Dr Nicholas K Christoforidis

Dr N K Christoforidis MD, FRCOG, MSc, is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest in Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies. He is the Clinical and Scientific Director of Embryolab Fertility Clinic and its co-founder since 2004. He is a medical graduate from the Medical School of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, with specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the United Kingdom. He followed the National Rotational Scheme in the Northeast of England and became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2001, and was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) in 2018. In 2020 he attained a Master of Science (MSc) in Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction and Embryology from the University of Valencia, Spain. He is a doctoral candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, researching the role of vitamin D in IVF treatment outcomes. In 2011, he co-founded Embryolab Academy, a non-profit organisation focused on education, training and research in assisted reproduction. Embryolab Academy promotes close collaboration between embryologists, andrologists, fertility specialists, scientists and human geneticists to improve quality, safety and accuracy in assisted reproduction techniques and reproductive medicine. Since its foundation Dr Christoforidis has participated in workshops and academic events on embryo transfer protocols, quality and safety, key performance indicators, and clinical aspects of pre-implantation genetic testing. Dr Christoforidis has published in peer-reviewed medical journals on a wide range of assisted reproduction topics and has been an invited speaker at numerous academic events and congresses, with presentations on current subjects such as the role of the endometrial microbiome and the role of hysteroscopy in the investigation and treatment of infertility. More recently he has participated in the eLearning programme of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens on assisted reproductive technology, co-ordinated by Professor H Siristatidis. Over recent years Dr Christoforidis has actively participated in the "WAVES" research project, a multi-centre research initiative co-ordinated by the Eindhoven University of Technology and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven. Under the supervision of Professor Benedict Schoot, the project studies the impact of uterine contractility on reproductive outcomes using a quantitative two-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound speckle tracking method. Dr Christoforidis is a member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).