Biography for Prof. Polyzos.

Professor. Nikos Polyzos is the Head of Reproductive Medicine Department of Dexeus Mujer, at Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona Spain and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Reproductive Medicine in the University of Gent in Belgium. Since 2021, he is a member of the Executive Committee (ExCO) of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). 

He has served as a Medical Director in the Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Brussels until 2017, as a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Free University of Brussels (VUB) until 2019 and as Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology in the Department of Clinical Medicine in the University of Aarhus in Denmark until 2020. 

Professor Polyzos is the principal investigator in several large pioneering multinational trials and a key opinion leader in the field of Reproductive Medicine for the treatment of poor ovarian responders in IVF programs, prediction of ovarian response and premature ovarian ageing, with more than 200 invited lectures in international congresses. 

He is a Section Editor in RBMO, member of the ESHRE guideline development group for ovarian stimulation and has served as an Editorial Consultant for the PIER (Physician's Information and Education Resource) of the American College of Physicians (ACP). 

Professor Polyzos has published more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals indexed in PubMed with more than >5000 citations and an h index of 51 in Google Scholar. His research interests include reproductive endocrinology, ovarian reserve markers, poor ovarian response to stimulation and genetics of premature ovarian aging.