My training

  • 2009

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

PhD in Polycystic Ovaries and Insulin Resistance (with honours)

 

  • 2000

Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium

Operative laparoscopy

 

  • 1999

Priory Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Trained at the Fertility and In Vitro Fertilization Center

 

  • 1995-1999

University Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Internship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

 

  • 1987

University of Ioannina, Greece

Medical Degree

 

Certifications

  • 1997

Certified in ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

 

  • 1996

Certificate of completion of specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

 

Special interests in medical practice include:

  • Investigation and treatment of infertility and In Vitro Fertilization, successfully practicing IVF treatment cycles for almost 20 years
  • Operative laparoscopy in treatment of gynaecological conditions, such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids
  • Laparoscopic hysterectomy
  • Outpatient office hysteroscopy
  • Operative hysteroscopy
  • Management and delivery of high risk pregnancies
  • Vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC)

Care activity

  • 2019

FIVI Fertility & IVF Center – European Interbalkan Medical Center

Obstetrician – Gynecologist

 

  • 2002

Thessaloniki IVF And Infertility Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center

 

  • 2001

Intebalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece

Obstetrician – Gynecologist and Fertility Specialist

 

  • 1995-1999

Leighton Hospital, Wordsley Hospital, and Birmingham Women’s Hospital, UK

Obstetrician – Gynecologist

Teaching activity

  • Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs for medical students and nurses.

 

  • Participation in presentations, postgraduate lectures and congresses organized at the Interbalkan European Medical Center.

Memberships

  • Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
  • Member of the Hellenic Society of Assisted Reproduction (ΕΛΕΙΥΑ)
  • Member of the Hellenic Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
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Ioannis Tzafetas

MD, FRCOG, PhD, FPA

Em. Professor Obstetrics - Gynaecology, AUTH Scientific...

Basil Tarlatzis

MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon)

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Aristotelis Loufopoulos

Em. Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology,...

George Pantos

Em. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,...

Stratis Kolibianakis

MD, MSc(Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

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My training

  • 2017‌ ‌

IVI‌ ‌University‌ ‌of‌ ‌Valencia‌ ‌Spain‌ ‌

Master‌ ‌in‌ ‌Biotechnology‌ ‌and‌ ‌Embryology‌ ‌of‌ ‌Human‌ ‌Reproduction

 

  • 2007‌

UK

Sub‌ ‌specialty‌ ‌in‌ ‌Colposcopy‌ ‌and‌ ‌cervical‌ ‌pathology

 

  • 2007‌

Specialty‌ ‌in ‌Obstetrics – Gynaecology‌ ‌

 

  • 2006‌

UK‌ 

Training‌ ‌in‌ ‌Endoscopy‌ ‌(Laparoscopy/ hysteroscopy)‌ ‌‌

 

  • 2004‌-‌2007‌

UK

Specialty‌ ‌in‌ ‌Obstetrics-Gynecology ‌ ‌

 

  • ‌2000-2002‌

District‌ Hospital‌ ‌Veria,‌ ‌Greece‌‌

Specialty‌ ‌in‌ ‌Obstetrics-Gynecology

 

  • 1998-2000‌

District‌ ‌Hospital‌ ‌Veria‌ , Greece

Specialty‌ ‌in‌ ‌general‌ ‌surgery

 

  • 1994

‌Carol‌ ‌Davila‌,‌ ‌Bucharest‌ ‌RO‌ ‌

‌Medical‌ ‌School

Care activity

  • 2020-‌

FIVI Fertility & IVF Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center

Scientific‌ ‌fellow‌

 

  • 2010-2019‌

Embryolab‌ ‌Fertility‌ ‌Unit,‌ ‌Thessaloniki‌, Greece

Clinical‌ ‌fellow,‌ ‌Scientific‌ ‌director,‌ ‌board‌ ‌member‌

 

  • 2008-2010‌ ‌

A’‌ ‌Department‌ ‌of‌ ‌Obstetrics‌ ‌and‌ ‌Gynaecology,‌ ‌Papageorgiou‌ ‌University‌ ‌Hospital,‌ ‌Thessaloniki, Greece‌

Research‌ ‌fellow

Teaching activity

  • 2008‌ ‌

Aristotle‌ ‌University‌ ‌of‌ ‌Thessaloniki

PhD‌ ‌Medical‌ ‌school‌

Memberships

  • Member‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌European‌ ‌Society‌ ‌for‌ ‌Human‌ ‌Reproduction‌ ‌(ESHRE)‌
  • Member‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌British‌ ‌and‌ ‌Hellenic‌ ‌Society‌ ‌for‌ ‌Colposcopy‌ ‌and‌ ‌Cervical‌ ‌Pathology‌ ‌(BSCCP‌ ‌and‌ ‌HSCCP)

Research

  • He‌ ‌has published‌ ‌scientific articles‌ ‌in‌ ‌Greek‌ ‌and‌ ‌international‌ journals
FIVI’s Team

Meet our Specialists

Ioannis Tzafetas

MD, FRCOG, PhD, FPA

Em. Professor Obstetrics - Gynaecology, AUTH Scientific...

Basil Tarlatzis

MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon)

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Aristotelis Loufopoulos

Em. Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology,...

George Pantos

Em. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,...

Stratis Kolibianakis

MD, MSc(Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

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My training

  • 2014-2016: Postgraduate training (Fellow) in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI), St George Hospital/ IVFAustralia, Sydney, Australia
  • 2016: Fellow of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FRANZCOG)
  • 2014: Doctoral thesis (PhD) on the role of progesterone levels during ovarian stimulation on the probability of pregnancy after IVFMedical School – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 2012-2014: Subspecialty Training in Reproductive Medicine (EBCOG/ESHRE) Unit for Human Reproduction – 1st Department of OB/Gyn, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 2013: Master of Science in Health Care Management (MSc HCM), Hellenic Open University
  • 2007-2011: Specialty Training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology General Hospital of Giannitsa & 1st Department of OB/Gyn, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 2004-2006: Master of Science in Medical Research Methodology (MSc Res), Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 1997-2003: Degree in Medicine (MD)  Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Care activity

2023-present: Senior Consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist, Scientific Fellow, FIVI

 2016-2023: Senior Consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist, IVFAustralia, Sydney, Australia

Teaching activity

  • 2023-present: Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of OB/Gyn, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 2021-2023: Associate Professor, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • 2021-2023: Director of Clinical Research, IVFAustralia, Sydney, Australia
  • 2016-2021: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • 2018-present: Convenor or Guest Lecturer in postgraduate programs (MSc) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), IVIRMA Global Education/ University of Valencia, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Editor or Associate Editor of important scientific journals in the field of reproductive medicine such as Human Reproduction (2008-present), RBM Online (2020-present), Fertility & Reproduction (2019-present), Reproductive Biology & Endocrinology (2021-present), Reproductive Sciences (2020-present)

Awards & Merits

Member of prestigious international and national scientific societies in the field of Reproductive Medicine such as the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Fertility Society of Australia & New Zealand (FSANZ), ASPIRE (Asia-Pacific), Hellenic Society of Fertility & Sterility

2019-present: Deputy Chair of the RANZCOG Research Grants Committee

 2010-2023: Multiple awards and distinctions for his role as peer reviewer of the scientific journals Human Reproduction, Human Reproduction Update, Human Reproduction Open, BJOG

 2015: Senior Staff Research Award, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW Medicine

 2010: Scholarship from the Research Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 2009: Award for outstanding research activity during the Postgraduate Studies Program of the Medical School, Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki

Research

Has published >115 scientific articles in peer review scientific journals with >7400 citations (h-index:41, Google Scholar 2023)

Has >180 invited lectures in international scientific meetings at America, Europe, Asia, Oceania και Africa

Co-Editor of the textbook “Recurrent Implantation Failure”, a topic in which he has a special clinical interest.

He has been granted >1.5 million Australian dollars by government and non-government funding bodies for his research on the optimization of IVF and the assessment of the health of mothers and babies after IVF

Top 1% of cited researchers globally in the field of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine for years 2020-1

Source: Ioannidis JPA, Boyack KW, Baas J (2022) Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. PLoS Biol DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.5

FIVI’s Team

Meet our Specialists

Ioannis Tzafetas

MD, FRCOG, PhD, FPA

Em. Professor Obstetrics - Gynaecology, AUTH Scientific...

Basil Tarlatzis

MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon)

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Aristotelis Loufopoulos

Em. Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology,...

George Pantos

Em. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,...

Stratis Kolibianakis

MD, MSc(Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

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