Dr Lynne Chapman
MBBS, BSc, MRCOG
LCRH founder Dr Lynne Chapman, is a UK clinical leader with more than 20 years experience in gynaecology, reproductive medicine, male factor fertility and assisted conception.
Throughout her career Dr Chapman has been at the forefront of fertility science. She has guided thousands of people on their journey to conception with IVF, egg freezing, sperm and egg donor services, and fertility therapies.
Following her training at University College London Medical School, Dr Chapman began her career in Obstetrics and Gynecology at University College Hospital and the Whittington Hospital. At The Royal Free Hospital, also in London, Dr Chapman was a Fellow in Minimal Access Surgery. She has held roles as a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine at CRGH, ARGC, IVI-RMA UK, and The Lister Hospital.
Dr Chapman regularly attends fertility conferences across the globe. She has a relentless desire to improve and implement the very best evidence-based scientific approach to fertility care. Reproductive medicine is a constantly exciting and evolving field. She strives to maximise outcomes, minimise repetitive costs and stay at the cutting edge of new technologies. She is currently working closely with Professor Jonathan Ramsay to research the effects of double stranded DNA fragmentation on fertility outcomes.
Dr Chapman aspired first to professional ballet, then to Medicine with a focus on sport and orthopaedics. Her medical elective to a women’s health hospital in Tanzania changed that focus. She was inspired by women’s stoicism and calm acceptance in the most difficult circumstances. Sometimes they had walked for days to get help from medical maternity services. She became committed to helping women and families everywhere.
Dr Chapman started her own family with help from assisted conception (she has three teenage boys). After three years of negative pregnancy tests, she has felt the pain and powerlessnes of sub-fertility. After surgical procedures and rounds of IVF, she has experienced the intrusion, medicalisation and physical pain of a somewhat impersonal treatment journey.
This gave her special insight into the needs of patients and inspired her to build a warm and supportive team committed to you. A team that will try their hardest to make this rollercoaster as smoooth as possible. A team you can actually reach - who will respond when you’re worried at 11pm on a Saturday night. A team who knows the intricacies of your unique situation and can use the continuity of their care to better understand and diagnose your individual issues. Bespoke fertility planning as opposd to a one-size-fits-all approach.
Dr Lynne Chapman launched LCRH in 2019 and it continues to grow and flourish years later. This growth has largely been through patient referrals and the wider LCRH family continue to visit and participate.
Dr Chapman is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG), the British Fertility Society, the Royal Society of Medicine, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology and the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society.
“I had worked at several of the leading London fertility clinics, and having been through IVF three times myself, I was at the stage in my career where I wanted to take just one patient on the journey that I would have liked for myself, so I thought, well, I’m just going to do this for the love of it and see if it grows…”
- Dr Lynne Chapman, on the founding of LCRH in 2019.
Clinical Experience:
Transvaginal Scanning. Transabdominal Scanning. Endometrial Biopsies. Dilation an Curettage. Inauterine Insemination. Hyteroscopy and Resections of Polyps. Embryo Transfers. Egg Collections. Immunotherapy.
Fertility Cycle Treatments: Folicle Tracking. Ovulation induction. Superovulation IUI. Natural IUI. Treatments involving donor gametes - Surrogacy. IVF / ISCI. Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycles (both Natural and Medicated). PGT Cycles.
Hysteroscopic procedures: Diagnostic no-touch technique. (Vaginoscopy). Polypectomy. ERPCs. Resection of Submucous Fibroids.
Laparoscopic procedures: Treatment of Endometriiosis. Adhesiolysis. Sterilisation. Ovarian Cystectomies. Salpingectomy. Oophorectomies. Myomectomy. Intra and Extracorporeal Sutering.
Obstetric Procedures: Instrumental (ventouse/forceps) Deliveries. Caesarean Sections. Repair 3rd and 4th degree Perineal Tears.
Other Procedures: Myomectomy. Abdominal Hystorectomy. TVT.
“If you're constantly in that process, looking from scans to endometrium to egg quality, to how the egg is fertilised, I think you see 50 percent more than you might see if you just jump on at a mid-cycle scan. That was my thought six years ago, and we still work the same way today.” ”
- Dr Lynne Chapman on the importance of the LCRH approach to patient care
Published Papers:
Hysteroscopic Tubal Sterilization. Chapman L, Magos A. Advances in Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy techniques. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinics of North America. 31;3 (2004) 705-719
Letter: Handheld computers in clinical practice are useful in informing and educating patients. Magos A, Sharma M, Buck L, Chapman L. BMJ (2004);328;1565.
Digital recording of surgical procedures using a personal computer. Magos A, Ksmas I, Sharma m, Buck L, Chapman L, Taylor A. European Journal of Obstetrics and gynaecology and Reproductive Biology 120 (2005) 206-209
One Stop Fertlilty Clinic. Magos A, Scott P, Taylor A, Sharma M, Buck L, Chapman L. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 25 (2005) 153-159.
Is inferior dissection of the rectus sheath necessary during pfannenstiel incision for lower segment caesarean section. A randomized controlled trial. Kadir R, Khan A, Wilcock F, Chapman L. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology 128 (2—6) 262-266.
Hysterectomy. Chapman L, Magos A. Uterine Fibroids: Pathogenesis and Management, First Edition. Ed Professor Ivo Brosens. (2005)
Currently available devices for female sterilization. Chapman L, Magos A. Expert Review of Medical Devices. 2 (2005) 623-634
Surgical and radiological management of uterine fibroids in the UK. Chapman L, Magos A. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 18;4 (2006) 394-401.
Where is the aorta? Is it worth palpating the aorta prior to laparoscopy? Polyzos D, Papadopoulos N, Chapman L, Varela V, Papalampros P, Magos A. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 86;2 (2007) 235-239.
A new technique for temporary ovarian suspension temporarily displacing the ovaries anterior to the uterus facilitates pelvic side wall access in the laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis. Chapman L, Sharma M, Papalampros P, Gambadauro p, Polyzos D, Magos A. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 196; 5 (2007) P494.el-494.e3.
Do patients want to see recordings of their surgery? Papadopoulos N, Polyzos D, Gambadauro P, Papalampros P, Chapman L, Magos A. European review of medical device. 2008;5(4):525-37
A prospective randomised trial comparing gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues with triple tourniquets at open myomectomy. Al-Shabibi N, Chapman L, Madari S, Papadimitriou A, Papalampros P, Magos A. BJOG 2009;10.111/j.1471-0528.2008.02022.
The mini-resectoscope: a new instrument for office hysteroscopic surgery. Papalampros P, Gambadauro P, Papadopoulos N, Polyzos D, Chapman L, Magos A. Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2009,88(2):227-30.