Faculty
COGI is delighted to welcome our esteemed faculty – experts in the field of IVF/ART/Infertility, Gynecology, and Fetomaternal Medicine.
Shai Carmi is an associate professor at the Hebrew University School of Public Health. His training is in statistical physics and population genetics, and his current research focuses on statistical methods in genetics. Specific areas of study include theoretical population genetics, ancient DNA, genetic genealogy, genome-wide association studies, polygenic risk scores, pre-conception genetic testing, and pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT). His work on PGT includes the development of embryo genotyping methods and the evaluation of PGT for polygenic (complex) diseases and traits.
Bart CJM Fauser, MD, PhD, FRCOG, is a Professor Em. of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecologist, former Head of the Department for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology and former Chair of the Division of Woman & Baby at the University of Utrecht and the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
He is a Fellow ad Eundum of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG), Honorary member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), scientific director of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), international member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), member of the Academia Europea, Night in the order of the Netherlands Lion, past member of the board of the Dutch Medical Research Counsel (ZonMW), and past Editor-in-Chief of Reproductive Biomedicine Online (RBMO), and Human Reproduction Update.
He previously held posts as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California, San Diego; visiting professorships at Stanford University School of Medicine (California, USA), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), University of Siena (Italy), University of Southampton (UK), and the University of Adelaide (Australia). He is a past chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) steering committee for infertility guidelines.
His major research interests include the pathophysiology of human ovarian function (especially PCOS, and POI), ovarian stimulation, IVF and women’s health (including contraception, menopause and healthy aging). Professor Fauser published over 500 peer-review articles, and is one of the most cited (Hirsch factor > 130; SCOPUS) authors in reproductive medicine worldwide. He has acted as the editor of multiple textbooks, lectured all around the world and his work has been widely covered in the national and international news media.
Dr. Simon Hanassab explores the use of AI to improve decision-making during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. He completed his PhD conjointly between the Department of Computing and the Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction at Imperial College London in 2025. He previously received an MEng (Hons) degree from the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London in 2020, whilst completing his Master’s Thesis with the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. He is currently Head of AI at Impli Ltd, which is developing a continuous hormone monitoring platform.
She is an Editor for the Ultrasound on obstetrics and Gynecology Journal. She is an International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) Trustee and is an Ambassador to North Africa and the Middle East. She works closely with the Twins trust Charity and together has set up the world-first Twins Trust Centre for Research and Clinical Excellence at St George’s Hospital.
Dr. Eileen M. Manalo graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and took her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology and fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital. She was a visiting consultant at the National University Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore and National Hospital at Hanoi where she took further studies in Assisted Reproductive Technology. She underwent training for robotic surgery at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. She also completed her masters degree in Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, at The University of Valencia, Spain in 2020.
Dr. Manalo is currently a Professor VII at the Department of OB-Gyn of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, where she served as the chief of the section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility from 2007 to 2013 and from 2015 to 2018, and Chief of Service from 2013 to 2015. She is a founding member and was president of the Philippine Society for Reproductive Medicine in 2009. She served as the youngest president of the Philippine Society for Climacteric Medicine in 2008. She was a former member of the board of trustees of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. She was a member of the Philippine Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2006-2007, and 2018-2020. She is a founding member and currently president of the newly established Philippine Society for Fertility Preservation (for 2023 and 2024). She also served as board of trustees in the Philippine Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy from 2013 to 2018. She is a member of the International Editorial Board and Reviewers of the Fertility and Sterility Journal of Bangladesh. She is currently also a section editor (International Advisor) on the Board of the Editorial Team of Fertility Science Research, a peer review journal of the Indian Fertility Society, and Deputy Editor of the Fertility & Reproduction (F&R), the official journal of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE), , and peer reviewer for several international scientific journals.
She is the Assistant Secretary General of the IFSS (International Federation of Fertility Societies) for the years 2022-2025 and currently the Philippine Reproductive Endocrinology Infertility (REI) representative to the Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (AOFOG) from 2022.
She has contributed to several clinical practice guidelines and local book chapters on the Menopause, Infertility, Endometriosis, Myomas and Adenomyosis, PCOS, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.
She is a well known fertility and reproductive specialist in the country with a very busy practice. She has delivered many local and international lectures and webinars on Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Repeated Implantation Failures, Endometriosis and Adenomyosis, PCOS, Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, Menopause and HRT, Androgens in the Menopause, ART, Fertility Preservation and Gynecologic Endoscopy, among others.
Awards received are:
Howard and Conchita Redmon Professorial Award, (2021-2023)
Gloria T. Aragon Memorial Academic Excellence Award, UP-PGH Dept. of ObGyn, 2024
Makati Medical Center and Asian Hospital and Medical Center Academic and Clinical Excellence Awards, 2022-2024
Vasiliki A. Moragianni, USA
Enrico Papaleo
Born in 1974, Enrico Papaleo graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan, Italy in 1999, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, in 2005.
Actually he is chief of Reproductive Unit, Ob-Gyn Department of University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan.
Current interests focus on ovulation induction in infertile patients, PCOS, endometriosis and IVF-ET and identification of novel prognostic marker in ART.
Since 2003 he is member of ESHRE.
Speaker or Chairman of more than one-hundred national and international meetings
He is author of more than 75 peer-review publications.
Paul Pirtea
Specialist doctor certified in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine since April 2013.
Since 2017 I have been working as a Senior Doctor med. and clinical director in the department of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Reproduction Medicine at the FOCH Hospital, Suresnes, France – service run by Professor J.M AYOUBI.
Fellowship in 2018 under the supervision of Dr R. SCOTT in IVF center of IVIRMA of New Jersey, U.S.A.
Between 2015 and 2017 I have worked as a Senior Doctor med. in the department of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Reproduction Medicine at the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland – service run by Professor P. PETIGNAT.
Between 2013 and 2015 I worked as a Doctor med. in the department of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Reproduction Medicine of the Cochin Hospital in Paris, France – service run by Professor C. CHAPRON and Professor D. DE ZIEGLER.
Since 2013 I have been on the official register of the French Medical Board (l’Ordre des Médecins de la Ville de Paris) under the reference number 81254.
Associate Editor at JARG (Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics) Journal
Interactive Associate at Fertility and Sterility Journal
Editor Board at Frontiers Journal
Prof Giuseppe Rizzo. Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Università Sapienza Rome Italy.
Chairman Department of Obstetrics at Policlinico Umberto 1 Roma .
President Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIEOG) 2015-2017; Founding member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and of the Mediterranean Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (MEDUOG).
Authors of 483 peer reviewed articles, and Editor of 20 books. His H index is 59 with>120000 citations according to Scopus (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7102724281)
Honorary member of the Sociedad Chilena de Ultrasonografia en Medicina & Biologia, of the Spanish society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Russian Academy of Perinatal Medicine.
Editor in Chief of Journal of Maternal fetal neonatal Medicine. Deputy Editor of Prenatal Cardiology Associate Editor of Journal of Clinical ultrasound and member of the Editorial Board of 12 medical journal.
Resource available maternal fetal medicine clinics equipped with top ultrasound equimentes (10 avalilabe), computerized CTG and dedicated database to record pregnant women data.
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