawa (2020)
• Résidence : Gynécologie et Obstétrique, Université de Montréal (2018)
• Doctorat en médecine, Université de Montréal (2013)
• Baccalauréat en physiothérapie, McGill University (2009)

• Placenta accreta spectrum disorder. Ultrasound findings and correlation with intra-operative findings. 
• Finding patients with accreta spectrum disorders that are suitable candidates for wedge procedures instead of total hysterectomies during their c-sections.
• Intra-uterine growth restriction and its correlation with placental pathology.
• Correlations helps prepare for future pregnancies and allows for prophylaxis and or prevention of disease.

• Correlation between ultrasound findings and pathology findings in placenta accreta spectrum disorders
• Correlation between ultrasound findings and candidates for wedge procedures in placenta accreta spectrum disorders
• Placental pathology and intra-uterine growth restriction

Career Summary

Maternal fetal medicine specialist at Maisonneure Rosemont Hospital from 2020-2021. Transfer to CHU Sainte-Justine in 2021 as a maternal fetal specialist to focus on placenta accreta spectrum disorders as well as intra-uterine growth restriction. 

Awards and Distinctions

• Prize for best presentation/publication during annual reserach day. University of Montréal. 2021.
• Guardian Angel honour. University of Ottawa. 2019.
• Dean’s list. Residency program Obstetrics and Gynecology. University of Montréal
• Prize for best teaching by a resident to medical students. 2014, 2016, 2017

Presentations

1. Signes échographiques orientant vers une pathologie infectieuse. AOGQ 2024
2. Insuffisance du col quand rien ne fonctionne: complications des cerclages d'urgence et quelle est la place du cerclage abdominal? FMC 2024
3. Anasarque foeto-placentaire. Journée académique des résidents 2025
4. Trouble du spectre placenta accreta. 2023
5. Surveillance fœtale prénatale et principes des soins intra partum

Publications

1. Zaki, D., Balayla, J., Beltempo, M., Gazil, G., Nuyt, M., & Boucoiran, I. Interaction of chorioamnionitis at term with maternal, fetal and obstetrical factors as predictors of neonatal mortality: a population-based cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 20, 2020, 454.
2. Mercier, J., Morin, M., Zaki, D., Reichetzer, B., Lemieux, M.-C., Khalife, S., & Dumoulin, C. Pelvic floor muscle training as a treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: a single-arm feasibility study, Maturitas, July 2019, 125:57-62.
3. Fuchs, F., Zaki, D., Morin, F., & Audibert, F. Resolution of HELLP syndrome after selective fœticide for trisomy 21 in discordant twins – A case report. J Obstet Gyneacol, July 2016, 35(5):663-664.