GARCIA-VELASCO Juan

  • Director of IVI Madrid, Spain
  • Director of the Master Degree in Human Reproduction, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
  • Director of the Post-graduate course in Nursing in Human Reproduction, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain

Doctor Juan Antonio García Velasco graduated from Madrid University School of Medicine in 1990 and received his OBGYN certification from Autonoma University – Hospital La Paz in 1995. From 1997 to 1998 he studied at Yale University under a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship.

Dr Garcia Velasco’s main interest has been IVF and endometriosis. He has been invited to speak at several Societies (European Society for Human reproduction courses, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Spanish Fertility Society, Columbia Fertility Society, Mediterranean Society) and is part of the ESHRE publications committee and ESHRE Advisory Board, as well as referee for several journals (Lancet, Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, American Journal Reproduction, J Assisted Reproduction, and Genetics) and a member of the panel of assessors for Continuing Medical Education Activities of SEGO.

He has received the Research Award of the Spanish Fertility Society and the Award of the Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Dr Garcia Velasco has published over 100 articles in scientific journals, more than 22 book chapters, published four books as editor, and lectured in most reproductive medicine conferences around the world.

Dr Garcia Velasco has been a WES Ambassador since 2011.