Dr. Sergey Yakovenko, PhD

Director of AltraVita IVF

Dr. Yakovenko is an embryologist, senior research scientist at Biophysics Department of Moscow State University. He is an author of more than 60 scientific publications and inventions successfully applied in reproductive medicine that increase efficiency of ART (assisted reproductive technologies). Dr. Yakovenko worked with leading research centers in the USA and Italy. He gained experience in embryology while working at Wisconsin State University, USA, and American biotechnological company Infigene, Inc.

Dr. Yakovenko is a member of ASRM (American Society for Reproductive Medicine), ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology), and APART (Association of Private Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinics and Laboratories).

Irina Zorina, MD, PhD

Head Doctor at AltraVita IVF

Doctor Zorina is a highly experienced gynecologist. For the past 10 years she has been working in the field of infertility treatment, and managed successful setup of two IVF centers in Russia.

She has an experience in advanced methods of infertility diagnostics and treatment. She helped more than 700 couples to overcome infertility, including 300 couples whom she helped using assisted reproductive technologies.

Dr. Zorina is a member of numerous Russian and European professional associations, Board member of Russian Association of Human Reproduction, participant of numerous international conferences.

She is an author of a monograph, a number of tutorials, of more than 30 scientific publications.

Dr. Zorina sees as her main objective maintenance of the highest standards of infertility treatment at AltraVita IVF and further improvement of fertility treatment methods.

Mosesova Julia, PhD
Gynecologist-reproductologist

In 1994 graduated from N.I. Pirogov Russian State Medical University. She took part in clinical residency with a degree in “Obstetrics and Gynecology” in Centre of family planning and reproduction №1 and City Clinic Hospital № 31 (department of obstetrics and gynecology of Russian State Medicine University). In 2002 she acquired a Ph.d. degree. The Dissertation subject is “Possibilities of implementation ICSI method in IVF program” on the base of Scientific Centre of obstetrics, gynecology and perinatology” of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (department of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in infertility treatment). She is higher scientific associate in Scientific Centre of obstetrics, gynecology and perinatology of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. She took part in preparation and certification of specialists for work in IVF centers with Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Doctor Mosesova is the author of research articles, guidelines for doctors, books about infertility treatment problems with the help of ART methods. She is also a member of International Federation of reproductologists, member of Russian Association of human reproduction.
She possesses all modern methods of infertility treatment with a help of Assisted Reproductive Technologies.

Evgeniy Yutkin, PhD
Embryologist

For the past seven years he was involved with research on mammals' embryology. He completed a fellowship in Ludwig-Maximillian-Universität in Munich, where he learned advanced techniques of micromnupulation of gametes and embryos including microinjections and nuclear transfer. Dr. Yutkin also has extensive experience in cell culture including adult and fetal fybroblasts, and in micromanipulation of embryos of differnt species. He was a member of the team which produced the first transgenic sheep in Russia.
Dr. Yutkin is skilled in the newest methods of genetic engineering. He cloned plasmids to produce recombinant viruses.
He authored 15 publications on embryology.