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Professor Geeta Nargund is a Senior Consultant Gynaecologist and Lead Consultant for Reproductive Medicine services at St George’s Hospital, London.

Professor Nargund has published more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers including abstracts and also several book chapters in the field of reproductive medicine.

She is a pioneer in the field of Natural and Mild IVF and Advanced Ultrasound Technology in Reproductive Medicine, and is an accredited trainer for Infertility and Gynaecological Ultrasound special skills modules by the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) London and British Fertility Society (BFS).

Professor Nargund pioneered the use of follicular Doppler in assessing “Egg quality” in humans. She also published the first scientific paper on “Cumulative live birth rates with Natural cycle IVF”.

She is a co-author of the scientific paper on the innovative Simplified Culture System, which allows IVF to be performed without the need for a conventional laboratory. This scientific paper won the 'Robert Edwards Prize' for the best paper of the year in RBMonline in 2014.

Professor Geeta Nargund is also the Co-Editor-In Chief of The European Scientific Journal, Facts, Views and Vision in OBGYN and is on the International Editorial Board of the Scientific journal, The Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences.

Professor Nargund is the President of the International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR), a UK registered charity. Through her leading role, she has been the voice for women’s choice, health and education in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) globally. She promotes safer, less-drug-orientated and accessible ART.

Professor Nargund was also a member of the WHO (World Health Organisation) expert sub-group on infertility guidelines. She is a member of the steering committee of the Special Task Force on “infertility in developing countries” set up by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), and was the Chair of the ESHRE Special Task Force on “Mild ART”. She is a regular invited speaker at national & international scientific conferences.

Professor Geeta Nargund is a visiting professor at various universities; Hasselt University, Medical Faculty (working at Genk University Hospital), Belgium; St Marco University Lima (oldest university in Latin America) and SDM Medical College, India, and has also been a senior governor of primary and secondary state schools in south London.

She is actively involved in research into making IVF more natural, accessible and safer for women and children. She is the Chief Executive of the UK National charity, Create Health Foundation. This Charity funds and supports women’s health education in the UK and in Africa.

Professor Nargund is a regular speaker at Westminster Health Seminars on Health and Social care in the UK. She has also been an invited speaker at the women’s health conference along with the members of UN and also at a European Women’s conference on “Female Quality of life in the developed World”.

She appears in Tatler’s Doctors Guide for 2013 and is also an associate member of Guild of Health Writers UK. She cares deeply about and has been actively involved in charities promoting education, women’s health and development, equality and social mobility in the last 15 years.

Selected associated activity:

Professor Geeta Nargund's TED Talk on Fertility Education - 8th March, International Women's Day 2017

Read Professor Nargund's regular blogs on Huffington Post - Health and Lifestyle

Professor Geeta Nargund was a member of the Tiffany Circle Steering Committee and International Council by British Red Cross until March 2020; the Tiffany Circle is a powerful group of women leaders and philanthropists

Professor Geeta Nargund has also been elected as a Trustee to the Board of British Red Cross in September 2017.

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Vinod Nargund is a Consultant Urological Surgeon with an interest in Andrology. He has successfully led the andrology service for CREATE Fertility for the last 10 years. He deeply cares about using evidence-based care to help men improve their natural fertility where possible. He takes a holistic approach in helping men improve their sperm parameters. He is highly skilled in surgical sperm retrieval procedures including advanced testicular sperm collection using a microscope. His interest in male infertility originates from his expertise in the management of testicular cancer; he pioneered testis-conservation surgery along with Professor Tim Oliver, Emeritus Professor of Oncology. Vinod was trained in Urology Units at Belfast, Bradford and Oxford. Previously he was the Lead Cancer Surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and currently provides Andrology Service at Homerton University Hospital, London. Vinod has published over 70 scientific papers in national and international Urology journals. In addition to the research on surgical aspects in relation to male infertility his interests include the role of psychological stress in male infertility.

Key publications:

Nargund V H. Effects of psychological stress on male fertility. Nature Review Urology 2015; 12(7): 373-382

Ojha K, Nargund V H, Nargund G. Emergency sperm extraction for transient erectile dysfunction prior to assisted conception. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 2001; 18: 36-7

Otite U, Webb J A W, Oliver R T D, Badenoch D F and Nargund V H. Testicular microlithiasis: Is it a benign condition with a malignant potential? European Journal of Urology 2001; 40: 538-42

Nargund VH. Management of testicular pain. The Practitioner 2002; 246: 792-800

Oliver RTD, Ong J, Berney D, Nargund V, Badenoch D and Samash J. Testis conserving chemotherapy in germ cell cancer: Its potential to increase understanding of the biology and treatment of carcinoma in situ. Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandanavia 2003:111: 86-91; discussion 91-2

Kumar P, Kapoor S, Nargund V. Review: Haematospermia. Annals of Royal College of Surgeons of  England 2006; 88 (4): 339-42

Nargund VH. Editoreal Comment on ‘A Five-year follow up study of asymptomatic men with testicular microlithiasis’. Journal of Urology 2008; 179: 1423

Kumar P, Mehta V, Nargund V*. Management of Chronic testicular pain. Urologia Internationalis 2010; 84(2); 125-31

Gordon S, Bharadwa J, Campbell S, Nargund V H. Spermatogenesis and Spectral echo –Doppler traces from the main testicular artery. British Journal of Urology International 2003; 91: 897-8

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Dr Archana Ranganathan is a Consultant Gynaecologist in reproductive medicine. She graduated from Madras Medical College, India and completed her postgraduate diploma in Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. She went on to complete her postgraduate training from Health Education England, Thames Valley (Oxford deanery) where she completed a research fellowship on endometriosis.

Dr Ranganathan became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in 2012. She has advanced training in subfertility and reproductive health, with special interest in endometriosis and early pregnancy.

She is the lead consultant for the CREATE Fertility St Pauls clinic and is highly skilled in advanced fertility ultrasound, gynaecological 3D ultrasound and early pregnancy scanning. A member of British Fertility Society (BFS) and British Society for Gynae-endoscopy (BSGE), her special interests include endometriosis, recurrent miscarriage and polycystic ovaries.  Dr Ranganathan offers personalised care to all her patients and believes in holistic approach to support patients through their fertility journey.

Martin Wilding has a degree in Biochemistry from Imperial College London and a Ph.D. in the physiology of fertilisation from University College London. He has practised IVF and ICSI from 1999 and has worked in many top ranking IVF centres throughout Europe including Italy and Switzerland. Martin is HPC registered and is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. He has over 50 research papers in the field of human reproduction and his research interests including studying the relationship between maternal age and reproduction.

Dr Peychinova joined CREATE fertility after she completed two years of training in Fetal Medicine at Kings College University Hospital. As a clinical research fellow, she participated in big research projects such as “ASPRE”: Aspirin for prevention of early preeclapsia, The role of the fetal fibronectin in prevention of the preterm delivery and many others.

Before coming to the UK, Dr Ivanka Peychinova graduated with her medical degree in 2002 in Medical University of Plovdiv, and did 4 years of training in Contemporary Reproductive Techniques and IVF from 2011 to 2015, in Bulgaria.

In 2007 she was recognized as a specialist in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine from Medical University of Sofia.

Her career in reproductive medicine began in 2009, when she went to work for University Hospital and IVF Centre SELENA, and did extensive training in Laparoscopies, hysteroscopies and other procedures related to infertility.

Dr Peychinova joined CREATE fertility as she believes that the more natural approach which focuses on the quality of women’s eggs rather than the quantity, is the best approach to take to achieve a successful outcome.

She is also a member of British Fertility Society, an associated member of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She has multiple qualifications in the Ultrasound in the Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3D & 4D Doppler and Transvaginal Sonography.

MD, PhD, MRCOG

Dr Malamas completed his specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Alexandra University Hospital of Athens, in Greece. Following further training he obtained a diploma in Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound.

He started working in the NHS in 2013, as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Whittington Hospital. He completed a fellowship in Assisted Conception at the Homerton University Hospital, where he gained broad experience in the management of infertility and in assisted reproduction techniques.

He has obtained the British Fertility Society certification in Pelvic Ultrasound, Management of the infertile couple, Assisted Conception, Embryo transfer and IUI.

Dr Malamas is also a certified colposcopist by the BSCCP. He is very interested in research, has a PhD in Medical Physiology regarding the molecular mechanisms of hormonal actions, and publications in international peer-reviewed journals.

He is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG), the British Fertility Society (BFS), the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).

Dr Malamas is excited to have joined CREATE Fertility as he strongly believes in the advantages of a more physiological and more gentle approach to IVF, that is individually tailored to patients: reducing risks and promoting better outcomes for mothers and babies.

Dr Christos completed his specialty training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Athens, Greece. He started working in the UK in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology in 2014. In 2018, he completed a 2-year fellowship in infertility, reproductive medicine, assisted conception and IVF at the Homerton University hospital in London. He is British Fertility Society (BFS) certified for Management of the infertile couple, Pelvic Ultrasound, Assisted Conception, Embryo transfer and IUI.

Dr Christos joined CREATE Fertility as he believes in a more gentle and safer approach to fertility treatments. He has a special interest in management of patients with low ovarian reserve and egg donation services.

He is a member of The British fertility society, European society of Human reproduction and embryology (ESHRE) and the American society for reproductive medicine (ASRM)

MBBS, MRCOG

Dr Preetham Rao is a Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) with a Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists UK (MRCOG).

Dr Rao completed her undergraduate and postgraduate training in India in 2009. She later continued working in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in UK and obtained membership in RCOG.

She is highly experienced in all aspects of reproductive medicine & endocrinology including management of polycystic ovaries, egg freezing, same sex couples, recurrent implantation failure after IVF treatment, recurrent miscarriage and those with premature ovarian insufficiency.

Dr Rao believes in providing health care to women in a way that is evidence based and patient friendly. She was influenced by Professor Geeta Nargund’s approach in more physiological and gentler form of IVF treatment.