Doctors
Adam Balen MB, BS, MD, DSc, FRCOG
Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery
Professor Adam Balen is a full-time NHS consultant. His special interests include all aspects of PCOS, Assisted Conception, Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology and Disorders of Sexual Development. Professor Balen practices both at Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Care Fertility Leeds.
Dr Catherine Hayden
Consultant Gynaecologist and Sub-Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery
Dr Hayden’s area of special interest is fertility preservation and the long-term assistance of individuals and couples who have undertaken to preserve eggs, sperm or embryos for health reasons. Academically, she enjoys teaching and training doctors, embryologists, nurses and patients through local, regional, national and international programs, conferences and charitable events. Dr Hayden is a part-time NHS consultant at Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Dr N. Ellissa Baskind
Consultant Gynaecologist and Sub-Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery
Dr Baskind interests include all aspects of Assisted Conception, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis and gamete donation. Dr Baskind practices both at Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Care Fertility Leeds.
Dr Harish Bhandari
Consultant Gynaecologist and Sub-Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery
As well as infertility, assisted conception and reproductive and benign gynaecology surgery, Dr Bhandari has special clinical and research interests in recurrent miscarriage, recurrent implantation failure and endometrial immunology. He is also the lead for fertility preservation for transgender people. Dr Bhandari is a part time consultant at Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Dr Susie Jacob
Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine.
Dr Jacob’s special interests include all aspects of assisted Conception, male factor infertility, transgender fertility preservation and paediatric adolescent gynaecology. She is a keen surgeon for all aspects of female reproductive surgery. She enjoys teaching within her specialty including medical students, postgraduate doctors and allied health professionals.
Dr Suhair Ibrahim
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr Ibrahim’s interests include all aspects of infertility at secondary care level. She also works in obstetrics and benign gynaecology and has a special interest in recurrent miscarriage. Dr Ibrahim practices at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and liaises frequently with Care Fertility Leeds.
Mr Patrick Gordon
Consultant Andrologist
Mr Patrick Gordon is a Consultant Andrologist who subspecialises in male factor infertility (MFI). Through Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine he runs the only NHS MFI practice in Yorkshire offering surgical sperm retrieval and complex microscopic reconstruction. Having completed fellowships in MFI in Leeds, UCLH (London) and Miami he also manages paediatric and spinal cord injury patients. He has recently joined the Andrology panel of the British Fertility Society (BFS) to set national standards in male infertility management.
Our Partners
Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine (LCRM) is an NHS service which accepts NHS referrals from General Practitioners (GPs). LCRM offers a secondary fertility service which involves the counselling and investigation of individuals and couples with fertility concerns.
If treatment is recommended, you will be referred to our partners Care Fertility Leeds for all aspects of fertility treatment including ovulation induction, IVF, ICSI, treatment with donor eggs, sperm and embryos and surrogacy. Care Fertility Leeds can also store eggs, sperm and embryos for fertility preservation purposes for people who want or need to delay starting a family.
- Care Fertility Leeds provide a world class service
- The clinic is based at Seacroft Hospital, Leeds where there is easy access and parking
- Care Fertility Leeds offers both NHS funded treatment where eligibility criteria are met, as well as self-funded treatment
- Care Fertility Leeds are in the Top 5 of all UK clinics for IVF success rates (latest Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) results).
- The team at Care Fertility Leeds includes nationally and internationally renowned experts. Several of the doctors work at LCRM as well as Care Fertility Leeds.