Researchers Willem Verpoest

Willem Verpoest

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Biography

Willem Verpoest graduated at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, as Obstetrician-Gynaecologist in 2003 and qualified as EBCOG subspecialist in reproductive medicine in 2007 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In 2010 he obtained a PhD in Medical Sciences entitled ‘The Clinical Reproductive Outcome of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis’. He is currently full professor at the Utrecht University Medical Centre at Utrecht University. Previously he was professor and medical co-director at Brussels IVF fertility centre and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His areas of expertise are PGT, reproductive genetics and implantation. He is currently president of the Belgian Society for Reproductive Medicine (BSRM) and board member of the Female Reproductive Genetics Initiative (FeRGI).

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Contact

w.m.j.verpoest@umcutrecht.nl

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Research groups

Future of Reproduction Utrecht (FoR U)

Research aim

Our mission is to study the origin of life and the factors that affect its development from embryo to adult.

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Recent publications

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A comprehensive review for defining cut-off values of oocyte, zygote, and embryo maturation arrest (OZEMA) due to maternal-effect genes Annelore Van Der Kelen, Özlem Okutman, Munevver Serdarogullari, Bart J.H. Dequeker, Elodie Javey, Antonio Capalbo, Cecile Lang, Georgia Kakourou, Efthymia Konstantinou, Francesca Mulas, Karen Sermon, Willem Verpoest, Stéphane Viville
Human Reproduction, 2026, vol. 41, p.1207-1219

The impact of endometrial preparation on pregnancy loss in vitrified-warmed euploid blastocyst transfer cycles C. Roelens, S. Santos-Ribeiro, S. Mackens, A. De Vos, K. Keymolen, P. Verdyck, M. De Vos, H. Tournaye, W. Verpoest, C. Blockeel
Human Reproduction, 2026, vol. 41, p.910-917

Safety of laparoscopic oophorectomy in a Dutch national pediatric cancer cohort Nikita H.Z. Clasen, M. E.Madeleine van der Perk, Marianne D. van de Wetering, Annelies M.E. Bos, Anne Lotte L.F. van der Kooi, Kim van Loon, Margreet A. Veening, Irene M. IJgosse, Sebastian J.C.M.M. Neggers, Martine van Grotel, Dorine Bresters, Hanneke M. van Santen, Willem M.J.A. Verpoest, Leendert H.J. Looijenga, Brigitte Arends, Jeanette van Leeuwen, Simone L. Broer, Alida F.W. van der Steeg, Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink
F&S reports, 2025, vol. 7, p.69-80

Does luteal phase support in MOH-IUI treatment improve cumulative live birth rates in couples with unexplained subfertility? Emma Preesman, Katja Drechsel, Heleen Crommelin, Frank Broekmans, Willem Verpoest, Simone Broer,
BMJ Open, 2025, vol. 15

Minimizing waste in medically assisted reproduction Roos A. Sluimer, Theodora C. van Tilborg, Ralph J.A. Oude Ophuis, Willem M.J. Verpoest, Taghride Dahhan
Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 2025, vol. 51

Seminal plasma induces receptivity-associated genes and pathways in endometrial epithelial organoids Jonna S. van den Berg, Marguerite Toros, Matthijs S. Abendroth, Yuwei Zhang, Brigitte Arends, Willem M.J.A. Verpoest, Frank J.M. Broekmans, Gaby S. Steba
Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 2025, vol. 51

External positions

member - guideline development; ESHRE working group on Good Practice Guidelines - European Society for Human Reproduction and Endocrinology

bestuurslid - scientific programma tweejaarlijks symposium en wetenschappelijke awards beoordelen; bestuursvergade - Stichting de Snoo - van 't Hoogerhuijs

examiner European Fellowship Reproductive Medicine exam (European SOciety for Humaen Reproduction an - examiner - ESHRE

Lid stuurgroep project cluster Voortplantingsgeneeskunde - Verantwoordelijk voor het up-to-date houden van richtlijnen binnen thema Voortplantingsgeneeskunde - NVOG i.s.m. Kennisinstituut/FMS

bestuurslid SIG ART NVOG - richltlijnen opstellen en dissemineren, beroepsbelangen, regelgeving, wetenschappelijke vergaderinge - NVOG