The Team

Our team of Consultants and Doctors, Embryologists, Nurses, Counsellors and Administrative staff work together to deliver the highest quality of care.

Below is a brief profile of the senior members of the team.

	Mr Yacoub Khalaf MD MRCOG Director of the Assisted Conception Unit and HFEA Person Responsible Special interests: Gynaecology, sub-specialist in reproductive medicine, sub-fertility, assisted reproduction, minimal access and fibroid and endometriosis surgery, early pregnancy and gynaecology scanning including tubal assessment and non-surgical cannulation, surgical sperm retrieval.
	Professor Peter Braude BSc MB BCh MA PhD FRCOG DPMSA FMedSci Director of the Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis Programme Peter Braude is Head of the Department of Women's Health at King's College London and consultant in our assisted conception unit. He directs our Centre for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, which is the most active and successful of the licensed programmes in the UK. The team recently won the Hospital Doctor award for Innovation for development of Preimplantation Genetic Haplotyping a new technique in PGD. During his 16 years in Cambridge, he lead one of the first groups to be funded by the Medical Research Council to carry out research using human embryos fertilised in vitro, towards an understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms operating at these early stages of development. His research group at King's established the first human embryonic stem cell lines in the UK and was the first internationally to derive a stem cell line containing the common F508 mutation for cystic fibrosis. He has published widely on the science and ethics of these emerging techniques and hold grants from the MRC, Wellcome Foundation and other research charities. He is a former member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and currently chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
	Dr Jan Grace BSc MBBS MRCOG Consultant Special interests: Gynaecology, sub-specialist in reproductive medicine, sub-fertility, assisted reproduction, minimal access and fibroid surgery, early pregnancy and gynaecology scanning including tubal assessment, psychosexual medicine.
	Dr Tarek El-Toukhy MD MRCOG Consultant Consultant Gynaecologist and sub-specialist in Reproductive Medicine. Special interests: Gynaecology, reproductive medicine, assisted reproduction, minimal access and fibroid surgery, recurrent implantation failure, prevention of OHSS, gynaecology scanning and surgical sperm retrieval.
	Dr Virginia Bolton MA PhD Consultant Embryologist Virginia Bolton read Zoology at St Hilda's College, Oxford, following which she was awarded a PhD for her thesis on the molecular biology of mouse embryogenesis from the University of Cambridge. This was followed by an MRC-funded post-doctoral research position at Cambridge, under the direction of Peter Braude, during which she investigated characteristics of human spermatozoa associated with fertilisiing capacity, using in vitro fertilisation of donated human oocytes. Their research investigating the development of the resulting human embryos led to the publication in Nature of an article describing the time at which embryonic genes first become active during early human develoment. Following this post-doctoral appointment, Dr Bolton took the position of Consultant Embryologist at King's College Hospital.

1	Doctors
	Mr Yakoub Khalaf Professor Peter Braude Dr Jan Grace Dr Tarek El-Toukhy Dr Nivedita Reddy Dr Emma Sowerby Dr Sesh Kamal Sunkara Dr Vivian Rittenberg Dr Houssam Abdel Reda Dr Srividya Seshadri Dr Thomas Brooker Dr Mohamed Khalil Dr Hanouf Alsomait
2	Embryologists
	Dr Virginia Bolton Ms Eleanor Wharf Ms Alison Jones Ms Maxime Semple Ms Elaine Taylor Ms Dina Castrojas Dr Mohsen Attia Ms Aida Kaffel Mr Ricardo Miguel Mr Yaser Dajani Ms Luna Kadi Ms Rajesha Jayaprakasan
3	Scientists
	Dr Pamela Renwick Dr Jane Trussler Dr Elaine Ronaldson Dr Emma Stephenson Dr Heema Patel
4	Nurses
	Matron Alice Denga Ms Debbie Sutton Ms Rachel Dyer Ms Maria Cuento Ms Regina Metzger Ms Julie Rigelsford Ms Ruth Ortiz Ms Glenda Cornwell Ms Chantel Dunn Ms Jeane Bvumbe Ms Magnolia Arieta Ms Christine Cross
5	Sonographer
	Ms Angela Clough
6	Fertility Counsellors
	Ms Susan Moore Sue joined the Assisted Conception Unit at Guy’s Hospital as a Fertility Counsellor in 2004. She commenced Counsellor training in 1994 having practised as a Registered Nurse for many years. Sue has several areas of special interest in which she has undertaken further qualifications. She currently specialises in Fertility Counselling, Relationship Counselling and Psycho-sexual Therapy. Alongside her NHS work at Guy’s Hospital and King’s College Hospital Sue also works for Relate and has a private practice. Sue is an accredited therapist with BACP and BICA. She is also a member of COSRT. Ms Caroline Darcy Caroline joined the Counselling team in the ACU at St. Thomas in 2001 following receiving a post graduate diploma in Psychogical counselling from Surrey University. Previous to this Caroline had worked as a nurse before completing her degree at York University. Caroline commenced her counselling career following her role as a fertility nurse at Guy's & Thomas'. In addition to her role as Fertility Counsellor Caroline also works in GP practices in Oxford. In this role Caroline counsels patients presenting with issues such as depression, anxiety, bereavements, OCD and eating disorders. She also has a private practice in Oxford. Caroline is an accredited counsellor with BACP, BICA and CPC. Ms Josephine McCoy Josephine has extensive counselling experience. She has been working with individuals and couples in a variety of counselling settings, since her inital counselling training in 1991. Her Fertility Counselling experience began in 2002 while working in the Fertility Clinic at the Homerton University Hospital. She then worked at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at St Bartholomews Hospital and currently at Guy's ACU. She is passionate about her work with clients and the profound impact their fertility journey can have on their everyday lives. Josephine also has a private practice. Josephine is an accredited counsellor with BACP and BICA
7	Business Management and Administrators
	Mr Mustafa Daya - Business Services Manager Ms Marion Wilson - Office Manager Mr Hassan Uddin Ms Anshul Tripathy Ms Sally Goiricelaya Mr Vinay Salgame Ms Chitra Jayasooriya Ms Leonie Barlow Ms Kay Lowe Ms Martha Bailey Mr Debasish Adhikary Ms Ellis Noble Mr Umar Hegarty
8	Quality Manager
	Dr Elliott Lawerence