Leader in reproductive medicine

Doctor Jan Stelcl is Unica’s lead doctor. He has specialized in gynecology and obstetrics all his professional life, focusing on reproductive medicine. He graduated from the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Hradec Kralove. He started his career as an assistant at OB/GYN departments of the Brno faculty hospital and Nemocnice Milosrdnych bratri Brno. After gaining the requisite medical postgraduate certifications in gynecology, he moved to the department of oncological gynecology at Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute in Brno, where he developed his knowledge of leading complex treatments of patients with gynecological organ cancer. Dr. Stelcl is a specialist in IVF. He obtained his medical postgraduate certifications in reproductive medicine and is currently the lead physician at Unica. He values the highly qualified Unica team of top professionals and is focused on helping all patients conceive.

Doctor Jiri Gogela worked at the OB/GYN department of the Brno University Hospital as the chief physician of the delivery room and the department of pregnancy pathology while at the same time dedicating his efforts to education of residents. He has been with Unica for 12 years. Since the very beginning of its growth, he has greatly contributed to Unica’s leading reputation in the field of Reproductive Medicine. Apart from his university education (in which he achieved the highest medical postgraduate certification in OB/GYN field), he actively participates in specialized conferences and congresses in the Czech Republic and abroad. He worked as the Chief physician in Kuwait in the redevelopment of the country’s health care sector after the Iraq invasion in the early 90’s. His greatest fulfillment comes from seeing hundreds of healthy children born every year with the help of the Unica team.

Doctor Martina Novotna has been working at Unica since the clinic’s inception. She highly values the individualized approach to single patients, sufficient time and space for patient care, and support of her colleagues at Unica. She obtained her knowledge at Brno Medical University and through experience at Brno OB/GYN University Hospital while enriching her experience by participation at conferences, seminars, and via a self-study. She is also a publishing author and received the Slunsky prize for her publication about genetic causes of infertility in 2000. She highly values sharing expert knowledge and strongly believes in the integration of the newest scientific findings with human approach and respect for ethics. She places great value in contacting every single patient, and providing both medical and emotional support.

Doctor Tomas Frgala is a specialist in the field of Reproductive Medicine. During his work at the University of Southern California, he participated in numerous projects and studies focusing on research on new substances in tumorous disease treatment. Recently, he has engaged himself in research of new methods in field of Assisted Reproduction. „ Satisfied patients and satisfied couples under my care are my greatest source of satisfaction “. At Unica, he appreciates the excellent team and cutting edge technical equipment as well as access to the newest procedures in the field. His main motivation remains practicing the highest quality of medicine and ensuring all his patients leave the clinic more than satisfied with their treatment.

Prof. Hananel Holzer, the Medical Director of the McGill University Health Centre and the Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Division, is currently on a LOA, involved in developing fertility related projects around the world including Brno, Poland and Israel were he directs two leading IVF centers.

Prof. Holzer graduated from the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School as a Valedictorian in 1992 and continued working in the University Hospital as the Deputy Director of the IVF unit. He was also the founder and director of the fertility clinic and a Woman's Health Centre in the city of Modi'in. Prof. Holzer completed a two year REI Fellowship Program at McGill University in Montreal where he was later recruited as a staff member. Between 2008-2012, Prof. Holzer served as the Director of the REI Fellowship Program at McGill. In 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director of the McGill University Health Centre and the Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Division and led the center through its rapid growth and development. Prof. Holzer is an author of countless publications in the field of infertility and a highly regarded invited speaker around the world.

His main interests are fertility preservation for cancer patients, in-vitro maturation of oocytes and a comprehensive team approach to infertility related issues.

Dr. Son is the laboratory director at McGill University Health Center (MUHC), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, in 2000. Dr. Son has more than 20 years of experience in clinical embryology. In 1992, Dr. Son started work as a clinical embryologist at CHA Infertility Center (Seoul, Korea), and then in 2000 Dr. Son moved to Maria Infertility Hospital (Seoul, Korea) as IVF Laboratory Director. In 2003, Dr. Son joined McGill in Montreal, Canada, as a Senior Clinical Embryologist and Dr. Son has been the Laboratory Director of the MUHC since 2008.

Dr. Son has been engaged in investigations of human oocyte maturation in vitro, blastocyst culture and cryopreservation of oocyte and embryo. Dr. Son has published over 80 original articles and reviews, and presented over 120 abstracts in scientific meetings all over the world. Dr. Son has been invited as a speaker at several international conferences. Several articles have been nominated for the Scientific Awards in ESHRE/ASRM meeting.

Dr. Son serves as an Associate Editor in Human Reproduction (2014-2015) and he is an Editorial Board member in several societies and journals related with the IVF field. He also serves as a reviewer in international journals such as Human Reproduction, Fertility & Sterility, Reproduction, PLoS One, RBM online, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, European J of OB/GYN and Reprod biology, Scandinavian J of OB/GYN, Minerva OB/GYN, J of reproduction and endocrinology, The Scientific World Journal, International Journal of Fertility and Sterility.

Prof. Churchill-Smith is President and Chief Executive Officer of MMI Montreal Medical International Inc. (MMI) as well as Trustee of its parent and sole shareholder, Optimal Health Care Foundation. He is also Senior Physician at the McGill University Health Centre, and Associate Professor of Medicine at McGill University. For the past 25 years, Prof. Churchill-Smith has been Medical Director of Skyservice Aviation Inc. and Academic Director of the Aviation Medicine Program at McGill University, one of Canada’s most successful air medical organizations which have now completed more than 20,000 missions.

For seven years doctor Ondřej Matěna has been employed at OB-GYN Department where, apart from practical obstetrics, he occupied himself with difficult endoscopic performances. He is a co-author of many expert releases in a scope of a problem-solving laparoscopic surgery. After acquiring medical post gradual certification he was a lead physician of Gynecological Surgery and delivery room in Vyskov Hospital. He has obtained priceless experience in difficult oncology condition treatments during a research fellowship in Masaryk Oncology Center in Brno. He has been working at Unica since 2015. He considers professional and human qualities of Unica´s team to be the source of treatment success and overall patient satisfaction.