Education

• MD University of Auckland, New Zealand 2009
• FRCOG Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (London, UK) 2007
• CREI Certificate in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 2003
• FRANZCOG Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 1997
• MRANZCOG Member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 1996
• MRCOG Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (London, UK) 1995
• MRCGP Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (London, UK) 1994
• DCH Diploma in Child Health of the Royal College of Physicians (London, UK) 1994
• DRCOG Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (London, UK) 1991
• MBBS University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 1988
• BMedSci (Hons) University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 1987

Achievements and Awards

• 2017: Appointed as President of the World Endometriosis Society.
• 2014: Awarded Honorary Professorship in Reproductive Health at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
• 2014: Appointed as President Elect of the World Endometriosis Society.
• 2013 to date: Visiting Fellowship to University of Adelaide, through Professor Robert Norman, Director of The Robinson Institute.
• 2013: Appointment to Practice Committee of American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL).
• 2013: Co-author of first prize winner of the Auckland District Health Board Celebration week poster competition 2013 for poster √¢‚ǨÀúA randomized controlled trial of fallopian sperm perfusion compared with standard intrauterine insemination for women with non-tubal infertility√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ (authors Farquhar CM, Brown J, Arroll N, Gupta D, Boothroyd CV, Al Bassam M, Moir J, Johnson NP.
• 2011: Appointment as Vice President of the World Endometriosis Society.
• 2011: Auckland University Medical Students√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ Association Award for the Best Lecture at Medical School from MBChB Class of 2011.
• 2010: Auckland University Medical Students√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ Association Award for the Best Lecture for MBChB Year 2.
• 2009: MD conferred by University of Auckland for thesis entitled √¢‚ǨÀúLipiodol fertility enhancement√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢
• 2009: Prize Lecture delivered on behalf of the Fertility Society of Australia, to the Joint Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and British Fertility Society, London, UK, April 2009, entitled √¢‚ǨÀúPCOSMIC Wars: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Metformin for Infertility with Clomiphene√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢.
• 2008: Award for Best Clinical Paper at the Fertility Society of Australia ASM (Brisbane, Australia) for √¢‚ǨÀúPCOSMIC - PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome, Metformin for Infertility with Clomiphene: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢. (The first time this award has been received twice by any clinician, 2003 and 2008.)
• 2008: Auckland University Medical Students√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ Association Award for the Best Lecture for MBChB Year 2.
• 2008: Auckland University Medical Students√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ Association Award for the Best Guest Lecturer for MBChB Year 2.
• 2008: Auckland University Medical Students√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ Association Award for the Best Entertainer for MBChB Year 2.

Associations and Memberships

• Convener of the √¢‚ǨÀúWorld Endometriosis Society 2017 Vancouver Consensus on Patient Centered Outcomes in Endometriosis√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢, Vancouver, Canada, May 2017.
• President Elect of the World Endometriosis Society 2014 to 2017.
• Convener of the √¢‚ǨÀúWorld Endometriosis Society 2014 Sao Paulo Consensus on the Diagnosis and Classification of Endometriosis√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 2014.
• Member of (2013 to date) and Visiting Professor to (2014 to date) The Robinson Institute, Adelaide, Australia.
• Member of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL) Practice Committee 2013 to date.
• Member of the World Health Organisation Expert Working Group on the Management of Subfertility - my role is to advise on the investigation of suspected endometriosis and unexplained infertility (2012 to date).
• RANZCOG accredited colposcopist 2012 to date.
• Convener of the √¢‚ǨÀúWorld Endometriosis Society 2011 Montpellier Consensus on the Management of Endometriosis√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢, Montpellier, France, September 2011.
• Editorial Board Member of Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences (2010 to date).
• Chairperson of the Organising Committee for RANZCOG Joint Meeting with the Asia Oceania Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Auckland, March 2009.
• Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology (ESHRE) International Special Interest Group in Endometriosis & Endometrium (SIGEE).
• Associate Editor for the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (ANZJOG) (2008 to date).
• World Endometriosis Society Board Member (invitation to join the board in 2008, to date).
• Supervising trainer of RANZCOG Trainees in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (2007 to date).
• Research Director, shareholder and Deputy Medical Director of IVF-Auckland (2007 to date).
• Acceptance of an invitation from RANZCOG in 2005 to chair the organising committee for the RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland in 2009.
• Advisor to Head of Department on departmental promotion applications to Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer above the bar respectively (2005).
• Member (2004 to date) of Certificate of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility RANZCOG Subspecialty Training Committee.
• Certificate of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility RANZCOG Examiner for subspecialty written (2004 to date) and oral (2004 to date) examinations.
• Certificate of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility RANZCOG Examination Committee Member and Member of RANZCOG Board of Examiners (2004 to date).
• Board member of Endometriosis New Zealand, formerly known as the New Zealand Endometriosis Foundation (2004 to date).
• Member of the Fertility Society of Australia (2003 to date).
• Member (1998 to date), External Peer Reviewer (1999 to date) and Editor (2000 to date) of the Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group.
• Member of the Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society (2002 to date).
• Member of fertilityNZ (formerly known as the New Zealand Infertility Society) (2003 to date).
• Member of Appointment Committee for Postgraduate Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2002).
• Financial Convener and Organising Committee Member for the RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting (September 2003).

Positions

• Gynaecologist
  Auckland Gynaecology Group
  105 Remuera Road
  Remuera, Auckland 1050
• Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Subspecialist and Deputy Medical Director
  Repromed Auckland
  105 Remuera Road
  Remuera, Auckland 1050
• Honorary Professor in Reproductive Health
  University of Adelaide, Australia
• Honorary Associate Professor in O&G
  University of Auckland

Research Specialties / Career:

I have continued with my passionate interest in clinical research after leaving my full-time academic position at the University of Auckland in 2010. At 20 Feb 2016, I had 114 peer-reviewed journal publications including those in press (59 as first author). The following principles underpin my research program:

• Use of a wide repertoire of research methodologies to fully assesses a clinical intervention (for example with the lipiodol fertility treatment research programme):
  • Definition of a research agenda for numerous clinical studies by systematic review work;
  • Survey of patients and clinicians to assess acceptability and current practice;
  • Laboratory based clinical studies of immuno-biological and molecular biological mechanisms of effect;
  • Focus on and commitment to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) as the highest level of clinical evidence;
  • Large observational studies of innovative treatments to confirm post-trial efficacy and to detect rare adverse events.
• Development of collaborations with science colleagues in order to support clinical work with laboratory-based scientific research;
• Establishment of an infertility clinical research collaboration between the major New Zealand and now Australasian clinical research centres.
• Establishment of Australasian and global consensus collaborations.
• Patient-centred engagement to attain consensus regarding appropriate research avenues.

Ongoing Research Projects

• Convenor of the Sao Paolo Consortium - Consensus on the diagnosis and classification of endometriosis.
• The LUBE Study: a pilot randomised trial of Lipiodol Uterine Bathing Effect, linking endometrial microarray and immunochemistry characteristics to clinical outcomes.
• The IVF-LUBE Study - Randomised Trial of Lipiodol Uterine Bathing Effect in women with endometriosis or repeat implantation failure undergoing IVF.