1.1. Academic and Professional Qualifications

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae: SJ Dyer

Qualifications, Registrations and Current Position

1.1. Academic and Professional Qualifications

1985MBChBUniversity of Munich, Germany

1992FCOGColleges of Medicine of South Africa

Awarded Daubenton Medal as the candidate with the most outstanding achievement in the Fellowship examination

1993 Facharzt fur Gynaekologie und Frauenheilkunde (German equivalent of FCOG),

1997 MMedFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

2006 PhDFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

1.2. Registrationwith the Health Professions Council of South Africa:

1988Full registration, Medical Practitioner

1993 Specialist registration

2006 Subspecialist registration: Reproductive Medicine

1.3.Current Position

Professor, Deputy Head of Department and Head of Clinical Unit: Reproductive Medicine

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

2. Publications(international, peer-reviewed journals) and Presentations at International Conferencesand meetings (2010 – 2016):

2.1.Publications

Dyer S, Chambers GM, de Mouzon J, Nygren KG, Zegers-Hochschild F, Mansour R, Banker M, Adamson GD. International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies world report: Assisted Reproductive Technology 2008, 2009 and 2010. Hum Reprod 2016; 31(7), 1588-1609.

Ishihara O, Adamson GD, Dyer S, de Mouzon J, Nygren KG, Sullivan EA et al. International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies: World Report on Assisted Reproductive Technologies, 2007. Fertil Steril 2015; 103(2): 402-413.e11

Mansour R, Ishihara O, Adamson GD, Dyer S, de Mouzon J, Nygren KG, Sullivan E, Zegers-Hochschild F. International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies world report: Assisted Reproductive Technology 2006. Hum Reprod 2014; 29(7): 1536-1551.

Dyer SJ, Sherwood K, McIntyre S, Ataguba JE. Catastrophic payment for assisted reproductive techniques with conventional ovarian stimulation in the public health sector of South Africa: Frequency and coping strategies. Hum Reprod 2013; 28(10): 2755–2764. IF 4.670

Dyer SJ, Patel M. The economic impact of infertility on women in developing countries – a systematic review. Facts, Views and Vision in ObGyn 2012, 4(2): 102-109.

Dyer SJ, Pennings G. Considerations regarding government funding of assisted reproductive techniques in low-resource settings. Facts, Views and Vision in ObGyn 2010, monograph: 17-21.

2.2.Presentations

Dyer S, F Zegers-Hochschild, J de Mouzon, R Mansour, M Banker, G Chambers, O Ishihara, K Nygren, D Adamson. ICMART in Africa. (invited presentation)

Dyer SJ, Vinoos L, Ataguba J. Poor financial recovery from out-of-pocket payment for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in the public-academic health sector of South Africa.

32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Helsinki, Finland, 2016.

Dyer SJ. Psychological consequences and financial impact of infertility. (Invited presentation). Seminar: Thirty Years of IVF in Egypt. Luxor, Egypt, 2016.

Adamson GD, de Mouzon J, Ishihara O, Dyer S, Banker M, Mansour R, Chambers G, Nygren KG, Zegers-Hochschild F.International Committee Monitoring ART (ICMART) Preliminary World Report 2011 and Update on ICMART World Health Organization (WHO) Glossary. Invited presentation. 31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015.

Dyer SJ. ART Monitoring in Africa: Need and opportunity. International Conference on Global access to Infertility Care: The Walking Egg Project. Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2014.

Sullivan E, Adamson D, Zegers F, Nygren K, Ishihara O, Mansour R, de Mouzon J, Banker M, Dyer S.ICMART data – the global view. 7th World Congress on Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR 2014), Sydney, Australia, 2014.

Adamson D, Zegers-Hochschild F, Ishihara O, Sullivan E, Mansour R, Nygren KG, Banker M, de Mouzon J, Dyer S. ICMART World Report: Preliminary data for 2010. 30th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Munich, Germany, 2014.

Dyer S. ‘The Figo Fertility Toolbox’. Invited lecture.

Dyer S. ‘ART data monitoring in Africa: Need and opportunity’. Invited lecture.

Dyer S. ‘HIV and infertility in Africa’. Invited pre-congress workshop lecture.

Dyer S. ‘The economic consequences of infertility in developing countries’. Invited lecture.

1st FIGO Africa Regional Conference, 2-5 October 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Adamson D, Zegers-Hochschild F, Ishihara O, Sullivan E, Mansour R, Nygren KG, Banker M, de Mouzon J, Dyer S. ICMART World Report: Preliminary data for 2009. 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, London, 2013.

Dyer S. ‘ICMARTs role in national registries: The South Africa story’. Invited lecture.

29th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, London, 2013

Patel M, Dyer SJ. ‘Health related quality of life in women and their partners accessing infertility care at an urban, public tertiary referral centre in South Africa’. Poster to be presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, London, 2013.

Dyer SJ. ‘Funding for ART in low resource settings’ Invited Keynote lecture Dyer SJ. ‘Psychosocial consequences of infertility’,

17th National Conference of the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction, Raipur, India, 2012

Ishihara O, Zegers-Hochschild F, Sullivan E, de Mouzon J, Mansour R, Nygren KG, Banker M, Dyer S, Adamson D. ART Safety and Effectiveness in Different Cultural and Economic Settings: A Comparison of Different Reproductive Strategies. 28th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012

Adamson D, Zegers-Hochschild F, Ishihara S, Sullivan E, Mansour R, Nygren KG, Banker M, Dyer S, De Mouzon J. ICMART World Report: Preliminary 2008 Data. 28th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012

Dyer SJ. ‘Funding for ART in low resource settings’. Invited speaker. Expert Workshop ‘Socio-cultural and ethical aspects of biomedical infertility care in poor resource countries’, Genk, Belgium, 2011

Dyer SJ, Sherwood K, Agatuba JE, McIntyre D, van der Spuy ZM. ‘Out-of-pocket payment for assisted reproductive techniques in the public health sector in South Africa: How do households cope?’ Poster presentation. 20th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, Munich, Germany, 2010

3. Societies and Offices held

3.1. Membership

1997 - 2004Member of South African Society of MedicalWomen

2000 - presentMember of the South African Society of Reproductive

Scientists and Surgeons

2001 - presentMember of the South African Menopause Society

2002 - presentMember of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

2004 - presentMember of the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

3.2. Office Held

1997 - 2000Chairperson: South African Society of Medical Women

2000 - presentCommittee member: South African Society of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecological Endoscopy

2008 – presentChair: South African Registry for Assisted Reproductive Technology

2010 – presentCommittee member: Reproductive Medicine Committee of FIGO (International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

2010 – presentCommittee member: ICMART (International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Techniques)

2016 – present Associate Editor, Human Reproduction

4. Recognition from Peers(2010-2015)

Fellowship Honoris Causa awarded by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2013

Boet Dommisse Award for Special Contributions to the Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cape Town, 2008 and 2011

Health Professions Council of South Africa Award for Excellence in Health Care, 2005

JC Coetzee Prize for Best Original Research in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Cape Town, 2014, 2004 and 1999