Speakers

Tal Anahory
France

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Tal Anahory, MD, Ph D is a graduate of the University of Montpellier, one of the largest public centers and one of the five hospitals accredited for PGT in France. She is currently Head of the Reproductive Medicine Department and Head of the PGT Cytogenetic Unit. She has been coordinating these activities since 2003. She has co-investigated in numerous research projects and contributed to the publication of numerous international articles on preimplantation diagnosis.
Claus Yding Andersen
Denmark

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Claus Yding Andersen: Professor emeritus of Human Reproductive Physiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark and The Fertility Clinic, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He has headed a national program of cryopreservation of human ovarian and testicular tissue and is considered one of the pioneers in this field.

His major research contributions are ovarian endocrinology, oocyte maturation, cryopreservation of gonadal tissue and development of new principles for ovarian stimulation including the agonist trigger and novel approaches to luteal phase support.

He has published more than 460 papers (H-index: 92; >28.000 citations) and is Chief Editor on the Reproduction section of Frontiers in Endocrinology (IF 5.2).
Jean Marc Ayoubi
France
Lorena Bori
Spain

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Mathilde Bourdon
France

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Dr Mathilde Bourdon is associated professor since 2022 within the Reproductive Medicine ward of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Pr Chapron). She has been graduated from the University of Paris and is specialized in reproductive medicine at Cochin Hospital in Paris, France.

She obtained a phD in basic sciences in 2020. Her main research activities are: (i) Basic research on immunologic bases of adenomyosis and endometriosis (ii) Clinical research on adenomyosis and endometriosis-related infertility; (iii) Clinical research on assisted reproductive technologies and fertility preservation.
Meenakshi Choudhary
UK

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Dr. Meenakshi Choudhary is an esteemed and accomplished senior Reproductive Medicine Consultant based in Newcastle, UK. Recognised as a global expert in the field of fertility, her research portfolio extends to various reproductive advancements, with a particular focus on mitochondrial donation, reproductive genomics, reproductive ageing and global trends in egg freezing. She was the 2020 Asian Women of Achievement Award finalist.

Dr. Choudhary is a double doctorate obtaining her M.D from Mumbai, India and Ph.D. in early human embryo development from Newcastle University, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).

She has numerous publications in high-ranking journals and invited speaker engagements to her credit. As a prominent figure in the field of reproductive medicine, she has featured in leading media outlets such as The Guardian, The Times, and BBC as well as podcasts.

Dr. Choudhary is a committed advocate for women’s reproductive health through her involvement in esteemed organizations. She is a Trustee and current Chair of the board of the national UK Charity, Sperm, Egg, Embryo Donation (SEED) Trust, and is the elected Secretary on the national executive committee of the British Society of Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology. She is the Lead for ‘Creating Modern Families’ course of British Fertility Society.

Through her work, Dr. Choudhary aims to drive translation and transformation in the field of assisted reproductive technology balancing basic science research and real world data.
Amander Clark
USA

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Amander Clark PhD is the Founding Director of the UCLA Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education and is a Professor of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology at UCLA. Professor Clark is an award-winning scientist and internationally recognized expert on topics in stem cell biology and reproductive science research. Results from the Clark Lab provide the basis for engineering models of the ovary in order to understand ovarian development in utero, as well as ovarian disease and dysfunction which affect millions of women and girls around the world. Dr Clark has authored more than 100 scientific articles in her career, and her work has earned more than 17,000 citations. Professor Clark is regularly invited to appear as a subject matter expert for media outlets including the New York Times, the Economist, the New Yorker and Public Radio. She also serves on the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Board of Health Sciences Policy. In 2023 Professor Clark began her elected role as President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, a global non-profit that promotes excellence in stem cell science and applications to human health.
Louise Denjean
France

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Law studies first, Research Master 2 in Fundamental Criminal Law, Jean Moulin University, Lyon FRANCE

Medical University after, specializing in Medical Gynecology, then Transversal Specialized Training in Reproductive Medicine and Biology (Montpellier University FRANCE, Pr Samir HAMAMAH) ; Thesis article : “Choice of the preimplantation embryo in France : how far are patients undergoing IVF willing to go ?” (Director Pr Samir HAMAMAH)

Since 2022 Doctor specializing in Medically Assisted Reproduction, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris ART Center PARIS (IVF, Non Medical Fertility Preservation)
Marie Madeleine Dolmans
Belgium

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Prof. Marie-Madeleine Dolmans earned her medical degree from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Brussels in 2000, and her PhD degree on “Cryopreservation and transplantation of human ovarian tissue” in 2006. She is gynecologist and divides her time equally between clinical and research activities. She succeeded Prof. Donnez as Head of the Gynecology Research Unit at the Université Catholique de Louvain in 2012. She is Past President of the International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP). Her research work focuses on ovarian transplantation, endometriosis and adenomyosis in the field of which she has published over 220 peer-reviewed articles. She is full professor, speciality editor for Fertility and Sterility and editorial board member for RBMonline, JARG, JCM..
Jacques Donnez
Belgium

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Jacques Donnez was born in Tournai (Belgium) on 16 July, 1947.
He studied at the Catholic University of Louvain.
He defended his PhD thesis in 1984, entitled “The fallopian tube: normal and pathological histophysiology”.
He became Full Professor and Head of the Department Gynaecology and Andrology in 1986.
He also founded the Academic Infertility Research Unit of the Catholic University of Louvain in 1986.
He has focused his research activities on three main topics: tubal infertility, endometriosis and finally, ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation.
He published over 700 original articles in peer-review journals.
Prof. Donnez was the founding president of ESGE (European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy) and the first president of WES (World Endometriosis Society)
Prof. Donnez was the first President of the International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP).
He has been elected in Februari 2009 at the Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine.
Since 2012, he is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain and Director of SRI (Société de Recherche pour l’Infertilité) in Brussels.
Member of several SAB (Scientific Advisory Boards), he is still involved in several clinical international multicenter studies on endometriosis and uterine fibroids, and collaborates with
the Academic Unit of Prof. M.M. Dolmans, project leader and pioneer in the field of fertility preservation in women.
Robert Fischer
Germany

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Obstetric and gynaecologic training at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University Hospital of Münster, Germany (1979-1982).

1982 one year of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Queen‘s Medical Centre,
University of Nottingham (King’s Mill Hospital Mansfield).

1983 pioneered and medical director of the first outpatient IVF-unit in
Germany – Hamburg.

1998 moved to new location in Hamburg and change the name to Fertility Center Hamburg, which became one of the largest and leading private IVF centres in Germany.

In July 1998 the Fertility Center Hamburg was one of the first centres in Germany and worldwide to introduce quality management to be certified according to the ISO 9001 and in 2002 accreditation of the IVF-Lab. (ISO 17025).

Numerous publications in national and international scientific journals, book articles as well as lectures on national and international conferences.

Active member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

Founding member of the European Society of Human Reproduction (ESHRE)

Member of the scientific committee of EXCEMED (former-(Serono Symposia International Foundation)

Founding member of the POSEIDON Group.

Scientific director of MEDEA
Norbert Gleicher
USA

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Dr. Gleicher has served as founding Editor-in-Chief for the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology (AJRI), and for 30 years of the Journal of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer, in 1992 renamed Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics (JARG), now the 2nd official organ of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). In 1991, he was awarded Austrian Decoration for Science and Art for his work. In 2009, Dr. Gleicher was invited to give the prestigious bi-annual Patrick Steptoe Memorial Lecture to the British Fertility Society, as recognition of his contributions to advancements in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
Michael Grynberg
France

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Michaël Grynberg is an internationally known, board-certified, specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Andrology. He is Professor and Director of the Department of Reproductive Medicine & Fertility Preservation in Antoine Béclère University hospital. He has been founding member of the French Society of Fertility Preservation and is currently the president elect. He is also Co-ordinator of the ESHRE SIG Fertility Preservation and the Head of the Fertility Section of the French College of Obstetrician Gynecologists. He has authored 3 books, 385 scientific papers (65 book chapters, 178 peer-reviewed publications and 156 abstracts). Among his many contributions to the field: a) He pioneered the technique of in vitro maturation of oocytes (IVM) for women with ovarian resistance to FSH; b) Reported the role of ZO-1 in trophoblastic cells differentiation in human placenta; c) Described the Follicular Output RaTe (FORT) as a mean to assess follicular responsiveness to exogenous FSH; d) Reported differential regulation of ovarian anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) by Estradiol through α- and β- Estrogen receptors; e) Investigated the role of AMH for preventing primordial ovarian follicle loss and fertility alteration following cyclophosphamide administration. His main research interests include: Improving the efficiency of ART, ovarian aging, fertility preservation strategies for cancer and non-medical conditions.
Samir Hamamah
France

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Samir Hamamah is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the medical school and University Hospital of Montpelier, France.

He is also Chair of the Reproductive Biology Department and Chair of the assisted reproductive technology/pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (ART/ PGD) division at Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France.

He also holds the post of Director at the INSERM U1203, heading the Early Embryonic Development, fertility and environment programme, which aims to understand the early embryonic development.

Professor Hamamah is a Chairman of the French National University council of reproductive medicine and medical gynaecology and member of the French National AIDS Council. His research interests include gene expression profiles of human cumulus–oocyte relationships, non-invasive oocyte and embryo biomarkers, controlled ovarian stimulation protocols and endometrial receptivity.

Professor Hamamah has published widely, with more than 220 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 54 book chapters and 10 books.

He has been invited to speak at more than 350 national and international meetings, and has been awarded several prestigious prizes, including the Prix de la Société d’Andrologie de Langue Française in 1991, Prix de l’International Society of Andrology in 1993, Prix de la Société Française pour l’Etude de la Fertilité in 1993, and the Lauréat Fondation Aventis in 2002.

Professor Hamamah is recently charged by French government to elaborate the first national fertility plan.
Katsuhiko Hayashi
Japan

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Katsuhiko Hayashi (born Dec. 2, 1971), a full professor in Department of Genome Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, is working on germ cell development and its reconstitution in vitro through his career: 1994-1996, MS course of Meiji University; 1996-2002, an assistant professor in Tokyo University of Science; 2002-2005, a staff researcher in Osaka Medical Center (Ph.D. 2004); 2005-2009, post-doctoral fellow in the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge; 2009-2014, associate professor in Kyoto University; and 2014-2021 a full professor in Kyushu University. From 2021, He has been in the current position in Osaka University. The research aim of the Hayashi’s group is to understand genetic and epigenetic regulation of mammalian oocyte differentiation using a unique culture system that produces oocytes from pluripotent stem cells.
Ariel Hourvitz
Israel

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Professor Ariel Hourvitz is the director of the IVF unit of the Shamir (Assaf Harofeh) Medical Center and Principal Investigator at the Reproduction Laboratory, at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

He is full professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology and endows of “The Alan and Ada Selwyn Chair in Clinical Infertility Research and Molecular Medicine” at the School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

He is also co-founder and CMO of FertilAI, LTD.

Professor Hourvitz graduated the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University in 1985 and accomplished his specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Tel-Hashomer. He obtained a Master in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the Sackler School of Medicine, and a Master in Health Administration Cum Laude, from the Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University. He has done a research postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive sciences, at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, and a visiting Fellowship in reproductive sciences at the CRMI, Weill Medical College at the Cornell University, and New York Presbyterian Hospital in New-York.

Professor Hourvitz research interests include basic research on ovarian physiology, folliculogenesis and characterization of the human ovulatory cascade. In the clinical research he focused on agonist triggering, ovarian stimulation protocols, ovulation, IVM and IVA. Recently, he was involved in development of ovarian stimulation protocols based on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

He has been invited to speak in national and international meetings, and along with his colleagues, has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in international journals and books.
Milton Leong
Hong Kong

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Prof. Milton Ka Hong Leong was brought up in Hong Kong, finished his basic school years, and then went to attend McGill University in Montreal Canada. He did Honours Biochemistry as an undergraduate, and then Medical School. Further postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology followed, and he obtained his specialists degree in 1974. He then went to London on a McLaughlin Fellowship granted by the Canadian Royal College where he studied under Professors Richard Beard and Stuart Campbell. Returning to Montreal, he joined the McGill University Department as academic staff, and was active in teaching and also headed the High Risk Obstetric Unit. In 1979 Prof. Leong returned to Hong Kong and engaged in private practice. Seeing a need at that time, he started to concentrate in the study and treatment of Infertility. He set up the IVF Centre at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, a private hospital, in joint venture form, and with his partner Dr Clement Leung, they built it up to be one of the most successful IVF clinics in Asia and the world. He “made” and delivered the first IVF baby in Hong Kong in 1985,and in the last 20 years had researched, published, and taught the art and science of infertility and the assisted reproductive techniques. Prof. Leong is a member of the various reproductive medicine societies, and various international committees. He lecture widely, and still plays an active academic role, and remains to be an Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in McGill University. His current interest is how to provide the optimal treatment for infertile patients using a patient orientated, more holistic approach.
Nathalie Massin
France

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Dr. Nathalie MASSIN is a reproductive endocrinologist. After 20 years as a hospital practitioner at the Intercommunal Hospital of Créteil, she has recently joined the American Hospital of Paris as the clinical coordinator of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) center. She has developed the concept of Fertility Check Up, a standardized fertility assessment and counseling service. She is the president of the Fertility Check Up association and is currently expanding its network in France and Belgium.
Dror Meirow
Israel

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Professor Dror Meirow is the chair of the Morris Kahn Center for Fertility Preservation Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel. He is a Professor at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Former President of the International Society of Fertility Preservation (ISFP).

Prof. Meirow received his M.D. from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. He then specialized and practiced as a senior physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hadassah University Hospital. He conducted his basic research training at the Center for Reproduction Growth and Development with Prof. Roger Gosden at the University Leeds, UK. Since 2001, Prof Meirow founded the Clinical Center for Fertility Preservation and the Fertility Preservation Research Laboratory at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Israel.

Professor Meirow’s basic and clinical research is focused on the effects of chemotherapy on reproduction, and modalities for fertility preservation especially on ovarian tissue harvesting for fertility preservation, and medications that can prevent chemotherapy-induced ovarian damage. Prof. Meirow reported in the New England Journal of Medicine the first case of IVF, pregnancy, and delivery of a healthy baby to result from transplantation of cryopreserved thawed ovarian tissue in a sterilized former cancer patient. Prof. Meirow’s laboratory team published a pioneer study in Science Journal providing a new understanding of the “Burn-out” mechanisms involved in chemotherapy-induced ovarian damage, and testing a novel fertility-protecting agent.
Luis Navarro
Spain

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Dr. Luis Navarro Sánchez has worked in the field of human genomics for over 15 years, with a focus on disease and reproduction. With a background in biochemistry, he researched the genetics and epigenetics of neurodegenerative diseases during his PhD at the Institute of Biomedicine, in Valencia. Since, he has worked in both the public and private sectors in Spain and internationally. He has been with the Igenomix research and development department since 2017, where he specializes in reproductive genetics. As an integral part of the research team, he devotes his time to the improvement of tests related to aneuploidy detection. More specifically, at present, in the development of a non-invasive aneuploidy detection method.
Raoul Orvieto
Israel

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Prof. Raoul Orvieto is a full professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and incumbent of the Tarnesby-Tarnowski Chair for Family Planning and Fertility Regulation, at the Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Prof. Orvieto is the director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, at the Sheba (Tel-Hashomer) Medical Center, Israel.

Since 2022, Prof. Orvieto is the president of the Israel Fertility association (IFA).

Prof. Orvieto is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. He has been author and co-author of more than 400 publications in national and international journals. His scientific interests include various aspects of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH). The role of GnRH-analogues, and specifically GnRH agonist versus antagonist in COH for IVF, pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT), triggering final follicular maturation and several aspects of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS): pathophysiology, prediction, prevention and its relation to the inflammatory response.

List of publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=orvieto-r&sort=date&size=200
Gerald Schatten
USA

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Gerald Schatten is a Professor at the U Pitt Medical School who has directly trained over 50 doctoral and postdoctoral fellows, thousands more in the ‘Frontiers in…’ advanced training course series he founded, and his > 300 papers have appeared in premier journals, including Nature and Science. Dr. Schatten is an eloquent advocate for research in reproduction, development, regeneration, and stem cells, as well as being an advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility; for these latter, he has been acknowledged by being among the recipients of NIH’s inaugural award for Outstanding Mentor for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility.
Zeev Shoham
Israel

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Professor Zeev Shoham serves as the head of the Fertility and IVF Unit at the Kaplan Medical center in Rehovot, Israel.

Professor Shoham was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. He received his M.D. degree from the Hadassah Medical Center in 1981. Later completing, his residency at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, and his fellowship in infertility and in vitro fertilization at Tel – Hashomer Hospital and MIDDLESEX Hospital in London, UK. Since 1988 he has specialized in a wide range of treatments including:
Fertility treatments, in vitro fertilization, oocyte retrieval preservation and freezing, donor eggs and sperm, care for women during pregnancy and follow-up and treatment of postmenopausal women.
In 1991 Prof. Shoham received an award from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology for the best scientific research that year in Europe for his work on stimulating sperm production by adding GH to treatment with gonadotropins in patients with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
Professor Shoham has published over 140 papers in the field of Reproductive Medicine, and his publications had won international awards. In addition, he has contributed chapters to numerous books. He is the editor/ author of the textbook, Female Infertility Therapy: Current Practice (1999), and one of the four editors of the textbook, Assisted Reproductive Techniques, which is at its fourth edition.

Professor Shoham is the co-founder of IVF-Worldwide the most comprehensive website on in-vitro fertilization. Professor Shoham has been organizing internationals medical conferences for the past 18 years and is a lecturer in many conferences in the field.
Sherman Silber
USA

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Dr. Sherman Silber, a renowned pioneer in microsurgery and infertility, is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on IVF, mini-IVF, sperm retrieval, ICSI, vasectomy reversal, male infertility, tubal ligation reversal, egg and embryo freezing, ovary transplantation and the reproductive biological clock.

He has operated all over the world, including Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Behrain, Israel and Qatar.

Sherman J. Silber, M.D., and his team have pioneered most of the “miracle” infertility treatments now accepted around the world for both male and female infertility.
Charlotte Sonigo
France

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Evelyn Telfer
UK

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Professor Evelyn Telfer holds a chair in Reproductive Biology at the University of Edinburgh and heads a research group in Ovarian Development within the Institute of Cell Biology and Genes and Development Group (CDBS). Her group has a particular interest in developing in vitro models to support oocyte development from immature stages in domestic species and human. Evelyn’s group has developed a culture system that supports in vitro growth of human and bovine primordial follicles to the Metaphase II stage. They are now using these models to study the potential of female germ line stem cells isolated from adult ovaries in a range of species.
Evelyn has published widely in this area and is a regular invited speaker at International meetings, she has several international collaborations and her research is funded by the Medical Research Council U.K. and The Wellcome Trust. Her group has won several awards at international meetings and in 2019 she received the distinguished scientist award from the Society of Reproduction and Fertility and delivered the Anne McLaren memorial lecture at the U.K. Joint Fertility Societies meeting. Evelyn also has an interest in the Public understanding of science and she contributes to workshops and delivers lectures at science festivals and other public forums. Evelyn was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021 for services to female reproductive biology.
Ariel Weissman
Israel

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Professor Ariel Weissman graduated the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School in 1988. In 1994 he completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, where he spent another two years working as a senior physician at the IVF unit. Prof. Weissman then pursued a 2-year research and clinical fellowship with Prof. Bob Casper at the Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. His main focus of research was transplantation of human ovarian tissue in immuno deficient mice. Upon returning to Israel in 1998, Prof. Weissman joined the IVF unit at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine where he currently holds a position of an associate Professor. Together with David Gardner PhD, Colin Howles PhD, and Zeev Shoham M.D., Prof. Weissman has published the “Textbook of Assisted Techniques: Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives”, which is one of the leading books in the field of ART.
Chadi Yazbeck
France

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C. Yazbeck is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine. He got his Master of Public Health in 2003, PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health in 2008 and Research Conducting Diploma in 2012 at Paris Sud University. Former head of IVF unit at Bichat Claude Bernard University Hospital (APHP) of Paris (2007-2015), he is president of the French Fertility Study Group (GEFF) and head of IVF unit at Ambroise Paré Hartmann Cherest Private Hospitals Group since 2021. He is member of several national and international societies (including ESHRE, CNGOF, and FFER). His clinical practice and research interests are focused on endometriosis, reproductive surgery and Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
Nikica Zaninovic
USA

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Nikica Zaninovic, Ph.D., is the Embryology Laboratory Director and Associate Professor of Embryology in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical College. In 2012, Dr. Zaninovic’s laboratory became one of the first to initiate clinical use of the pioneering new embryo incubation system, the EmbryoScope®. He and his staff are currently focused on developing new embryo selection/deselection protocols using data collected by the EmbryoScope®’s time-lapse microscopy of growing embryos. Recently, his interest expanded to applying Artificial Intelligence in ART and IVF. He is double-certified as a High-complexity Laboratory Director (HCLD) and Embryology Laboratory Director (ELD) by the American Association of Bioanalysts. In 1990, he was responsible for South America’s first successful intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) pregnancies. He joined Weill Cornell Medical College’s Embryology Laboratory in 1995 and was appointed lab Director in 2010. His research interests include clinical and experimental embryology, stem cell biology, and the application of AI in ART.

President and founder, AIF (AI Fertility Society)

Former President and founder, ASRM SIG, AI-IVF