Biography

Dr Laura Vazquez graduated in Spain in 2007, where she subsequently specialised in paediatrics. She has been working in paediatric cardiology since 2012, mainly in London, and specialised in fetal cardiology at SickKids, Toronto. In 2019 she returned to Royal Brompton Hospital as consultant in fetal and paediatric cardiology, and since 2024 has also been practicing at Evelina London Children's Hospital. 

Dr Vazquez's fetal cardiology clinics are mainly held in the fetal medicine unit at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital. She sees a high volume of complex patients and works very closely with the maternal-fetal medicine and neonatal teams. 

Teaching

Dr Vazquez is highly involved in teaching and regularly trains fetal medicine doctors and sonographers in her clinics. She lectures as aninvited speaker at national and international teaching courses, webinars and conferences. 

Areas of expertise

• All aspects of fetal cardiology evaluation and management
• Advanced fetal echocardiography
• Fetal arrhythmias
• Early fetal cardiology evaluation (13-16 weeks)

Research interests

• Fetal arrhythmias
• 3D/ 4D fetal echocardiography

Education and training

• 2007: Licentiate in Medicine (MB BS) - University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• 2011: Masters Degree: “Nutritional, environmental and genetic factors of the growth and development. NUTREVIGEN G+d Factors” - University of Santiago de Compostela
• 2012: Specialist Qualification in Paediatrics - Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Spain
• 2017: European Certification in
Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography - European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging – ESC
• 2018: Accreditation in Paediatric Cardiology - Spanish Society of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease (Sociedad Española de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cardiopatías Congénitas – SECPCC)
• 2019: Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiology – Fetal Echocardiography – University of Toronto
• 2008-2012: Training in Paediatrics at Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Fundación María José Jove Grant
• 2012-2014: Training in Paediatric Cardiology at Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (Spain)
• 2014-2018: Training in Paediatric Cardiology at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital (UK)
• 2018-2019: Subspecialist training in Fetal Cardiology at The Hospital for Sick Children (Canada)

Awards

• Awarded best case presentation at the 3rd Pacific Coast Fetal Cardiology Symposium, California, USA (2019).