Karl-Gösta Nygren, MD, PhD

Karl-Gösta Nygren is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

• President of the Swedish Society for Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1992–1994.
   
• Board member of The Nordic Federation of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Societies, NFOG, 1992–1994.
   
• Adviser and member of several committees to the Research Programme for Human Reproduction of the World Health Organization, 1983–1993.
   
• Started, with colleagues, the first private IVF clinic in the Nordic countries, in Stockholm in 1984.
   
• Co-Chairman of the Swedish National Committee for the follow-up of children born after IVF.
   
• Member of the Executive Committee to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) 1996–2001.
   
• Past Chairman of the European IVF Monitoring EIM-Consortium for ESHRE.
   
• Member of SQART, the ESHRE Special Interest Group for the Safety and Quality of ART.
   
• Honorary member of ESHRE.
   
• Member of the international Assisted Conception Taskforce (ACT) for patient groups.
   
• Honorary member of IRIS, the Swedish Infertility People’s Organization.