Prof. Dr. Safaa Al-Hasani

Professor Safaa Al-Hasani is a clinical embryologist at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Medical School, University of Lübeck. He is a pioneer of assisted human reproduction and contributed to the birth of Germany’s first IVF baby in 1982.

Career

• 1972Began studying veterinary medicine at the University of Baghdad.
• 1977Graduated in veterinary medicine.
• 1980Doctoral thesis and doctorate at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany.
• 1982Biologist-embryologist in the IVF unit of the University Women’s Hospital, Lübeck.
• 1997Habilitation in assisted human reproduction at the Medical School of the University of Lübeck.
• 2002Full Professor at the same university.
• His research covers the cryopreservation of human oocytes and zygotes, DNA fragmentation in human sperm, apoptosis of sperm and granulosa cells, the fertilisation of human oocytes, ICSI, and in vitro maturation of oocytes.
• He has published more than 300 scientific papers and chapters in international journals and books, as well as more than 300 abstracts.
• Member of the editorial and scientific boards of many journals, including the Middle East Journal of Fertility and Sterility and the Medical Journal of Reproduction.
• Deputy Director of the World Association of Reproductive Medicine (WARM).
• Supervising Clinical Embryologist at Fertility Clinic.

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