The Team

Dr Jeffrey Persson’s was born in Sydney but did his medical training in Amsterdam Holland and obtained his medical degree there in 1984. He then returned to Australia to do specialist training.

In 1995, he received his Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RANZCOG, and his sub-specialist Certification in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (CREI)
His vasectomy reversal training began in 1994 under Dr David Golovsky a leading urologist in Sydney. Since then he has performed microsurgical and testicular biopsy work extensively.

Male factor infertility is his passion and Jeffrey is a strong advocate for this area in our subspecialty and is highly regarded.

After graduating from the University of New South Wales in 1988 Dr Frank Quinn did his obstetrics and gynaecology training through the St George hospital rotation before moving overseas to commence his sub specialty training in reproductive endocrinology and fertility.
In 1997 Dr Quinn did a six month fellowship in male infertility with leading male infertility specialists in London find tuning his skills in the management of male infertility and microsurgery.

Since returning to Australia Dr Quinn has worked at IVFAustralia and during the last 20 years has performed numerous vasectomy reversals many of them with assistance his colleague Dr Jeffrey Persson.

As a fertility specialist and microsurgeon Dr Quinn is in the unique position of able to analyse the unique advantages and disadvantages of each individual couple of IVF vs vasectomy reversal.

Dr Quinn and Dr Persson regularly perform vasectomy reversal at Northshore Specialist Day hospital in Greenwich Sydney. A unique advantage of performing vasectomy reversals at Northshore Specialist Day Hospital is having the presence of an andrologist at the time who can examine the fluid from the vas deferens for the presence or absence of sperm. Dr Quinn is supported by a highly training team of nurses in the Day Hospital providing exemplary pre operative snd post operative care.

Clinical Associate Professor David Greening graduated from Otago University in New Zealand in 1986. He initially started Surgical training before changing to Obstetrics and Gynaecology training for a brief time.

David felt unsure of himself so took 5 years off coming to Australia in 1991. He spent time in the Torres straits on Thursdays Island, was a GP in Gladstone Queensland then an RFDS flying doctor for 2 years at Broken Hill often covering obstetrics there. An international position with AEA in Asia followed before returning to start O & G training at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne.

He was fortunate to gain entry into the subspecialty in 2000 and was sent Dublin and London to undertake his training. In Dublin he began microsurgical operating training with Dr Michael Darling the preeminent microsurgeon in Dublin.

From London, where he worked as a fellow to Lord Professor Robert Winston at the prestigious Hammersmith IVF unit, he was offered the opportunity to join Sydney IVF (now GENEA) and returned in 2002 to spend 2 years further training in Sydney.

Then he opened his practice in Wollongong in 2004. For a number of years, he travelled to Sydney operating on his own patients with Dr Rob Woolcott Australia leading reversal surgeon (now retired) at Strathfield Private Hospital until he started operating doing microsurgical vasectomy reversals in Wollongong alone over 10 years ago. He has done microsurgical tubal ligation reversals since 2004 locally.

David also is a well-known local obstetrician and delivers many of the patients he treats be it by any fertility treatment like IVF, or even microsurgical vasectomy/tubal ligation reversal.

Taking a couple through the journey and delivering their baby is a very satisfying part of his professional life.