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Meet the team

Medical Team

Tarek Gelbaya
Subspeciality Consultant Gynaecologist     
Mr Gelbaya is an accredited, highly qualified consultant and subspecialist in reproductive medicine and surgery. He is the clinical lead of both assisted conception and endometriosis services at the University Hospitals of Leicester. Mr Gelbaya has a great and long standing experience in management of subfertile couples. He is especially interested in assisted reproductive techniques (such as IVF or ICSI), recurrent miscarriage or recurrent implantation failure and reproductive keyhole surgery including for women with fibroid and severe endometriosis.  Mr Gelbaya is active in research and has published in a variety of highly recognised international medical journals.


Tarek Gelbaya - Subspeciality Consultant Gynaecologist
Tarek Gelbaya - Subspeciality Consultant Gynaecologist

Neelam Potdar MD, MSc, FRCOG

Consultant Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, Clinical Lead & HFEA License Holder

Miss Potdar is a highly experienced Subspeciality accredited Consultant in Reproductive Medicine (fertility specialist). She is passionate about her work and provides individualised patient centred care to achieve a successful outcome. Miss Potdar provides assisted conception treatments (IVF,ICSI, IUI) and is experienced in treating couples with repeated implantation failure and recurrent miscarriages. She is experienced in advanced laparoscopic (key hole) surgery. To improve the success of your fertility treatment, where indicated, Miss Potdar provides surgical treatment for excision of endometriosis, ovarian cysts and hydrosalpinx prior to proceeding with the fertility treatment. For self-funded patients, she can help with checking fallopian tube patency by HyCoSy procedure (ultrasound guided tubal patency test).

Miss Potdar advocates evidence based care and she is actively involved in research to improve fertility outcomes. Her research interests include male fertility, miscarriages and implantation failure.

If you are concerned regarding communication, she is happy to consult in English, Hindi and understands Gujarati and Urdu.


 

Portrait - Neelam Potdar - Consultant Gynaecologist
Neelam Potdar - Consultant Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, Clinical Lead & HFEA License Holder

Mr T. Girish 
Subspeciality Consultant Gynaecologist
Mr Girish is a Consultant Gynaecologist with a Special Interest in Reproductive Medicine.

Mr Girish undertook his training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Leicester Royal Infirmary since 1999.

His special interest area includes Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecological ultrasound and Laparoscopic Surgery. 


Mr T. Girish - Subspeciality Consultant Gynaecologist
Mr T. Girish - Subspeciality Consultant Gynaecologist













Nursing Team

 

Caroline Busby
Lead Nurse Specialist

 

Caroline Busby - Lead nurse specialist
Caroline Busby - Lead Nurse Specialist

  

 

Leanne Stewart

Nurse Specialist

 

 

 

 


 


Leanne Stewart - Nurse Specialist
Leanne Stewart - Nurse Specialist

Christina Clarke 

Nurse specialist   

 

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Christina Clark - Nurse Specialist

Janessa Hanley     
Lead Nurse Specialist    
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Janessa Hanley - Lead Nurse Specialist
Janessa Hanley - Lead Nurse Specialist

Monique Johnson
Nursing Assistant



     


Monique Johnson - Nursing Assistant
Monique Johnson - Nursing Assistant

Laboratory Team

 


Emma Burrell

Embryologist / Lab Manager

HFEA Person Responsible      

Emma Burrell - Embryologist/ Lab manager
Emma Burrell - Embryologist / Lab Manager

Amy Sharpe

Senior Embryologist



Amy Sharpe - Embryologist
Amy Sharpe - Embryologist

Charlene Freeman

Embryologist
 


Charlene Freeman - Embryologist
Charlene Freeman - Embryologist

Christina Michailidou-Ahmed

Embryologist

 


Christina Michailidou-Ahmed - Embryologist
Christina Michailidou-Ahmed - Embryologist

Josephine Wooller

Embryologist
Josephine Wooller - Embryologist
Josephine Wooller - Embryologist

Amanda Derry

Andrologist

Amanda Derry - Andrologist
Amanda Derry - Andrologist

Rory Turley 

Embryologist

 



Portrait - Rory Turley - Embryologist
Rory Turley - Embryologist

Michaela Wyner 

Embryologist

 


Portrait - Michaela Wyner - Trainee Embryologist
Michaela Wyner - Trainee Embryologist

Raquel Fernandes   

Lab Practitioner 

         

 

 

 

 



 






Raquel Fernandes - Lab Tech
Raquel Fernandes - Lab Practitioner

Administration Team

 



Finance Officer 


Laura Marsland

Laura Marsland - Finance Officer
Laura Marsland - Finance Officer

Receptionist    

     

Julia Phillips


Julia Phillips - Specialist Receptionist
Julia Phillips - Receptionist

Support team


Senior Counselor 

Mo Thomas


Counselor
Angela Plant


 

Mo Thomas - Counsellor
Mo Thomas - Counsellor


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Angela Plant Counsellor
Angela Plant Counsellor

NEW STAFF!

 

Welcome to our newest Nurse Specialists

Susan Pepper

 

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Katherine English
 






Susan Pepper - Nurse Specialist
Susan Pepper - Nurse Specialist
Katherine English- Nurse specalist
Katherine English - Nurse Specialist

Quality Manager

Isla Ritchie


Isla Ritchie
Quality Manager