Geeta Nargund

Nargund was born in 1960.{{Cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/entrepreneurs-the-mother-and-son-delivering-cutprice-ivf-a3788616.html |title=Entrepreneurs: The mother and son delivering cut-price IVF |access-date=2025-03-05}} Nargund studied MBBS at Karnatak Medical College (now Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences) Hubli, India and at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London.

Nargund is the medical director and founder of CREATE Fertility and ABC IVF.{{Cite web | url=https://www.createfertility.co.uk/about/meet-our-team/members/professor-geeta-nargund| title=Professor Geeta Nargund| date= 2015-05-13| accessdate=2025-03-05}} Nargund is also a senior consultant gynaecologist and lead consultant for reproductive medicine services at St George's Hospital.{{Cite web |title=Mrs Geeta Nargund - St George's Healthcare clinicians |url=https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/people/mrs-geeta-nargund/ |access-date=2016-04-27 |website=www.stgeorges.nhs.uk}}

Nargund is an honorary professor of women's health at the University of Greater Manchester, UK and has been a guest professor at Hasselt University Medical Faculty, Belgium. She is an accredited trainer for infertility and gynaecological ultrasound modules at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) London and the British Fertility Society (BFS).

Nargund implements the use of follicular Doppler in assessing egg quality in humans. She has also published the first scientific paper on 'Cumulative conception and live birth rates in natural (unstimulated) IVF cycles'.{{Cite journal|last1=Nargund|first1=G.|last2=Waterstone|first2=J.|last3=Bland|first3=J.|last4=Philips|first4=Z.|last5=Parsons|first5=J.|last6=Campbell|first6=S.|date=2001-02-01|title=Cumulative conception and live birth rates in natural (unstimulated) IVF cycles|journal=Human Reproduction (Oxford, England)|volume=16|issue=2|pages=259–262|issn=0268-1161|pmid=11157816|doi=10.1093/humrep/16.2.259|doi-access=free}} As co-author, she won the 'Robert Edwards Prize'Robert Edwards Prize 2014: First births with a simplified culture system for clinical IVF and embryo transfer for best paper of the year 2014 for a paper on the innovative 'Simplified Culture System', which allows IVF to be performed without a conventional laboratory.

Nargund is also the Founder and Trustee of Create Health Foundation.{{Cite web | url=https://www.nhsconfed.org/news/economic-case-investing-womens-health-services-revealed| title=The economic case for investing in women’s health services revealed| accessdate=2025-03-05}}

She sits on the medical advisory panel for Chana, a charity supporting fertility in the British Jewish community. She is passionate about prevention of infertility, and protecting women’s health and safety during assisted conception treatment and has pioneered UK's first fertility education initiative in secondary schools.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/may/17/the-doctor-warning-15-year-olds-about-their-declining-fertility|title=The doctor warning 15-year-olds about their declining fertility|last=Weale|first=Sally|date=2016-05-17|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-06-10}}

She was a Co-Editor-in-Chief for the European scientific journal Facts, Views and Vision in ObGyn. Served on the international editorial board of the Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences.

Currently serves on editorial board of Reproductive Bio Medicine Online scientific journal.{{Cite web | url=https://www.rbmojournal.com/content/edboard| title=Editorial Board: Reproductive BioMedicine Online| accessdate=2025-03-05}}

She was a member of the Steering Committee of the ESHRE Task Force and a member of the group in terminology for the World Health Organisation assisted reproductive technology (ART).

Currently President of International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR).{{Cite web | url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3991411/| title=ISMAAR: The International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction | accessdate=2025-03-05}}

In the press, Nargund is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and has appeared on Woman's Hour{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xd44f|title=Souad Massi, What do we tell our young people about fertility?, Women and Buddhism, Woman's Hour - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|access-date=2016-04-18}} on BBC Radio 4. She has also published commentaries in The Daily Telegraph,{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/health/how-much-time-is-really-left-on-your-biological-clock/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124174727/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/health/how-much-time-is-really-left-on-your-biological-clock/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-11-24|title=How much time is really left on your biological clock?|website=The Telegraph|access-date=2016-04-18}} The Independent,{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/thinking-of-using-ivf-try-this-first-1893234.html|title=Thinking of using IVF? Try this first|website=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-18|date=2010-02-09}} The Guardian,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/03/choices-facing-women-who-want-children|title=The 'choices' facing women who want children|last=Letters|date=2015-06-03|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-04-18}} The Times,{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/revolution-in-egg-freezing-science-snn8bghqjm9|title='Revolution' in egg freezing science - The Times|newspaper=The Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-18|date=2015-09-16}} BBC,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34658354|title=IVF costs to NHS 'must be capped', says fertility expert|access-date=2016-04-18|date=2015-10-29}} The Sun, ITV, Cosmopolitan, and the International Business Times UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/gamechangers-stressful-dangerous-conventional-ivf-should-be-abandoned-says-dr-geeta-nargund-1486753|title=Gamechangers: 'Stressful and dangerous' conventional IVF should be abandoned, says Dr Geeta Nargund|website=International Business Times UK|access-date=2016-04-18|date=2015-02-05}} She is an full member of the Guild of Health Writers UK. She delivered a TEDx talk on “Empowering Young People with Fertility Education in 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZNq-QmofO3E |title=Empowering Young People with Fertility Education Geeta Nargund |access-date=2025-03-05}}

• Founder & Medical Director, CREATE Fertility and ABC IVF
• Senior NHS Consultant and Lead Consultant for Reproductive Medicine, St George's Hospital NHS Trust {{Cite web |title=Mrs Geeta Nargund |url=https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/people/mrs-geeta-nargund/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |language=en-GB}}
• Founder and Trustee, CREATE Health Foundation{{Cite web |title=Trustees |url=https://www.createhealthfoundation.org/trustees |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Create Health Foundation |language=en-GB}}
• Director, Walking Egg Foundation{{Cite web |title=Welcome to The Walking Egg {{!}} The Walking Egg |url=https://thewalkingegg.com/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=thewalkingegg.com}}
• Co-Founder, Ginsburg Women's Health Board{{Cite web |title=The Board {{!}} Ginsburg Women's Health Board |url=http://www.ginsburgwomenshealthboard.org/board/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.ginsburgwomenshealthboard.org}}
• Vice Chair and Board Member, British Red Cross{{Cite web |title=Our trustees |url=https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/how-we-are-run/our-team/our-trustees |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=British Red Cross |language=en}}
• President, International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR){{Cite web |title=ISMAAR - The Board |url=http://ismaar.org/the-board/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=ismaar.org}}
• Authority Member, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority{{Cite web |title=Meet our Authority members {{!}} HFEA |url=https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/our-people/meet-our-authority-members/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.hfea.gov.uk}}
• Chair, The Pipeline (Executive Pipeline Ltd)

• 2025 Metro Pride Award for “ Equality, Diversity and Inclusion”
• 2023 GG2 Leadership and Diversity Inspire Award[https://gg2leadershipawards.co.uk/winners/winners-2023/ GG2 website, list of 2023 winners]
• 2017 Special Award - Doctor of the Year - British Association for Physicians of Indian Origin{{cite web|url=https://www.bapio.co.uk|title=BAPIO | British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin}}
• 2016 Top ten most influential Asian women in Britain - Asian Sunday Newspaper{{cite web|last1=Bellamy|first1=Alison|title=Our Top 10 Most Influential Asian Women in Britain|url=http://www.asiansunday.co.uk/our-top-10-most-influential-asian-women-in-britain/|website=Asian Sunday|date=29 February 2016 }}
• 2015 Daily Telegraph UK STEM Awards Hero{{cite news|last1=Bray|first1=Paul|title=A creative approach to IVF treatment - UK STEM Awards 2015|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/education/stem-awards/11683610/advances-in-ivf-treatment.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2016-08-13}}
• 2015 Winner at annual Inspiration Awards for Women{{Cite web|url=http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/article.cfm?id=115021&headline=Professor%2520is%2520honoured%2520for%2520developing%2520safer%2520IVF%2520treatment§ionIs=news&searchyear=2015|title=Professor is honoured for developing safer IVF treatment|website=South London Press|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507031217/http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/article.cfm?id=115021&headline=Professor%20is%20honoured%20for%20developing%20safer%20IVF%20treatment§ionIs=news&searchyear=2015|archive-date=2016-05-07|url-status=dead}}
• 2014 Winner of RBS Chairman’s Award for most outstanding candidate at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2014 for her work in advancing safer, more accessible fertility treatments in the UK and across the world{{Cite web|url=http://realbusiness.co.uk/article/26873-awa-2014-the-winners|title=AWA 2014: The winners {{!}} Page 1 - Real Business|website=realbusiness.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-18|date=2014-06-05|archive-date=22 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422125553/http://realbusiness.co.uk/article/26873-awa-2014-the-winners|url-status=dead}}
• 2013 Winner of Red Magazines Hot Women Award for charity work{{Cite web|url=http://www.redonline.co.uk/red-women/|title=red women|website=www.redonline.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-18}}

• Development of in vitro maturation for human oocytes: natural and mild approaches to clinical infertility treatment, 2017
• Changes in practice make analysis of historical databases irrelevant for comparison between Natural and Stimulated IVF, 2017
• Closing the gender health gap, 2022{{Cite web | url=https://diversityq.com/closing-the-gender-health-gap/| title=Closing the gender health gap| date= 2022-05-19| accessdate=2025-03-05}}

• {{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Boseley |date=July 4, 2007 |title=Taking on the baby gods |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jul/04/health.medicineandhealth1 |work=The Guardian}}
• {{cite news |first=Hilary |last=Freeman |date=December 16, 2006 |title=Natural IVF is on the way |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article754452.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070319100416/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article754452.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 March 2007 |work=The Times}}
• {{cite news |first=Anastasia |last=Stephens |date=May 17, 2010 |title=A softly, softly approach to IVF offers women fresh hope |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/7726034/A-softly-softly-approach-to-IVF-offers-women-fresh-hope.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518201519/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/7726034/A-softly-softly-approach-to-IVF-offers-women-fresh-hope.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2010 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}

• [http://www.createhealth.org/ CREATE Fertility] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929112538/https://www.createhealth.org/ |date=29 September 2017 }}
• [http://www.ismaar.org/ The International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR)]
• [http://www.createhealthfoundation.org/aboutus.htm Create Health Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807010620/http://www.createhealthfoundation.org/aboutus.htm |date=7 August 2017 }}
• [http://www.healthwriters.com/ Guild of Health Writers]

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