- Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Minimal Access Surgery, University College London Hospitals, England
Ertan Saridogan MD PhD FRCOG studied medicine at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey and completed his initial specialist training in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine in 1991. He then moved to London for further postgraduate training in Reproductive Medicine and completed his PhD studies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London School of Medicine, University of London.
In 1996, he was granted Associate Professorship by the Higher Education Council of Turkey. Following this, he embarked on training in Minimal Access Surgery and was appointed as a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Minimal Access Surgery at University College London Hospitals in 2000. He was the President of the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) between 2014 and 2016, a Trustee and the Chairman of Medical Advisory Panel of Endometriosis UK, and the Representative of United Kingdom for the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Currently he is the Scientific Chair of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE) Annual Congresses, a member of the ESGE Executive Board, President of the International Society of Fallopian Tubes and Reproductive Surgery and Director of the BSGE Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery Education and Assessment (GESEA) Programme.
His clinical interests include laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery, endometriosis and outpatient hysteroscopy. His research interests include healthy and diseased Fallopian tube function and clinical outcomes following endometriosis surgery.
Dr Saridogan has been a WES Ambassador since 2011.