Dr Rachael Knight is the Clinical Director of Life Fertility Clinic Melbourne. She has been helping couples achieve their dream of having a family for over 20 years.
Rachael is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with an interest in Fertility. She completed subspeciality training in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (the highest qualification available in Australia). She provides a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plan and is well known for her gentle and caring approach. Rachael prides herself on taking the time to explain complex medical science in ways her patients can easily understand.
Rachael studied medicine at the University of Tasmania before training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at The Royal Women’s Hospital and Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne. Rachael undertook additional study in the form of research for a Doctorate of Medicine at Melbourne University (a higher degree held by very few Gynaecologists in Melbourne) and three years of sub-specialty training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Rachael furthered her experience in fertility treatment with two years in the United Kingdom at the renowned Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Southmead Hospital.
Rachael was previously head of the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Clinic at The Women’s Hospital in Melbourne and held responsibility for the infertility management of patients attending the Chronic Viral Illness clinic also located at The Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. Rachael has been working in the field of fertility treatment since 1999 and remains actively involved in clinical research hoping to reduce the burden of fertility treatment upon her patients.