Dr. Dib Dutta (Clinician-UK)
Dr. Dib Dutta is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, England.
In addition to his role as the College Tutor, he was an elected Member of the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (RCOG) during 2012 to 2016, having served in its Board of Trustees for the same duration. He was the Council Representative on the RCOG Finance & Executive Committee and an appointed member of its Appointments and Remuneration Committee during 2012 to 2015.
He continues to be on the executive committee of the RCOG’s initiative in Tanzania and South Africa, ‘Towards Safe Choices’, a program delivering safe and effective contraception in Tanzania and South Africa. He has been a spokesperson for the RCOG for the media for quite some time.
Dib has been honored both nationally and internationally, with numerous prizes and citations, including the RCOG Historical Lectureship in 2011 and the Hind Rattan Award, India in 2010. He is a guest speaker at many national and international conferences.
Mrs. Alexia Chatziparasidou (Embryologist-Greece)
Mrs. Alexia Chatziparasidou is a clinical embryologist with long experience of more than 30,000 IVF cycles. Her scientific interests focus mainly on the application of modern fertility preservation techniques. In 2007, Mrs Chatziparasidou completed her M.Sc. on Clinical Embryology with honors at the University of Leeds, and was certified in 2008 by ESHRE. In 2004, she founded Embryolab, a modern state of art assisted reproduction unit, and has been the director of it since then. Since 2013 she is a co- founder of the Embryolab Academy.
Prof. Nuno Costa Borges (Embryologist-Spain)
Nuno Costa-Borges is an embryologist that has been involved in both research and clinical practice for over 15 years. As a PhD fellow of the Portuguese national funding agency for science, Nuno spent several years developing strategies to improve the efficiency of animal cloning, having accomplished the first animals successfully cloned in Spain in 2009. After finishing his PhD at the University Autonomous of Barcelona, he joined the embryology team of IVI Barcelona, where he has worked as a clinical embryologist. Later on, he co-founded Embryotools, where he has been devoted on offering training and consulting services to the IVF community worldwide. Additionally, as scientific director of Embryotools, Nuno has also been committed to the development of new IVF techniques, such as, the flicking method for the biopsy of blastocysts or spindle transfer for mitochondrial replacement in oocytes and embryos. Nuno’s work has led to several peer-reviewed publications and he has been invited speaker in numerous international conferences and scientific meetings, as well as awarded with prestigious prizes and grants.
Prof. Ri-Cheng Chian (Embryologist-Canada)
Professor Ri-Cheng Chian is Director at Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai 10th People’s Hospital of Tongji University, P. R. of China. Before joining the current position, Dr. Chian was an Associate Professor with Tenure at McGill University’s Division of Reproductive Biology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology located in Montreal, Canada.
Dr. Chian is the key person in the development of in vitro maturation (IVM) of human oocytes for clinical application and for cryopreservation of human oocytes which resulted in pregnancies and live births at McGill University Health Center (MUHC) in Canada. He has patents and products licensed with several companies as well.
Dr. Chian published more than 200 research papers in journals and gave presentations at many international/regional conferences. Dr. Chian edited three books and contributed to various book chapters. As an invited guest speaker, Dr. Chian delivered lectures in many different societies and countries. Dr. Chian was a former Associate Editor for the journal, Human Reproduction, Journal of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics, and an Editorial Board Member for two other journals. Dr. Chian is acting as a reviewer for many other scientific journals including Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, Biology of Reproduction, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Endocrinology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, The Lancet and BMJ, etc.
Dr. Chian’s research interests are focused on 1) The mechanism of oocyte maturation and activation; 2) Simplification of infertility treatment; and 3) Fertility cryopreservation.
Dr. Chian speaks English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and has some knowledge of French.
Dr. Niels Briger Ramsing (Embryologist-Denmark)
Summary
Niels Birger Ramsing is Director for Strategic Product Development at Vitrolife A/S in Aarhus, Denmark. He was the Chief Scientific Officer of Unisense FertiliTech A/S prior to the Vitrolife acquisition and has a M.Sc. In Biostructural Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Microbial Ecology by the University of Aarhus, DK. He is the inventor of the EmbryoScope and project leader for the development of the EmbryoScope+.
Dr. Niels Birger Ramsing is currently the director for strategic product development in Vitrolife A/S. He joined Unisense FertiliTech A/S, Denmark, as the Chief Scientific Officer in 2004, which was subsequently acquired by Vitrolife AB in 2014. Prior to his work in the field of IVF he received his M.Sc. in Biostructural Chemistry as well as his Ph.D. in Microbial Ecology from the University of Aarhus, DK. Dr. Ramsing’s research expertise and interests span a diverse range of scientific disciplines: development of novel diagnostic tools and technologies, DNA chip technology using high affinity nucleotide analogues, development of microfluidic chip technology, quantitative molecular biology, microsensor technology. Relevant to the EmbryoScope Time-lapse system technology from Unisense FertiliTech, Dr. Ramsing has expertise in mathematical modelling and image analysis, as well as embryo selection knowledge pertaining to assisted reproduction applications. The breadth of his experience has been pivotal to the development of the EmbryoScope® Time-lapse imaging system.
During the early development of the EmbryoScope system, Dr. Ramsing worked closely with key opinion leaders in the ART field. Together with ART innovators like Dr. Lynette Scott at Fertility Centers of New England and Dr. Marcos Meseguer Escrivá from IVI, the system was elevated from a non-invasive and sensitive micosensor system that measures respiration rates of the developing embryo to a cutting-edge incubation platform with time-lapse imaging and assessment of morphokinetic milestones to aid in selection of the best embryos for transfer.
Dr. Ramsing has been a guest speaker at more than forty international conferences and laboratories across the globe. His publications exceed more than sixty articles accepted in international peer reviewed journals. Dr. Ramsing also has ten patent application families filed since 2002.
A short list of publications relevant to Assisted Reproduction Technologies:
Scott, L., Ramsing, N.B. 2007. Oocyte and embryo respiration rate measurements in a clinical setting – Potential to improve embryo selection? The Clinical Embryologist 10(2):5-9.
Scott, L., Berntsen, J., Davies D., Gudersen, J.K., Hill, J., Ramsing, N.B. 2008. Human oocyte respiration-rate measurement potential to improve oocyte and embryo selection. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 17(4):461-469.
Meseguer M, Herrero J, Tejera A, Hilligsøe KM, Ramsing NB, Remohí J. 2011 The use of morphokinetics as a predictor of embryo development. Hum Reprod. 26 (10):2658-71
Tejera A, Herrero J, de Los Santos MJ, Garrido N, Ramsing N, Meseguer M. 2011. Oxygen consumption is a quality marker for human oocyte competence conditioned by ovarian stimulation regimens. Fertil Steril. 96(3):618-623
Dear Friends,
It gives us immense pleasure to welcome you all to the 24th Annual ISAR Conference 2019, in Mumbai. Undoubtedly, this annual event is one of the largest Gynecological conferences of the year.
This year, the conference is more broad based and deals with fertility management and a lot more beyond it, so that whether you are practicing infertility or Obstetrics and Gynecology, we have something for you. On Friday 1st March, 2019, there will be workshops which will be held by the prestigious national & international organizations like Maharashtra State Chapter of ISAR (MSR), FOGSI Infertility Committee, Mumbai Obstetrics and Gynecological Society (MOGS), American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) and The International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR). Other organizations such as World Endometriosis Society (WES), Indian Association of Gynecological Endoscopists (IAGE) will be participating in this conference. For the first time, Indian Fertility Society (IFS), Academy of Clinical Embryologist (ACE) and Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction & Fertility (ISSRF) have been invited to present at this conference!! A total of 13 national and international organizations will be involved in this conference, truly a first in itself.
On 2nd and 3rd March, 2019 there will be focused scientific sessions, panel discussions, trilogies and you would witness a large number of learned international (30 plus) & national (400 plus) faculty. The academics promise to be cutting edge and the social programmes will be unique and full of surprises. The glamourous Mumbai glitterati will be gracing the conference. We have made all efforts to make this event a memorable one.
We look forward to welcoming you all to Mumbai for a wonderful 3 days of learning, catching up with old friends, making new ones and enjoying the fellowship and the fun filled grand banquet at the magnificent Grand Hyatt Hotel. The icing on the cake will be the Celebrity Bollywood actors and singers who will be gracing the occasion!!
Looking forward to meeting you in Mumbai this March…
Dr. Hrishikesh D Pai
Organising Chairman
Dr. Nandita Palshetkar
Organising Chairperson
Dr. Rishma Pai
Organising Chairperson
Dr. Sunita Tandulwadkar
Organising Chairperson
- Registration covers all 3 days of the conference including two workshops.
- Hot meals for lunch (3 days) are included in the registration amount.
- An opportunity to meet and interact with learned national (400 plus) and international (30 plus) faculty.
- Live digital transmission from IVF labs & Operation theatres.
- Hands on training workstations in Cryopreservation, ICSI & andrology are available throughout.
- Simulator training in hysteroscopy, oocyte retrieval & Embryo transfer is available throughout.
- Special ET simulator training workshop under the guidance of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The simulators and trainers are being flown in from USA.
- Live webinar talks from experts from all over the world.
- Introduction to upcoming new technologies and research.
- Updates on the latest concepts and developments presented in a framework of back to back session & panels.
- Few of the attractions are exciting prizes for free communication & E-posters, the public forum and role plays.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
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IAGE (Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists) |
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ASRM (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) |
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IFFS (International Federation of Fertility Societies) |
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ASPIRE (Asia Pacific initiative on Reproduction) |
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ISMAAR (The International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction) |
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WES (World Endometriosis Society) |
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ACE (Academy of Clinical Embryologist) |
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Infertility Committee of FOGSI |
Venue:
Grand Hyatt Mumbai
Bandra Kurla Complex Vicinity,
Off Western Express Highway,
Santacruz East, Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400055