Stephen graduated, in 1978, from Keble College, Oxford, in Experimental Psychology. He qualified in medicine at Guy’s Hospital in 1984, and then trained at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, London, and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.
He held the posts of Research Fellow (1986-89), Clinical Lecturer (1992-94), and Senior Fellow in Reproductive Medicine (1994-99) in the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology before being appointed to the post of Clinical Reader in 1999 and Professor of Reproductive Medicine in 2011. He has been Head of Department since 2005. He was Clinical Director, Women’s Services (2011-13) in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and has been Divisional Director, Children’s & Women’s Services since 2014.
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