Venessa is an HCPC registered clinical scientist with more than 25 years’ experience working in fertility. Her embryology career began under Professor Robert Winston at Hammersmith Hospital, before working at a number of different UK clinics. During her time at the London Women’s Clinic as Embryology Laboratory and Sperm Bank Manager, she developed a specific interest in gamete donation and led the first known donation program in the UK. She later became the group’s Quality Manager and is experienced in clinical governance, cross-border reproductive care and all aspects of fertility legislation. Venessa now works in the ACU at Guy’s Hospital and sits on the HFEA’s Licensed Centre’s Panel and its Ethnic Diversity Working Group. Venessa has been a regular speaker at many patient-focussed events and conferences, working with the Donor Conception Network for over a decade. She has contributed to a number of books and journals.
The use of donor sperm in conception has been reported anecdotally for hundreds of years. In comparison, double donation, the use of donor eggs and donor sperm, is a relatively new treatment. What does Double Donation mean? Double donation should not be confused with embryo donation, when a previously created embryo is donated to a […]
