Gordon Baker, Australia

Secondary Scotch College, Melbourne.

Medical Royal Melbourne Hospital.

University University of Melbourne, Monash University.

Degrees M.B., B.S., 1966; M.R.A.C.P. 1970; Ph.D., 1974; M.D. 1977

F.R.A.C.P. 1977

1961-66 Commonwealth Scholarship

1961 Queens College Resident Bursary

Medical Course Examination Honours

Surgery, Third Class; Pathology, Second Class; Chemistry, Third Class;

Physics, Third Class; Biology, Second Class.

1972 Junior Specialist Fellowship, Prince Henry's Hospital.

1973 Monash Graduate Scholarship.

1974-1975 United States Public Health Service International Fellowship.

I have worked full time in clinical research over the last 10 years mainly on the causes and management of male infertility.

I have expertise in andrology, spermatology, clinical trials and analysis of fertility and in vitro fertilisation data.

I am a reviewer for research projects and publications in reproductive biology and medicine journals and, also, general journals such as Lancet and British Medical Journal.

I have been on the program organising committees for the VI International Congress of Andrology 1997, International Symposium “Clinical Application of Advances in Andrology” 1998 and am a member of the organising committee for the International Federation of Fertility Societies Meeting 2001.

Current research projects include:

Disordered zona pellucida induced acrosome reaction in humans

Sentinel surveillance on semen quality and time to pregnancy

Prediction of human fertility using objective morphometric assessment of semen

A randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial of heparin and aspirin in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion and IVF-implantation failure

Recombinant human zona pellucida proteins for sperm function tests

In the past, I have taught endocrinology and reproductive medicine to undergraduate, postgraduate medical, and science students at Monash and Melbourne Universities by lectures and in clinics with patients. I also gave lectures to the 5th year students during their Obstetrics and Gynaecology term at the Royal Women's Hospital. Formal feed back about my component of the 5th year teaching was satisfactory.

At present, I am involved in the Advanced Study Units: Medical Aspects of Fertility and Infertility (579-1/201) and In Vitro Fertilisation (579-1/202) with A/Prof A. Lopata. There are two groups of 3 to 6 3rd year medical students each year for both units. I teach 5th year students during the Specials week in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Reproductive Services Clinic. This teaching involves tutorials, provision of literature, demonstrations of semen analysis and in vitro fertilization, and clinical history taking and physical examination of patients. There is generally laudatory verbal feedback from the students.

I will be involved in the Semester 4 teaching program for the 2nd year medical students in the Problem Based Learning module on infertility. I will give a lecture on spermatogenesis.

Postgraduate teaching of reproductive medicine, particularly male infertility has been for doctors in training and WHO fellows at Monash Medical Centre and the Royal Women's Hospital. I was on the committee, which set up subspecialty training for fellows of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for the Certificate of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and have been an examiner for this advanced training course. I continue to be involved in the training of these subspecialists.

I was regularly involved in continuing education meetings for country practitioners arranged by the Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation. I am occasionally involved in local lectures and workshops for paramedical personnel such as nurses, counsellors and medical science students. I have also taught in overseas training programs on testicular function and semen analysis sponsored by WHO and workshops associated with several international meetings.

I participate regularly in in-house training of staff, patient information and quality assurance for Reproductive Services at the Royal Women's Hospital and Melbourne IVF.

I have written chapters and reviews on the clinical management of male infertility over a number of years. I am interested in developing computer-based learning in this area. This could have several levels appropriate for patients and the public as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students, and specialty and advanced subspecialty trainees.

1967-69 Resident Medical Officer,

Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.

1969-70 Registrar, Clinical Research Unit,

Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.

1970-71 Registrar, Department of Endocrinology,

Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne.

1971-72 Assistant Physician, Diabetic Clinic,

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.

1971-74 Research Fellow and Assistant Physician,

Department of Endocrinology,

Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne.

1974-76 Visiting Scientist, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, U.S.A.

1976-79 Research Fellow, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne.

1977-86 Physician (Andrologist), Reproductive Biology Unit and Associate, Professorial Unit, Royal Women's Hospital. Physician, Reproductive Medicine Clinic and Honorary Assistant Physician, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne.

1980-83 Senior Research Fellow, Howard Florey Institute.

1983-85 N.H.& M.R.C. Senior Research Fellow, Medical Research Centre, Prince Henry's Hospital.

1986-98 Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital.

1987- current Specialist Reproductive Biology Unit, Monash Medical Centre.

1988- current Director of Clinical Research, Reproductive Biology Unit Royal Women's Hospital.

1993- current Honorary Andrologist, Austin Hospital Senior Scientific Associate Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research

1994- current Honorary Clinical Endocrinologist, Royal Children's Hospital.

1995- current Consultant to the Board on Research and Director of Melbourne IVF Research

1998-2000 Principal Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital.

2000-2004 Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women’s Hospital.

2004-current Professor, University of Melbourne, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women’s Hospital.

1978 WHO South Korea - male infertility.

1983 WHO People's Republic of China - male contraception.

1984 WHO People's Republic of China - Workshop on the Testis.

1989 WHO Geneva - Review of male contraception trial.

WHO Beijing - Research on male reproduction.

1993 WHO Indonesia - In depth review of Family Planning Research.

1993 WHO Vietnam - Andrology - Vas Occlusion Workshop.

1997 WHO Semen Analysis Manual revision

1998 WHO Sentinel surveillance of semen quality

2001 Supporting Committee for Medical Services Advisory Committee-Surgical Sperm Collection for ICSI

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Australian Medical Association

Endocrine Society of Australia

Australian Society for Reproductive Biology

Fertility Society of Australia

Society for the Study of Reproduction

1972-74 Victorian State Committee of Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1984-87 Secretary, Biological Sciences Committee of the Australian Federation of Family Planning Associations Inc.

1984-90 Councillor, Fertility Society of Australia Inc.

1986-88 Secretary, Fertility Society of Australia.

1988-89 President, Fertility Society of Australia.

1991-95 Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Subspecialisation Subcommittee, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

1992-95 Hospital Approval Advisory Panel.

1996-99 Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (Chairman) Fertility Society of Australia

2004- Victorian Law Reform Commission Assisted Reproductive Technologies Reference Advisory Committee

Research student supervision

Year	Student	Topic	Deg	Passed
1984-1985	Jane Henderson Co-supervisor: Dr PJ Hanna	Association between Occupational Group and Sperm Concentration in Infertile Men	MSc	1986
1985-1988	Anthony F Morrow Co-supervisor: Prof HG Burger	The Endocrinology of Seminiferous Tubule Failure.	PhD	1988
1985-1986	Witjaksono Julianto Co-supervisor: Prof RJ Pepperell	Use of GnRH for Ovulation Induction	MGO	1987
1986-1987	Jane McCooey	Zinc Nutriture and Male Infertility	MSc	1988
1986-1987	Louisa Suk Yee Lam Co-supervisor: Prof RJ Pepperell	Induction of Ovulation with Gonadotrophins-Reappraisal, Fertility Potential and Long-Term Health after Treatment.	MD	1988
1987-1990	Liu De Yi	New Tests of Human Sperm Function and In Vitro Fertilization	PhD	1990
1990-1992	Con Mallidis	Fine needle biopsy of the testes	MSc	1992
1991-1995	Moira O’Bryan Co-supervisor: Dr B Murphy	Clusterin in the Human	PhD	1995
1992-1994	Nustratuddin Abdullah	Factors affecting implantation rates after IVF-ET	MD
1992-1994	Harold Bourne	An evaluation of micromanipulation and in vitro fertilization for the treatment of severe male infertility