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Nimrah Abbasi

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Obstetrics & GynaecologyUniversity of Toronto

Nimrah Abbasi

Assistant Professor

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Comparison of Insertion Difficulties and Performance of Thoracoamniotic Shunts for Fetal Hydrothorax: Success and Failure Rates in Different Shunt Types for Fetal Hydrothorax.
Prenatal diagnosis · 2026
Fetal Brain Abnormalities Following Laser Surgery for Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Imaging Patterns and Evolution.
Prenatal diagnosis · 2026
The Impact of Maternal Body Mass Index on Fetoscopic Laser Surgery for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.
Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2026

All 39 publications

39 publications.

Comparison of Insertion Difficulties and Performance of Thoracoamniotic Shunts for Fetal Hydrothorax: Success and Failure Rates in Different Shunt Types for Fetal Hydrothorax.

Treurniet TT, Abbasi N, Ryan G, Witlox RSGM, Slaghekke F, Nørgaard LN, Sundberg K, Lindgren P, Ek S, Thilaganathan B, Blayney G, Devlieger R, Lewi L, Johnson A, Pacora Portella PN, David AL, Vieira M, Khalil A, Poljak B, Vonzun L, Ochsenbein-Koelble N, Choolani M, Gosavi A, Moise KJ, Hutson E, Verweij EJTJ, Haak MC

Prenatal diagnosis20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/pd.70048 PMID: 41387219

Fetal Brain Abnormalities Following Laser Surgery for Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Imaging Patterns and Evolution.

Kunpalin Y, Miller E, Larsen I, Raghuram K, Windrim C, Abbasi N, Ryan G, Mieghem TV, Shinar S

Prenatal diagnosis2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/pd.70202 PMID: 42333611

The Impact of Maternal Body Mass Index on Fetoscopic Laser Surgery for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Van der Veeken L, Ziarko I, Kunpalin Y, Abbasi N, Keunen J, Flores-Mendoza H, Van Mieghem T, Ryan G

Fetal diagnosis and therapy2026

DOI: 10.1159/000550060 PMID: 41389281

Prenatal and Perinatal Outcomes in Fetuses With Macrocystic Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformations: Thoracoamniotic Shunting Versus Expectant Management

Laurence Sophie Carmant, Alexandria Kelly, SeungWoo Lee, Vesna Sokol Karadjole, Greg Ryan, Tim Van Mieghem, Prakesh S. Shah, Anna Otvodenko, Priscilla Chiu, Nimrah Abbasi

Prenatal Diagnosis2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/pd.70172 PMID: 42178491

Pre‐Procedure Predictors of Six‐Month Survival After Fetoscopic Laser Ablation for Twin–Twin Transfusion Syndrome ( TTTS ): Retrospective Observational Study

Yang Huang Grace Ng, Prakesh S. Shah, Seungwoo Lee, Nimrah Abbasi, Johannes Keunen, Homero Flores-Mendoza, Tim Van Mieghem, Rory WINDRIM, Greg Ryan

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.70332 PMID: 42689378

Qualitative Assessment of Foetal Lung Size in Left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Using Ultrasound and MRI: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Shinar S, Kajal D, Johnson S, Otvodenko A, Lee S, Chiu PPL, Keunen J, Van Mieghem T, Ryan G, Shah PS, Abbasi N

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.70120 PMID: 41424179

The Evolution of Cephalocentesis in Contemporary Obstetric Practice: From Emergency Intervention to Planned Procedure.

Windrim C, Kunpalin Y, AlRefai A, Holloway E, Kelly EN, McParland P, McAuliffe FM, Chitayat D, Abbasi N, Shinar S, Windrim R, Seaward G, Keunen J, Van Mieghem T, Ryan G

Fetal diagnosis and therapy2026

DOI: 10.1159/000550077 PMID: 41553942

Foetoscopic Laser Management of Triplet Pregnancies Complicated by Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Vlachodimitropoulou E, Dagli SN, Huang GNY, Van Mieghem T, Keunen J, Abbasi N, Flores-Mendoza H, Ryan G

Fetal diagnosis and therapy2026

DOI: 10.1159/000551563 PMID: 41843729

Fetoscopic Robotic Open Spina Bifida Treatment (FROST): A Preclinical Feasibility and Learning Curve Study.

Kunpalin Y, Kik CC, Lebouthillier F, Abbasi N, Ryan G, Spoor J, Looi T, Kulkarni AV, Van Mieghem T

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18161 PMID: 40177988

Fetal Endoscopic Tracheal Occlusion (FETO) for Left and Right Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Canada

Yada Kunpalin, Anna Otvodenko, Tim Van Mieghem, Priscilla Chiu, Paolo Campisi, Shiri Shinar, Prakesh S. Shah, Christina Marrata, Dilkash Kajal, Greg Ryan, Nimrah Abbasi

Prenatal Diagnosis20251 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/pd.6803 PMID: 40302114

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Nimrah Abbasi

Research

Latest papers

Comparison of Insertion Difficulties and Performance of Thoracoamniotic Shunts for Fetal Hydrothorax: Success and Failure Rates in Different Shunt Types for Fetal Hydrothorax.

Fetal Brain Abnormalities Following Laser Surgery for&#xa0;Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Imaging Patterns and Evolution.

The Impact of Maternal Body Mass Index on Fetoscopic Laser Surgery for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Prenatal and Perinatal Outcomes in Fetuses With Macrocystic Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformations: Thoracoamniotic Shunting Versus Expectant Management

Pre‐Procedure Predictors of Six‐Month Survival After Fetoscopic Laser Ablation for Twin–Twin Transfusion Syndrome ( TTTS ): Retrospective Observational Study

Qualitative Assessment of Foetal Lung Size in Left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Using Ultrasound and MRI: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

The Evolution of Cephalocentesis in Contemporary Obstetric Practice: From Emergency Intervention to Planned Procedure.

Foetoscopic Laser Management of Triplet Pregnancies Complicated by Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Fetoscopic Robotic Open Spina Bifida Treatment (FROST): A Preclinical Feasibility and Learning Curve Study.

Fetal Endoscopic Tracheal Occlusion (FETO) for Left and Right Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Greg Ryan

Tim Van Mieghem

Johannes Keunen

Rory Windrim

Shiri Shinar

Yada Kunpalin

Prakeshkumar Shah

Gareth Seaward

Prakesh Shah

Abhaya Kulkarni

David Chitayat

Rohan D'Souza

Dilkash Kajal

Varsha Thakur

Edmond Kelly

Evangelia Vlachodimitropoulou

John Kingdom

Jon Barrett

Nir Melamed

Priscilla Chiu

Kamini Raghuram

Paolo Campisi

James Drake

Jacob Langer

Cynthia Maxwell

Elad Mei-Dan

Paige Church

Yenge Diambomba

Lindsay Freud

Aideen Moore

Amir Aviram

Audrey Hébert

Marie Czikk

Augusto Zani

Mary Brindle

Kristin Connor

Brian Kalish

Poorva Deshpande

Gabriel Altit

Thomas Looi

Fetal Brain Abnormalities Following Laser Surgery for Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Imaging Patterns and Evolution.