Monique Haak

Monique Haak is a fetal medicine specialist and researcher at the Leiden University Medical Center (the Netherlands). Her work focuses on prenatal diagnosis, fetal cardiology and fetal surgery. She has contributed to research on congenital heart disease, including fetal growth restriction, stillbirth, fetal brain development, placental pathology, and perinatal outcomes in affected fetuses. Her work also includes clinical and research activities in fetal surgery, with a focus on improving prenatal assessment and outcomes. In addition, she is involved in research on prenatal screening for congenital heart disease, including detection rates and missed cardiac defects at routine anomaly screening. Dr. Haak has authored and co-authored over 200 scientific publications in the field of obstetrics and fetal medicine and is actively engaged in multidisciplinary care, academic teaching, and collaborative research projects at both national and international level.