Sydney IVF specialist Dr Raewyn Teirney is one of the world’s leading Fertility Specialists and Gynaecologists. She has helped over 5,000 couples conceive.

She is deeply passionate about helping couples start or add to their loving family and her empathetic nature helps to make the fertility journey less overwhelming for her patients.

Dr Raewyn specialises in many male and female fertility issues, including those affecting women living with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis and fibroids. As a leading specialist in PCOS, Dr Raewyn has been published extensively on the condition, and has lectured and trained many sub-specialists on PCOS.

Dr Raewyn currently works as a Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) fertility sub-specialist at The Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick NSW, and in private practice with IVF Australia in both Alexandria and Bondi Junction in Sydney.

She is a member of the Fertility Society of Australia (FSA), and the European Society for Human Reproduction and Endocrinology (ESHRE) and is a Training Supervisor at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), helping to educate and equip the next generation of fertility specialists.

Dr Freiberg is a leading specialist and expert in respiratory and sleep medicine, based in South West Sydney for over 25 years. He has worked in private practice, public and private hospitals as a senior Thoracic Physician, lecturing at NSW and Sydney Universities. He is the founder and medical Director of the Meredith Respiratory and Sleep Centres, which is the largest in Southern and Western Sydney. Leading a large team of highly skilled staff, Dr Freiberg is renowned for quality, accessible healthcare and world class facilities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and a Fellow of the Australian Medicolegal College (FAMLC) for Thoracic and Sleep Medicine. He is a trained assessor of Permanent Impairment for Workers Compensation and Motor Vehicle Accident Schemes. He is listed for both on the SIRA website.

A/Prof Ingrid Hopper is a heart failure physician and clinical pharmacologist.

A/Prof Hopper completed her physician training at Alfred Hospital and then a PhD in heart failure therapeutics, specifically medication withdrawal in patients with polypharmacy. She was awarded the Mollie Holman medal for best thesis in the Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and was a finalist in the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Health and Medical Research. Her research formed a practice recommendation in the Australian Heart Failure guidelines 2018.

At the Alfred, she consults in Heart Failure Clinic, and is an investigator on a number of clinical trials. She is a NHMRC early career fellow, and head of drug and device registries at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. Her interests include the safe and effective use of medications and high risk implantable medical devices, quality improvement in healthcare including through clinical quality registries, epidemiology and public health. She has over 50 peer reviewed publications.

Dr Jerome Melon is a subspecialist Urogynaecologist (CU) and reconstructive pelvic surgeon, as well as a specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (FRANZCOG).

Jerome has been practicing since 2007 and obtained his specialist qualification from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in early 2018 after undertaking subspecialist fellowship training in Urogynaecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS). He has been treating pelvic floor conditions for over 10 years. Throughout his career, he has worked and trained around Australia, Hong Kong and Canada as well as most recently volunteering in Senegal, West Africa.

Jerome has a public appointment as a Urogynaecologist at Gold Coast University Hospital and The Queensland Pelvic Mesh Service, as well as consulting privately at Pindara Private Hospital (Gold Coast), and Greenslopes Private Hospital (Brisbane).

Jerome values every patient experience and strongly believes in informed consent and shared decision making. Jerome strives to create an environment where patients are comfortable to make their best individual choices. He is a highly trained subspecialist surgeon who having worked in internationally renowned institutions, can offer all forms of abdominal, vaginal and minimally invasive surgeries to treat pelvic floor dysfunction. Jerome has authored several research papers in this field and is a reviewer for the International Urogynecological Journal. He is also heavily involved and passionate about the teaching of subspecialist trainees, sitting on the Board of Examiners for the Certification in Urogynaecology (CU) subspecialist examinations.

Robert is a fertility specialist with extensive clinical experience in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), and is renowned for his caring approach and bedside manner.

Robert established a PCOS clinic at IVFAustralia for women of all ages, offering diagnosis, assessment and understanding of how to cope with the symptoms of PCOS while trying to start a family, as well as later in life when the condition can cause other health issues. He is also involved in POSSA, the patient support group for women dealing with PCOS.

Another key area of Robert’s expertise is recurrent miscarriage, where he provides thorough follow-up care for patients. Robert wholeheartedly believes that simply providing a little extra TLC for a woman who has had previous miscarriages can have a huge positive effect on the next pregnancy.

He has more than 10 years’ experience as a gynaecologist, as well as qualifications in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (CREI), a field he has worked in for over a decade, both in Australia and Europe. In his role as a clinical director for IVFAustralia, he also deals with general male and female infertility.

Robert is Clinical Director of IVFAustralia’s Greenwich Clinic. He co-ordinates IVFAustralia’s Miscarriage Care Program, and is the Visiting Medical Officer at the Sydney Adventist Hospital. He is involved with teaching both medical students and registrars through the University of Sydney and Notre Dame, and is actively involved in ongoing research pertaining to infertility.

Danielle is a fully accredited Urologist having completed her medical training at the University of Sydney and the Northern Clinical School (Royal North Shore Hospital). Danielle developed a passion for Paediatric Urology and spent several years in Paediatric and General surgery training throughout metropolitan and rural NSW prior to commencing her formal Urology training in Victoria.
Danielle has recently opened a The Yellow Spot Clinic www.yellowspotclinic.com.au which provides multi-disciplinary children’s continence care on Sydney’s lower north shore. This is a GP led service for children with daytime urinary incontinence and nocturnal enuresis. Danielle operates privately at North Shore Private Hospital and The Castlecrag Private Hospital. She is also a VMO at Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick where both public and private paediatric patients can be admitted.

Dr Sivam is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician. After completing her medical training in Nova Scotia, Canada, she undertook further specialist training in Boston, Massachusetts and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
In Sydney, Australia, she completed her Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Fellowship requirements at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Her PhD studies investigate the effects of obesity and under breathing on cognitive function and cardio-metabolic parameters.
Dr Sivam is also a part time Respiratory and Sleep Physician within the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Service.

Yu Hwee underwent her specialist training in obstetrics and gynaecology (FRANZCOG) in New Zealand, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. She is a subspecialist urogynaecologist working as part of the public urogynaecology team at Gold Coast Health and the Queensland Pelvic Mesh Service as well as in private in Brisbane as part of Queensland Pelvic Floor Services with Prof Judith Goh and Dr Hannah Krause.