Prof. A. Abdel-Gadir MBBS, PhD, FRCOG

 

Professional Status

  • Professorship in Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine and Surgery
  • Accreditation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RCOG, London, UK 
  • Specialist registration at the General Medical Council, London, UK

Qualifications

  • 1972 MBBS - Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum University, Khartoum, Sudan
  • 1978 PhD - Faculty of Medicine, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland 
  • 1981 MRCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, London
  • 1994 FRCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, London

Theme of PhD

Neuroendocrinology

Professional Membership

1. The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons  
2. The European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
3. The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 
4. The International Pelvic Pain Society  
5. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine 
6. The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 
7. The British Fertility Society
8. The International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction 
9. The European Society of Menopause an Andropause

Special professional  Expertise
  • Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology
  • Gynaecology and Fertility Ultrasound
  • Minimal Access Gynaecological and Infertility Surgery
  • Pelvic Pain and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  • Investigation and management of female and male fertility problems 
  • Recurrent miscarriages investigation and management
  • Assisted Reproduction Technology [IUI, IVF, ICSI]
  • Well Woman, Menopause and Andropause Practice

Professional Merits
  • Full Professorship of Gynaecology, Reproductive Medicine and Surgery
  • Accredited Consultant Gynaecologist, T(OG), with specialist registration at the General Medical Council, London.
  • Reviewer of medical and research articles to many Medical Journals including for example the prestigious:
    •  Journal of Reproductive Medicine,
    •  Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 
    •  Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
    •  Gynaecological Endocrinology
    •  European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology
    •  Journal of Basic and Clinical Reproductive Sciences
    •  Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
    •  Saudi Medical Journal
  • Reviewer to Elsevier Publishers evidence based electronic continued medical education programme 'First Consult'.
  • Professionally trained and helped many doctors to attain the MRCOG and MD qualifications.
  • Trained many gynaecologists in basic transvaginal ultrasonography and saline infusion sonohysterography and HysteroContrastSonography.
  • Invited lecturer ‘The International Symposium on Functional Morphology of the Ovary’, held in Glasgow University, 10-13. 9. 1995
  • Referee to Birthright / RCOG Research Grants and Fellowships.
  • Invited lecturer ‘The Fourth International Symposium in Reproductive Endocrine Disorders [Control and stimulation of follicular growth]’, September 1992, Bristol, UK.
  • Author of many articles in reproductive medicine and Surgery in international peer reviewed journals.
  • Co-author of the chapter entitled 'Surgery and the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome' written for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 25th Study Group in Infertility, 1992.
  • Invited Lecturer ‘The Second International Symposium in Reproductive Endocrine Disorders’, Kings College, Cambridge, UK. (Polycystic Ovaries: A disorder or a symptom). September 1990.
  • Senior British Council Scholarship for postgraduate studies, awarded in 1974.

Previous Career Profile

  • Medical Director, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist London Female & Male Fertility Centre, Highgate Hospital, 17-19 View Road, London N6 4DJ [with admission rights at the Wellington Hospital, Wellington Place, London]

  • Medical Director, Consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist, The Hallam Medical Centre, 112 Harley Street, London.

  • Senior Lecturer (Hon) and Fertility Specialist, Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Free Hospital, London.

  • Research Associate in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility to Professor Robert Shaw, Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Free Hospital, London.

  • Assistant Professor and Consultant, Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sabah Maternity Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

  • Senior Registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology, Maternity Hospital, Kuwait

  • Training posts in obstetrics and gynaecology in different British Hospitals.
  • PhD student, Faculty of Medicine, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland

Appraisal and Continued Personal Development

  • Regular annual appraisal by the Independent Doctors Federation, London.
  • Completed 4 episodes of five-year CPD cycles with The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist. Currently in the 5th year of the 4th cycle. 

Chapters in Books
  1. Abdel Gadir, A. (1993) Ovarian surgery in control and stimulation of follicular growth. In: Advances in Reproductive Endocrinology, volume 5. Ed: R.W. Shaw. The Parthenon Publishing Group, Carnforth, UK, pp 109-123.
  2. Shaw, R.W. and Abdel Gadir, A. (1992) Surgery and the polycystic ovarian syndrome. In: Infertility. A. A. Templeton and J. O. Drife (editors) Springer-Verlag, London, pp 215-224.
  3. Abdel Gadir, A., et al., (1991) Hormonal changes following laparoscopic ovarian electrocautery in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome. In: Advances in Reproductive Endocrinology, volume 3. Ed: R.W. Shaw. The Parthenon Publishing Group, Carnforth, UK, pp 135-147. 
Published Books
  1. Chronic Pelvic Pain and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: The Two Enigmas of Gynaecology Outpatient Clinics, ISBN 978-1-906645-77-9 [The Grosvenor  House Publishing, Guildford, Surrey, UK].
  2. Reproductive Endocrinology for Gynaecologists: Concepts and Practice, ISBN 978-1-908105-73-8 [The Grosvenor House Publishing, Guildford, Surrey, UK]
Book Under Preparation
Illustrated Gynaecology and Infertility Ultrasound Book

Journal publications


1. Abdel-Gadir A, Oyawoy O and Chander B (2011). Luteal phase transvaginal ultrasound scan examinations have better diagnostic potential for showing focal subendometrial adenomyosis. Gynaecological Surgery. 9(1): 43 - 46.

2. Abdel-Gadir A,  Francis DN, Oyawoye O and Chander B (2010). Secondary amenorrhoea with high inhibin B level caused by parasitic ovarian leiomyoma. Gynecological Endocrinology. 26 (2): 93 - 95.
3. Abdel-Gadir A, Oyawoye O and Chander B (2010). Predictors of acute cervicouterine angulation in patients scheduled for gynaecological or infertility intrauterine office procedures. Gynecological Surgery; 7: 3 - 8.

4.  Oluseye A Oyawoye, Ahmed Abdel-Gadir, Anthony Garner, Andrew J Leonard, Christopher Perrett and Paul Hardiman (2009). The interaction between follicular fluid antioxidants, infertility and early reproductive outcome during in vitro fertilization.  Redox Report, 14 (5): 205-213.

5. Abdel-Gadir A, Shah K, Oyawoye OA and Chander B (2009) Subserosal intramural ectopic pregnancy in an adenomyotic area following assisted reproduction treatment. Gynecological Surgery 6 (3): 267- 271.
 
6. Abdel-Gadir A, Oyawoye O and Chander B (2009) Coexistence of polycystic ovaries and uterine fibroids and their combined effect on the uterine arteries blood flow in relation to age and parity. The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 54 (6): 347-352.
 
7. Oluseye A Oyawoye, Bina Chander, Jocelyn Hunter and Ahmed Abdel Gadir (2005) Prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome by early aspiration of small follicles in hyper-responsive patients with polycystic ovaries during assisted reproductive treatment cycles.  Medscape General Medicine 7 (3):60.
 
8. Oyawoye S, Abdel Gadir A, Garner A, Perret C and Hardiman P (2003) Antioxidants and reactive oxygen species in follicular fluid of women undergoing IVF: Relationship to outcome. Human Reproduction 18(11): 2270 – 2274.

9. Oyawoye S, Chander B, Pavlovic B, Hunter J and Abdel Gadir A (2003) Heterotopic pregnancy: Successful management with aspiration of cornual/interstitial gestational sac and instillation of small dose of methotrexate. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 18:1-4.

10. Jensen CE, Abdel Gadir A, Cox C, Tuck SM, Wonke B (1996) Sperm concentration and quality in beta-thalassaemia major. International Journal of Andrology. 19 (6): 362-364.

11. Abdel Gadir A. (1995) Relationship between ultrasonography and histopathological changes in polycystic ovarian syndrome. Human Reproduction, 10 (7), 1879.

12. Cooper C, Abdel Gadir A, Mills C and Cope G (1993) Try to find the exact problem to help infertile men. In: Prescribers Forum, Mims Magazine Weekly, 1st June 1993, pp 26-31.

13. Abdel Gadir A et al (1993) Ovarian electrocautery: Responders versus non-responders. Gynaecological Endocrinology, 7, 43-48.

14. Mills C and Abdel Gadir A (1993) Use of Pentoxifylline in IVF -  helpful? Fertility and Sterility 60 (2): 377 – 378.

15. Abdel Gadir A et al (1992) Implications of ultrasonically diagnosed polycystic ovaries (2)-Studies of dynamic and pulsatile hormonal patterns. Human Reproduction, 7 (4), 458-461.

16. Abdel Gadir A et al (1992) Implications of ultrasonically diagnosed polycystic ovaries (1)-Correlation with basal hormonal profiles. Human Reproduction, 7 (4), 453-457.

17. Muharib NS, Abdel Gadir A and Shaw RW (1992) Slow release intrauterine insemination versus the bolus technique in the treatment of women with cervical mucus hostility. Human Reproduction, 7 (2), 227-229.

18. Abdel Gadir A et al (1992) The response of patients with polycystic ovarian disease to human menopausal gonadotrophins therapy following ovarian electrocautery or a luteinising hormone releasing hormone agonist. Fertility and Sterility, 57 (2), 309-313.

19. Abdel Gadir A et al (1992) The aetiology of galactorrhoea in women with normal serum prolactin levels and regular menstruation. Human Reproduction, 7 (7), 912-914.

20. Abdel Gadir A et al (1991) Polycystic ovaries: Do these represent a specific endocrinopathy? British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 98, 300-305.

21. Abdel Gadir A et al (1990) Ovarian electrocautery versus human menopausal gonadotrophins and follicle stimulating hormone in the treatment of patients with polycystic ovarian disease. Clinical Endocrinology, 33, 585-592.

22. Abdel Gadir A et al (1990) Hormonal changes in patients with polycystic ovarian disease after ovarian electrocautery or pituitary desensitisation. Clinical Endocrinology. 32, 749-754.

23. Abdel Gadir A and Ramadan AA (1990) Abnormal ovarian cell line: A cause for ovarian failure. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 97, 446-448.

24. Abdel Gadir A et al (1989) Effect of period-suppressing danazol therapy on the endocrine profile of pre-treatment normally menstruating women. Saudi Medical Journal, 10 (4), 296-300.

25. Abdel Gadir A et al (1985) Combined clomiphene citrate and oestradiol benzoate therapy in hyperandrogenic clomiphene citrate non-responding women. Journal of Kuwait Medical Association, 19, 109-114.

International conferences publications

1. Oyawoye O A, Abdel Gadir A, Garner A, Perret C, Hardiman P (December 1999): Antioxidant Consumption in Follicular Fluid following induction of ovulation in women undergoing IVF. Presented at the Blaire Bell Research Meeting, RCOG,

2. Abel Gadir, A. (1995): Treatment of PCO with electrocautery. In: The International Symposium of the Functional Morphology of the Human Ovary. Glasgow, United Kingdom.

3. Abdel Gadir, A. (1992): Ovarian surgery: In: Control and stimulation of follicular growth. The Third International Conference in Reproductive Endocrine Disorders, Bristol, United Kingdom.

4. Curtis, P., Lindsay, P., Jackson, A., Abdel Gadir, A. and Shaw, R.W. (1991): The peritoneal fluid environment in endometriosis adversely affects sperm motility. The First International Meeting of the British Fertility Society, London.

5. Amso, N., Shaw, R.W., Abdel Gadir, A., et al., (1991): Is ultrasound guided vaginal egg collection safe? Evaluation of the immediate and late effects as assisted by laparoscopy. The First International Meeting of the British Fertility Society, London

6. Amso, N., Shaw, R.W., Abdel Gadir, A., et al., (1991): Does tubal embryo transfer improve the pregnancy rate? A random controlled trial of IVF-Uterine versus IVF-Tubal embryo transfer in the management of unexplained and male factor infertility. The First International Meeting of the British Fertility Society, London.

7. Abdel Gadir, A., et al., (1990): Hormonal changes following ovarian electrocautery in patients with polycystic ovarian disease. The Second International conference in Reproductive Endocrine Disorders, Cambridge, UK.

8. Muharib, N. and Abdel Gadir, A. (1989): Pulsatile intrauterine insemination: A new and more physiological approach. The 13th World Congress in Fertility and Sterility (IFFS), Marrakesh.

9. Abdel Gadir, A., et al., (1989): Polycystic ovaries: A sign or a disease? The 13th World Congress in Fertility and Sterility (IFFS), -Marrakesh.

10. Abdel Gadir, A., et al., (1988): Aetiology, characteristics and fertility potential in anovulatory Arab women. FIGO conference, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

11. Abdel Gadir, A., et al., (1986): Effect of the Medroxy Progesterone Acetate Challenge Test on the endocrine profile of patients with polycystic ovarian disease. International Symposium on " New Trends in Infertility ". Kuwait.

Courses and workshops

Gynaecological Endoscopy
  1. Reproductive Surgery in the 21st Centaury. 1 - 2 February 2011, The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist, London, UK.
  2. Advanced Course in Gynaecological Laparoscopic Surgery. 28 - 30 June 2004, Strasbourg, France.
  3. Minimally invasive operating techniques in gynaecology. 07 - 10 June 2004, European Surgical Institute, Hamburg, Germany.
  4. Microwave endometrial ablation: a treatment for menorrhagia, 30th April 2004, held at the RCOG, 27 Sussex Place, London, UK.
  5. Advanced Hand-on Vaginal Hysterectomy, Vaginal Endoscopic Oophorectomy and Vaginal Sacrospinous Colpopexy Workshop. Benenden M. A. S. Training Centre. 27 – 28 April 2003, Benenden, UK.
  6. Advanced Hand-on Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop RCOG (Level 3): Benenden M. A. S. Training Centre. 2 – 3 March 2003, Benenden, UK.
  7. Fertiloscopy Training Workshop: The Bridge Centre, Number 1 St. Thomas’s Street, London Bridge, 8 – 9 October 2002, London, UK.
  8. Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Workshop, Minimally Invasive Therapy Unit. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street,. 9th July 1993. London, UK
Ultrasound
  1. Advanced Course in Gynaecological ultraound II: Oncology and Urogynaecology, Conducted by ISUOG at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2-3 December 2011, London, UK
  2. Advanced Course in Gynaecological Ultrasound I: Early pregnancy, Reproductive Medicine and Benign Gynaecology, conducted by ISUOG/ESHRE/ISGE, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 3 – 4 June 2011, London, UK.
  3. Advanced Diploma Course in Ultrasound in Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, 12 April 2008; London, UK.
  4. The 16th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 3 - 7 September 2006, London, UK.
  5. The 14th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 31 August - 04 September 2004, Stockholm, Sweden.
  6. The 13th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 31st August – 4th September 2003, Paris, France. 
  7.  VISUS 3D Course conducted by Vienna International School of 3D Ultrasonography, 13 – 16 May 2002, Vienna, Austria.
  8. Effective Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease: The National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, . 25 – 27 April 2001, London, UK.
  9. Gynaecological Ultrasound Meeting: The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 18 – 21 September 2001, London, UK.
  10. Joint RCOG/RCR Obstetric Ultrasound Course: The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London. 8 – 12 February 1999, London, UK.
Reproductive Medicine
  1. The Second World Congress on Natural Cycle/Minimal Stimulation IVF, 10-11 April 2008; London.
  2. The management of the infertile couple and assisted conception. Joint RCOG / BFS meeting held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on 24 - 28 April 2006, London, UK.
  3. Endometriosis Workshop, held at the Royal College of Obstetrician & Gynaecologists, London, on Tuesday 1st February 2005, London, UK.
  4. New Horizons in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, 10th – 12th September 2003, held at The Royal College of Physicians, St Andrew’s Place, London, UK.
  5. Andrology in the nineties. Leuven Institute for Fertility and Embryology, 21st -24th April 1993, Genk, Belgium.
  6. XIII World Congress of Fertility and Sterility, 1st – 6th October 1989, Marrakesh, Morocco.
  7. First European Congress of Endocrinology, 21st – 25th June 1987, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  8. Pre-congress Scientific Programme on IVF, XII World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, 20th – 25th October 1986, Singapore.
  9. XII World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, 26th – 31st October 1986, Singapore.

General

  1. Medical Career Appraisal Course, 08 October 2011; conducted by Radcliffe Training Ltd, London.

  2. Leadership and Management for Senior Doctors, 08 - 09. 9. 2011, conducted by Developmedica Ltd, London, UK.

  3. Training the Trainers. 14 - 15 April 2011. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.

  4. The Advanced Course for Obstetricians and Gynaecologist: Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, 19 – 23 June 2000, London, UK.
  5. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Frontiers for the Future: The Royal College of Physicians, 6 – 7 March 2000, London, UK.
  6. Theoretical Aspects of Radiation Protection of Patients in the Fields of X-Rays and Radioisotopes. The Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine. 12th May 1992, London, UK.
  7. The Fourth International Medical Science Conference, Kuwait University, , 4th – 8th March 1990, Kuwait.
  8. Clinical Epidemiology Research Training Course, Conducted by University of North Carolina at White Chapel Hill, School of Public Health in collaboration with Ministry of Health Kuwait, 2nd – 14th April 1983 with one week follow-up in November 1983.
  9. Systems Approach to Educational Planning. Education Development Centre for Health Professions. Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum 25th – 27th November 1978, Khartoum, Sudan.
 
 
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