Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Deputy Director Centre for Reproductive Health. Head, Deanery of Clinical Sciences, University of Edinburgh.
Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, NHS Lothian.
Critchley’s research focusses on local uterine mechanisms involved in menstruation and implantation, and addresses the mechanisms common to those reproductive processes – injury and repair, endocrine–immune interactions and regulation of inflammatory mediators. A particular area of interest has been the local endometrial response to withdrawal of progesterone, both physiological and pharmacological.

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Florence and Chief of the Maternal – Infancy Department, Careggi Hospital, Florence (Italy).
He is Editor-in-Chief of Human Reproductive Update (IF: 11.7), and Section Head of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility of Faculty 1000 Medicine. He is Member of the Editorial Board of Reproductive Sciences, Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders, Gynecological Endocrinology. Professor Petraglia has also co-edited 27 scientific volumes and authored more than 700 peer-reviewed papers in International Scientific Journals.

MD, FCCM, FCCP is an anesthesiologist known for his work with bloodless procedures.
Shander is currently a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chief of Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine and Pain Management at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. He is also Director of Research for TeamHealth Anesthesia
He has authored numerous articles and many books in the fields of anesthesiology, critical care, transfusion medicine and other disciplines. .
In 1997, Shander was recognized by Time magazine as one of America’s “Heroes of Medicine.”