Reproductive Art
Dr. Sam Batarseh

Dr. Sam Batarseh Accomplishments

Resumé

Dr.  Sam Batarseh, Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Chief

Education

  • 1961 University of Cairo Medical School, Eygpt
  • 1967 Residency in Obstetrics/Gynecology,
    Geisner Medical Centre, Denville, PA, USA
  • 1971 Fellowship in Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • 1974 & 1976 Fellowship Microsurgery, Irvine University, CA
  • 1988 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Special Interests: infertility, IVF, microsurgery of the fallopian tubes and AID.  Co-founder of the LIFE Program and IVF Canada

"I especially enjoy the surgical aspect of my specialty "

"I did 6 months of training at TEGH and was encouraged to stay on when I graduated.  I liked the staff and quality of care given to patients, so I stayed.  I also enjoy the ethnic community around TEGH."

"I feel that we provide quality OB care to our community I am interested in total female care - from adolescence, the reproductive years, fertility and postpartum support.  We see our patients all of the way through their reproductive life cycle.  I am proud of being the first in Canada in all aspects of IVF"

Degree Memberships           

  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (F.R.C.S.(C)Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada
  • American College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • American Society of Laparoscopists
  • Co-Director - Life Program (IVF)
    Toronto East General Hospital
  • Co-Director - IVF Canada
  • American Fertility Society

Achievements

  • Pioneer - ART in Canada
  • First IVF Clinic in Canada – 1983
  • Life Program at Toronto East General Hospital
  • Introduced ICSI to Canada in 1994
  • First pregnancy from ISCI in Canada
  • First Frozen Embryo pregnancy
  • Started P.G.D. in Canada
  • (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis)
    First pregnancy from P.G.D. in Canada

Conferences Attended

  • 2005 - 13th World Congress on In Vitro Fertilization
    Assisted Reproduction & Genetics - Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2004 - SOGC 60'h Annual Clinical Meeting - Edmonton, Alberta
  • 2003 - SOGC Annual Clinical Meeting - Charlottetown, PEI
    From Genetics to Implantation & Early Fetal Development in Infertile Couples - Serono International - Milan, Italy
  • 2002 - SOGC Annual Clinical Meeting - Winnipeg, Manitoba
    Genesis & Fate of the Preimplantation Embryo
    Serono International - Sorrento, Italy
  • 2000 - SOGC 56th Annual Clinical Meeting - Montreal, Quebec
    Canadian Andrology & Infertility Society Annual Meeting St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1999 - ACOG Postgraduate Course
    Practical Obstetric & Gynaecologic Ultrasonography
    San Antonio, Texas
  • 1998 - ASRAM - 16'h World Congress on Fertility & Sterility
    San Francisco, California
    SOGC Annual Clinical Meeting
    Victoria, British Columbia
  • 1997 - Genotype to Phenotype - Organon
    Phoenix, Arizona
  • 1996 - ACOG - Managed Care
    Las Vegas, Nevada
  • 1995 - SOGC - Annual Clinical Meeting
    Calgary, Alberta
  • 1994 - ACOG - Postgraduate Course - High Risk Obstetrics
    Lake Tahoe, Nevada