Herbert Zech, Prof., MD, IVF-Specialist, Board Member

After medical school at the University of Innsbruck, Herbert moved to the University of Graz and Innsbruck for a professional training as a gynaecologist finishing this speciality in 1982.

Herbert was always research oriented and moved to the United States for a post doc at the University of Louisville Kentucky working on basic cancer research with steroid receptors and vitamin A-receptors in rodents and in man. From there he went back to the University of Innsbruck and became Head of the Department of Endocrinology.

In 1984 he moved to Bregenz and started the first IVF-Clinic realising the big need for infertility treatment. The first IVF children in southern Germany, Switzerland and western Austria were the results of the initial months of therapy in Bregenz. In order to further develop this technique and the potential for the future he founded the first private clinic for in vitro fertilisation in Austria and was also the first to be ISO certified worldwide in the field of reproductive technologies.

Realising the deep desire for children, Herbert founded further IVF-centers in Italy, in Switzerland, in the Czech Republic and in Salzburg, Austria. The total workforce in all centres is 80 and is increasing. In recognition of his ongoing research efforts, Herbert was promoted professor at the University of Innsbruck in 1999, where he teaches reproductive technologies and endocrinology. Herbert brings into the company excellent knowledge of a broad spectrum in endocrinology, genetics, embryology and stem cell research, a global network of medical collaborators, as well as proven entrepreneurial commercial business development experience.