I hold an honours degree in medicine and surgery from the University of New South Wales and am a Royal Australian College certified super-specialist in reproductive microsurgery and infertility (a specialists’ specialist).
I actively participate in research programs and have published numerous articles in medical journals and maintain an ongoing interest in promoting education and training of other medical practitioners.
Previously, I have been awarded both the Chris Hudson Fellowship and the Brown Craig Travelling Fellowship, which enabled furthering of my training and experience at Yale University. In 2007 I took sabbatical leave to further my studies at Harvard University.
With membership of the Fertility Society of Australia, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology I believe I am well equipped to provide you with advice and assistance to help you make the best decision and obtain the optimal outcome in the reversal of your vasectomy.
Qualifications and training are essential
It is very much in your best interests to ensure that the doctor who performs your vasectomy reversal is appropriately qualified and trained. Beware of claims of doctors ‘specialising’ in vasectomy reversal – this does not mean that they are qualified specialists and certainly does not ensure that they are fully trained reproductive microsurgeons.
You should be aware that there are a number of doctors in Australia performing vasectomy reversal that are either not qualified specialists or if they are, have not undertaken appropriate training (either general practitioners who have no specialist qualifications or plastic surgeons who are not trained in reproductive medicine). When considering having your vasectomy reversal you should ensure that the operating surgeon (not the assistant surgeon) holds the qualifications of either FRANZCOG and CREI or FRACS and CREI. The combined qualifications mean that the surgeon is a specialist who has undertaken a super-specialist training program that includes reproductive microsurgery.
Beyond qualifications, experience is essential. Your chosen surgeon should be performing microsurgical vasectomy reversal at least several times per week in order to maintain the high level of technical expertise to do so in a manner that maximises the chance of success.
Needless to say, I fulfil each of these criteria.
- I am a specialist doctor who has undertaken a super-specialty training program in reproductive microsurgery and reproductive medicine;
- In addition I have undertaken specific training in both Australia and the USA to refine skills in microsurgical vasectomy reversal;
- Finally and most importantly, I perform hundreds of reversal procedures each and every year.
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