Dr Gavin Sacks (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Specialist)
- Name
- Assoc Prof Gavin Paul Sacks
- Qualifications
- FRANZCOG 2005
- MBBS Oxford University 1992
- Occupation
- Obstetrics and Gynaecologist
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Specialist
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Associate Professor Gavin Sacks investigates and manages all aspects of male and female infertility as a fertility specialist and obstetrician. He is particularly interested in the management of unexplained infertility and repeated IVF failure, and the use of new technologies and approaches to treatment. These include Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and immune therapy particularly for women experiencing recurrent miscarriage.
He is internationally renowned for leading research on the role of the immune system (Natural Killer Cells) in recurrent implantation failure and miscarriage in IVF and has developed innovative investigations and treatments for immune disorders related to infertility and recurrent miscarriage.
Dr Sacks studied medicine at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford in the UK. He was awarded a PhD in reproductive immunology from the University of Oxford and completed his training in reproductive medicine in Sydney and London (obtaining the UK equivalent of CREI) before settling permanently in Sydney in 2005.
He is Co-Director of the IVFAustralia Miscarriage Program, Staff Specialist at St George Hospital and a Conjoint Associate Professor at University of NSW.
A/Prof Sacks is a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG) and a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG).
- Hospital Affiliations
- St George Private Hospital
- City East Specialist Day Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- IVF Australia Eastern Suburbs - Bondi Junction
- IVF Australia Southern Sydney - Kogarah
- Medical Conditions
- Infertility
- male infertility
- Female infertility
- Topics
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- IVF
- Unexplained Infertility
- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
- Recurrent Miscarriage
- Infertility
- Male infertility
- Female infertility
Practice Locations
NSW
- IVF Australia Southern Sydney - Kogarah
- Address
- St George Private Hospital
Suite 15 Level 3
Kogarah Bay NSW 2217
Australia
- Phone
- 1800 111 483
- 02 8567 6955
- City East Specialist Day Hospital
- Address
- 225 Maroubra Road
Maroubra NSW 2035
Australia
- Phone
- 02 8372 3260
- Fax
- 02 8372 3261
- IVF Australia Eastern Suburbs - Bondi Junction
- Address
- Westfield Tower 2
L16, 1601
101 Grafton St
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Australia
- Phone
- 1800 111 483
- 02 8305 9800
