DAVID IWAN LEWIS-JONES
Consultant
Clinical Andrologist, Liverpool Womens Hospital,Crown Street, Liverpool from
September 1993.
Academic Sub-Dean, Faculty
of Medicine, University of Liverpool, from August 1989-2003
Liverpool
Womens Hospital
Crown
Street
Liverpool
L8 7SS UK
EDUCATION: 1962-1966 Dolgellau
Grammar School
1966-1968 Campbell
College, Belfast
1968-1972 The
University of Liverpool
QUALIFICATIONS: 1968-1972 MB ChB
The University of Liverpool
1983
MD The University of Liverpool
TRAINING: 1973 Registered as a Medical
Practitioner
1977 Registered Principal in
General Practice
EMPLOYMENT:
Hospital:
1972 (Sept) - 1973 (Feb) House Surgeon to Mr W Beatty, Mr E Simpkin,
Mr C J E Monk and Mr H Beddow
Sefton
General Hospital, Liverpool.
1973 (Mar) - 1973 (Aug) House Physician to
Dr I Miller, Dr R Finn, Dr R Forshaw and Dr D Watson
Sefton
General Hospital, Liverpool.
1974 (Apr) - 1974 (Sept) Senior House Officer in
Accident and Emergency
Sefton
General Hospital, Liverpool.
1981 -
1988
Honorary Clinical Assistant, The
Womens Hospital, Liverpool.
1988 - 1993 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 Demonstrator
in Anatomy,Department of Anatomy,The University of Liverpool.
1974 - 1976 Senior
Demonstrator in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy,The University of Liverpool.
1976 - 1977 Lecturer
in Anatomy,Department of Anatomy,The
1977 - 1979 Part-time
Demonstrator in Anatomy,
1979 - 1989 Lecturer
in Anatomy, formerly the Department of Anatomy and now the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University
of Liverpool.
1989 - 1993 Senior
Lecturer in Anatomy,
1989 - 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:
(i)
DMRD (Diploma in Radiology - Diagnosis)
(ii) FRCS (Fellowship
of the Royal College of
Surgeons)
(iii)
FDSRCS (Fellowship of
the Royal College of
Dental Surgeons)
(iv) FFARCS (Fellowship
of the Royal College of
Anaesthetists)
Examining:
Past:
Examiner
in Anatomy for 2nd MB ChB (Part II), The University of Liverpool.
Examiner
in Anatomy for 2nd BDS, The University of Liverpool.
Examiner
in Anatomy for Dip Ven examination (The University of Liverpool).
External
Examiner in Anatomy and Physiology to the Association of Health Care
Information and Medical Records Officers (1979 - 1983).
ADMINISTRATION:
Departmental:
Past:
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 (1979 - )
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
Programme 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:
REPRODUCTIVE
FUNCTION AND IMMUNOLOGY
5 YEAR RESEARCH PLAN
Current
Research Team
University
Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Reproductive
Medicine Unit
D I Lewis-Jones Senior
Lecturer
G. Vince Lecturer, Immunology
K Thomas
Lecturer
C Kingsland Consultant
A Thompson Research Fellow
N Aziz Research
Fellow
S Wood Research
Fellow
M Bates Technician
V Sephton
Research Fellow
P Nickson Technician
Y Sajad Research
Fellow
S Seshadri Research
Fellow
A Ghobashy Research
Fellow
M Minou Research Fellow,
Cytogenetics
W Enin Research Fellow,
Cytogenetics
P Howard Consultant,
Cytogenetics
1. RESEARCH
INTO SPERM FUNCTION
Sperm
velocity studies
Capacitation
Acrosome
Reaction
Sperm
& seminal leucocyte free radical production
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. RESEARCH
INTO SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS
REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION
a) Sample
production and quality assessment
b) Seminal
leucocytes
infection
autoimmunity
c) Free
radical production
6. RESEARCH
INTO FERTILISATION IMPLANTATION