Professor Bart CJM Fauser, MD, PhD, FRCOG
Bart CJM Fauser, MD, PhD, FRCOG, is a Professor Em. of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecologist, former Head of the Department for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology and former Chair of the Division of Woman & Baby at the University of Utrecht and the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
He is the scientific director of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), consultant and board member. In addition, he is a Fellow ad Eundum of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG), Honorary member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Honorary member of the Middle East Fertility Society (MEFS), international member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), member of the Academia Europea, Night in the order of the Netherlands Lion, past member of the board of the Dutch Medical Research Counsel (ZonMW), and past Editor-in-Chief of Reproductive Biomedicine Online (RBMO), and Human Reproduction Update.
He previously held posts as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California, San Diego; visiting professorships at Stanford University School of Medicine (California, USA), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), University of Siena (Italy), University of Southampton (UK), and the University of Adelaide (Australia). He is a past chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) steering committee for infertility guidelines.
His major research interests include the pathophysiology of human ovarian function (especially PCOS, POI, and ovarian aging), ovarian stimulation, IVF and women’s health (including contraception, menopause and healthy aging). Professor Fauser published over 500 peer-reviewed scientific articles, Hirsch factor 115 (SCOPUS), and No 1 in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Stanford/Elsevier/Ioannidis 2024 Top Scientists list (Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2024 – Top 2% Scientists). He has acted as the editor of multiple textbooks, wrote chapters for all leading textbooks in Reproductive Medicine, lectured all around the world and his work has been widely covered in the national and international news media.
He is the scientific director of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), consultant and board member. In addition, he is a Fellow ad Eundum of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG), Honorary member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Honorary member of the Middle East Fertility Society (MEFS), international member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), member of the Academia Europea, Night in the order of the Netherlands Lion, past member of the board of the Dutch Medical Research Counsel (ZonMW), and past Editor-in-Chief of Reproductive Biomedicine Online (RBMO), and Human Reproduction Update.
He previously held posts as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California, San Diego; visiting professorships at Stanford University School of Medicine (California, USA), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), University of Siena (Italy), University of Southampton (UK), and the University of Adelaide (Australia). He is a past chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) steering committee for infertility guidelines.
His major research interests include the pathophysiology of human ovarian function (especially PCOS, POI, and ovarian aging), ovarian stimulation, IVF and women’s health (including contraception, menopause and healthy aging). Professor Fauser published over 500 peer-reviewed scientific articles, Hirsch factor 115 (SCOPUS), and No 1 in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Stanford/Elsevier/Ioannidis 2024 Top Scientists list (Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2024 – Top 2% Scientists). He has acted as the editor of multiple textbooks, wrote chapters for all leading textbooks in Reproductive Medicine, lectured all around the world and his work has been widely covered in the national and international news media.