Geeta Nargund | |
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| Education | Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
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Geeta Nargund (MBBS FRCOG London) is a professor, medical doctor, innovator, [1] entrepreneur [2] and pioneer in the field of natural and mild IVF and Advanced Ultrasound Technology in Reproductive Medicine.
Nargund was born in 1960. [2] Nargund studied MBBS at Karnatak Medical College (now Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences) Hubli, India and at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London.
Nargund is the founder of CREATE Fertility and ABC IVF. She was the founder CEO for many years and served as the Medical Director of the company until 1st July 2025. [2] [3] Nargund is also a senior consultant gynaecologist and lead consultant for reproductive medicine services at St George's Hospital. [4]
She was appointed as Pro-Chancellor of The University of Portsmouth in July 2025. Nargund is an honorary professor of women's health at the University of Greater Manchester, UK and has been a guest professor at Hasselt University Medical Faculty, Belgium. She is an accredited trainer for infertility and gynaecological ultrasound modules at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) London and the British Fertility Society (BFS).
Nargund implements the use of follicular Doppler in assessing egg quality in humans. She has also published the first scientific paper on 'Cumulative conception and live birth rates in natural (unstimulated) IVF cycles'. [5] As co-author, she won the 'Robert Edwards Prize' [6] for best paper of the year 2014 for a paper on the innovative 'Simplified Culture System', which allows IVF to be performed without a conventional laboratory.
Nargund is also the Founder and Trustee of Create Health Foundation. [7]
She sits on the medical advisory panel for Chana, a charity supporting fertility in the British Jewish community. She is passionate about prevention of infertility, and protecting women's health and safety during assisted conception treatment and has pioneered UK's first fertility education initiative in secondary schools. [8]
She was a Co-Editor-in-Chief for the European scientific journal Facts, Views and Vision in ObGyn. Served on the international editorial board of the Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences.
Currently serves on editorial board of Reproductive Bio Medicine Online scientific journal. [9]
She was a member of the Steering Committee of the ESHRE Task Force and a member of the group in terminology for the World Health Organisation assisted reproductive technology (ART).
Currently President of International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR). [10]
In the press, Nargund is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and has appeared on Woman's Hour [11] on BBC Radio 4. She has also published commentaries in The Daily Telegraph , [12] The Independent , [13] The Guardian , [14] The Times , [15] BBC, [16] The Sun , ITV, Cosmopolitan , and the International Business Times UK . [17] She is an full member of the Guild of Health Writers UK. She delivered a TEDx talk on "Empowering Young People with Fertility Education in 2017. [18]
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