The best performer of the embryology laboratories - after the third place last year - is Cecilia Chung, working at Union Reproductive Medicine Centre.

Cecilia is an embryologist with a master in reproductive medicine and clinical embryology.

The Union Reproductive Medicine Centre (URMC) in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, established in 2000, became the first and the only private hospital in New Territories that provides assisted reproductive service.

URMC has published an annual report since 2014. In 2009, a sister unit was opened in Tsim Sha Tsui. The URMC is affiliated with Union Hospital.

The second best performer of the andrology laboratories is Dalia Elmusharaf Khalifa, working in the Imperial College London Healthcare NHS Trust, Urology department in both sites Charing Cross Hospital, and Hammersmith Hospital. 

She is Specialist Clinical Scientists in Surgical Sperm Retrieval with Consultants Andrology Surgeons with Prof. Suks Minhas and previously with Mr Jonathan Ramsay.

Dalia is registered HCPC as a clinical embryologist and awarded an MSc in Clinical Embryology at the University of Leeds in 2010.

The graphic shows the performance of Dalia Elmusharaf Khalifa over last two years (blue line).

The Hammersmith Hospital is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

The andrology department is the only department of its kind across North West London Pathology which comprises of 9 hospitals.  It is part of the Blood Sciences Service specialising in the investigation and diagnosis of male infertility.

The laboratory is also licenced by the Human Fertility & Embryology Authority (HFEA) since 1992 as centre to undertake sperm cryopreservation. Providing this service to patients with cancer and patients undergoing fertility treatment. Andrology laboratory provides one of the UK’s only dedicated male fertility clinics offering services such as microsurgical testicular sperm extraction (mTESE) and testicular mapping.

The third best performer of the andrology laboratories is Oriol Oliana, after first place in previous year.

Oriol is laboratory manager and a proud member of the Concept Fertility Clinic team. He is an HCPC and ESHRE certified senior clinical embryologist with special interest in genetics, quality control and patient experience.

Concept Fertility Clinic is a state of the art, patient focused clinic located by the south bank of the river Thames. It opened its doors in 2011 and offers a bespoke service to patients who are seeking fertility treatment and investigations, including IVF, ICSI, IUI, ovulation induction, gamete and embryo cryopreservation as well as donor programmes.



 

Top Performers Embryology

The best performer of the embryology laboratories is, as last year, Cecilia Chung, working at Union Reproductive Medicine Centre.

Cecilia is an embryologist with a master in reproductive medicine and clinical embryology.

The Union Reproductive Medicine Centre (URMC) in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, established in 2000, became the first and the only private hospital in New Territories that provides assisted reproductive service.

URMC has published an annual report since 2014.

In 2009, a sister unit was opened in Tsim Sha Tsui.

The URMC is affiliated with Union Hospital.

The second best performer of the embryology laboratories is, as last year, Carmen Mak.

Carmen is an embryologist who works at the Union Reproductive Medicine Centre and its Sperm Bank since 2011.

The graphic shows the performance of

The Union Reproductive Medicine Centre (URMC) in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, established in 2000, became the first and the only private hospital in New Territories that provides assisted reproductive service.

URMC has published an annual report since 2014.

In 2009, a sister unit was opened in Tsim Sha Tsui.

The URMC is affiliated with Union Hospital.

The third best performer of the embryrology laboratories is Rachel Gibbons, Senior Embryologist at King’s Fertility in London since 2015.

She began her training as an Embryologist in 2005 at King’s College Hospital Assisted Conception Unit, London, UK, completed the ACE certificate in 2008 and passed the examination to become HCPC registered in 2010. In addition to her own clinical role, Rachel also plays a key part in training junior staff and supervise STP students in both their practical and theoretical training, and is also involved in managing the storage of PGTA-tested embryos, ensuring patients receive the necessary information to support them to make informed decisions regarding the fate of these embryos.

The embryology team is led by Anastasia Mania and consists of six Senior Clinical Embryologists, six Clinical Embryologists, three Trainee Embryologists, three Laboratory Practitioners and five Laboratory Administrators.

The graphic shows the performance of Rachel Gibbons over last two years (blue line).

King’s Fertility, formerly King's College Hospital Assisted Conception Unit is located in London, UK.

King's College Hospital Assisted Conception Unit, London, was one of the first fertility clinics in the UK when it opened in 1983. Many of the techniques which are now standard practice throughout the world were pioneered here at King’s.

Under the leadership of Dr Ippokratis Sarris, King’s Fertility is the result of a partnership between the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) and King's College Hospital. The FMF is a charity founded by the Professor Kypros Nicolaides, an acclaimed expert researcher and medical practitioner in the field of fetal medicine.

King's Fertility currently performs approximately 2200 cycles of IVF/ICSI per year. Additionally, King's offers donor gamete treatment and has adopted the vitrification method to make it possible to offer cryopreservation for patients with blood-borne viral infections. King's Fertility employs a 100% time lapse (Embryoscope) culture system for non-infectious patients. While the majority of patients are treated under the NHS, they also provide an affordable self-funded and private service.