Our Team

Our team members for this service

Fertility Scotland includes senior managers, clinicians, nurses, scientists and patient representatives. The Network is led by a Lead Clinician (Abha Maheshwari) and a Lead Scientist  (Joanne Leitch). The Network is managed by National Services Scotland and includes a Programme Support Officer (Tolu Oyedepo), Programme Manager (Nilendran (Rez) Prathalingam) and Senior Programme Manager (Carsten Mandt). Moira Straiton is the Associate Director for the National Strategic Networks in NHS Scotland.

The Network operates closely with Scottish Government specifically Sarah Corcoran (Team Lead – Maternal and Infant Health), Louise McCue (Senior Policy Manager – Maternal and Infant Health) and Anthea Taylor (Policy Manager – Maternal and Infant Health).

Joanne Leitch

Joanne Leitch

Lead Scientist Fertility Scotland
Janis Heaney

Janis Heaney

Associate Director
Carsten Mandt

Carsten Mandt

Senior Programme Manager
Rez NS Prathalingam

Rez NS Prathalingam

Programme Manager
Tolu Oyedepo

Tolu Oyedepo

Programme Support Officer