Peter Brinsden
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Dr. Peter Robert Brinsden MBBS
, MRCS
, LRCP
, FRCOG (born September 2 1940) is known for the treatment of infertility in couples. From 1989 to 2006 he was the Medical Director of Bourn Hall Clinic
in the UK, a leading centre for the treatment of fertility problems, and where about 6,000 babies have been conceived using IVF and other assisted conception treatments.
in 1940. He lived in China
, the United States
, Canada
and Hong Kong
until 1950. Brinsden was educated at Rugby School
, King's College London
and St George's Medical School. He qualified MBBS and MRCS, LRCP in 1966.
Brinsden joined the Royal Navy
in 1966, and served as Ships Medical Officer 1969-1970. He started training as a gynaecologist in 1970 in military and civilian NHS
hospitals until 1978. He qualified DObst RCOG
in 1981, MRCOG in 1976 and was elected FRCOG in 1989. Brinsden was made a Consultant Gynaecologist in 1978, with a principal interest in infertility treatment.
He retired from the Royal Navy
in 1982 with the rank of Surgeon Commander. Brinsden served as a Consultant at King Fahad Hospital, Riyadh
in Saudi Arabia
1982-1985 and then at Bourn Hall Clinic
under Patrick Steptoe
, the IVF pioneer who, with Professor
Robert Edwards, was responsible for the birth of the world's first IVF baby Louise Brown
in 1978.
Brinsden joined the Wellington Hospital IVF Unit, then the world's largest IVF and GIFT
clinic, as Deputy Drector. He was appointed Medical Director at Bourn Hall Clinic
, Cambridge
, in the UK in March 1989 following the death of Patrick Steptoe
in 1988. Since his retirement in 2006 he has been the Consultant Medical Director.
He has been an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge's
Clinical School at Addenbrookes Hospital since 1992, and a Visiting Professor in Gynaecology and Fertility at the Capital Medical University in Beijing
since 2001. Dr Brinsden has also been an Inspector for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
since 1997.
Dr Brinsden is in great demand internationally as a lecturer on fertility and assisted conception issues, and in recent years has lectured at, among others, the Fertility Society of Australia's 2006 Conference,
the Serono Symposia International, the Chicago 2007 Midwest Reproductive Symposium, and the 2006 Barbados IVF Conference.
Brinsden was elected President of the British Fertility Society in April 2009 and is the Vice Chairman of The Nelson Society.
Peter Brinsden has also written the following works
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae , are the two first professional degrees awarded upon graduation from medical school in medicine and surgery by universities in various countries...
, MRCS
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons
MRCS is a professional qualification for surgeons in the UK and IrelandIt means Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. In the United Kingdom, doctors who gain this qualification traditionally no longer use the title 'Dr' but start to use the title 'Mr', 'Mrs', 'Miss' or 'Ms'.There are 4 surgical...
, LRCP
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
, FRCOG (born September 2 1940) is known for the treatment of infertility in couples. From 1989 to 2006 he was the Medical Director of Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the world's leading centres for the treatment of infertility. The original building, Bourn Hall, is about 400 years old...
in the UK, a leading centre for the treatment of fertility problems, and where about 6,000 babies have been conceived using IVF and other assisted conception treatments.
Biography
Peter Brinsden was born in Peking in ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
in 1940. He lived in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
until 1950. Brinsden was educated at Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
, King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
and St George's Medical School. He qualified MBBS and MRCS, LRCP in 1966.
Brinsden joined the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in 1966, and served as Ships Medical Officer 1969-1970. He started training as a gynaecologist in 1970 in military and civilian NHS
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
hospitals until 1978. He qualified DObst RCOG
DObst RCOG
The medical post-nominal suffix DObst RCOG is awarded to obstetricians and gynaecologists who have gained the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists...
in 1981, MRCOG in 1976 and was elected FRCOG in 1989. Brinsden was made a Consultant Gynaecologist in 1978, with a principal interest in infertility treatment.
He retired from the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in 1982 with the rank of Surgeon Commander. Brinsden served as a Consultant at King Fahad Hospital, Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
1982-1985 and then at Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the world's leading centres for the treatment of infertility. The original building, Bourn Hall, is about 400 years old...
under Patrick Steptoe
Patrick Steptoe
Patrick Christopher Steptoe FRS was a British obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment. Steptoe was responsible with biologist and physiologist Robert Edwards for developing in vitro fertilization...
, the IVF pioneer who, with Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
Robert Edwards, was responsible for the birth of the world's first IVF baby Louise Brown
Louise Brown
Louise Joy Brown is the first person to be conceived by in vitro fertilization, or IVF.-Birth:...
in 1978.
Brinsden joined the Wellington Hospital IVF Unit, then the world's largest IVF and GIFT
Gamete intrafallopian transfer
Gamete intrafallopian transfer is a tool of assisted reproductive technology against infertility. Eggs are removed from a woman's ovaries, and placed in one of the Fallopian tubes, along with the man's sperm...
clinic, as Deputy Drector. He was appointed Medical Director at Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the world's leading centres for the treatment of infertility. The original building, Bourn Hall, is about 400 years old...
, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, in the UK in March 1989 following the death of Patrick Steptoe
Patrick Steptoe
Patrick Christopher Steptoe FRS was a British obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment. Steptoe was responsible with biologist and physiologist Robert Edwards for developing in vitro fertilization...
in 1988. Since his retirement in 2006 he has been the Consultant Medical Director.
He has been an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge's
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
Clinical School at Addenbrookes Hospital since 1992, and a Visiting Professor in Gynaecology and Fertility at the Capital Medical University in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
since 2001. Dr Brinsden has also been an Inspector for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is a statutory body in the United Kingdom that regulates and inspects all UK clinics providing in vitro fertilisation, artificial insemination and the storage of human eggs, sperm or embryos. It also regulates Human Embryo research...
since 1997.
Dr Brinsden is in great demand internationally as a lecturer on fertility and assisted conception issues, and in recent years has lectured at, among others, the Fertility Society of Australia's 2006 Conference,
the Serono Symposia International, the Chicago 2007 Midwest Reproductive Symposium, and the 2006 Barbados IVF Conference.
Brinsden was elected President of the British Fertility Society in April 2009 and is the Vice Chairman of The Nelson Society.
Selected works
- Author or co-author of 93 publications on infertilityInfertilityInfertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a person to contribute to conception. Infertility may also refer to the state of a woman who is unable to carry a pregnancy to full term...
and assisted conception. - Author of 43 book chapters and co-editor of The Infertility Manual, and A Handbook of Intrauterine Insemination. Publisher: Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
- Editor of three editions of A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilisation and Assisted Reproduction.
Peter Brinsden has also written the following works
- An Atlas of In Vitro Fertilization. Publisher: Informa Healthcare
- A Textbook of in Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction. Publisher: Informa Healthcare
- "Treatment by in vitro fertilisation with surrogacy: experience of one British centre - Statistical Data Included," British Medical Journal (2000)
- "The presence of blood in the transfer catheter negatively influences outcome at embryo transfer," Human Reproduction, Volume 20, Number 7, July 2005, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
- "OocyteOocyteAn oocyte, ovocyte, or rarely ocyte, is a female gametocyte or germ cell involved in reproduction. In other words, it is an immature ovum, or egg cell. An oocyte is produced in the ovary during female gametogenesis. The female germ cells produce a primordial germ cell which undergoes a mitotic...
number per live birth in IVF: were Steptoe and Edwards less wasteful?" Human Reproduction, Oxford University Press