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

Journal of Fertilization: In Vitro - IVF-Worldwide, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics & Stem Cell Biol
Open Access

ISSN: 2375-4508

+44 1478 350008

Jacques Donnez

Jacques Donnez

Jacques Donnez
Professor and Chairman, Department of Gynecology
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Biography

Jacques Donnez was born in Tournai (Belgium) on 16 July, 1947. He studied at the Catholic University of Louvain. He defended his PhD thesis in 1984, entitled “The fallopian tube: normal and pathological histophysiology”. He became Full Professor and Head of the Department Gynaecology and Andrology in 1986. He also founded the Infertility Research Unit of the Catholic University of Louvain in 1986.
He has focused his research activities on three main topics: tubal infertility, endometriosis and finally, ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation.
He published over 600 original articles in peer-review journals. Prof. Donnez is the first President of the recently created International Society for Fertility Preservation and has been elected in Februari 2009 at the Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine.

Research Interest

Fertility Preservation, Infertility, Gynecology

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