Dr Karolina is leading the change to more personalised fertility care
Based in Edinburgh, Dr Karolina set up Genus Medical Fertility to deliver a consistently high level of expert care that’s open to all, compassionate, flexible, responsive – and coupled with the latest technology and innovation.
Dr Karolina Skorupskaite Carlyle
MBChB BSc (Hons) PhD MRCOG
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology
Genus Medical Fertility was founded by Dr Karolina to not only make a positive impact on her patients’ reproductive health, but also to drive innovation and development in reproductive health and fertility as a whole.
Dr Karolina is a highly distinguished medical professional, who has made significant contributions to the field of reproductive medicine. With a background in clinical practice and research, her career is dedicated to leading reproductive medicine that is shaped around every person and every family.
Her pioneering research has opened the potential for the development of new medicines in follicle growth and ovulation, non-hormonal contraception and new therapies in menopausal hot flushes. Dr Karolina’s work has contributed to the University of Edinburgh receiving The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education award for innovations in women’s health.
After working as a consultant in Leeds private and NHS fertility sector, Dr Karolina has relocated back to Edinburgh, home for both her professional and family life.
Dr Karolina is a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology at NHS Lothian, where she is also a fertility preservation lead and fertility lead at EXPPECT endometriosis. She sees her private patients from her Genus base at the Dermal Clinic Edinburgh.
Qualifications, awards and accomplishments
- Sub-specialist accreditation in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust).
- Fertility Lead at EXPPECT endometriosis (NHS Lothian).
- Clinical Lead for Fertility Preservation (NHS Lothian).
- Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
- PhD in the roles of Kisspeptin in controlling the human reproductive system (University of Edinburgh).
- 1st class BSc (Hons) Reproductive Biology (University of Edinburgh).
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Edinburgh).
- Best Young Clinician awards by British Fertility Society.
- British Fertility Society Certification in Fertility Preservation.
- Best oral presentation award by Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
- Outstanding Abstract Award by the Endocrine Society.
- Best Clinical Science Paper award by European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
- Lead author of the British Fertility Society guideline on the management of patients with endometriosis undergoing fertility treatment.
- Track record of publications, including in The Lancet and Human Reproduction.
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