Professor Melanie Davies

About Professor Davies

Professor Melanie Davies is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and accredited subspecialist in reproductive medicine, senior consultant at the Reproductive Medicine Unit, and chair of trustees of the EGA Hospital Charity.

Her special interests are in gynae-endocrinology and fertility preservation. Melanie runs a large service for reproductive effects of cancer and chronic disease and leads dedicated clinics for women with premature ovarian insufficiency and adolescent care. She set up and leads an NHS ‘emergency service’ for women with a new cancer diagnosis to offer fertility preservation.

Melanie is the founding chair of Fertility Preservation UK, and has been a member of the medical advisory committee of the British Menopause Society and the executive committee of the British Fertility Society. She was previously responsible for the HFEA-licensed fertility services provided at UCLH, a clinical advisor to the HFEA and a contributor to NICE guidance on fertility, menopause, endometriosis, and heavy menstrual bleeding.

NHS and Academic Posts

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University College London Hospitals. Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University College London

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Professor Davies is actively involved in research and training. She is the chief investigator for the POISE study, a multicentre NIHR-funded trial on treatment of premature menopause (POI), and the BLUSH study which looks at non-hormonal treatments for menopause symptoms. She lectures nationally and internationally and has publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, British Medical Journal, and Human Reproduction. She is an experienced RCOG training programme director for reproductive medicine and has chaired the national subspecialty training committee.