Lesbian and single mothers: Using a known sperm donor
Ms Venessa Smith, Sperm Bank Manager
The London Women’s Clinic, London W1G 6AP
Venessa is the Donor Services Coordinator at the London Women’s Clinic. Following her training in reproductive biology, she began her embryology career with Lord Robert Winston at Hammersmith Hospital, where she embryology training and gained her ICSI license. After working at the Bridge Fertility Clinic in London, she joined the LWC in 2002 as Head of Embryology where she co-ordinates andrology and insemination services. Venessa has presented scientific papers at congresses of the British Fertility Society and International Society for In Vitro Fertilisation.