Medical Education & Career:

• St Bartholomews Hospital Medical School 1972-78
• Registrar Westminster and Hammersmith Hospitals
• RCOG Certificate of Specialist Accreditation 1987
• Consultant in East Kent since 1988
• Clinical Director Womens and Childrens Health 1993 -1997
• Medical Director Thanet Healthcare Trust 1997 - 1999
• Preceptor in Minimal Access Surgery (RCOG) since 1997
• Certificate of Teaching (University of London) since 1998
• Faculty of Training the Trainers (RCOG) since 2001
• RCOG Education Register since 2004
• Deputy Medical Director Bridge Centre 2005
• Director InVicta Fertility 2007

 

Consulting in Gynaecology In London and the SouthEast

 

All Appointments and Correspondence: Mr Laurence M A Shaw ARTEMIS 26 Castle St Canterbury, CT1 2PX Phone and Fax: 01227 793978
Consulting rooms:
	145, Harley Street London W1G 6BG (Every Thursday)
	ARTEMIS 26 Castle St Canterbury, CT1 2PX   (including INVICTA FERTILITY) (Every Monday)
	Spencer Wing Queen Elizabeth Q Mother Hospital St Peters Road Margate, Kent CT9 4AN (usually Wednesday)
	London Bridge Hospital City Rooms 31 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HT   (Evenings by appointment)
	Enquiries through: The Bridge Centre One St Thomas' St London Bridge SE1 9RY   Appointments at the centre:  0207 403 3363   (Tuesday and Friday)

 

Mr Shaw is available to consult on general gynaecological conditions. In particular menopause, pelvic pain, endometriosis, fibroids and fertility often require more time than NHS appointments allow. Mr Shaw can assess you clinically and give full detailed explanation of your condition. Whatever the condition, a sympathetic approach is taken with explanation of the investigation, findings and treatment choices.  Some conditions are covered in the other pages of this website. Working with local General Practitioners, Mr Shaw can help  answer patients' questions. Where fertility is the issue, a basic diagnosis is available within 4 weeks (the biological restraint of a woman's cycle!). Endoscopic surgery allows pelvic reconstruction, where feasible, in tubal disease. When IVF or associated Assisted Conception techniques are required they can be provided through the Satellite IVF service.

 

London Practice

Gynaecological Consultation is available in North and South London, where time can be given to provide clear explanation of your health problems.   IVF and Assisted Conception is provided with the scientific backup of The Bridge Centre.

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Practice in Kent

Having been Consultant, Clinical and Medical Director of an NHS trust in Kent, Mr Shaw is keen to continue to provide for the people of the county. As such, the clinics can provide the same patient-oriented care that has been the feature of Mr Shaw's practice.

 INVICTA FERTILITY

This provides the scientific excellence of London's Bridge Centre with Kent availability.  Genetic screening on embryos before placement, donor sperms available, donor eggs available. Egg freezing can be provided too. Although the consultations are on specific days, the IVF service is seven days a week; each patient's care can be individualised to the needs of their own response to medication.  There are no age limits so do call for a consultation.

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London or Kent, call for an appointment on               01227 793978   

 

If Surgery is required:

Surgery

Much of Mr Shaw's practice does not require surgery, but when that is necessary, Mr Shaw has access to a number of hospitals' operating theatres and the most up to date equipment, including Laser surgery. Further details can be obtained through the surgical icon above.

 

Some Recently Published Papers:

Shaw, L. M. A. & Elton S.
" Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: a transgenerational evolutionary adaptation"  
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2008): 115: 144-148

Shaw, L. M. A.& Elton S.
" Seasonality, climatic unpredictability, food deprivation and polycystic ovary syndrome."  
In: Elton S. O’Higgins P, editors. Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications, Future Prospects. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), Baton Rouge, LA; 2008: 75-95

Shaw, L. M. A.
" Menopause as an Evolutionary Adaptation"  [ View ]
Human Reproduction (2006): 21supp1, i33

Shaw, L. M. A. (2004)
"Anthropology of the Menopause"  [ View ]
In: International Congress Series Volume 1271, Research Papers in Fertility and Reproductive Medicine. Proceedings of the 18th World Congress on Fertility and Sterillity (IFFS 2004), Elsevier BV, pp 396-399.

Shaw, L. M. A. (2004)
"Anthropology of the Menopause"
In: Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Volume 11, Ed. Hillard, T and Purdie, D. RCOG Press, London. Chapter 38, pp 489-500.

Shaw, L.M.A.
"Effective Assessment of Trainees"
The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (2004): 6.3, 171-177.

Shaw, L.M.A.
"A Matter of Judgement: Part ii"  [ View ]
Surgeons News (2004): 3.3, 23-4.

Shaw, L.M.A.
"A Matter of Judgement: Part i"  [ View ]
Surgeons News (2004): 3.2, 20-1.

Cook, J.R. and Shaw, L.M.A.
"Sacrospinous Colpopexy: A long term objective follow up of 26 cases"
Kent and Sussex Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2003): 1, 2-5.

Shaw, L.M.A. and Cook, J.
"Use of the long-acting gonadotrophin releasing-hormone agonist, goserelin, to avert impending ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome."
Kent and Sussex Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2003): 1, 8-10.

Shaw, L.M.A., Balen, A.H., Lenton, E.A., Brown, C. & Greenwood, B.
"National Health Service Provision for the Management of Infertility - National Health Service Provision for the Management of Infertility"
Human Fertility (2002): 5, 167-174

Shaw, L. M. A.
"Drugs for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease"
Update (2002): 64.3, 186

Lord, J., Shaw, L.M.A., Dobbs, F. & Acharya, U.
"A Time for Change and a Time for Equality - Infertility Services and the NHS"
Human Fertility (2001): 414, 256-260

Shaw, L. M. A.
"Chronic Pelvic Pain: heartsink or challenge?"
Update (2001): 62.11, 778-781

 

Mr Shaw is speaking at 2 major International Scientific meetings in 2008 - see "Upcoming Lecture Programme"

International Menopause Society (IMS) Madrid 19-23 May 2008

Association of Clinical Pathologists (ACP) Prague 12/13 June 2008

Appointments
All appointments, London and Kent, are made on

                                                                                                    01227 793978

                                            

However, to see Mr Shaw within The Bridge Centre at St Thomas' Street call:        0207 403 3363
Please note that consultations there are not part of Mr Shaw's personal practice

 

NHS Patients:

NHS patients , who have succeeded in arranging for their GP and Primary Care Trust to approve a funded appointment under the "Choose & Book" system, may make appointment with Mr Shaw at his Spencer Wing consulting room by calling Spencer Wing on 01843 234555 and speaking to Ms Di Daw or Sr Lynne Orrin. You will need to provide written confirmation of PCT funding otherwise you may find yourself liable to costs.

NHS patients often find the delay in getting a diagnosis frustrating. Mr Shaw can provide speedy assessment and a report for you to take to your NHS appointment.

Other Links:

Dr Nicholas Morris	in emergency if Mr Shaw is unavailable
Canterbury Skin and Laser Clinic	Dermatology, Laser Treatments and Beauty therapy
	For your Reproductive Health Complementary Therapy needs

Upcoming lecture programme:

There is occasionally time for other interests