Dr Valentina Mauro
MD · PhD · LLM Med Law · Consultant in Reproductive Medicine
With 30 years of clinical expertise and a rare expertise in the legal and ethical side of fertility treatment, Dr Valentina practises at the exact point where reproductive medicine meets ethics. Patients get a doctor who understands not just the science of their case, but the governance and consent questions that come with it.
Evidence-based, patient-centred and ethically grounded
Her dedication to patient care, combined with academic depth and decades of clinical experience, positions Dr Valentina as a trusted authority in gynaecology and reproductive medicine, equally at home managing complex clinical cases and the ethical and legal questions that surround them.
She supports fertility treatment for people from all walks of life, and has extensive knowledge of ovarian stimulation protocols, including evolving practices that minimise risks such as OHSS.
You may be in the right hands with Dr Valentina if…
The situations patients most often come to Dr Valentina for
Background & training
Alongside her clinical work, Dr Valentina brings a rare combination of medical and legal expertise. She holds a Master of Laws in Medical Law and Ethics from the University of Edinburgh and also works for the Parliamentary Health and Social Services Ombudsman (PHSO).
She is passionate about safe, evidence-based, and patient-centred fertility care, with a particular interest in the interface between reproductive medicine, ethics, and lifestyle factors affecting fertility outcomes.
- Fertility treatment and IVF-related clinical negligence
- Consent, ethics and legal capacity in assisted reproduction
- Egg and embryo donation and surrogacy
- Medico-legal opinions on IVF outcomes and treatment complications
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- Ovarian stimulation and IVF
- Egg freezing
- Fertility preservation
Mr Ali Al Chami
UK Medical Director, Consultant in Reproductive Medicine & Fertility
- In-VitroFertilisation (IVF)
- Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
- Recurrent miscarriage
Dr Daniella Cardenas Armas
Medical Director, Avenues Euston, Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Advanced maternal age
- Low ovarian reserve
Dr Javier Cordero Ruiz
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine & Fertility, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
- Male factors
- Uterine factors
- PRP, Platelet-Rich Plasma
Dr Montserrat Duran-Retamal
Medical Director, Avenues Cambridge, Senior Consultant in Reproductive Medicine, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
- Recurrent pregnancy loss
- Recurrent implantation failure
- Unexplained infertility
Dr Vivienne Hall
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine
- Unexplained infertility
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Low ovarian reserve
