Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, MD, PhD, is the Chief Scientific Officer for IVIRMA Global and the Director of IVI Madrid, where he attends his patients. He is also a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain, where he is the Director of their Master’s Degree Programme in Human Reproduction. Professor Garcia-Velasco graduated from University Medical School, Madrid, in 1990, and received his obstetrics and gynaecology certification from La Paz Hospital, Madrid, in 1995. He completed his PhD in Medicine at Autonoma University, Madrid, in 1995, and from 1997 to 1998 studied at Yale University, New Haven, CT, under a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship. Professor Garcia-Velasco’s main research interests have been in IVF and endometriosis. He is the Principal Investigator of projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health in Spain, and has received awards from the Spanish Fertility Society, the Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
Dr. Diana Alecsandru, M.D., PhD., is an attending physician at IVI Madrid, where she serves as Consultant Clinical Immunologist Physician for Reproductive Immunology Services, Assistant Professor at Complutense University in the Department of Microbiology, Division of Immunology, and Professor of the Master’s Degree in Human Reproduction at Rey Juan Carlos University, Complutense University, and European University in Madrid, Spain. She received her medical degree from Carol Davila University Medical School in Bucharest, Romania. She completed her residency training in Clinical Immunology in San Carlos Hospital, La Paz Hospital, and Gregorio Marañon Hospital in Madrid, and received her Immunology Certification from the Education and Health Ministry of Spain. She completed her Ph.D. in Medicine at Complutense University, focused on immunogenetics and her thesis research was awarded with the Extraordinary Ph.D. Award in Medicine Section at Complutense University, in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Alecsandru is a board-certified Clinical Immunologist, and a board-certified Reproductive Immunology Specialist. She is active in the Spanish College of Medicine. She is also a member of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), the European Society of Reproductive Immunology (ESRI), the Spanish Fertility Society (SEF), and the Spanish Immunology Society (SEI).
