THE FERTILITY & GYNAECOLOGY ACADEMY - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Consultant
• FRCOG Consultant Gynaecologist & Co - Director

Dr Eskander is a highly-regarded gynaecologist with a special interest in the field of assisted conception. Alongside Dr Gorgy, he is the co-founder and co-director of The Fertility & Gynaecology Academy. Dr Eskander complements Dr Gorgy, providing a one-stop gynaecology care service for women. He is able to utilise his wealth of experience to diagnose and treat patients for all kinds of gynaecology problems, often in a single visit. Dr Eskander was recognised as a distinguished Member of the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists as long ago as 1977. By 1983 he was acknowledged as one of the few obstetricians and gynaecologists in the world who could make an accurate and confident diagnosis of fetal abnormalities and gynecological problems using ultrasound. In 1989 he moved overseas to help organise the obstetric unit at the prestigious teaching hospital in Bahrain, one of the first hospitals in the Middle East to introduce IVF. Since returning to the UK in 1993, Dr Eskander has gained a reputation as one of the pre-eminent gynaecologists working in London. He was one of the first doctors to provide colposcopy service and laser treatment. Dr Eskander is also a consultant in the field of assisted conception. He has recently been awarded a mini fellowship in Reproductive Immunology from Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago, USA. Qualifications MBChB - Alexandria University (Egypt), 1970 MRCOG - Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1977 FRCOG - Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1997 Member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) Member of the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) Mini Fellowship in Reproductive Immunology - Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago, USA, 2010 Languages: English and Arabic

Job Titles:

• FRCOG Fertility Consultant & Co - Director
• Reception / Reception

Dr Gorgy has been practising in the field of Fertility and Assisted Conception since 1994. He founded The Fertility & Gynaecology Academy with Dr Eskander in 2004 and is now its co-director. Dr Gorgy is today one of the most respected fertility consultants in the UK. Working from The Fertility & Gynaecology Academy, he consistently forms a close and meaningful bond with all his patients as a result of his empathetic, non-judgemental and compassionate approach. Previously, he was the Clinical Director of the London Fertility and Gynaecology Centre where he created all the clinical protocols for the unit. He contributed to the development and improvement of new techniques including Micro-surgical Sperm Retrieval (PESA and TESA), Assisted Hatching and Blastocyst Transfer. He was then approached by the Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC) to work as a Consultant Gynaecologist and Deputy Director from 2000 to 2005. Here he contributed to the outstanding results of the unit and to the introduction of new developments, including Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and Reproductive Immunology. Dr Gorgy also worked alongside late Dr Alan Beer, when he treated patients with Reproductive Immunology problems in the UK. Dr Gorgy's name is mentioned as an Associate with the Beer's Institute in Dr Beer's famous book Is Your Body Baby-Friendly? During his career, he also set up a very successful Assisted Conception Unit at Alsalam Hospital, a prestigious hospital in Cairo. He is still very committed to this unit and visits once every four months. Over the years, Dr Gorgy has dealt with patients from all corners of the world, allowing him to understand and meet the needs of patients with varied cultures, customs and backgrounds. Qualifications MBChB - Cairo University (Egypt), 1978 MSc - Masters Degree in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Cairo University (Egypt), 1984 MRCOG - Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1993 FRCOG - Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2006 Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Member of the European Society for Reproductive Immunology (ESRI) Member of the British Fertility Society Member of the Middle East Fertility Society Member of the Egyptian Medical Society, UK Languages: English and Arabic