Professor William Ledger

Professor William Ledger has recently retired from his role as Head of Discipline of Women’s Health, Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales and
Director of Reproductive Medicine at the Royal Hospital for Women. He has also concluded his practice as a fertility specialist at City Fertility in Sydney. During his
time at the Royal Hospital for Women he was the driving force behind the establishment of the Fertility and Research Centre (FRC), a joint venture between University of New South Wales and South-East Sydney Local Health District as a centre for translational research in reproductive biology and reproductive medicine. The FRC has Government funding to provide a Statewide service in oncofertility:
preservation of sperm, oocytes and embryos for young people prior to gonadotoxic chemotherapy or radiotherapy and provides low-cost high-quality fertility treatments
to infertile couples.