Dr John Waterstone

Dr John Waterstone is the Medical Director of Waterstone Clinic and a Consultant Gynaecologist specialising in reproductive medicine and fertility.

He established Waterstone Clinic, formerly Cork Fertility Centre, in 2002. Since then, the clinic has expanded nationally, with locations in Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Waterford. Dr Waterstone has played a central role in the development of assisted reproduction services in Ireland and has been involved in the introduction of several fertility techniques that are now part of routine clinical practice. The clinic collaborates with fertility centres internationally, including in the USA, UK, Spain and Cyprus.

Dr Waterstone was involved in the first Irish births following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS), and microsurgical testicular sperm extraction (MicroTESE). Waterstone Clinic was also the first fertility clinic in Ireland to introduce routine blastocyst culture, supporting the move towards elective single embryo transfer, and to successfully implement vitrification for embryo cryopreservation.

He studied genetics and medicine at Trinity College Dublin before completing his training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin and further training at teaching hospitals in London. Dr Waterstone is a Consultant Obstetrician at Cork University Maternity Hospital and is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. His work continues to focus on the development and delivery of reproductive medicine services in Ireland.