IVF meets MFM at Twilight

For some couples, having a baby requires the support of specialists in fertility and high risk pregnancy.

Mercy Hospital for Women Lecture Theatre, Level 4, 163 Studley Road, Heidelberg , VIC 3084

Event Date

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Summary

Assisted reproductive technology has helped many thousands achieve their goals of parenthood. For women with very complex medical conditions, the long journey from pre-pregnancy consultation to taking home a baby requires a thoughtful, coordinated plan involving both fertility and maternal fetal medicine specialists. This Twilight session brings together colleagues at both ends of the journey to discuss the latest in fertility treatments, fertility preservation and the many ethical dimensions of IVF. 

This Twilight we will have a special yoga session for those of you that need to unwind between work and Twilight! Feel free to pop into seminar room 1 next to the lecture theatre between 5.15pm and 6.00pm for a invigorating session with the lovely yoga instructor Ingrid Jolley. Yoga mats and refreshments provided! 

Please join us for a fascinating and entertaining night of talks and panel discussion with friends and colleagues. 

As ever, our Twilight seminars are free but please register your attendance with us using the link below for catering purposes. Remember, yoga from 5.15pm, refreshments from 6.00pm, and talks commence at 6.15pm. See you there!

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Our speakers

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  • Dr David Wilkinson is the Medical Director of City Fertility and the new Director of the Reproductive Biology Unit at Mercy Hospital for Women. After receiving his PhD in London, he completed speciality and subspeciality training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. David will join us to speak on ‘What’s up in IVF? Successes and snakeoil’.
  • A/Prof Kate Stern is a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialist with Melbourne IVF and the Royal Women’s Hospital. She is an international expert on her Twilight topic: 'Fertility preserving surgery among women undergoing chemotherapy'.  
  • Professor Sue Walker is the Sheila Handbury Chair of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the University of Melbourne and the Director of Perinatal Medicine at the Mercy Hospital for Women. She will chair an interactive panel discussion with our invited speakers on the thought-provoking proposition: 'Every woman deserves a baby’.

Contact us

Please contact Natalie Harris at mercyperinatal@mercy.com.au for any enquiries.