Keogh Institute research nurse wins ENSA awards
Sandy van der Westhuizen, Clinic Research Nurse at the Keogh Institute, has won two awards from the Endocrine Nurses’ Society of Australasia (ENSA) for her presentation on the treatment of infertility in men.
Sandy presented her findings at the ENSA Scientific Meeting in Melbourne last year and was awarded a travel grant to allow her to attend and present at the US Endocrine Society meeting in Washington DC this year. She also won an award for the best new presenter at the meeting. Sandy showed that men who have infertility as a result of a pituitary gland insufficiency can successfully achieve fatherhood with medical treatment, without the need for the partner to undergo IVF. Sandy’s research highlighted the central role of the specialist endocrine nurse in a fertility clinic. Her attendance at the US meeting will allow her to exchange information with endocrine nurses from around the world.
The Keogh Institute has an active clinic treating men with endocrine disorders which affect their sperm count and their fertility. Sandy van der Westhuizen is the endocrine nurse in charge of the fertility service.
The clinic number is 9346 2008
Tags: male infertility, spermatogenesis