Society of Reproductive Medicine & Embryology 1st Annual Conference
Opening & Keynote Lecture
Dr. Hamad Alsufyan [SRME President]
Dr. Hamad Alsufyan [SRME President]
Dr. Muna Al Awwad [SRME Vice President]
Dr. Muna Al Awwad [SRME Vice President]
Dr. Saad Alhassan [SRME Board Member]
Dr. Saad Alhassan [SRME Board Member]
07:30 – 08:30 Registration
Session-1, Chaired by Dr. Tawfig Gaafar & Dr. Mamdouh Eskandar
Dr. Lujain AlSubki, KSA
Abstract
Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) has a significant emotional impact on women and their partners. It has been reported that RPL affects...
Dr. Lujain AlSubki, KSA
Dr. Laila Noli, Egypt
Abstract:
Pregnancy from in vitro generated monozygotic twins by embryo splitting or twinning leads to live birth of healthy animals. Simila...
Dr. Laila Noli, Egypt
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Abstract
To be able to offer our patients care that is effective and safe we need predictive parameters that are reliable, repeatable and acc...
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Session-2, Chaired by Dr. Abdalla Salih & Dr Muin Fedah
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Abstract
Fertility clinic services are being transformed from traditional academic centres or private clinics owned by entrepreneurial clini...
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Prof. Dominique de Ziegler, FR
Abstract
Ovarian stimulation (OS) has been the most effective measure ever undertaken for increasing ART outcome, right after the advent of t...
Prof. Dominique de Ziegler, FR
Dr. Abdullah Aljarbou, KSA
Abstract
The sperm deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) integrity is important for success of natural or assisted fertilization. An increase in the le...
Dr. Abdullah Aljarbou, KSA
Dr. Matheus Roque, Brazil
Abstract
The trend world wide related to use natural cycle instead of artificial cycle for FET, concerning the better obstetric outcomes of ...
Dr. Matheus Roque, Brazil
Dr. Ghadah Ghourab, KSA & Dr. Saad Alshehry, KSA
Abstract
Emerging Autologous Cellular Therapies that utilize platelet-rich plasma (PRP) applications have the potential to play adjunctive ro...
Dr. Ghadah Ghourab, KSA & Dr. Saad Alshehry, KSA
Consultant Urologist /Andrologist
Program director of Urology Residency Program .
Program Director of Male infertility and andrology Fellowship .
King saud University Medical City , Riyadh , Saudi arabia
MD, DGO, LM, MRCOG.
Consultant in obstetrics and gynecology /reproductive endocrinology / director IVF Centre
28 years’ experience in obstetrics and gynecology/ reproductive medicine/ IVF with vast experience in procedures of assisted reproduction in UK, Syria and UAE including:
MD, DGO, LM, MRCOG.
Consultant in obstetrics and gynecology /reproductive endocrinology / director IVF Centre
28 years’ experience in obstetrics and gynecology/ reproductive medicine/ IVF with vast experience in procedures of assisted reproduction in UK, Syria and UAE including:
Professional affiliations:
Areas of interest in your field
A double major graduate of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Khaled University.
Trained in pathology and laboratory medicine at Armed forces hospital.
2011, Served as lab specialist at MNG-HA, Immunology & Hematopathology, Riyadh.
2016, Joined Thuriah Medical Center -a JCI accredited tertiary multidisciplinary
A double major graduate of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Khaled University.
Trained in pathology and laboratory medicine at Armed forces hospital.
2011, Served as lab specialist at MNG-HA, Immunology & Hematopathology, Riyadh.
2016, Joined Thuriah Medical Center -a JCI accredited tertiary multidisciplinary IVF center-, as Lab Director with obligation to deliver a high standard reproductive medicine & infertility services.
Since 2018, a Certified Item Author at the SCFHS and contributed to the licensing examination for lab specialists in Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Alshehri current practice focuses on the managing of the clinical labs and related subdivisions, with an intense interest in clinical research, digital healthcare transformation, and Patient-centered care & experience.
Lujain Adel AlSubki, MD, FCRI (ASRI).
Graduated school of medicine from King Saud University and completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Riyadh in 2016. Certified Saudi Board in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2016.
In 2019, granted Saudi board fellowship in Reproducti
Lujain Adel AlSubki, MD, FCRI (ASRI).
Graduated school of medicine from King Saud University and completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Riyadh in 2016. Certified Saudi Board in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2016.
In 2019, granted Saudi board fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Riyadh. Completed fellowship training in Reproductive Immunology at Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago Medical school, Chicago, Illinous by March 2022.
Granted American society of reproductive immunology board simultaneously. Returning to King Faisal Specialists Hospital and Research Center Riyadh posted as an associate consultant of Reproductive Medicine.
Have special interests in recurrent pregnancy loss, repeated implantation failure and autoimmune infertility related etiology. As well as preimplantation genetics testing and fertility preservation.
Training
· Specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology: UCLA
Diplomate of The Am Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
· Sub-specialty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: UCLA
Diplomate of the Am Board of Ob-Gyn, Reprod Endocr. and Infertilit
Training
· Specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology: UCLA
Diplomate of The Am Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
· Sub-specialty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: UCLA
Diplomate of the Am Board of Ob-Gyn, Reprod Endocr. and Infertility.
· By endorsement of US diplomas:
Specialist in OB-GYN and subspecialist in Reprod Endocr and Infert
in France and Switzerland
Editorship
Editorial Board of Fertility and Sterility:
Editorial Editor 2021 –
Former Associate Editor Human Reproduction
Ad hoc Reviewer: Journal Clin Endocr and Metab, Lancet
Past positions
Professor and Head Division Reprod Endocr and Infert.
2004-2008: University Hospitals of Geneva and Lausanne
Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland
Professor and Head Division Reprod Endocr and Infert
2008-2017: Hopital Cochin Medical Center
Paris France
Completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Security Forces hospital in 2009.
Obtained the MRCOG, Arab Board and Saudi Board certification in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2009.
In 2012, completed a two-year fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research c
Completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Security Forces hospital in 2009.
Obtained the MRCOG, Arab Board and Saudi Board certification in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2009.
In 2012, completed a two-year fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research center.
Joined IVF Hammersmith, Imperial NHS Trust, London UK, in August 2014 where she worked for as a clinical fellow in Reproductive Medicine.
Currently working as a consultant in Reproductive medicine in Thuriah Medical Center.
Her special interests are fertility preservation and decreased ovarian reserve.
Mr Stuart Lavery is the Divisional Clinical Director for Women’s Health at University College London Hospitals.
He works as a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery with a special interest in Fertility Preservation. He is an honorary Associate Professor at UCL and also holds honorary academic positions with Imperial College Lon
Mr Stuart Lavery is the Divisional Clinical Director for Women’s Health at University College London Hospitals.
He works as a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery with a special interest in Fertility Preservation. He is an honorary Associate Professor at UCL and also holds honorary academic positions with Imperial College London, ICRF and the University of Oxford. Previously he was Medical Director and HFEA Person Responsible of IVF Hammersmith for 15 years, and a Founder Director of the Fertility Partnership. He is currently a Founder Director of Aria Fertility in Marylebone. He has served on multiple advisory boards in the pharmaceutical and FemTech fields. His research interests are fertility preservation and preimplantation genetic testing, and has published over 60 peer reviewed academic articles, and presented both nationally and internationally.
Has earned her MSc Degree in Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Medicine from the University College London, as well as her PhD in Reproductive and Pre-implantation Genetics from King’s
College London.
She conducted her research studies at the Assisted Conception Unit, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. In addition to her research experienc
Has earned her MSc Degree in Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Medicine from the University College London, as well as her PhD in Reproductive and Pre-implantation Genetics from King’s
College London.
She conducted her research studies at the Assisted Conception Unit, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. In addition to her research experience, she has successfully published papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature, Nature Cell Biology, and Human Reproduction Update.
In pursuit of meeting her high aspirations, Dr. Laila has gained extensive experience in clinical embryology, reproductive genetics, and in international IVF laboratory accreditation audits throughout her career journey in the UK, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
In her role as a director of a clinical embryology laboratory, her focus is transforming the patient experience through implementing and monitoring key performance indicators and standard
operating procedures.
Matheus Roque obtained his degree in Medicine in 2003 at the Marilia
Medical School (FAMEMA) in Marília, Brazil. He has completed a
Fellowship in Human Reproduction in 2009/2010 at the Universidade
Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM) in São Paulo, Brazil. He obtained
his Masters in Reproductive Medicine in 2012 at the Universitat Autónoma
de Ba
Matheus Roque obtained his degree in Medicine in 2003 at the Marilia
Medical School (FAMEMA) in Marília, Brazil. He has completed a
Fellowship in Human Reproduction in 2009/2010 at the Universidade
Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM) in São Paulo, Brazil. He obtained
his Masters in Reproductive Medicine in 2012 at the Universitat Autónoma
de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, and has obtained his PhD in Women’s
Health – Gynecological Pathology and Reproduction in 2018 at the
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Matheus Roque has been dedicating all of his work to reproductive
medicine since 2010. Currently, he is the Scientific Director of MATER
PRIME – Reproductive Medicine, and MATER LAB – IVF Laboratory,
São Paulo, Brazil. He is the author of many scientific articles and book
chapters, and also reviewer of many indexed medical journals. He has also
participated in many international and national congresses in reproductive
medicine as invited speaker, and he has presented many abstracts at
international congresses. He has been recently awarded with the Grant for
Fertility Innovation (GFI) 2017, with the project entitled Pharmacogenetic
algorithm for individualized Controlled Ovarian Stimulation. He has
participated in ESHRE Annual Meeting 2015 as “Invited Speaker” with
the lecture Towards a “freeze-all policy”, and will participate in ASRM
2019 as “Invited Speaker”. Dr. Matheus has been recently awarded by
Fertility and Sterility in recognition of the contribution to the quality of the
journal. One of his papers is one of the 5 most highly cited papers published
in Fertility and Sterility during 2014 and 2015.
Event Opening
Opening & Keynote Lecture
Dr. Hamad Alsufyan [President]
Dr. Hamad Alsufyan [President]
Chaired by Dr. Dania AlJaroudi & Dr. Khalid Awartani
Fellows in Reproductive Medicine
Chaired by Dr. Dania AlJaroudi & Dr. Khalid Awartani
Chaired by Dr. Abdalla Salih
ART Maternal Safety [Mr. Stuart Lavery - 15 min]
Gamete & Embryo Safety [Dr. Serdar Coskun - 15 min]
Fetal Safety [Dr. Ghina Ghaziri - 15 mi...
Chaired by Dr. Abdalla Salih
Session-1, Chaired by Dr. Mamdouh Escander & Dr. Haifaa Alturki
Prof. Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Spain
Abstract
Although research in assisted reproduction has focused mainly on optimizing ovarian stimulation protocols, the last decade, owing to...
Prof. Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Spain
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Abstract
Social egg freezing provides women the opportunity to make choices about their reproductive health, allowing them the chance to achi...
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Dr. Ghina Ghazeeri, Lebanon
Abstract
Fertility preservation has become an increasingly important aspect of cancer treatment, as advancements in medical technology have...
Dr. Ghina Ghazeeri, Lebanon
Prof. Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Spain
Abstract
The evolution of ovarian stimulation over the years has focused on personalizing treatment in order to identify patients’ profiles t...
Prof. Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Spain
Session-2, Chaired by Dr. Tawfig Gaafar & Dr. Saad Alhasan
Dr. Abdullah Alfakhri, KSA
Abstract
The lecture is a discussion about the new WHO semen manual the was introduced since 2022 . A discussion will be conducted to explai...
Dr. Abdullah Alfakhri, KSA
Dr. Ismail Al-Badawi, KSA
Abstract
Dr. Ismail Al-Badawi, KSA
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Abstract
There continues to be a debate surrounding the success of frozen and fresh embryo transfers
and the benefits and risks associated ...
Mr. Stuart Lavery, UK
Dr. Ghina Ghazeeri, Lebanon
Abstract
Leadership in uncertain times is of utmost importance for reproductive endocrinologists and fertility specialists, who face unique c...
Dr. Ghina Ghazeeri, Lebanon
Dr. Abdalla Salih, KSA
Dr. Abdalla Salih, KSA
Director Women’s Health UCLH London
Mr Stuart Lavery is the Divisional Clinical Director for Women’s Health at University College London Hospitals. He works as a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery with a special interest in Fertility Preservation. He is an honorary Associate Professor at UCL and also holds honorary academic
Director Women’s Health UCLH London
Mr Stuart Lavery is the Divisional Clinical Director for Women’s Health at University College London Hospitals. He works as a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery with a special interest in Fertility Preservation. He is an honorary Associate Professor at UCL and also holds honorary academic positions with Imperial College London, ICRF and the University of Oxford. Previously he was Medical Director and HFEA Person Responsible of IVF Hammersmith for 15 years, and a Founder Director of the Fertility Partnership. He is currently a Founder Director of Aria Fertility in Marylebone. He has served on multiple advisory boards in the pharmaceutical and FemTech fields. He is currently serves on the NICE Fertility clinical guidelines committee, and is also on the BFS Executive Committee. His research interests are fertility preservation and preimplantation genetic testing, and has published over 60 peer reviewed academic articles, and presented both nationally and internationally.
Section Head/ Senior Clinical Scientist
He got his Ph.D. The Ohio State University, USA, 1993
M.S. The Ohio State University, USA, 1990
D.V.M. University of Firat, Turkey, 1985
Special Certificates:
Embryology Laboratory Director (ELD) (January 2003)
High-complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (HCLD) (November 1999)
From American Board of Bi
Section Head/ Senior Clinical Scientist
He got his Ph.D. The Ohio State University, USA, 1993
M.S. The Ohio State University, USA, 1990
D.V.M. University of Firat, Turkey, 1985
Special Certificates:
Embryology Laboratory Director (ELD) (January 2003)
High-complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (HCLD) (November 1999)
From American Board of Bioanalysis (ABB) in Andrology and Embryology.
Embryology Consultant (SCHS) 08-R-A-0244997
Embryologist (2010) American College of Embryology
Special Interest & Researches Done:
Assisted reproductive technology, reproductive biology, preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
No. of Publications: 82
No. of International Presentation: 66
Dr. Ghina Ghazeeri is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and has been a practicing Obstetrician & Gynecologist at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) since 2004. She received her medical degree from the American University of Beirut and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at AUBMC. She completed
Dr. Ghina Ghazeeri is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and has been a practicing Obstetrician & Gynecologist at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) since 2004. She received her medical degree from the American University of Beirut and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at AUBMC. She completed her fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology & Assisted Reproductive Technology at the University of Tennessee, and received her diploma in Clinical Embryology from the University of Leeds in 2008. Since the year 2000, she has published more than 60 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals. She is a member of multiple scientific and medical societies, including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She has served as the director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) Fellowship Program and the director of the Fertility Preservation Program at the American University of Beirut Medical Center since 2020. She was also named head of the Division of REI and director of the Haifa Idriss Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Laboratory in 2023.She is the founder of the “HOPE” fund , a fund that supports fertility treatment and fertility preservation of oncology patients .
Consultant andrologist/urologist King Faisal specialist hospital and research center
Adj professor, Alfaisal university
Residency program director
Andrology fellowship program director
Saudi andrology group, past president
Head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine
Dexeus Mujer
Dexeus University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Polyzos is the Head of Reproductive Medicine Department of Dexeus Mujer, at Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona Spain and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Reproductive Medicine in the University of Gent in Belgium. Since 2
Head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine
Dexeus Mujer
Dexeus University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Polyzos is the Head of Reproductive Medicine Department of Dexeus Mujer, at Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona Spain and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Reproductive Medicine in the University of Gent in Belgium. Since 2021, he is a member of the Executive Committee (ExCO) of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).
He has served as a Medical Director in the Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Brussels until 2017, as a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Free University of Brussels (VUB) until 2019 and as Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology in the Department of Clinical Medicine in the University of Aarhus in Denmark until 2020.
Professor Polyzos is the principal investigator in several large pioneering multinational trials and a key opinion leader in the field of Reproductive Medicine for the treatment of poor ovarian responders in IVF programs, prediction of ovarian response and premature ovarian ageing, with more than 200 invited lectures in international congresses.
He is a Section Editor in RBMO, member of the ESHRE guideline development group for ovarian stimulation and has served as an Editorial Consultant for the PIER (Physician's Information and Education Resource) of the American College of Physicians (ACP).
Professor Polyzos has published more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Pubmed with more than >5000 citations and an h index of 51 in Google Scholar. His research interests include reproductive endocrinology, ovarian reserve markers, poor ovarian response to stimulation and genetics of premature ovarian aging.
Head of surgical subspecialty department at KFMC
Head of Urology service line at Riyadh cluster 2
Chairman of MOH legal committee of sexual and infertility dysfunction
Urology Saudi board
At Saudi commission of health
Andrology/ infertility fellowship at University of Toronto, Canada
Consultant Surgeon of Gynecologic Oncology
Professor Alfaisal University
Consultant and section head gynecology/gynecology oncology and minimal invasive surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
He is Founder, Member of the Board of Directors Saudi Group for Gynecologic Laparoscopies (SGGL)
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