Session 176: Beyond the Bench

Session 176: Beyond the Bench: Managing the Modern IVF Laboratory

Tuesday, 13th October 2026, at 3pm EST/ 8pm UK/9pm CET

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Moderators:
Alana Streisfield and Dr. Daniela Braga

Presenters:

Naval Shah: Quality Enhanced: Turning Quality Data into IVF Outcomes
Kindly sponsored by Labintelix by Shivani Scientific

Dr. Yaron Goikhman, MD: IVF in the AI era and how it will influence the future of reproductive medicine
Kindly sponsored by FertilAI

Maria José De los Santos Molina: Every Step Matters: Patient Identification and Traceability in MAR.
Kindly sponsored by Matcher—proudly part of Reprotech

Q and A

Synopsis:

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Maria José De los Santos Molina

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Alana Streisfield

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Dr. Daniela Braga

Dr. Daniela Braga, DVM, PhD, is a reproductive scientist based in São Paulo, Brazil. She is Scientific Director of Instituto Sapientiae, the research and education centre of FertGroup, and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo (FMVZ-USP). Her research covers human assisted reproduction, including oocyte quality, ICSI, in vitro maturation, ovarian stimulation, male infertility, endometriosis and metabolomics, as well as animal reproduction, with studies in horses, cattle, buffalo and lions. She has published more than 150 papers in international journals and is a leading reference in assisted reproduction research in Brazil. She is also the owner of Equinvitro, an equine ICSI laboratory, and the founder of Science for Everymind, a scientific advisory and science communication initiative.

Naval Shah:

Naval Shah is Head of Embryology Operations, Quality Assurance and Research at Indira IVF, one of India's largest IVF networks, with over 17 years of experience in clinical embryology. He leads laboratory operations, quality and research across the network, where he built its quality management system – combining structured audits, KPI dashboards, embryologist performance scorecards and digital tools such as electronic records and witnessing. He is the first author of a 2026 Reproductive BioMedicine Online paper showing that systematic standardisation and digitally enabled quality management improve both compliance and clinical performance across a multi-centre IVF network. A certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ASQ), he has been an Executive Committee member of the Academy of Clinical Embryologists (ACE), India, for the last 6 years, and was Organising Secretary of ACE Agra 2026. ESHRE Young Ambassador in the past, he is a regular faculty member at ACE, ISAR and IFS meetings, with a particular interest in laboratory quality systems, embryologist performance and the connected IVF laboratory.

Dr. Yaron Goikhman

Dr. Yaron Goikhman is an Israeli obstetrician-gynecologist and reproductive medicine specialist with more than 15 years of clinical experience. He is the founder of the Israeli Medical Center (IMC) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where he practices alongside his mentor, Professor David Levran, a pioneer of IVF in Israel. Before establishing IMC in 2021, he worked at Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong.
Dr. Goikhman's work sits at the intersection of reproductive genomics and innovation. His practice spans IVF, ICSI and PGT-A, and he has developed personalized stimulation protocols powered by AI and predictive algorithms. IMC went on to introduce Uzbekistan's first PGT-A program in 2022 and in 2023 became the first clinic in Central Asia to apply AI in IVF.
He is a member of ASRM, ESHRE and IFFS, a medical advisor to Blooming Eve, and a speaker on genetics and AI in fertility care.