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Iwan Lewis-Jones |
Professor
Reproductive Medicine Unit, Liverpool Women?s Hospital, Crown St, Liverpool, L8 7SS, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0) 151 708 9988 x 4215
Fax: +44 (0) 151 702 4042
Email: I.Lewis-Jones@liverpool.ac.uk |
Dr Iwan Lewis-Jones is Senior Lecturer in the University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Consultant Clinical Andrologist for the Trust.
He is also currently Chairman of the British Andrology Society. His research interests include sperm transport, sperm function, sperm autoimmunity, embryo implantation and the effect of micromanipulation on assisted conception results.
Education
1962-1966: Dolgellau Grammar School
1966-1968: Campbell College, Belfast
1968-1972: The University of Liverpool
Qualifications / Training
1968-1972: MB, ChB, The University of Liverpool
1983: MD, The University of Liverpool (Immunocytochemical studies of human breast milk)
1973: Registered as a Medical Practitioner
1977: Registered Principal in General Practice
Employment
| Hospital |
1972 (Sep) - 1973 (Feb):
1973 (Mar) - 1973 (Aug):
1974 (Apr) - 1974 (Sep):
1981 - 1988:
1988 - 1993: |
House Surgeon to Mr W Beatty, Mr E Simpkin, Mr C J E Monk and Mr H Beddow, Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool.
House Physician to Dr I Miller, Dr R Finn, Dr R Forshaw and Dr D Watson, Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool.
Senior House Officer in Accident and Emergency Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool.
Honorary Clinical Assistant, The Womens Hospital, Liverpool.
Honorary Specialist in Fertility, Assisted Conception Unit, University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Liverpool Hospital. |
| General Practice |
| 1977 - 1979: |
General Practitioner (Principal), Princes Park Health Centre, Bentley Road,Liverpool. |
| University |
1973 - 1974:
1974 - 1976:
1976 - 1977:
1977 - 1979:
1979 - 1989:
1989 - 1993:
1989 - present: |
Demonstrator in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, The University of Liverpool.
Senior Demonstrator in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, The University of Liverpool.
Lecturer in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, The University of Liverpool.
Part-time Demonstrator in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, The University of Liverpool.
Lecturer in Anatomy, formerly the Department of Anatomy and now the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Liverpool.
Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, Department of Human Anatomy and CellBiology, The University of Liverpool.
Academic Sub-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Liverpool. |
Teaching and Examining
Teaching:
Present: (1) Teaching to 4th and 5th Year Medical Students in subjects related to the Anatomy of the Genito-Urinary Systems and Infertility; (2) Teaching to Post-Graduates on the Diploma of Veneriology course; (3) Teaching to Honours BSC Anatomy Students on the Genito-Urinary System; (4) Teaching on the Mastership and MRCOG courses.
Past:
Course organiser for the Anatomy 2nd MB Part I and II courses for medical students in their first year (160 students) and second year (160 students). I was responsible for the organisation of the lecture course, the tutorial system the practical dissection classes, video-tape demonstrations and the examinations.
Course organiser for the Anatomy 2nd BDS course for dental students in their first year (60 students) and their second year (60 students) for the 2nd BDS examination.
I was a topic organiser in teaching histology and cell biology to medical and dental students from 1987 and I have prepared a detailed schedule of lectures, practicals and self-assessments related to the reproductive tract.
Postgraduate teaching on courses leading to the following Diplomas: (1) DMRD (Diploma in Radiology - Diagnosis); (2) FRCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons); (3) FDSRCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons); (4) FFARCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists).
Examining:
Past: (1) Examiner in Anatomy for 2nd MB ChB (Part II), The University of Liverpool; (2) Examiner in Anatomy for 2nd BDS, The University of Liverpool; (3) Examiner in Anatomy for Dip Ven examination (The University of Liverpool); (4) External Examiner in Anatomy and Physiology to the Association of Health Care Information and Medical Records Officers (1979-1983).
Administration
Departmental:
2nd MB Anatomy Course for first and second year Medical Students. Responsible for organisation and administration of 2nd MB Anatomy courses (1987 - 1993).
2nd BDS Anatomy Course for first and second year Dental Students. Joint responsibility for organisation and administration of 2nd BDS Anatomy Course (1979 - 1993).
Academic in charge of Medical and Dental Postgraduate teaching.
Departmental "Licensed Teacher of Anatomy".
Academic in charge of Bequeathals to the Anatomy Department.
Academic in charge of "outside" teaching to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Radiographers and Orthoptists.
Member of the Ashton Street Medical School Management Committee.
Acting Head of Department (July - August 1986).
Departmental representative on the Ashton Street Animal House Management Committee.
Faculty:
Present: Academic Sub-Dean, Faculty of Medicine; Chairman of the Faculty Elective Subcommittee; Member of the Board of Faculty; Member of the Faculty Progress Committee; Member of the Senate Progress Committee; Member of the Faculty Agenda Committee; Personal Tutor to Pre-Clinical medical students.
Past: Member of the Board of Preclinical Studies; Member of the Faculty Library Committee; Chairman of the Faculty Audio-Visual Aid Library; Member of the Board of Dental Studies; Member of the Core Curriculum Group.
University: Member of the Senate 1987 - 1990.
Professional and other Memberships:
Justice of the Peace to the Liverpool Bench (1982 - 1987).
Elected Member of the Executive, Liverpool Division, British Medical Association (1983 - 1988).
Liverpool Medical Institution: - Member of the Council (1985 - 1988); - Secretary of ordinary meetings (1987 - 1990); - Member of the Library, House and Program Committees; - Honorary Treasurer (1990 - 1993); - Vice-President (1994 -1996)
Learned Societies
Chairman of the British Andrology Society (2000-).
Member: Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland; Society for the Study of Fertility; Immunocytochemistry Club; American Society for Reproductive Medicine British Fertility Society; European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology; Immunology Group of the Merseyside Area.
Fellow: British Association of Clinical Anatomists.
Outside Activities (on behalf of the University and the NHS):
Member of the National Quality Assurance Panel in Andrology for the Joint Working Group on Quality Assurance.
Member of the HFEA Laboratory Quality assurance committee.
Member of the Special Advisory Group(SAG) for the Andrology Scheme within the UK National External Quality Assessment Schemes (UKNEQAS).
Advisory Council member and advisor to the National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT)
Member of the Child Board, the National Infertility Support Network.
Research Interests
RESEARCH INTO SPERM FUNCTION
Sperm velocity studies; Capacitation; Acrosome Reaction; Sperm & seminal leucocyte free radical production. RESEARCH INTO SPERM MORPHOLOGY & MORPHOMETRY
Methods of assessing morphology; Predicting fertility using IVF model; Size & shape distribution of fertile & infertile sperm samples; Links with genetics and genetic mutations. RESEARCH INTO GENETICS OF MALE INFERTILITY
FISH project on lymphocytes & sperm studying; Aneuploidy in infertile males; Study of mitotic instability; Study of patients receiving ICSI treatment. RESEARCH INTO SPERM AUTOIMMUNITY
Types of antibody against sperm; Effect of antibodies on sperm function; Distribution of antibodies in the fertile & infertile population; Effect of antibodies on IVF; Effect of immunosuppression; Effect on ICSI; Role of cellular immunity; A study of all immunocompetent cells in the semen of fertile and infertile patients. RESEARCH INTO SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS
Sample production and quality assessment; Seminal leucocytes infection autoimmunity; Free radical production. RESEARCH INTO FERTILISATION IMPLANTATION
A study of leucocytes and cytokines in the endometrium of successful and unsuccessful IVF embryo replacements; A study of leucocytes, adhesion molecules and cytokines in the endometrium of women suffering recurrent miscarriage; A study of leucocytes and cytokines in follicular fluid from successful and non-successful IVF cycles; A study of leucocytes and cytokines in the semen of IVF patients.
Future Targeting of Research
This group will over the next five years target most of its research resources into: (1) The immunobiology of fertilisation and implantation. (2) The immunobiology of early fetal development. (3) The development of the immune system in the human reproductive organs. (4) Sperm auto-immunity and Sperm Function.
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