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Mr Timothy John Child

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  • Title: Mr
  • Forenames: Timothy John
  • Surname: Child
  • Gender: Male
  • Primary Medical Qualifications: MB BS
  • Date of registration: 04/08/1994
  • GMC number: 4029337

Areas of Expertise

  • Obstetrics and gynaecology

    Specialist Areas

    • Reproductive medicine
    • Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery
    • Assisted conception
    • IVF

    Special Interests

    • Subfertility
    • Laparoscopic surgery
    • Polycystic ovarian disease
    • Recurrent miscarriage

Practices


Qualifications

  • Medical School: Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
  • Qualification: MB BS
  • Date of award: 1993
  • Professional College: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Qualification: MRCOG - Member Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Date of award: 1998
  • Other degree or qualification: University of Cambridge
  • Qualification: MA - Master of Arts
  • Date of award: 1990
  • Other degree or qualification: University of London
  • Qualification: MD - Doctor of Medicine
  • Date of award: 2006

Professional profile

My weekly work is all within the field of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery. I am a Director of the Oxford Fertility Unit Ltd. and Medical Manager of the IVF Unit. I am responsible for the Oxford Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic and the Oxford PCOS Clinic. My operating is 95% laparoscopic or hysteroscopic and includes myomectomies (fibroid removal), hysterectomies, ovarian cystectomies, treatment of endometriosis and/or adhesions, and tubal surgery.

Hospital and Trust activities

Member of Women's Centre Clinical Risk Management Board

Other contributions to the NHS

Member of Policy and Practice Committee of the British Fertility Society

Professional affiliations and memberships

  • RCOG, American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
  • British Fertility Society (BFS), British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE)

Research interests

I am running a number of research studies in assisted conception including a large randomised controlled trial examining the use of Metformin in treatment of women with ovulatory polycystic ovaries (PCO) during IVF treatment. I am also examining the genetics of male infertility and most recently have started the UK's first IVM (oocyte in-vitro maturation) treatment programme.

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