Dr Leigh Searle

Leigh is an obstetrician and gynaecologist who has completed subspecialty training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Leigh trained in NZ and completed a fellowship at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne where there was a strong focus on fertility preservation. Leigh was the first person in NZ to perform an ovarian tissue graft from previously cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Leigh is director of training for Fertility Associates NZ and sees both fertility and gynaecology patients at Fertility Associates Wellington and regularly travels to Palmerston North to consult. Leigh is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago, examiner for RANZCOG subspecialty training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and training supervisor for trainee future obstetricians and gynaecologists at Wellington Hospital.