Pathway to Parenthood webinars
Friends of Wolper Jewish Hospital and the Australian Jewish Fertility Network presents
Pathway to Parenthood – Two part webinar series (free zoom)
All you need to know about starting a family and genetics.
DATE: Sunday 14th June
TIME: 7.30pm
MODERATOR: KERRY GONSKI
Kerry is the Chair of the AJFN and Relationship Manager at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation. Kerry is a proud ‘IVF Warrior’, after she and her husband had their own challenging journey to creating their family (which thankfully now includes two miracle IVF babies), she understands firsthand the emotional, physical and financial toll this can take on a couple, and dedicates herself to AJFN to ensure no Jewish couple ever feels alone on their fertility journey.
SPEAKER: DR DEBRA KENNEDY
Health for Fertility
Debra is a Clinical Geneticist at IVF Australia and the Royal Hospital for Women. She established the Pregnancy Planning, Lifestyle and Nutrition (PLaN) Clinic to help couples optimize their pregnancy health, and Mothersafe – a comprehensive counselling service for women concerned about exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding
SPEAKER: DR LESLEY ANDREWS
Unzipping your Genes
Lesley is Head of the Hereditary Cancer Clinic at Prince of Wales Hospital and provides care to families with all types of familial cancer. She has researched the BRCA genes in the Jewish community for over 20 years, and has established the Jenescreen testing program in conjunction with Wolper Jewish Hospital. Lesley is a Board member of both the AJFN and Wolper.
DATE: Sunday 21st June
TIME: 7.30pm
MODERATOR: KERRY GONSKI
Kerry is the Chair of the AJFN and Relationship Manager at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation. Kerry is a proud ‘IVF Warrior’, after she and her husband had their own challenging journey to creating their family (which thankfully now includes two miracle IVF babies), she understands firsthand the emotional, physical and financial toll this can take on a couple, and dedicates herself to AJFN to ensure no Jewish couple ever feels alone on their fertility journey.
SPEAKER: DR JEFFREY PERSSON
Guys: giving it your best shot
Jeffrey is a gynaecologist and reproductive endocrinologist with over 20 years’ experience in both male and female infertility. He is the Clinical Director at IVF Australia’s City clinic, lectures at Sydney University and has published widely on genetic aspects of infertility.
SPEAKER: DR RACHAEL RODGERS
IVF and beyond
Dr Rachael Rodgers is a fully qualified obstetrician/gynaecologist with sub-speciality training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. She dedicated to both preserving the fertility of women and assisting couples and single women in their journey towards parenthood. Rachael provides compassionate individualised care, utilising the world-leading fertility laboratories of Genea.
