Prof Antonios Makrigiannakis MD, PhD
Οbstetrician – Surgeon, Gynecologist
Specialist in Assisted Reproduction

Antonios Makrigiannakis is Professor of Obstetrics – Gynecology at the Medical School of the University of Crete and Director of the Obstetrics – Gynecology Clinic of PAGNI. He graduated from the Medical School of the Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete. He holds a doctorate (PhD) from the Department of Pharmacology of the Medical School of the University of Crete on “Neuroendocrine factors of the endometrium and their role in implantation”.

He specialized for a number of years in internationally recognized centers in Assisted Reproduction and specifically in the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), Philadelphia, USA, (Center of Excellence in Human Reproduction) as well as in the Department of Assisted Reproduction of Imperial College, School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital , London, UK.

He is specialized in endoscopic surgery (Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy). He was director of IVF unit at the PAGNI hospital/University hospital of Heraklion for many years, providing medical services with high success rates.

He has authored over 180 publications (with 7900 citations – Scopus and H-index: 52) focusing on human reproduction (e.g. Nature Immunology, New England, Journal Medicine, etc.). Contributes as a reviewer to the most important magazines in the field of Human Reproduction (Human Reproduction update, Human reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, Reproductive biomedicine Online, JCEM, etc.). In addition, he is an invited speaker at most of the international IVF conferences e.g. fertilization.He has been awarded nationally and internationally for his work e.g. President’s Presenter Award from the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Urkunde from the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe e.V. etc.
He has founded and directs the Laboratory of Human Reproduction of the Medical School of the University of Crete, where his research focuses on the mechanisms responsible for the repeated failures of embryo implantation and their treatment, as well as the effects of age in the human endometrium.

• He is a founding member and member of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Society of Reproductive Medicine (MSRM) where he has also served as President.
• He is the president of the Award Committee of Clinical Science of the European Society of Human Reproduction (ESHRE) .
• He is a member of the IVF Units Certification Committee of ESHRE
• He is a member of the Certification Committee for the Provision of the Specialty of Human Reproduction of ESHRΕ
• He has been a Member of the Executive Committee of ESHRE.
• He has been a Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (EBCOG).
• He has been a Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Clinical Investigation (ESCI).

He has helped hundreds of couples in Greece and abroad to effectively deal with infertility and make their dream of a healthy baby a reality.
He is part of the Ι.R.I.S MED team as a freelancer.
Read more at the website http://www.antonismakrigiannakis.gr/ .