Dr Howard Smith
MB BS (Honours), BSc(med), PhD, FRACP
Director Westmead Fertility Centre

Dr Howard Smith is a Specialist Physician with 25 years specialist experience in reproductive endocrinology and infertility medicine. Before completing his medical training at the University of Sydney, Dr Smith completed a degree in medical science related to the basics of reproductive function. After receiving his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with honours from the University of Sydney he completed training as a Specialist Physician in Endocrinology. He spent three years at the John Curtin School of Medial Research in Canberra to complete a PhD at the Australian National University in Canberra before moving to a full time appointment at Westmead Hospital in 1980.

Dr Smith assisted in establishing the Infertility Clinic Service at Westmead Hospital from which developed the Westmead Fertility Centre and the first IVF treatment program at Westmead in 1984. Since then, he has completed further training and gained experience in many aspects of male and female fertility while working in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and a member of the Australian Fertility Society, The Australian and US Endocrine Societies and the Australian Menopause Society.

Dr Smith has a longstanding teaching and tutoring commitment in the education of medical and infertility specialists and has published and referred many research papers. Dr Smith has a special interest in male infertility and developed a minimally invasive method of assisting men who are unable to produce sperm. He also has extensive experience and interest in female fertility, particularly in the disorder of fertility associated with the polycystic ovarian syndrome.