Our Teams

As Clinic and Nursing Director, Sarah takes ownership of the day-to-day clinical management of the Centre, with direct responsibility for 40+ members of staff. She has 30 years of nursing experience, of which 20 years are within the fertility sector. Sarah was instrumental in setting up our Egg Sharing and Surrogacy Programmes, and had combined the running of these programmes with her role as Nurse Manager at the clinic for the past 10 years. Sarah is a qualified sonographer and has been a member of the Herts & Essex Fertility Centre nursing team since 2005.  Sarah is an active member of SING (Senior Infertility Nurse Group) taking part in regular meetings with senior nurses from other units and she is currently working on the HFEA committee for ethnicity and diversity.

Soriah  qualified as an RGN in 1990 and joined Herts & Essex Fertility Centre in January 2012. She has over thirty years of Nursing experience with over 20 years experience  in Fertility Nursing. Soriah in her new capacity as Nurse Manager, is responsible for all nursing activities with regards to patient care and the management of our Nursing staff. She is responsible as the Nurse Lead for managing our NHS Contracts and is also our Satellite Coordinator. Soriah is passionate about professional development and training of the Nursing Team ensuring our patients feel supported and receive the best possible care during their fertility journey.

Sarah trained at the Royal London Hospital and the National Heart Hospital and has accumulated over thirty years of experience in High Dependency and Critical Care nursing. She has proved herself to be an excellent fertility nurse since she joined our Theatre and Recovery team in 2009, providing the highest standards of care for our patients after Egg Collection, Embryo Transfers and other operational procedures. Sarah is qualified in Advance Life Support and is an assessor in the training of Health Care Assistants.

In the spring of 2014 we welcomed Sarah, a qualified Registered General Nurse since 1993, she had further specialised in Fertility Nursing since 2006. Sarah has broad fertility experience and knowledge which was gained in the role of Fertility Sister, in a nurse-led private clinic. With a keen interest in all donation programmes, Sarah is passionate about all aspects of Fertility Nursing, adopting a caring and sensitive approach.

Louise joined our team in September 2017. She’s been a qualified nurse for more than 15 years with experience of 2 years’ in A&E units and 10 years in intensive care nursing at UCLH University College in London.

Sylwia graduated in Poland in 1993 and started her career in ICU and theatre as an anaesthetic nurse where she also worked in acute medicine.

Due to her interest in other cultures, Sylwia gained experience working in UN missions in Lebanon and Iraq. After she decided to leave Poland she joined an international team in England where she applied her skills at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and then in the Rivers Private Hospital. Sylwia joined Herts & Essex Fertility Centre as an anaesthetic & recovery nurse in September 2020.

Tina spent 20 years in the banking industry with Abbey National before joining our Centre in 2008. A very special member of our team, she was one of our successful IVF patients in 1999. Her 21-year-old son, Kian is a very talented footballer. Tina started initially in Administration however, her caring nature and love for patients saw a transfer to Theatre & Recovery in 2011 where she enjoys supporting and caring for our patients as they go through their treatment. Tina is a qualified Healthcare Assistant with QCF Level 3 Diploma in Perioperative Support.

Nicola has been with us since 2006, using her exceptional organisational skills as our IVF Laboratory Administrator. She feels that the highlight of her career has been this opportunity to work towards qualification as a Healthcare Assistant and Phlebotomist (taking blood), as it enables her to enjoy increased patient interaction.

Jackie qualified as a registered general nurse in 1995 from Glasgow Caledonian University with a BA (Hons) degree in Nursing Studies. Prior to working in the field of fertility, she worked in both Glasgow and London in various specialities but mainly surgical areas and intensive care. Before joining us in November 2014 to work part-time as a Fertility Nurse Co-ordinator in both recovery and clinic areas, Jackie worked part-time at Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Clinic in London.

In April 2019 we welcomed Sophie, a qualified nurse since 2012. Sophie started her career in a busy acute medical admissions unit, then moving to intensive care at a top teaching hospital in London. She has been working in women’s health for the last seven years. Sophie is one of our Fertility Nurse Sonographers and is also part of the Egg Donation and Surrogacy Team. Sophie is an enthusiastic and caring individual who makes her patients feel comfortable and at ease.

Tracey completed her B. Nursing degree with distinction in South Africa in 1991. She has broad nursing experience since starting her career as a midwife in Johannesburg. With a special interest in Women’s Health, Tracey has worked in a variety of private and NHS roles, as well as spending six years working in the pharmaceutical industry. She gained her Fertility experience at St Barts in London and is happy to work in all aspects of Fertility care. She joined our unit in September 2015 and works part-time as a fertility nurse.

Gerian qualified in 1988 as a Registered General Nurse at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. We have known Gerian since 1991 when she joined the nursing staff at Holly House Hospital and we were delighted when she became a member of our team in 2004. In 2007 she relocated with us to our brand new premises in Cheshunt. She works in all clinical spheres of the unit: so it is highly likely that you will meet her at your very first appointment, in theatre and in recovery following egg collection and embryo transfer.

Jenny qualified as a registered nurse in 2006 and after gaining her qualification she spent two years working in a busy Emergency Assessment Unit.

She then decided to concentrate her career in critical care and joined a Theatre Recovery Team. Prior to joining Herts & Essex Fertility Centre, Jenny was using her skills to care for critically ill COVID patients.

Jenny originally joined Herts & Essex as a bank nurse working one day a week in the Theatre Recovery room but as she enjoyed caring for fertility patients, she decided to join the clinic full time in January 2021 as a Fertility Nurse Co-ordinator.

Paige gained her NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social care at Harlow college, then started her journey as a Healthcare assistant at the Rivers Hospital where she stayed for four years before joining the Herts & Essex team in January 2021. Whilst being at the clinic she has enjoyed learning new skills and gaining knowledge to help her in her role as an Assistant Nurse Practioner giving the best quality care to patients and support to staff in the clinic. Paige aspires to do her nurse training to become a Fertility Nurse.

Imanuela received her Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences degree in 2011 in Brazil and in 2012 she earned her postgraduate degree in advanced aesthetics and started working with cosmetics.

Since then she worked in countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Portugal, gaining a lot of life and work experience by working with different cultures.

Despite enjoying the aesthetic procedures very much, Imanuela felt that she needed to contribute more to the health environment.

She has been fascinated by the world of fertilisation since university and Herts & Essex Fertility Centre gave her the "incredible opportunity to add more purpose" to her career at the start of 2023.

Keely worked for herself for 15 years as a beauty therapist with Aesthetics but due to Covid, she wanted a career change so took up employment as a Health Care Assistant (HCA) covering all different specialities in the Outpatients department and working in the AAU unit at the NHS in Barnet Hospital.

Having worked in healthcare for nearly three years, Keely loved the interaction with patients, making them feel comfortable and safe in a clinical setting which can sometimes seem daunting. This passion for looking after patients led to Keely's next role as an HCA at Herts & Essex Fertility Centre at the start of 2023.

Making a difference in someone’s care is paramount to Keely, so she's a perfect fit for our nursing team.

Katie completed her undergraduate degree with first class honours in Biological Sciences from Queen Mary University and then went on to graduate from Imperial College London with a distinction in Reproductive and Developmental Biology. As part of her master’s degree Katie worked at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on the Obs and Gynae ward conducting research into the effects of human cytomegalovirus on decidual natural killer cells found in the placental tissues. After graduating Katie joined the nursing team at Herts and Essex Fertility Centre as a HCA in 2023.