Training & Events
Australia has an outstanding record in helping couples experiencing infertility. Thousands of women in Australia and around the world have conceived and given birth using pioneering in vitro fertilisation techniques developed and perfected in this country.
Each year FSANZ holds a Scientific Meeting attracting experts in reproductive health from around the world to present research and discuss new technologies and treatments.
In addition FSANZ continues to develop training programs to assist its members with their professional development.
Petra is a passionate Clinical embryologist having worked in both Australia and the USA. Petra did her postgraduate training at the University of Melbourne in the laboratory of Professor David Gardner.
She is a past Chairperson of SIRT. Petra is a highly sort after subject matter expert in Best practice clinical embryology and quality control together with effective laboratory workflow and quality assurance.
Dr Simon McDowell
Vice President | NZ Representative
Simon McDowell is a Fertility Specialist working at Fertility Associates, Wellington, New Zealand. He is a qualified subspecialist and has a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery, primarily focusing on the management of severe endometriosis.
Simon holds an additional roles at Wellington Public Hospital and the University of Otago.
Ms Jan Mackenzie
Secretary | FNA RepresentativeMy role on the FSANZ Board is the representative for FNA and the secretary.
My current role is Nurse Unit manager at MonashIVF in Parramatta in western Sydney, where I lead a team of nurses over 3 sites. I have been involved in ART nursing for more than 20 years. As well as a love of the job and the day to day care of our patients, my passion also extends to being a part of the process that provides support and educational opportunities to nurses working in ART. My career started in WA, where I became involved with the then Nurses Special Interest Group, now known as Fertility Nurses of Australasia (FNA). I then moved to Sydney, where my involvement with FNA continued including positions on the executive as the Secretary, the Chair and now the FNA representative on the Board of FSA.
Mr Hamish Barblett
GeneralHamish Barblett is a senior IVF Scientist at Genea Hollywood Fertility in Perth and past chair of the FSANZ professional group, Scientists in Reproductive Technology (SIRT).
He performs all IVF laboratory techniques and has an interest in the education of clinical scientists.
Dr Anne Clark
IVF Directors RepresentativeDr Anne Clark trained as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist before becoming the first female doctor in Australia to obtain the CREI subspecialist qualification in reproductive medicine. She is currently Medical Director of Fertility First, which is an IVF and Fertility Clinic that also focuses on lifestyle modifications and peri-conception health to maximise a couple’s fertility and healthy ongoing pregnancies.
In 2015, Anne was appointed by the Federal Minister of Health as a person of ART experience to the NHMRC Embryo Research Licensing Committee.
A/Prof Yanhe Liu is the Scientific Director of Fertility North in Perth. He is also a current associate editor for the journal of Human Reproduction and has adjunct appointments with several universities including University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University and Bond University.
With over 20 years’ experience in IVF laboratory practice and management in both Australia and oversees, A/Prof Liu is passionate in the clinical introduction of new ART technologies. He is well published in the field of embryo selection using time-lapse imaging and artificial intelligence.
Dr Manuela Toledo
GeneralManuela Toledo is the Medical Director of TasIVF based in Hobart and practices as a fertility specialist at both TasIVF and Melbourne IVF.
Manuela is the only CREI qualified fertility specialist in Tasmania.
She trained at the Mercy Hospital for Women and the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne where she holds a VMO position and trains future fertility specialists. She holds a Master of Medicine and Genetics from the University of Sydney.
Manuela has been a long standing fertility specialist at Melbourne IVF and also served on the Melbourne IVF board 2013 - 2018.
Manuela has a special interest in clinical governance, complex infertility and providing expert second opinions.
Stephen Page is a principal of Page Provan, family and fertility lawyers, Brisbane. Stephen has suffered infertility and is, with his husband, a dad through surrogacy.
Stephen was admitted as a solicitor in 1987. He has advised in all areas of fertility law, starting in 1988, for clients throughout Australia and at last count 33 countries overseas. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, and an international representative on the ART Committee of the American Bar Association, lectures in Ethics and the Law at the University of New South Wales, and is a board member of Access Australia’s National Infertility Network. He is the founder of the LGBT Family Law Institute in Australia.
Dr Alison Gee
GeneralAlison is a highly qualified and experienced fertility specialist based in Sydney who provides individualised care for patients experiencing infertility and reproductive issues. Alison holds certification for the most advanced form of training an infertility specialist can undertake, the Certificate of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (CREI) and has spent the past 20 years employing the latest in medical and scientific advances to help couples achieve their dream of creating a family.
Kiri is a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She is currently the Course Coordinator for the Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science and is an education-focused academic doing her best to coerce postgrads into higher order thinking.
Kiri is on the executive committees for both the Australian Society of Medical Research, and Scientists in Reproductive Technology, and has a strong interest in scientific advocacy in this space. In 2019 she was part of the Homeward Bound Project, an initiative that aims to heighten the influence and impact of women with a science background in order to influence policy and decision making as it shapes our planet.
Dr Iolanda Rodino
ANZICA RepresentativeIolanda Rodino is a Clinical Psychologist and Fertility Counsellor working in private practice . Over the past 20 years she has developed an independent consultancy service to several fertility clinics in Perth, offering evidenced based psychological care to patients facing the diverse emotional and relationship challenges associated with infertility.
Iolanda has a passion for psychosocial infertility research with particular interests in weight related concerns in women undertaking fertility treatment, PCOS, preconception care and third party reproduction.
Michele is a fertility specialist with expertise in reproductive medical and surgical techniques for the treatment of recurrent miscarriage and infertility for both men and women and takes great pride in her thorough caring approach.
Michele graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours at the University of New South Wales. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists with 5 years of specialist training in both Sydney and the UK and has a subspecialist Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (CREI). She is a Conjoint Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney.