Raef Faris: Profile

An expert gynaecology and fertility consultant, Mr Raef Faris is a highly qualified surgeon in multiple specialties.

Training and experience

Mr Faris graduated with an MSc from Cario University in 1998 where he also acquired his undergraduate.

He obtained his MRCOG in the UK in 1999 and carried out his clinical training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Nottingham University Hospitals.

Mr Raef Faris is a highly accredited surgeon, with accreditation by the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists and the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. He also graduated from Universte d’Auvergne with the European Universities

He is a member of the British Fertility Society.

Clinical interests

Mr Faris takes a special clinical interest in the following gynaecological issues and treatments:

  • Early pregnancy assessment
  • Emergency gynaecology treatment
  • Gynaecological and laparoscopic surgeries
  • Hysteroscopic surgeries
  • Infertility issues
  • Management of fibroids
  • Management of ovarian pathologies
  • Menstrual problems
  • Uterine abnormalities colposcopy

Research interests

With research that has been published internationally in the field of reproductive medicine, Mr Faris also participates in setting the MRCOG exam.

He has featured in the following publications:

  • The influence of body mass index on in-vitro fertilisation treatment outcome, risk of miscarriage and pregnancy outcome. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2007 27:7, 699 – 702.
  • Is there any value in treating women with elevated basal follicular stimulating hormone? Fertility Sterility, 2003 80 S155 P105.
  • Does egg-sharing compromise the chance of donor or recipients achieving a live birth? Human Reproduction, 2003 18 No. 11 pp. 2363 – 2367.
  • Long gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist versus short agonist versus antagonist regimens in poor responders undergoing in vitro fertilization: a randomized controlled trial. Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 101, No. 1, 01.2014, p. 147-153.
  • Case reports to suggest an algorithm for management of total fertilisation failure prior to use of donor gametes. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics an Official Journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. J Assist Reprod Genet DOI 10.1007/s10815-015-0564-5 Aug 2015
  • The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Master Science Degree (Cairo University Egypt 1996).