Dr Gareth Weston completed medicine with honours from Melbourne University in 1996.
He transferred to Monash University for training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He completed a PhD in reproductive medicine and molecular biology in 2003, spending time performing studies at Cambridge University UK, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne. He completed a Masters in Public Health majoring in epidemiology and biostatistics in 2002.
Dr Weston has published more than 40 book chapters and journal articles in the field of infertility and reproductive medicine, and is the author of a textbook on exam preparation for gynaecology trainees.
Currently, he holds the prestigious Carl Wood Senior Lectureship in Gynaecology at Monash University and is the Clinical Director of the Sunshine Monash IVF unit and the Gippsland Monash IVF satellite clinic at Sale. He consults at Clayton, Richmond, Sunshine, and Gippsland.
Dr Weston has a wide range of clinical and research interests including conservative infertility treatments, IVF, egg freezing for medical and social reasons, donor sperm infertility treatment for lesbian and single women, endometriosis, PCOS, and fibroids. He holds an NHMRC grant examining the role of stem cells in the pathogenesis of endometriosis.
Dr Weston holds a public appointment at Monash Medical Centre Reproductive Medicine Unit. He performs Private Obstetrics at Jessie MacPherson and Cabrini Private Hospitals, and operates on gynaecology cases at the Epworth Hospital in Richmond, Monash Surgical Private Hospital (Clayton), and Western Day Surgery (Sunshine).