FSANZ Board

Dr Petra Wale President	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 sought 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 additional roles at Wellington Public Hospital and the University of Otago.
Ms Jan Mackenzie FNA Representative	Jan's role on the FSANZ Board is the representative for FNA . Jan's current role is Nurse Unit manager at MonashIVF in Parramatta in western Sydney, where she leads a team of nurses over 3 sites. Jan has 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, her passion also extends to being a part of the process that provides support and educational opportunities to nurses working in ART. Jan's career started in WA, where she became involved with the then Nurses Special Interest Group, now known as Fertility Nurses of Australasia (FNA). Jan then moved to Sydney, where her 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 Douglas Yek Treasurer	Doug Yek is a Director of PIVET Medical Centre in Perth and Cairns Fertility Centre in Queensland. He has over 20 years of experience in the IVF and healthcare sector, with a background and qualifications in accounting, finance and management.
Mr Hamish Barblett General	Hamish 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 Sally Catt General	Sally completed her first degree at Edinburgh University in 1983 and took her first job as an embryologist at Bourn Hall, Cambridge UK, training under Mr. Patrick Steptoe and Professor Bob Edwards. She then worked on cattle IVF, in Cambridge and New Zealand moving to Australia in 1991. She completed a PhD at Sydney University evaluating the commercial practicality of producing lambs with sex-sorted sperm in 1997. She then returned to the clinical IVF field working as an embryologist Fertility First, Sydney and later joined Sydney IVF (Genea) as a research embryologist notably refining vitrification prior to release in clinics from 2004. Sally has been in her current role of Coordinator of the Master of Clinical Embryology Course since 2006, she also coordinates industry-led specialized IVF short-courses. She was instrumental in introducing a nationwide CPD scheme for SIRT members and currently a member of the “Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA) Advisory Panel”.
Dr Anne Clark IVF Directors Representative	Dr 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.
Dr Yanhe Liu General	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 General	Manuela 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.
Mr Stephen Page Secretary \| General	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 Kiri Beilby SIRT Representative	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 Representative	Iolanda 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.
Dr Michele Kwik Clinical Fertility	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.
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