Karen Flood

Karen Flood is a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). She serves as a Senior Lecturer and leads the early pregnancy service and recurrent pregnancy loss clinic at Rotunda Hospital. Her clinical expertise includes prenatal screening, diagnosis, and management of high-risk pregnancies, with a focus on recurrent pregnancy loss, twin pregnancies, and benign gynaecology.

• Education: MD from RCSI (2001); specialist training in Dublin and New York.
• Research: Doctorate thesis on platelet function in pregnancy loss; ongoing work in perinatal genetics.

Karen’s research contributions center on prenatal diagnostics, including amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). She is actively involved in medical education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her awards include recognition for research in maternal-fetal medicine and prenatal screening.

Contact: Private Gynaecology Patients: privateadmin@rotunda.ie | Private Obstetric Patients: karenflood@rcsi.ie