Carl Wood

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Not to be confused with Carl Wood, a perpetrator of the 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary.

Carl Wood
Born(1929-05-28)28 May 1929
Died23 September 2011(2011-09-23) (aged 82)
NationalityAustralian
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsMonash University

Edwin Carlyle "Carl" Wood,

in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).[1] He gained considerable international and national attention for his wide-ranging contributions in the field of women's health over a period of almost 50 years, although not all of it was positive given the controversial nature of many of his endeavours.[2]

Biography

After completing his education at

Chelsea Hospital for Women in London before becoming the Foundation Professor and Chairman of the Monash University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Queen Victoria Hospital and Monash Medical Centre in 1964.[1]

Wood received international acclaim in the 1970s for his pioneering work in the fields of obstetric physiology and foetal monitoring as well as in

in-vitro fertilisation. In 1988 he was recognised with the Axel Munthe Award in Reproductive Science.[1]

Wood led the Monash University IVF team in the development of the IVF technique during the late 1970s and early 1980s. His team were responsible for a number of innovations including the world's first IVF pregnancy 1973, world's first IVF baby developed using a frozen embryo 1983, world's first donor egg baby 1983, world's first IVF baby using sperm retrieval surgery 1986 and world's first Microinjection Intra Fallopian Transfer (MIFT) IVF baby 1992.

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Wood held many wide-ranging positions while Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at

Artificial Insemination by Donor (AID) Service, Melbourne Family Medical Centre, Monash University 1976–78, Foundation President of Victorian Association for the Study of Sex Education, Research and Therapy 1982, and President, International Society for Gynaecologic Endoscopy 1997–98. He was Chairman and Director, In Vitro Fertilisation Program Melbourne Family Medical Centre Monash University 1978–86, where he carried out most of his pioneering work in this field. He also jointly established the Endometriosis
Care Clinic of Australia (ECCA) in 1998, a charitable foundation to assist Australian women suffering from this disease.

Wood was an invited speaker at over 90 national and international meetings, and wrote 23 books, 59 chapters and 400 papers in refereed medical and scientific journals.

The Carl Wood Endowment was established by the Monash University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to provide funds for the research development of young clinicians. More recently the Carl Wood Chair was established by the same department.

Wood has been called variously the

grandfather[5] and godfather[6]
of IVF.

He died on 23 September 2011 after suffering from an Alzheimer's-type dementia.

Honours and awards

Books

Articles

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Wood, Edwin Carlyle (1929 - )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
  2. ^ Most significant was opposition from ethicists, clergy, academics, feminists and lobby groups to research and development in the field of IVF.
  3. ^ "Monash IVF Australia". 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  4. ISBN 0-85572-212-6
  5. ^ "About Anne". 12 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ^ George Negus Tonight Archived 27 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine ABC radio
  7. ^ "CBE". Australian Honours. 31 December 1981. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  8. ^ "AC". Australian Honours. 26 January 1995. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  9. S2CID 38421637
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