Stefan Kane MBBS BA BMedSc PhD FRANZCOG CMFM DDU(O&G) is a maternal fetal medicine subspecialist obstetrician based primarily at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, where he is Director of Maternity Services and Acting Director of the Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine.

His clinical engagements cover the spectrum of high-risk pregnancy care, and include preterm birth prevention, multiple pregnancy, fetal medicine and maternal medical disorders in pregnancy.

He also performs tertiary-level fetal and gynaecological ultrasound. Stefan's primary research focus is on the maternal neurological effects of pre-eclampsia. His PhD research evaluated the utility of maternal ophthalmic ultrasound in assessing changes in the cerebrovasculature and intracranial pressure of pre-eclamptic women. Other research interests include structural and genetic fetal anomalies, red blood cell alloimmunisation, preterm birth prevention, and early pregnancy prediction of later complications.

He has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers on these topics, has acted as site co-ordinator for a number of international randomised controlled trials, and is CI on a number of grants evaluating different models of maternity care.

Stefan is actively engaged in teaching at all levels, from medical students to advanced specialist trainees, and holds an honorary position as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He has a longstanding interest in prevocational medical education andserves as an accreditation team leader for the intern accreditation authorities in Victoria and Queensland.

He also serves on the Council of the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand as immediate past president, and as the Clinical Lead for Preterm Birth with Safer Care Victoria, Stefan also participates in the Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance. He has recently been appointed to the Stillbirth and Neonatal Subcommittees of the Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM)