Pr Laurent J SALOMON, MD, PhD is a senior consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital and full professor at Paris Cité University since 2012. He has developed special interest and skills in fetal medecine and surgery, imaging technologies in pregnancy including fetal ultrasound and MRI, twin pregnancies, as well as teaching processes, quality control and statistics in healthcare. He is specialized in the management and follow up of high risk pregnancies and deliveries. He also offers maternity care to women with low risk pregnancies, with the expertise to provide care in cases when complications occasionally arise.He completed a PhD in Physics with distinction (Paris XI Sud, Science University – Orsay), applied to MRI and Functional Imaging of the placenta. He also completed a MSc in Medical Statistic with distinction at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).He is the associate director of the Master Degree in Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine at Paris Descartes University. He is a Board member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG), has chaired its Scientific Committee and is now President of the Society. He is also involved in many committees and task forces and seats in the Editorial Board of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (UOG). Laurent also serves on a regular basis as an expert for different Health Authorities, as well as for international research projects. Laurent has co-authored more than 300 papers in peer review english literature and several textbooks. He is one of the founder of the LUMIERE foundation, a charity aiming at improving pregnancy outcomes through a better knowledge and approach of the prenatal life. In this perspective, he co-directs the first imaging research platform LUMIERE based at the University of Paris.