Journal of Fertilization: In Vitro - IVF-Worldwide, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics & Stem Cell Biol
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Seang Lin Tan

Biography

Dr. Seang Lin Tan, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University; Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre.Dr. Seang Lin Tan is the James Edmund Dodds Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McGill University. He is also Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre.Dr. Tan is an internationally recognized infertility expert and a pioneer in the simplification of in-vitro fertilization. He founded the McGill Reproductive Center and led the team that produced the world’s first air transport in-vitro fertilization and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection pregnancies. His team is the pioneer in Canada in the use of in-vitro maturation of human oocytes for the treatment of infertility and in the use of in-vitro maturation and vitrification of oocytes to preserve fertility in young women undergoing cancer treatment.Dr. Tan has published seven books, over 280 original scientific papers and review articles, and has made over 185 research presentations. He has been on the editorial board of nine medical journals and is regularly invited to speak at national and international scientific meetings. He is a member of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Expert Advisory Panels on Reproductive Medicine and Ultrasound as well as a fellow of the International Academy on Human Reproduction. He is the Founding President of the International Society of In-Vitro Maturation (ISIVM) and the Global Chinese Association for Reproductive Medicine (GCARM) and the Founding Treasurer of the International Society of In-Vitro Fertilization (ISIVF).

 

Research Interest

 Invitro Maturation

IVF

Reproductive Medicine

Human Infertility

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