Dr. Anthony Walsh
MD MRCOG MRCPI
Dr Walsh graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in 1980. He is the founder, medical director and Consultant Gynaecologist at the Sims Clinic which is Ireland’s largest private fertility treatment unit. Dr. Walsh lectured at Trinity College and is a Consultant at St. Josephs Hospital, Dublin. He has extensive experience in IVF and has worked in fertility units in Europe, the Middle-East and North America.
His initial training was at the Cromwell Hospital in London with Dr. Sam Abdalla, now medical director of the Lister IVF unit and an international authority on Assisted Conception. He founded Irelands’ first independent IVF unit at the Clane Clinic in 1988 and was responsible for Ireland’s first IVF baby and first twins from GIFT. He introduced Irelands first donor sperm IVF programme and co-founded Irelands’ first donor egg programme with Dr. David Walsh at the Sims Clinic. These programmes have resulted in the birth of Irelands first IVF babies using donor egg or donor sperm. He is on the editorial committee of Modern Medicine and the Consultant committee of the Irish Medical Organisation.
Dr. Scott Sills
MD FACOG FACS
Dr Sills graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1987 and completed his sub-specialty reproductive endocrinology fellowship at Cornell University in New York.
After a six-year term on the Board of Trustees for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health, Dr. Sills next served with a Presidential search advisory committee for the Tennessee Board of Regents. In 2007, he was recruited back to New York as the first full-time reproductive endocrinologist in Dutchess County (RMA-Vassar Brothers). From there, Dr. Sills established the first collaborative among Israeli and Arab fertility experts to study IVF practice in the Middle East. He was appointed to the New York State Board for Medicine the following year.
From his nearly 100 scholarly works, Dr. Sills has made several contributions to the medical literature. His published research on IVF was included in the NHS’ Clinical Guidelines for Fertility Assessment & Treatment (London, 2004), while his paper on identical twins was cited by the World Health Organisation’s “Current Practices in ART” (Geneva, 2002). The New Zealand Ministry of Health incorporated Dr. Sills’ data on assisted hatching in its national IVF guidelines (Wellington, 2005), and his Lancet report detailing asylum for forced sterilisation victims was hailed by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Dr. Sills’ advocacy for restraint of PGD applications also influenced reproductive technology debate in the German Bundestag (Berlin, 2002).
Dr. Sills is affiliated to many professional groups including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American College of Surgeons, Irish Medical Organisation (Dublin), Royal Society of Medicine (London), Max Planck Society (Munich) and the New York Academy of Sciences.
Prof. Michael M. Alper
Advisory Consultant in Research and Development
Prof. Alper joined the Sims Medical Team in January 2007 as Advisory Consultant in Research and Development. He is Medical Director and co-founder of Boston IVF and has previously co-hosted two patient- friendly IVF conferences with Sims Clinic addressing the needs of the patient during treatment.
Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prof. Alper received his medical degree from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. He fulfilled his residency at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA where he also completed his fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
Prof. Alper is Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School. His interest of in vitro fertilization has led him to be involved in specific research studies including NIH-funded "Fasst Track Study", and privately funded, industry sponsored clinical trials.
Prof. Alper is responsible for implementing (QMS) Quality Management Systems and will advise on our medical review team for special cases. Dr Alper has published and lectured extensively on the topic of Quality Management and led his medical team in Boston to achieving ISO recognition.