Name Yazan Abdallah MD, MRCOG, PhD
Title Head of IVF Division and Minimally Invasive Surgery and Chair of Women's Health Services
Primary Specialty Obstetrics, Gynecology & IVF
Languages Arabic & English
Contact Details
Email [email protected]
Phone +974 4400 4400

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Scope of Practice

  • Skilled in male and female fertility
  • Assisted Conception (IVF)
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Reproductive endocrinology
  • Laparoscopic surgery
  • Fertility preservation for cancer survivors
  • Late effects in cancer survivors
  • Adolescent gynecology
  • Disorders of sexual development
  • Surgical sperm retrieval procedures
  • Endometriosis
  • Recurrent miscarriages
  • Ultrasound including 3D technique

Highlights

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Community Outreach Activities/Achievements:

  • Fertility and Ultrasound research/ Fertility Preservation research

Health Care Profession Achievements:

  • +9 Years of Experience

Experience & Education

  • Consultant Gynecologist, GMC accredited in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, United Kingdom
  • PhD Imperial College, London
  • RCOG accredited Subspecialty Program in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery
  • Specialty Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology with National Training Number (NTN), London Deanery (CCT)
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD), Damascus University

Certifications & Memberships

  • Member in Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
  • Member in the European (ESHRE) Society
  • Member in the British Fertility Society

Publications

Most Recent

  • Bobdiwala S, Harvey R, Abdallah Y, Al-Memar M, Fisher R, Stalder C, Timmerman D, Bourne T. The potential use of urinary hCG measurements in the management of pregnancies of unknown location. Hum Fertil (Camb). 2020 Jun 16:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14647273.2020.1777590. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32544009.
  • Abdallah Y, Briggs J, Fitzgerald CT. Better referrals and funding are needed for preserving fertility. BMJ. 2017 Jan 10;356:i6801. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6801. PubMed PMID: 28073744
  • Yazan Abdallah, Jonathan Briggs, Joshua Jones, Gregory Horne & Cheryl Fitzgerald (2018) A nationwide UK survey of female fertility preservation prior to cancer treatment, Human Fertility, 21:1, 27-34, DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2017.1321787
  • Preisler J, Kopeika J, Ismail L, Vathanan V, Farren J, Abdallah Y, Battacharjee P, Van Holsbeke C, Bottomley C, Gould D, Johnson S, Stalder C, Van Calster B, Hamilton J, Timmerman D, Bourne T. Defining safe criteria to diagnose miscarriage: prospective observational multicentre study. BMJ. 2015 Sep 23;351:h4579. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h4579. PubMed PMID: 26400869; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4580727
  • Abdallah Y, Daemen A, Kirk E, Pexsters A, Naji O, Stalder C, Gould D, Ahmed S, Guha S, Syed S, Bottomley C, Timmerman D, Bourne T. Limitations of current definitions of miscarriage using mean gestational sac diameter and crown-rump length measurements: a multicenter observational study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Nov;38(5):497-502. doi: 10.1002/uog.10109. Epub 2011 Oct 13. PubMed PMID: 21997898