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Juan Garcia-Velasco

Endometriosis Zone editorial advisor

Dr Juan Garcia-Velasco

Equipo IVI, Madrid, Spain

Dr Juan Garcia-Velasco is a consultant in Reproductive Endocrinology and in IVF who did his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Yale University (USA). He is the medical director of Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI-Madrid), an IVF clinic that performs around 2000 IVF-ICSI cycles per year. The PGD program has been running since 1996 and about 200 cycles have been performed (sex-selection, translocations, aneuploidies and recurrent miscarriage). Dr Garcia-Velasco´s main interest has been IVF and endometriosis (1-7). He has been invited to speak at several Societies (precongress ESHRE courses, Spanish Fertility Society, Colombia Fertility Soc.) and is part of the ESHRE committee on endometriosis as well as referee for several journals (Lancet, Human Reproduction, European Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics).

  1. García-Velasco JA, Mulayim N, Kayisli U, Arici A. Soluble Fas ligand concentrations are elevated in serum and peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis. Fertil Steril 2002; 78: 855-858 
  2. Isaza V, Garcia-Velasco JA, Aragonés M, Remohí J, Simón C, Pellicer A. Oocyte and embryo quality after coasting: the experience from oocyte donation. Hum Reprod 2002; 17: 1777-1782
  3. García-Velasco JA, Isaza V, Vidal C, Landazábal A, Remohí J, Simón C, Pellicer A. Human ovarian steroid secretion in vivo: effects of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist vs antagonist (cetrorelix). Hum Reprod 2001; 16: 2533-2539 
  4. Pellicer A, Navarro J, Bosch E, Garrido N, García-Velasco JA, Remohí J, Simón C. Endometrial quality in infertile women with endometriosis. Ann NY Acad Sci 2001; 943: 122-130 
  5. García-Velasco JA, Simon C. Blastocyst transfer: does it really affect the outcome. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2001; 13: 299-304 
  6. García-Velasco JA, Arici A. Chemokines in human reproduction. Infertil Reprod Clin N Am 2002; 13: 129-144
  7. García-Velasco JA, Nikas G, Remohí J, Pellicer A, Simón C. Endometrial receptivity in terms of pinopode expression is not impaired in women with endometriosis. Fertil Steril 2001; 75: 1231-1233

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