Fertility Associates
Shayal Kumar possesses extensive experience in nursing and care coordination, currently serving as a Care Navigator at Stork Club since May 2023. Prior to this role, Shayal held the position of Fertility Nurse Specialist at Fertility Associates from May 2016, focusing on care coordination for couples undergoing fertility treatments. Previous experience includes working as a Registered Nurse in theatre support at Papatoetoe Residential Care, providing care for elderly patients and managing palliative care, as well as serving as a Care Giver responsible for assisting patients with daily living activities. Early career experience includes a role as Crew Trainer at McDonald's, delivering training and customer service. Education includes a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing from Auckland University of Technology and a Bachelor of Nursing from Unitec.
Fertility Associates
Fertility Associates is New Zealand’s leading provider of fertility diagnosis, support and treatment. Our four treatment clinics and peripheral consultation clinics have the common goal of providing the most successful outcomes for you. Our doctors, scientists, nurses and counsellors are among the very best in their field, bringing their expertise and compassion to help you start a family. Fertility Associates was started in 1987 by the original doctors who introduced in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to New Zealand in the early 1980s - Dr Freddie Graham and Dr Richard Fisher. The organisation today is lead by four Medical Directors (Mary Birdsall, VP Singh, Andrew Murray and Sarah Wakeman), as well as a close knit team of experienced reproductive medicine specialists to ensure the provision of publicly funded and private fertility services throughout the New Zealand. Today Fertility Associates is the largest fertility services provider in New Zealand with four main clinics in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch, as well as some lower technology treatments available in Auckland’s North Shore and Palmerston North clinics. Specialists from these base clinics consult regularly in Whangarei, North Shore Auckland, East Auckland, West Auckland, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Whanganui, Palmerston North, Nelson and Queenstown.