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Preliminary Program

Pre-congress Workshop:

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

Practical demonstration of IVF and Andrology procedures

The workshop consists of 2 modules, one on clinical andrology laboratory

procedures and the other on assisted reproductive techniques.

1:00 – 2:00 pm – Registration and Welcome Reception

2:00 – 5:00 pm – Rotation through work stations in Module 1

5:00 – 5:30 pm – Coffee Break

5:30 – 8:30 pm - Rotation through work stations in Module 2

Module 1: Clinical Andrology Laboratory Procedures

Moderators:

Prof. Ashok Agarwal, PhD (Cleveland Clinic, USA)

Prof. Ramadan Saleh, MD (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Station 1: Routine Semen Analysis (WHO, 2010)

Topics:

1. Manual semen analysis.

2. Computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA)

Training Faculty:

Dr. Ahmed Majzoub, MD (Cleveland Clinic, USA)

Ahmad Khalaf, EMB (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Station 2: Seminal Oxidative Stress Test

Topics:

Male infertility oxidative system (MIOXSYS)

Training Faculty:

Prof. Ashok Agarwal, PhD (Cleveland Clinic, USA)

Dr. Mohammed El-Hussainy, MSc (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

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Station 3: Sperm Nuclear DNA Damage Test

Topics:

Sperm Chromatin Dispersion test

Training Faculty:

Prof. Ramadan Saleh, MD (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Dr. Mohammed Alaa, MBBCh (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Station 4: Sperm Preparation Techniques

Training Faculty:

Dr. Abobakr Shabib, EMB (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Topics:

1. Density gradient technique.

2. Swim up technique.

3. Swim down technique.

Station 5: Sperm Cryopreservation

Training Faculty:

Prof. Nicolas Garrido, PhD (Valencia, Spain)

Dr. Mostafa Ali, EMB (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Topics:

1. Cryopreservation of testicular and epididymal sperm.

2. Cryopreservation of ejaculated sperm.

3. Cryopreservation of low number of spermatozoa after

testicular sperm extraction (TESE).

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Module 2: Assisted Reproductive Techniques

Moderators:

Dr. Mohamed AbdelRahman, MD (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Dr. Mohamed Fawzy, EMB, ELD (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Station 1: Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

Training Faculty:

Dr. Mohamed AbdelRahman, MD (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Dr. Mohammed Osman, MSc (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Topics:

1. Patient selection for IUI.

2. IUI versus IVF for unexplained infertility.

3. Methodology of IUI.

4. Predictors of IUI success.

5. Optimizing IUI outcome.

Station 2: Preparing for IVF/ICSI

Training Faculty:

Prof. Essam Othman, MD (Assuit, Egypt)

Hosam Morsy, EMB (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Topics:

1. Supplies and culture media.

2. Quality control (QC) validation of disposables (sperm

bioassays).

3. IVF lab equipments.

4. Equipment adjustment and QC validation.

Station 3: Performing IVF/ICSI

Training Faculty:

Dr. Christina Anagnostopoulous, EMB (Athens, Greece)

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Topics:

1. Preparation of culture media and dishes.

2. Egg retrieval, oocyte handling and scoring.

3. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Station 4: Embryo Handling

Training Faculty:

Dr. Ahmed Elabody, EMB (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Mai Emad, EMB

Topics:

1. Embryo handling and scoring.

2. Embryo transfer.

3. Minimizing embryo stress from day -1, minimizing osmotic

stress.

4. Embryo biopsy on day 3 and blastomere fixation.

5. Tropho-ectoderm biopsy and tubing.

6. Assisted hatching.

Station 5: Vitrification

Training Faculty:

Dr. Mohamed Fawzy, EMB, ELD (AJYAL Hospital, Egypt)

Topics:

1. Oocyte vitrification with 100% survival rate.

2. Cleavage stage embryo vitrification (2 PN to day 4).

3. Blastocyst vitrification with and without assisted shrinkage.

Certificates:

Trainee will receive a training certificate endorsed upon completion of

course/module(s).