News

December 2011
Information evenings in 2012
In 2012, new information sessions will be held in dutch and in french for our (future) patients...
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November 2011
Prof. Dr. Herman Tournaye appointed as Head of the CRG
On 13 October UZ Brussel said goodbye to Prof. dr. Paul Devroey as Head of the Centrum voor Reproductieve Geneeskunde.
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October 2011
45.000 babies later: prof. Devroey says goodbye to the CRG
On Thursday 13 October we celebrated the Valedictory of prof. Devroey
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September 2011
CRG expertise in andrology
Prof. Tournaye was appointed member of the 'guidelines panel male infertility' of the European Association for Urology
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September 2011
Prof. Dr. H. Tournaye appointed Chairman of the BSRM
The main aim of the Belgian Society for Reproductive Medicine is...
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March 2011
Tax deductability of financial gifts
Since the beginning of this year, financial gifts are tax-deductible from an amount of 40 euros onwards.
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December 2010
First birth after in vitro maturation at the CRG
IVM in the media (dutch only)...
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November 2010 Prof. Devroey appointed Director of Medical Education fo the International Federation of Fertility Societies
Prof. Dr. Paul Devroey, clinical and scientific coordinator of the Centrum voor Reproductieve Geneeskunde...
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July 2010
Mostly women without a partner seek to have their eggs frozen.
UZ Brussel Centre for Reproductive Medicine census of ‘social freezing’ candidates...
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April 2010
First pregnancy after use of IVM at CRG
press article in dutch
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October 2009
The CRG is going (Middle) East
The CRG at UZ Brussel is proud to announce the opening of its satellite centre in Kuwait.
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September 2009
Satisfied patients at the CRG
In 2009, the CRG performed a patient satisfaction survey with promising results.
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July 2009
First single woman to have egg cells frozen
The CRG of UZ Brussel has recently frozen the egg cells of a woman who currently does not (yet) have a partner but who wants (later) to have children.
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May 2009
New training: vitrification
Recent developments have resulted in a new laboratory technique for freezing egg cells (and embryos): vitrification.
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February 2009
Life as it's happening
See the movie
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November 2008
Sperm donation now also on Saturdays
At the CRG we can now also accommodate sperm donors on Saturdays.
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September 2008
25 years of IVF at UZ Brussel
At the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its fertility clinic UZ Brussel presents a captivating scientific programme on Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13.
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February 2008
CRG intesifies sperm donor campaign
The number of women that can be inseminated with sperm from a single donor has been limited to six.
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December 2007
There is more in you!
In 2007 the CRG initiated an awareness campaign to sensibilize young women about egg cell donation.
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October 2007
Prof. Dr. Paul Devroey receives IVI award 2007
Prof. Devroey has received the international award of the IVI Foundation for the number of scientific articles which over the past five years were published with his name as the first or supervising author.
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October 2007
30th anniversary of UZ Brussels
At an Academic Session – with the motto “It’s all in the family” –UZ Brussels celebrated its 30th anniversary on 6 October.
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September 2007
Children’s day (2)
On 29 September 2007, the Centre for Medical Genetics in collaboration with the CRG organised a second children’s day since the establishment of our centre for the children (and their parents) who were born after their parents underwent fertility treatment at our centre.
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July 2007
Honorary ember of ESHRE
On July 1st 2007, Emeritus Prof. and Hon. Dr. A. C. Van Steirteghem was awarded honorary membership in Lyon by the outgoing ESHRE chairman Prof. Dr. and Hon. Dr. P. Devroey for his innovative scientific contribution to the field of human reproduction.
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May 2007
Honorary doctorates
On 31 May, Prof. dr. Paul Devroey and Emeritus Prof. Dr. André Van Steirteghem were awarded an honorary doctorate.
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