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Catharyn Johanna Stern

Catharyn Johanna Stern AO is a clinical associate professor, and gynaecologist at Waverley Private Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to gynaecology, reproductive medicine and fertility research. Stern has been a member of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) member for 23 years. Her award was for her services to gynaecology, to reproductive medicine and fertility research, and to the community.[1][2][3]

Catharyn Johanna Stern
AO
EducationUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationGynaecologist
EmployerWaverley Private Hospital
Known forGynaecology & infertility

Career edit

Stern was awarded a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne in 1987. She is a specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics, and specialises in reproductive fertility. She initially trained at The Women's Hospital, as well at The Mercy hospital, and subsequently obtained experience and training while in the United Kingdom for two years.

Stern next spent three years working and obtaining experience in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. She is the head of the Fertility Preservation Service within the Melbourne IVF and The Women's Hospital. She works at the Melbourne IVF clinical research program, as well as working in clinical practice. Stern is leading a national trial within Australia, with the goal of protecting the fertility of women who are undergoing treatment with chemotherapy, and cancer patients.[4][user-generated source][5]

Stern started the Australian and New Zealand group in fertility preservation, "Special Interest Group". The group is made up of national and international experts who specialise in the preservation of fertility, and was started in 2009. Stern was also appointed to be the chair of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, which is a fertility guidance group. The group has been involved in writing guidelines and practices that provide recommendations, based on evidence, as well as 'good practice' which then helps enable medical practitioners and health professionals to have conversations and discussions about fertility, to efficiently and effectively make informed decisions around the treatment of fertility with patients and their families.[6][7]

Stern has also worked on an IVF success comparator, which is an online website that allows women and their families to compare the success rates of different IVF clinics within Australia.[8] Stern has also published on the difficulties of young rural women in receiving treatment for their fertility.[9]

Select publications edit

Stern has published 49 peer-reviewed publications, as at July 2022, with an H-index of 20, and over 1700 citations.[10]

Select publications include:

  • Catharyn Stern, Lawrence Chamley, Helen Norris, Lyndon Hale, H.W. Gordon Baker,(2003) A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of heparin and aspirin for women with in vitro fertilization implantation failure and antiphospholipid or antinuclear antibodies, Fertility and Sterility, Volume 80, Issue 2, 2003, pages 376–383, doi.org/10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00610-1[11]
  • Jennifer Levine, Andrea Canada, and Catharyn J. Stern. (2010) Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010 28:32, 4831-4841[12]
  • Meagan Allen, Lyndon Hale, Daniel Lantsberg, Violet Kieu, John Stevens, Catharyn Stern, David K Gardner, Yossi Mizrachi (2022) Post-warming embryo morphology is associated with live birth: a cohort study of single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles. Journal of Assisted reproduction and genetics. doi: 10.1007/s10815-021-02390-z[13]

Awards, honours and fellowships edit

2022 – Officer of the Order of Australia, Queen's Birthday Honours[14]

2004 - FRANZCOG - Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

References edit

  1. ^ "AMA congratulates members on the queen's birthday 2022 honours list". Australian Medical Association. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Queen's Birthday Honours". AAMRI. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ Swannell, Cate (13 June 2022). "Public health tsars rewarded with honours". Medical Journal of Australia. 216. ISSN 0025-729X.
  4. ^ "Dr Kate Stern (Gynaecologist) - Healthpages.wiki". healthpages.wiki. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ "A/Prof Catharyn Stern". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ "A/Prof Catharyn Stern | Future Fertility". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "BRCA1 gene mutation is linked to women having fewer eggs in their ovaries". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ Hospital, The Royal Women's. "IVF success comparator welcomed by the Women's". The Royal Women's Hospital. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Young Rural Women & fertility".
  10. ^ "Scopus preview - Stern, Catharyn J. - Author details - Scopus". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. ^ Stern, Catharyn; Chamley, Lawrence; Norris, Helen; Hale, Lyndon; Baker, H.W. Gordon (August 2003). "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of heparin and aspirin for women with in vitro fertilization implantation failure and antiphospholipid or antinuclear antibodies". Fertility and Sterility. 80 (2): 376–383. doi:10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00610-1. PMID 12909502.
  12. ^ Levine, Jennifer; Canada, Andrea; Stern, Catharyn J. (10 November 2010). "Fertility Preservation in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 28 (32): 4831–4841. doi:10.1200/JCO.2009.22.8312. ISSN 0732-183X. PMID 20458029.
  13. ^ Allen, Meagan; Hale, Lyndon; Lantsberg, Daniel; Kieu, Violet; Stevens, John; Stern, Catharyn; Gardner, David K.; Mizrachi, Yossi (2022). "Post-warming embryo morphology is associated with live birth: a cohort study of single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles". Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 39 (2): 417–425. doi:10.1007/s10815-021-02390-z. ISSN 1058-0468. PMC 8956752. PMID 35043277.
  14. ^ "Clinical Associate Professor Catharyn Johanna Stern". It's an Honour. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.


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