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GameteExpert Top Performers of Reproductive Science Scheme

April 2020 | As in previous years, GameteExpert selects the best performers of andrology and embryology assessment.  This year the three frontrunners for andrology come from Israel and United Kingdom and for embryology from United Kingdom.

The ranking results from inputs of 858 participants of 277 andrology labs and 431 participants of 111 embryology labs.
94% of participants are from Europe and 5% from Asia.

All participants joined the Reproductive Science Scheme of UK NEQAS. GameteExpert collects the input data of this scheme and delivers them to UK NEQAS for external quality assessment and performance reporting.

 

Independently from UK NEQAS, GameteExpert determines the performance of each participant by calculating the match with calculated consensus. The ranking shown in this newsletter is in no relation to UK NEQAS and without input from them. Consequently, it gives no statement of performance in the UK NEQAS system.

The
time-lapse annotation for blastocyst assessment, which was not compulsory for UK NEQAS performance reporting, is included in selection of the best performers.

We considered only participants who have participated completely over the period of last two years.

 

The UK NEQAS service will be carried out by the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service (UK NEQAS).

The UK NEQAS
  Reproductive Science Scheme, which consists of 4 distributions per annum, offers 2 assessment schemes:
Embryology and Andrology.

 
   
Next 4 distributions which will start in May, August and November 2020 and in February 2021 are open to new subscribers.

Here you can find registration form, embryologie flyer, andrologie flyer and participants' handbook.

For more information and registration, please contact
repscience@ukneqas.org.uk.
 

 

Top Performers Andrology
   

The best performer of the andrology laboratories, after the third place in 2017 and second place in 2018 and 2019, is the team of Dr Shimi Barda who is the laboratory director of the Male fertility and sperm bank unit of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

The lab's team consists of 5 technicians: Marina Ilatov, Liat Arieli, Dr Sandra Kleiman, Maggie Fierce-Taub and Shlomit Shabat.


This lab has one basic licence.







The graphic shows the performance of the lab (basic licence) over last two years.



The Male fertility and sperm bank unit in the Lis Maternity Hospital is a part of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The laboratory performs routine semen analyses, sperm preparation before artificial insemination, sperm cryopreservation, and molecular analyses.

The current research is focused on gene involvement in infertility, impairment in meiosis as a cause for infertility, factor that may improve cryopreservation results.





The second best performer of the andrology laboratories, after third best in previous year, is Dr Tom Connolly, working for CREATE Fertility Birmingham.

Tom Connolly is an HCPC registered senior embryologist and biopsy practitioner, who joined the CREATE Fertility Birmingham team in 2019.


This laboratory, led by Paul Wilson, has one basic licence and one individual licence.








The graphic shows the performance of Tom Connolly (individual licence) over last two years.

 

CREATE Fertility Birmingham is one of 7 subsidiaries of Create Health Ltd. which was founded by Professor Geeta Nargund  in 2000 and has a total staff of 130. CREATE Ferility is specialises in Natural/Mild IVF.

The CREATE Fertility Birmingham clinic was opened in 2016, and offers a full range of services including: IVF, ICSI, surgical sperm retrieval, vitrification of oocytes and blastocysts, egg and sperm donor programmes and a pre-implantation genetic testing service.

 

The third best performer of the andrology laboratories, after second place in 2017, is the team of Dr. Iris Har-Vardi (PhD). Dr. Tsvia Priel is in charge of the quality control of the andrology laboratory.

The Fertility and IVF lab's team consists of 8 embryologists.

The photograph shows the team (from left to right, upper line: Dr. Oshri Naamani (Ph.D), Gili Alter, Dr. Yaela Sade (Ph.D), Dr. Tsvia Priel (Ph.D). Lower line: Dr. Maram Abofoul-Azab (Ph.D), Dr. Irit Szaingurten-Solodkin (Ph.D), Dr. Dganit Richter (Ph.D),  Dr. Iris Har-Vardi (Ph.D) .

The lab has one basic licence.











 

The graphic shows the performance of the lab (basic licence) over last two years.

 

The Soroka University Medical Center is one of the largest and leader hospitals in Israel serving a local population of around 1,000,000 people.fertility.

The andrology laboratory, as part of the Fertility and IVF unit, performs a full range of specialized tests and services for the evaluation and treatment of male infertility.

In addition to semen analysis, intrauterine inseminations and sperm cryopreservation will be performed in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, testicular sperm aspiration and gamete/embryo cryopreservation.

Fertility and IVF Unit execute nearly 400 intrauterine inseminations and 1,600 semen analyses each year. In addition the Unit currently completes approximately 1000 cycles of IVF/ICSI treatments. The laboratories are accredited by the JCI and have ISO 9001 certification

 

Top Performers Embryology

   


The best performer of the embryrology laboratories, after first place in 2018, is Dr Tom Connolly, working for CREATE Fertility Birmingham.

Tom Connolly is an HCPC registered senior embryologist and biopsy practitioner, who joined the CREATE Fertility Birmingham team in 2019.


This laboratory, led by Paul Wilson, has one basic licence and one individual licence.










The graphic shows the performance of Tom Connolly (individual licence) over last two years.




 

CREATE Fertility Birmingham is one of 7 subsidiaries of Create Health Ltd. which was founded by Professor Geeta Nargund  in 2000 and has a total staff of 130. CREATE Ferility is specialises in Natural/Mild IVF.

The CREATE Fertility Birmingham clinic was opened in 2016, and offers a full range of services including: IVF, ICSI, surgical sperm retrieval, vitrification of oocytes and blastocysts, egg and sperm donor programmes and a pre-implantation genetic testing service.


The second best performer of the embryology laboratories, after second place in 2017, is the team of Prof. Jason Kasraie.

Jason is a Consultant Clinical Embryologist & Andrologist (Clinical Scientist) and leads the Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre. He has worked in the field for 27 years and is currently Chair of the Association of Clinical Embryologists in the U.K (ARCS). Nikky Marshall co-ordinates the EQA and IQA for Embryology.

Jason Kasraie's team consists of 12 scientists.

The photograph shows some of them (from left to right: Annemieke Mitchell, Helene Cloete, Stacy Parry, Jason Kasraie, Victoria Gittins, Sharon Binnersley and Catherine Reynolds).

This lab has one basic licence.

The graphic shows the performance of the lab (basic licence) over last two years.
 

The Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom is affiliated to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.  

It has been established since 1991 to offer specialist fertility care to patients from Shropshire, Mid-Wales and surrounding counties. The team of dedicated specialist staff has grown to over 25 doctors, Nurses, Scientists and administrative staff.

The Centre currently performs approximately 550 cycles of IVF/ICSI treatment. Since its inception it has been responsible for the birth of over 5000 children.


The third best performer of the embryology laboratories is the team of Fertility Exeter.

This lab has one basic licence and five individual licences.

The graphic shows the performance of the lab (basic licence) over last two years.

 


Fertility Exeter in Exeter, United Kingdom is part of Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and has been established for over 20 years.

The clinic provides NHS and private treatment for infertility including in vitro fertilisation (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), intra-uterine insemination (IUI), donor insemination (DI), frozen embryo transfer (FET), and surgical sperm recovery (SSR).




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