Dr. Miguel de Sousa Mendes (he/him) is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the Westend Red Cross Hospital in Berlin, Germany, specializing in Perinatology/Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He received Masters in Medicine from Nova Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal, and his MD from Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin. Between his second and third years of residency, he joined Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières and ran a Mother Child Centre in rural Chhattisgarh, India. After completing his residency he moved to Paris to join an important perinatal centre in Montreuil and pioneered a telemedicine service to provide care to women at field projects in underserved areas worldwide. His work with international NGOs and academic path in fetal medicine and infectious diseases led him to a position as senior attending in the largest maternity hospital in the European Union (Mayotte) on the coast of Madagascar, during the Autumn of 2022.

From a clinical perspective, Dr. de Sousa Mendes focuses on patients with high-risk pregnancies due to diabetes, preeclampsia, preterm birth and fetal malformations. Obstetrical malformation diagnostic ultrasound is a critical part of his work and his teaching as a POCUS International Instructor for Doctors Without Borders. Patient centered care, social justice and reproductive health and rights are his callings. Dr. de Sousa Mendes’ global health work has led him to Brazil, Guinea-Bissau and India, with his multifaceted cooperation with Doctors Without Borders spreading way beyond.

He’s also a proud father of two under 5 year olds, hence pretty much on call every night.