06/05/2026
Sometimes the simplest measure of an educational event is the silence after a particular slide. A pause in the chat. A held breath across 2,300 screens around the world.
Last Sunday, our free webinar *Fetal Anomalies in Twins* drew 5000+ registrations and brought clinicians from over 150+ countries — sonographers, fetal medicine consultants, MFM specialists, paediatric cardiologists, midwives, fellows, residents — into one quiet, focused conversation about one of the most demanding areas in our field.
A few moments stood out.
Prof. Asma Khalil reminded us that monochorionic twins carry a markedly higher risk of congenital anomalies than singletons — closer to 1 in 15, against roughly 1 in 50 in singleton pregnancies — and that brain abnormalities in twins must be understood in two distinct categories: structural malformations, and the acquired lesions unique to complicated monochorionic pregnancies. The slide that paused the chat: in one cohort, 45% of children with a completely normal prenatal brain scan still went on to show developmental impairment. A reminder that imaging tells us only part of the story.
Prof. Sinkovskaya brought cardiac anomalies into focus with a case-based depth that made first-trimester echocardiography feel less like a specialist subject and more like a clinical responsibility. TRAP sequence and the all-important 50% threshold. d-TGA in twin A, ending in early delivery at 32 weeks because of cord entanglement. Mitral atresia with TAPVR. Through every case, the same message ran through: chorionicity must be right, the first trimester is rarely too early, and screening is not the same as diagnosis.
Ms Ernst closed with what only she can bring — the human side of all of this. Peer support as a clinical necessity, not a soft add-on. The realities of selective termination and termination for medical reasons. The quietly uncomfortable reminder that twin pregnancies remain largely excluded from major fetal surgery trials, with everything that implies for the families and the clinicians who counsel them. Her voice was steady, and the audience listened.
This is what happens when expert imaging, multidisciplinary thinking, and deeply human communication meet a curious global audience.
A sincere thank you to for supporting this educational webinar as our partner — and for sharing the conviction that high-quality fetal medicine education should travel as far as the people who need it.
If you missed it live, the recording is now available on the GEFOG website, in the Fetal Medicine section. Watch it whenever the day allows. 🎥 https://gefoghealthfoundation.org/fetal-medicine-webinars/
To everyone who joined us live, who tagged a colleague, who shared the link with their unit — thank you. To the faculty for their generosity with their time and expertise — thank you. And to the wider GEFOG community — your engagement is what keeps this work moving forward. 💙
