Media Release
From: The University of New South WalesThe briefing will discuss the following issues:
- What’s changed in five years?
- Using frozen rather than fresh embryos for in vitro fertilisation (IVF)
- Has IVF use increased?
- What about multiple births?
- What are the success rates?
SPEAKERS:
- Associate Professor Mark Bowman is President of the Fertility Society of Australia. Mark is also a gynaecologist and fertility specialist/Medical Director with Genea.
- Professor Michael Chapman is Vice President of the Fertility Society of Australia (FSA) and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UNSW’s School of Women's & Children's Health (WCH) and at St George Public Hospital. Michael is a senior fertility specialist with IVFAustralia.
DATE: Thu 10 Sep
START TIME: 09:30 AEST
DURATION: Approx 45 min
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Date issued: 9 September 2015 AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time/AEDT = Australian Eastern Daylight Time
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