Endocrinology and Fertility Specialists
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Dr Sarah Catford
Endocrinologist/Andrologist
Specialising in male fertility
Dr Sarah Catford
BBiomedSc MBBS (Hons) FRACP PhD
Dr Sarah Catford graduated from the Australian National University in 2007 and undertook her physician training at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. She completed specialty training in endocrinology at Alfred Health, Western Health, and Monash Health and became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2016.
After a two-year andrology fellowship at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash Health, she completed a PhD in male infertility in 2021, which involved an NHMRC-funded study on the health of ICSI-conceived young men.
She is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research and a research associate at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute where she continues her research interests in male infertility. She is an expert advisor for Healthy Male and holds an academic position at Monash University. She is a staff specialist at the Alfred Hospital where she works in diabetes and general endocrinology, as well as at Monash Health working in transgender medicine. She works in reproductive services at the Royal Women’s Hospital as an andrologist reviewing men with infertility.
In her private practice, she currently consults on male fertility and testosterone issues. While outside of her work, Sarah enjoys the outdoors and spending time with family and friends.
ABOUT
Conditions Treated
Dr Sarah Catford offers in-person and Telehealth consultations regarding male fertility and disorders of testosterone. At this stage, she is not accepting referrals for diabetes or other endocrine conditions. She is based in Traralgon and consults in East Melbourne once a month.
RESEARCH
Active Research
Australia Male Infertility Exposure (AMIE) Study
Clomiphene in Male Infertility (CIMI) trial: A Double-Blind Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial of Clomiphene in Normogonadotrophic Idiopathic Male Infertility
Publications
Use of empirical medical therapies for idiopathic male infertility in Australia and New Zealand.
S.R. Catford, D. Katz and R.I. McLachlan. Clinical Endocrinology 2024; 100:565-574, doi:10.1111/cen.15059.
Frequency, morbidity and equity – the case for increased research on male fertility.
S. Kimmins, R. A. Anderson, C.L.R. Barratt, H. Behre, S.R. Catford, C.J. De Jonge, G. Delbes, M.L. Eisenberg, N. Garrido, B.J. Houston, N.J.rgensen, C. Krausz, A. Lismer, R.I. McLachlan, S. Minhas, T. Moss, A. Pacey, L. Priskorn, S. Schlatt, J. Trasler, L. Trasande, F. Tüttelmann, M.H. Vazquez-Levin, J.A. Veltman, F. Zhang, M.K. O’Bryan. Nat Rev Urol. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1038/s41585-023-00820-4.
Health outcomes in ART-conceived offspring.
S.R. Catford. Third Edition of the Handbook of Andrology, American Society of Andrology 2023.
Reproductive function in men conceived with in vitro fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
SR Catford, J Halliday, S Lewis, MK O’Bryan, D Handelsman, R Hart, J McBain, DJ Amor, L Rombauts, R Saffery, RJ Hart and RI McLachlan. Fertility and Sterility 2022; 117(4):727-73. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.12.026.
The metabolic health of young men conceived using intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
SR Catford, J Halliday, S. Lewis, MK O’Bryan, D Handelsman, R Hart, J McBain, DJ Amor, L Rombauts, R Saffery, RJ Hart and RI McLachlan. Human Reproduction 2022; 2022 Sep 27;deac212. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deac212.
Health and fertility of ICSI-conceived young men: study protocol.
SR Catford, S Lewis, J Halliday, J Kennedy, MK O’Bryan, J McBain, DJ Amor, L Rombauts, R Saffery, RJ Hart and RI McLachlan. Human Reproduction Open 2020(4), 2020. doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoaa042.
Long-term follow-up of ICSI-conceived offspring compared with spontaneously conceived offspring: A systematic review of health outcomes beyond the neonatal period.
S.R. Catford, R.I. McLachlan, M.K. O’Bryan, J.L. Halliday. Andrology, 2018 Sep;6(5):635-653. doi: 10.1111/andr.12526. Epub 2018 Sep 17.
Germ cell arrest associated with a SETX mutation in ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2.
S.R. Catford, M.K. O’Bryan, R.I. McLachlan, M.B. Delatycki and L. Rombauts. Reproductive Biomedicine Online 38(6):961-965, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.12.042.
Recurrent vertebral fractures in a young adult: a closer look at bone health in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
E. Thong, S. Catford, J. Fletcher, P. Wong, P. Fuller, H. Teede and F. Milat. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, DOI: 10.1530/EDM-18-0010, May 2018.
Long-term follow-up of ICSI-conceived offspring compared with IVF-conceived offspring: A systematic review of health outcomes beyond the neonatal period.
S.R. Catford, R.I. McLachlan, M.K. O’Bryan, J.L. Halliday. Andrology, 2017 Jul;5(4):610-621. doi: 10.1111/andr.12369.
Pituitary stalk lesions: systematic review and clinical guidance.
S.R. Catford, Y.Y. Wang and R. Wong. Clinical Endocrinology 2016 Oct;85(4):507-21. doi: 10.1111/cen.13058.
Use of anticoagulation in thyroid disease.
J. Polmear, M. Hare, S.R. Catford, D.J. Topliss and M. Dooley. Australian Family Physician. 45(3), March 2016. PMID: 27052045.
Persistent syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion following traumatic brain injury.
M. Dick, S.R. Catford, K. Kamureswaran, P.S. Hamblin and D.J. Topliss. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; 2015:2015:150070. doi: 10.1530/EDM-15-0070.
Cardiac metastasis from thyroid carcinoma.
S.R. Catford, K.T. Lee, M.D. Pace, A. Longano, S. Marasco, and D.J. Topliss. Thyroid; 2011 Aug;21(8):855-66. doi: 10.1089/thy.2010.0273.
