Maria Breugelmans

Maria Breugelmans is a Physician at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and affiliated with Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZB), specializing in obstetrics and prenatal care. She actively collaborates with researchers like L. Gucciardo and G. Faron, contributing to studies on maternal health, postpartum care, and neonatal outcomes. Her work includes clinical research on episiotomy predictors, SARS-CoV-2 impacts on pregnancy, and postnatal care programs. She has participated in numerous academic events, including chairing sessions at conferences on perinatology and postpartum care.

Her research focuses on optimizing postpartum hospital stays, maternal satisfaction, and understanding complications like Ureaplasma infections and endometrial stromal tumors. Her recent publications highlight interdisciplinary collaborations in immunology, neuroscience, and obstetrics. She contributes datasets to the VUB Institutional Data Repository, emphasizing transparency and reproducibility in medical research. Breugelmans' work intersects clinical practice with academic inquiry, addressing critical gaps in maternal and neonatal health.

Active in academic engagement, she has presented at 38 workshops/seminars and 36 conferences since 2017, with upcoming events in 2025. Her research outputs, indexed in Scopus, include peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and observational studies. While her h-index of 7 indicates growing influence, her collaborations with institutions like VUB and UZB underscore her role in advancing perinatal medicine through both clinical and data-driven approaches.