Kirsten Macklon

Dr. Kirsten Tryde Macklon obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen in 2005 dealing with fertility preservation in young female cancer patients with particular emphasis on cryopreservation of ovarian tissue. After obtaining her specialist degree in obstetrics and gynecology in 2008 she immediately started working at the fertility clinic in Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen where she now holds a consultant post and is clinically responsible for the fertility preservation programme. With 40 publications in international, peer-reviewed papers, numerous international lectures at scientific meetings, 3 book chapters and several national as well as international guidelines on fertility preservation she is scientifically active at an international level. She is also associate editor of ACTA Obstetricia et Gynecologica, the Nordic journal of OBGYN. She has been on the scientific board of several international meetings and will be chairman of the next Nordic Fertility Society meeting in 2017. In 2013 she worked part time for a year at Complete Fertility Centre, Southampton to help set up their fertility preservation service.