CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Peter WEIN
Address: Suite 114 320 Victoria Parade East Melbourne VIC 3002 Telephone: (03) 9418 8210 Facsimile: (03) 9415 1716 Email: [email protected]
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria
Citizenship: Australian
Marital Status: Married, 3 children
Present residence: Melbourne, Victoria
Educational Career: 1965-1977 - Mount Scopus Memorial College 1978-1979 - President, Old Collegians
1977 - Higher School Certificate Special Distinction for General Excellence Distinction in Physics
University Training and Academic Qualifications
1978 - 1983 Medical Course, University of Melbourne Clinical School, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1978 Member, Intervarsity Fencing Team 1980 - 1981 Member, Student Representative Council
Undergraduate Qualifications
1983 M.B.B.S.
Awards During Medical Course
1978 Exhibition in Chemistry (shared)
Postgraduate Qualifications
1989 M.R.A.C.O.G. 1991 F.R.A.C.O.G. 1997 Graduate Diploma of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Melbourne
Short Courses
1992 Statistics for Research Workers University of Melbourne 1994 Analysis of Categorical Data University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Awards
1985 Organon Award for Excellence, 1st part M.R.A.C.O.G. 1988 Victorian State Council, R.A.C.O.G, prize for best registrar commentary
Professional Career
1984 Intern, Royal Melbourne Hospital - Rotations in medicine, general surgery including head and neck and breast units, emergency medicine, anaesthetics.
1985 Junior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital - Rotations in radiation oncology (at Peter MacCallum Hospital), family medicine, urology, gynaecology.
1986 Resident Medical Officer, Royal Women's Hospital - Rotations in obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatal paediatrics.
1987 Senior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Women's Hospital - Rotations in gynaecologic oncology, reproductive medicine, urogynaecology, obstetrics and gynaecology.
1988 Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital - Rotations in gynaecology, obstetrics, urogynaecology.
1989 Senior Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital - Rotations in obstetrics, gynaecology (including 4 months at Geelong Hospital)
1990/91 Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom - Registrar to Gynaecologic Oncologist and Perinatologist.
1991 Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Peterborough District Hospital, United Kingdom.
1992 -1999 Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women.
1994 - 1998 Sub-Editor, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2000 - 2003 Obstetrician, Diabetes Clinic, Royal Women's Hospital
2000 - 2003 Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University Unit, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
2000 - 2006 Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
2000-2008 Training supervisor, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
2003 – 2005 Obstetrician, Maternity Care Programme, Royal Women’s Hospital
2003- 2006 Obstetrician, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Royal Women’s Hospital
2006 - 2008 Obstetrician, PERS
2003 -2008 Team Leader, Diabetes Unit, Royal Women’s Hospital
2003 -2008 Gynaecologist, Pelvic Pain Unit, Royal Women’s Hospital
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2006 -2008 Medical Director, Birth Suites, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
2007 -2008 Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
2008 – 2009 Obstetrician, Diabetes Unit, Monash Medical Centre
Current Positions 2007 Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
2008 - Obstetrician, Mercy Hospital for Women
Membership of Scientific Bodies and Committees
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Fellow)
Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand
Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society
Delivery Suite Advisory Committee, Royal Women's Hospital, 1989-90
Admission and Discharge Policy Surveillance Subcommittee, Royal Women's Hospital, 1988 - 1990
Library Committee, Mercy Hospital for Women, 1993-1999
Medical Records Committee, Mercy Hospital for Women, 1993-1996
Editorial Panel, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1993-2000
Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee, Mercy Hospital for Women, 1994-1999
Delivery Suite Committee, Mercy Hospital for Women, 1994 - 1999
Senior Medical Staff Executive, Mercy Hospital for Women, 1996 - 1997
North Eastern Health Care Network Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology Clinical Review Committee, 1996 - 1997
Board of Examiners, DRANZCOG, 1997 – 2006
Board of Examiners, MRANZCOG, 2001 – 2011
Examination Committee, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1998 – 2006, 2008 - 2010
Gestational Diabetes Working Party, Victorian Diabetes Taskforce, 1998 – 1999
Council, Australasian Diabetes In Pregnancy Society, 1998 – 2006, 2012 - 2016
Secretary, Australasian Diabetes In Pregnancy Society, 2000 – 2002
Infection Control Committee, Royal Women’s Hospital, 2000 – 2008
Research Committee, Royal Women’s Hospital, 2001 – 2008 Perinatal Mortality Committee, Royal Women’s Hospital, 2006-2008
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Quality and Safety Committee, Royal Women’s Hospital, 2006-2008
Chairman, Birth Suite Advisory Committee, Royal Women’s Hospital, 2006-2008
Clinical Practice Improvement Unit, Royal Women’s Hospital, 2006-2008
Library Committee, Austin Health/Mercy Hospital for Women, 2009 – 2010
Chairman, Education and Assessment Subcommittee, Combined Committee for the Diploma in Obstetrics, RANZCOG, 2009 - 2010
Deputy Chairman, Board of Directors, Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, 2016 -
Chapters in books 1. Beischer NA, Wein P. Diabetes in pregnancy. In: MIMS Disease Index 2nd edition. MediMedia Australia, Sydney 1996. 2. Wein P. Gestational Diabetes: An Overview. In: Diabetes in Pregnancy: Experiences Nankervis A, Costa J eds. Miranova Melbourne 2000 3. Wein P. Diabetes Mellitus. In: Beischer & McKay’s Obstetrics, Gynaecology and the Newborn 4th edition. Elsevier Sydney 2015.
Presentations to National and International Meetings
1. Aspects of multiple embryo transfer. Third World Congress of IVF and ET, Helsinki, Finland, 1984 - Gronow MJ*, Martin MJ, Wein P, Lopata A and Speirs AL.
2. Gestational diabetes in twin pregnancy: prevalence and long-term implications. Third Annual Meeting of the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, Melbourne, 1992 - Wein P*, Warwick MM and Beischer NA.
3. Limited human resources? Try group education. Sixth Annual Meeting of the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, Melbourne, 1995. Beischer NA, Cochrane L, Lagstrom J*, Wein P.
4. Beischer N*, Wein P. Benefits for mother and baby of screening for gestational diabetes. 16th International Diabetes Conference. Helsinki 1997. State of the Art Lectures and Symposia p63.
5. Wein P*, Beischer N, Harris C, Permezel M. A Trial of Simple versus Intensified Dietary Modification for Prevention of Progression to Diabetes Mellitus in Women with Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society Annual Meeting, Melbourne, March 1999
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
1. Gronow MJ, Martin MJ, McBain JC, Wein P, Speirs AL, Lopata A. Aspects of multiple embryo transfer. In: Proceedings of Third World Congress of IVF and ET. Ann NY Acad Sci 1985; 442: 381- 386.
2. Wein P, Robertson B, Ratten GJ. Cardiorespiratory collapse and pulmonary oedema due to intravascular absorption of prostaglandin F2 administered extraamniotically for midtrimester termination of pregnancy. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1989; 29: 261-263.
3. Wein P. Efficacy of different starting doses of oxytocin for induction of labour. Obstet Gynecol 1989; 74: 863-868.
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4. Wein P, Kloss M, Garland SM. Postabortal pelvis sepsis in association with Chlamydia trachomatis. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1990; 30: 347-350.
5. Wein P, Thompson D. Vaginal perforation due to jet ski accident. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1990; 30: 384-385.
6. Beischer NA, Cookson T, Sheedy M, Wein P. Norethisterone and gestational diabetes. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1992; 32: 233-238.
7. Wein P, Warwick MM, Beischer NA. Gestational diabetes in twin pregnancy: prevalence and long- term implications. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1992; 32: 325-327.
8. Shelley-Jones DC, Wein P, Nolan C, Beischer NA. Why do Asian-born women have a higher incidence of gestational diabetes? An analysis of normal differences in body habitus, lipid metabolism and the serum insulin response to a glucose load. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1993; 33: 114-118.
9. Dong ZG, Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy MT. Value of early glucose tolerance testing in women who had gestational diabetes in their previous pregnancy. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1993; 33: 350- 357.
10. Weerasiri T, Riley SF, Sheedy MT, Walstab JE, Wein P. Amniotic fluid insulin values in women with gestational diabetes as a predictor of emerging diabetes mellitus. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1993; 33: 358-361.
11. Guaran RL, Wein P, Sheedy M, Walstab J, Beischer NA. Update of growth percentiles for infants born in an Australian population. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1994; 34: 39-50.
12. Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy MT, Werther GA, Gold H. Maternal glucose tolerance and obstetrical complications in pregnancies in which the offspring developed insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 1994; 17: 832-834.
13. Manolitsas T, Wein P, Beischer NA, Sheedy MT, Ratten VJ. Value of cardiotocogrpahy in women with antepartum haemorrhage - is it too late to for Caesarean section when the CTG shows ominous features? Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1994; 34: 403-408
14. Wein P, Dong ZG, Beischer NA, Sheedy MT. Factors predictive of recurrent gestational diabetes diagnosed before 24 weeks’ gestation. Am J Perinatol 1995,12: 352-356.
15. Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy MT, MacKay IR, Rowley MJ, Zimmet P. Prevalence of antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase in women who have had gestational diabetes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995; 173: 1563-1569.
16. Beischer NA, Brown J, Wein P, Sheedy MT, Stereff M, Boras M. The biochemistry and clinical application of urinary oestriol measurement during late pregnancy in the 1990’s. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1995; 35:151-159.
17. Henry OA, Shelley-Jones DC, Oats JN, Wein P, Beischer NA. Comparison of the 50 g capillary glucose tolerance test with the 75 g venous plasma glucose tolerance test in pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 1996; 22: 215-219
18. Beischer NA, Wein P. Linea alba pigmentation and deviation in nulliparous pregnancy: the ligamentum teres sign. Obstet Gynecol 1996; 87: 254-256.
19. Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy MT, Dargaville RM. Effect of follow-up of women with gestational diabetes on the ratio of insulin-dependent to non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in pregnancy. Diabetes Care 1996; 19:653-655.
20. Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy MT, Steffen B. Identification and treatment of women with hyperglycaemia diagnosed during pregnancy can significantly reduced perinatal mortality rates. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1996: 36: 239-247.
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21. Wein P. Bass C. Emphysematous choriomanionitis diagnosed by ultrasonography. Am J Perinatol 1997; 14: 289-291
22. Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy MT. Audit of a follow-up program of women with previous gestational diabetes. Med J Aust 1997; 166: 353-357
23. Walker SP, Wein P, Ihle BO. Severe folate deficiency during pregnancy masquerading as the HELLP syndrome. Obstet Gynecol 1997; 90: 655-657.
24. Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy MT, Dargaville R. Studies of postnatal diabetes mellitus in women who had gestational diabetes: I. Estimation of the prevalence of unrecognized prepregnancy diabetes mellitus. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1997; 37: 412-419.
25. Wein P, Beischer NA, Sheedy MT. Studies of postnatal diabetes mellitus in women who had gestational diabetes: II. Prevalence and predictors of diabetes mellitus after delivery. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1997; 37: 420-423.
26. Wein P, Beischer NA. Fearing the worst - why do pregnant women feel at risk - reply. (letter) Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1997;37: 250-251.
27. Wein P, Beischer NA, Halliday J. Gestational diabetes mellitus - screening controversy. (letter) Med J Aust. 1998; 168:139.
28. Healey M, Maher P, Hill D, Gebert R, Wein P. Factors associated with pain following operative laparoscopy - a prospective observational study. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1998; 38: 80-84.
29. Wein P*, Beischer N, Harris C, Permezel M. A trial of simple versus intensified dietary modification for prevention of progression to diabetes mellitus in women with impaired glucose tolerance. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1999; 39: 162-166.
30. Wein P, Beischer NA. Observed increase in gestational diabetes is real (letter). Am J Obstet Gynecol Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000;182:992-993
31. Sfameni SF, Francis B, Wein P. Seroprevalence and assessment of risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in pregnancy. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2000;40:263-267.
32. Georgiou HM, Rice GE, Walker SP, Wein P, Gude NM, Permezel M. The effect of vascular coiling on venous perfusion during experimental umbilical cord encirclement. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001;184: 673-678.Simmons DS, Walters BN, Wein P, Cheung NW; Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society. Guidelines for the management of gestational diabetes mellitus revisited. Med J Aust. 2002;176:352.
34. Stone CA, McLachlan KA, Halliday JL, Wein P, Tippett C. Gestational diabetes in Victoria in 1996: incidence, risk factors and outcomes. Med J Aust. 2002;177:486-91.
35. Poliness A, Lee A, Wein P, Moss S. Pelvic helminthic disease masquerading as endometriosis. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2004 Feb;44(1):72-4.
36. McElduff A, Cheung NW, McIntyre HD, Lagstrom JA, Oats JJ, Ross GP, Simmons D, Walters BN, Wein P; Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society. The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society consensus guidelines for the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in relation to pregnancy. Med J Aust. 2005;183:373-7.
37. Lee AJ, Hiscock RJ, Wein P, Walker SP, Permezel M. Gestational diabetes mellitus: clinical predictors and long-term risk of developing type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study using survival analysis. Diab Care. 2007;30:878-83.
38. Simmons D, Cheung NW, McIntyre HD, Flack JR, Lagstrom J, Bond D, Johnson E, Wolmarans L, Wein P, Sinha AK; ADIPS National Diabetes in Pregnancy Audit Project Team. The ADIPS pilot National Diabetes in Pregnancy Audit Project. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007 ;47:198-206.
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39. Rowan JA, Hague WM, Gao W, Battin MR, Moore MP; MiG Trial Investigators. Metformin versus insulin for the treatment of gestational diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2008;358:2003-15.
40. Wein P. Orthodox Judaism and women’s health. O&G 2008;10:20-22.
Other publications 1. Wein P. Cardiac disease. Mercy Hospital for Women Sixth Clinical Report 1987-1989: 11-12.
2. Ihle B, Wein P. Renal disease. Mercy Hospital for Women Sixth Clinical Report 1987-1989: 18- 20.
3. Ashton P, Wein P. Isoimmunization. Mercy Hospital for Women Sixth Clinical Report 1987-1989: 31-33.
4. Wein P. Failed forceps. Mercy Hospital for Women Sixth Clinical Report 1987-1989: 79-80.
5. Wein P. Acute and chronic pelvic infection. Mercy Hospital for Women Sixth Clinical Report 1987-1989: 150-151.
6. Wein P. Infectious diseases that worry women during pregnancy. Medical Observer CME May 13, 1994:4-6.
Abstracts of Publications 1. Wein P. Efficacy of different starting doses of oxytocin for induction of labour. Clinical Digests in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 1990.
2. Wein P. Efficacy of different starting doses of oxytocin for induction of labour. Midwives Information and Resource Service 1990.
Monographs
1. Beischer NA, Wein P, Sheedy M. Management of women with gestational diabetes and established diabetes in pregnancy: regimens of care and comparison of results. Mercy Hospital for Women 1993.
Invited lectures
1. Cardiotocography. Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Country Education Programme. i. Colac, May 1993. ii. Traralgon, March 1994.
2. Antepartum haemorrhage. Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Country Education Programme. Warrnambool, July 1993.
3. Diabetes in pregnancy. RACOG Diploma in Obstetrics Pre-examination course. Melbourne, February 1994.
4. Perinatal mortality in Victoria. Red Cross Course in Transfusion Medicine. Melbourne, May 1994.
5. Perinatal and maternal mortality. RACOG Diploma in Obstetrics Pre-examination course. Melbourne, July 1994.
6. Managing medical conditions in pregnancy Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Country Education Programme. Mildura, February 1995.
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7. Gestational diabetes. Obstetrics and Gynecology Travel Club meeting. Melbourne, April 1995. 8. Contraceptive Update. Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Country Education Programme. Bendigo, June 1995. 9. Gestational diabetes in an ethnic community. Multicultural Women’s Health Symposium, Melbourne, March 1996. 10. Managing medical conditions in pregnancy Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Country Education Programme. Camperdown, November 1996. 11. Preterm labour and preterm rupture of the membranes. MRANZCOG Course, Melbourne May 1997. 12. Breech delivery and trial of labour MRANZCOG Course, Melbourne September 1998. 13. Diabetes in pregnancy. MRANZCOG Course, Melbourne May 1999 14. Diabetes in pregnancy. MRANZCOG Course, Melbourne May 2000 15. Infections in pregnancy. MRANZCOG Course, Melbourne May 1999- current
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