John Webster (doctor): Difference between revisions

|caption = John Webster (Doctor)in 2006

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1936|7|4}}

|nationality = [[United Kingdom]]British

|fields = [[physician|Doctor]]

|workplaces = [[Bourn Hall Clinic]], [[Oldham General Hospital]], [[CARE Fertility]]

|alma_mater = [[University of Liverpool]]

|known_for = Assisting [[Patrick Steptoe]] with the birth of the world's first [[IVF]] baby, [[Louise Brown]]

'''John Webster''' [[FRCOG]] (born 4 July 1936) is an English [[Obstetrics|obstetrician]] and [[Gynaecology|gynaecologist]]. Present at the world's first [[in vitro fertilisation]] (IVF) birth, [[Louise Brown]], Dr Webster has continued to develop and further research in the field of [[In vitro fertilisation|IVF (''in vitro'' fertilisation)]].

Webster graduated from [[University of Liverpool]] in 1960, gaining an [[MB ChB]]. From 1960 to 1963, he was a House Officer at [[Clatterbridge Hospital]] in Liverpool. From 1963 to 1964, Websterhe was the Senior House Officer to Mr [[Patrick Steptoe]]. From 1964 to 1974, Dr Webster practised in Canada. From 1974 to 1980, he was a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology and infertility as [[Specialty registrar|registrar]] / [[Consultant (medicine)|consultant]] to Mr Patrick Steptoe at [[Royal Oldham Hospital|Oldham General Hospital]]. It was during this time that Webster was involved with early pioneering research into [[in vitro fertilization]] with Patrick Steptoe and [[Robert Edwards (physiologist)|Bob Edwards]]. He was also awarded his MRCOG during this period.<ref name=book>{{cite book|author1=David K Gardner|author2=Ariel Weissman|author3=Colin M Howles|author4=Zeev Shoham|title=Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques: Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives|pages=10–12}}</ref>

===Publications===

1.# IN VITRO FERTILISATION - Past Present Future Edited by S. Fishel and E. M. Symonds (IRL Press 1986)

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091001175937/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/3355669/IVF-A-miracle---then-cheese-on-toast.html 'IVF A miracle - thenThen cheeseCheese on toast' -On TelegraphToast]