Senior Embryologist

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Model Town

TANYA SABHNANI

B.R Road, Mulund (W),

Mumbai 400 080, India

Contact: +91-916*******

Email: ***.*****@*****.***

OUTLINE PROFESSION EXPERIENCE

A motivated and Senior Embryologist/PGD Specialist (Sep 2013 – Present)

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enthusiastic embryologist

IVIOMICS Research, Delhi, India

with immense experience in

Consultant Embryologist (April 2012 – Present)

UK and India. My strong •

academic record and diverse IVF Matters Consultancy - UK based company assisting units to set up

technical abilities are IVF service and optimize clinical & lab practices

complemented by excellent

Chief Embryologist (May 2013 – Sep 2013)

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communication and

Origin International Fertility Clinic, Mumbai, India

analytical skills, a warm

empathetic manner and a Senior Embryologist (Jan 2012 – May 2013)

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passion for providing a high

Origin International Fertility Clinic, Mumbai, India

quality fertility service as

Embryologist (September 08 –November 11)

part of a multidisciplinary •

team. Centre for Reproductive and genetic Health, University College

My strive is to advance in Hospital, London, United Kingdom

manipulation techniques in

combination with non-

ACADEMICS

invasive measuring methods

to enhance the ability to Association of Clinical Embryologist (ACE) certificate, UK (2009-

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efficiently create a 2011) under supervision of Mr. Alpesh Doshi

successful pregnancy.

MSc. Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Medicine (2007-2008)

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(Distinction in thesis) University College London, London, under

supervision of Dr Joyce Harper

BSc. Biotechnology and Biochemistry (2004- 2007) (Distinction)

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SOFT SKILLS S.I.E.S College, Mumbai, India

! Excellent communication

skills

KEY SKILLS

! Counseling patients

Technical Skills:

! Good presentation skills

! Ability to manage Embryo Biopsy/PGD: Blastomere and trophectoderm biopsy. Tubing

multidisciplinary tasks cells for PGS-PGD. Spreading/fixation of cells for FISH and FISH

! Meticulous attention to analysis

documentation and record

keeping

Denudation of oocytes and ICSI: Denuding oocytes, oocyte

! Flexible approach to

grading and ICSI procedure (licensed to practice ICSI in UK).

working hours

! Team worker

Embryo Cryopreservation: Embryo (cleavage/blastocyts)

! Self motivated and

and Oocyte vitrification / slow freezing and thawing/warming.

enthusiastic

Assisted Hatching: Using laser and Acid tyrodes

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Oocyte identification/collection and in vitro fertilisation

(IVF)

REFRENCES

Embryo Culture: pronuclear checks, early cleavage checks,

1. Dr. Alpesh Doshi, embryo grading (pronuclear- blastocyst) and embryo culture

Director of Lab, CRGH, (Microdrop and well culture)

London, UK

Embryo Transfer: selecting embryos for transfer

Contact: +44-796*******

(cleavage/blastocyst), loading and replacement of the embryos

Email:

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Semen Analysis and Preparation: semen analysis, sperm

preparation techniques (density gradient and swim up),

viability testing using HOS and pentoxifylline, semen

cryopreservation and thaw (closed and open system), sperm

2. Dr. Maria Poo Eugenia

survival test, sperm preparation from surgically retrieved

Embryology Director PGD, sperm and processing retrograde samples

IVIOMICS, Valencia, Spain

Contact: +34-649******

Experience and responsibilities:

Email:

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• Assisting clinics to establish PGS/PGD programme in

their IVF clinic on pan-India basis

• Trained embryologists across India for techniques like

3. Prof. Joyce Harper

blastomere biopsy, blastocyst biopsy, tubing

Director of UCL Centre for • Assisting sales team and providing clinical support for

PGD PGS/PGD

Contact: +44-788******* • Performing PGS/PGD clinical cases across India and

providing support to clinics for clinical cases

Email:

• Spreading awareness, conducting workshops, training

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regarding reproductive genetics

• Developing strategies to increase uptake of the new

technology

• Counseling patients for reproductive genetics services

IVF Matters, UK

• Assisting in establishing new clinics and providing

them support to set up their services

• Helping and consulting existing clinics to expand their

services improve lab and clinical protocols

• Providing them right resources and tools to expand

their infrastructure.

• Providing vendors and options for procuring lab

equipments

LANGUAGES

Origin International Fertility Clinic, Mumbai

English, Hindi,

• Handing around 300+ cyles/year

Marathi

• Responsible for handing of the lab and reporting to

clinical director

• Responsible for trouble shooting and maintaining of

pregnancy rates

• Responsible of analysis of Key Performance

Indicators for lab

COMPUTER SKILLS • Introduced quality management system and improved

MS Windows, Mac-OS, MS- documentation procedures

Office, SPSS End Note, • Introduced lab protocols and methods to reduce

Photoshop, Adobe. operating cost

• Established improved protocols for cryopreservation

• Quality control assays and quality improvement in

lab

• Training/supervision of junior embryologists

LEISURE

Centre for Reproductive and genetic Health, London

Travelling

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• Responsible for analysis of Key Performance

Reading

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Indicators for IVF

Yoga

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• Statistics for IUI treatments

• Documentation and record keeping

• Laboratory ethics

• Counseling patients for embryo transfer, single

embryo transfer cases, explaining PGD reports, donor

allocation and donor recruitments

• Allocation of donor samples to patients (eggs and

sperm)

• Audit of cryopreserved samples

• Imports and Exports of gametes and embryos

• Coordinator for the PGS/PGD program

• Responsible for pilot study of Molecular Biometrics:

Metabolomics for obtaining Viability Index of an

embryo

• Involved in training/supervision of colleagues

# Thorough understanding of the regulations and code of

conduct (EUTCD, HFEA, ICMR, PCPNDT guidelines)

# Continual professional development through regular

attendance and presentations at journal clubs,

departmental, national and international meetings and

workshops

PAPER PUBLICATIONS

Sabhnani TV, Elaimi A, Sultan H, et al (2011). Increased

incidence of mosaicism detected by FISH in murine

blastocyst cultured in vitro. Reproductive BioMedicine

Online. Jun; 22(6): 621-31.

Abstract Presentations

• Sabhnani T, Fitzharris G, Sultan H, Harper J (2009)

Chromosomal Study Of Murine Preimplantation Embryos Using

Fish: A Useful Model for Studying Aneuploidy in

Preimplantation Embryos. Fertility 2009 (Poster presentation,

ACE meeting).

• Sabhnani T, Elaimi A, Sultan H, Alduraihem A, Fitzharris G,

Harper J (2010) Chromosome analysis by FISH of in vivo and in

vitro cultured murine blastocysts. (Poster presentation, ACE) -

Best poster presentation

• Elaimi, AH, Sabhnani, TV, Sultan, H, Alduraihem, A,

Fitzharris G, Howe K, Harper, J (2010) Increased incidence of

mosaicism detected by FISH in murine blastocyst cultured in

vitro. In: Human Reproduction. (pp. I30 - I30). Oxford

University Press. (Oral presentation, ESHRE)

• Elaimi AH, Sabhnani TV, Sultan H, Alduraihem

A, Fitzharris G, Howe K, Harper J (2010). Increased incidence

of mosaicism detected by FISH in murine blastocyst cultured in

vitro. (Poster presentation, Institute of Women’s Health)-

Second Best poster presentation.

• Heath C, Doshi A, Cawood SR, Sabhnani T, Sarna U, Serhal P

(2012) Clinical pregnancies and live births achieved from the

transfer of 0PN embryos post-intracytoplasmic sperm injection

(oral presentation).

• Ghevaria H, Mamas T, Sabhnani T, Serhal P, Delhanty JDA

(2012) Detection of whole chromosome vs. chromatid errors and

possible germinal mosaicism at various stages of oocyte

maturation by array-CGH (PGDIS, Poster presentation)

• Ghevaria H, Mamas T, Sabhnani T, Sarna U, Serhal P,

Delhanty JDA (2013) Non-reciprocal errors and germinal

mosaicism detected by the application of array-CGH to oocytes

and polar bodies unexposed to sperm (ESHRE, Oral

Presentation)

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