Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Reducing the risks associated with IVF

23rd April 2009

Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester

 

Scientific Programme

 

09.00 - 09.25    Registration and coffee

09.25 - 09.30    Welcome and introduction (L. G. Nardo, Manchester)

 

Session I          Chair:  C. T. Fitzgerald (Manchester)

 

09.30 - 10.15    Potential and real risks to mothers who conceive through IVF

                      (T. Gelbaya, Manchester)

10.15 - 11.00    Potential and real risks to babies conceived through IVF

                      (A. Elias-Jones, Leicester)

11.00 - 11.45    The Regulator's role

                      (D. Bloor, London)

11.45 - 12.15    Discussion

12.15 - 13.15    Lunch 

 

Session II         Chair: L. G. Nardo (Manchester)

 

13.15 - 14.00    Developing treatment regimens minimising the likelihood

                       of multiple gestations while maximising the likelihood of

                       pregnancy

                       (T. Rutherford, Leeds)

14.00 - 14.45    Utilising treatment regimens that minimise the risk of OHSS

                       (R. Mathur, Cambridge)

14.45 - 15.30    The likelihood of normal progeny after IVF/ICSI

                       (S. Thornton, Nottingham)

15.30 - 16.15    Patient perspective of risks associated with IVF

                       (C. Lewis-Jones, London)

 

Sponsored by Organon

part of Schering-Plough